Well when I’m not reading which is my favorite of all my relaxation things I enjoy gardening. This year I had a huge vine of some kind of green and white bumpy gourd. It’s fat on the bottom with a skinnier neck. It’s a volunteer plant, I didn’t plant it but it had a high yield. I also enjoy jigsaw puzzles and really want to buy myself a puzzle table to do them on since I don’t have a big enough free space to set it up but right now money has been tight. I’m going to try to catch up.on some cozy mysteries this month as it’s the perfect time for it.
Not all holidays are of equal importance. Depending on what they are I do it with the deepest respect for my country or happy holidays with the greatest of joy in my heart.
Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail.
Before I got married I lived at home and didn’t really do much cooking or baking. I didn’t need to. Well my first mess up meal wasn’t really a cooking fail but a dishwashing fail I guess you could say. It was a very short time after we were married and I made steamed broccoli for my husband, he loved broccoli 🥦. In the early days I wasn’t overly confident about my cooking and tasted the broccoli before I called him to the table, it tasted soapy. 🧼🫧 I figured out I had not properly rinsed the strainer when I washed it and there was a soapy residue still on it which transferred to the broccoli. I never gave him the broccoli or told him I had even made it , we just had the rest of the dinner which I can’t even remember what it was but I do remember being very embarrassed 😳.
Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home.
The furthest I’ve ever traveled was when I was 12 years old. My Mom was tired of the Pennsylvania winters and wanted to move somewhere warm. She looked up the hottest place in the USA and she was determined to move there. We moved from North Versailles, PA to Yuma, Az. My Mom and Grandma drove there driving a Uhaul pulling the car. We were in Yuma for one year then moved to Chino Valley, Az then went back home
After my husband has his surgery every time he gets a scan and it’s always clean this brings tears of joy in my heart though I may not show it outwardly.
Interview someone — a friend, another blogger, your mother, the mailman — and write a post based on their responses.
Me: Hello, can you tell us your name?
Orangey: I’m called Orangey, but really you can just call me handsome.
Me: You certainly are handsome, I will agree with that but have a little modesty.
Orangey: scoffs
Me: So Orangey, tell me about yourself.
Orangey: I was a scared stray cat and took shelter in a garage I found and would hide as soon as I saw or heard people come in. One day I was asleep and the people saw me and decided to give me food and water for which I was so grateful. I became braver and started venturing out into their yard.
Me: Did you let them pet you?
Orangey: It took me awhile and they snuck up on me and started petting me while I was distracted eating. This was about 7 months after I first started hiding in the garage. I decided I really did enjoy the pets and I gave them the privilege of allowing them to pet me.
Me: How did you feel about being outdoors?
Orangey: It was all about survival but I was so scared of loud noises, the chance of fighting with other cats , surviving the cold winter and the heat of the summer and the possibility of getting hit by a vehicle every time I ran out of the yard. Oh yeah and a dog chased me too.
Me: How did you feel when you were picked up and put into a cat carrier?
Orangey: I didn’t know what was going on and was so scared. I meowed loudly and turned in circles frantically in the carrier.
Me: After you were brought in you were put in a cage for a few days to let the other cats already inside get used to your scent . How did you feel then?
Orangey: I was a bit scared getting used to new cats and a new environment. When I was released from the cage I hid under the dresser in the walk-in closet for a few days and had the best sleep I’ve had in a long time without the worries of being outside.
Me: And how do you feel about being inside now? Any thoughts of wanting to go outside again?
Orangey: I’ve been inside now for almost 6 weeks and have my “Mom” wrapped around my paw. I’m younger than she thought. She thought I was about 6 but now she thinks I’m about 3. Now that I’m relaxed I wake her up around five every morning playing loudly with my toys and running around. We can’t forget how I’ll knock things down with a crash because ya know I’m a cat and that’s what we do. My Mom loves me though and just bought me some new toys yesterday. I’ll also admit I’ve gotten rather greedy and beg for treats multiple times a day. I have my Mom trained well and she gives me Temptations cat treats and there’s a picture below of me having some along with my sister Iris. She’s very greedy when it comes to treats too. I also have my Mom trained to give me Fancy Feast but I’m so spoiled I won’t eat the pate just the chunky variety.
Me: Well, sounds like you’re pretty spoiled and get treated like a king.
Orangey: Yes I am I have my humble servants catering to my every need along with the needs of the other two mediocre cats.
What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?
The last thing I looked up online was researching Buick Lacrosse transmission and engine problems. Well….. The car was making loud noises when acceleration was over 30 or 40 mph but then I was told it was because the car was driven in overdrive.
A name is an important thing that we have to live with day in and day our. It’s something we’re kind of stuck with and not many of us legally change. Though my parents divorced when I was just a few months old and I never knew my dad I was named Aprul after his birth month of April. Note the changed spelling my mom gave it. Can’t say I’m too fond of it and I go by my middle name Deanne.
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