Saturday, June 16, 2018

Mumbo Jumbo!

Lots of random things I wanted to put out there, so here we go!
  • The other day I was getting ready to leave work.  I walk up to my car, click the unlock button on the door handle, and....nothing.  Yes I have one of those fun key fobs that can stay in my purse and I can click the handle and it's supposed to unlock.  But this time, it didn't.  I was panicking that the fob had lost the programming like happened once when I had just bought a trunk-load of groceries, so I tried it several times, even dug my keys out of my purse and clicked the unlock button on the fob, but no dice.  So then I clicked the lock button, and I hear the horn tooting. Six. Cars. Down.  Yes, I approached the wrong car and tried to get into it!  #Magnolias (*see next bullet point)  Which is weird that someone has a car so similar to mine.  I have a 2010 Nissan Maxima that is a "purply black" color, very dark tinted windows, and a sunroof.  My license plate starts with a C, and I usually look at the plate to make sure it's mine.  This car was solid black (mine looks black unless the light shines on it a certain way, license plate started with C, dark window tint, and a sunroof (but after realizing my mistake, the sunroof was just a sunroof, not a panoramic one like mine).  I don't know if anyone saw me trying to get in the wrong car, but I got a good laugh at myself afterwards.
  • #Magnolias.  I posted this hashtag the other day, with the photo of the cat that says "I cannot brain today, I has the dumb".  Yes, there's a story behind this, and here we go.  Clydie and I were running an errand and took the Riverside Parkway exit, which in my opinion is not aesthetically pleasing.  Well low and behold, they are in the middle of a "beautification project" and are planting a bunch of shrubs and trees.  We're on the bridge at a red light, and I said "wow, look at those trees, they left the price and care tags on them", to which Clydie replies "Deanna, those are magnolia blooms!"  I didn't realize that small magnolia trees would bloom, and from the distance couldn't really tell that's what they were.  But whatever.  I thought magnolia blooms were price and care tags!  So now when I think something dumb, it's #Magnolias.
  • My precious Gabriel.  Gabriel weighed 57lbs in 2015.  Last year he got up to 88lbs.  Yes, huskies are typically large dogs, but 88lbs was entirely too heavy for my boy (he's down to 80lbs as of June 1).  After several vet visits and an initial diagnosis of hypothyroidism, my baby has been diagnosed with Cushings disease.  It's typically caused by a tumor on either the pituitary gland or one of the adrenal glands, causing excess cortisol production, and if left untreated will shorten a dog's life (vet says Gabriel's type is the pituitary tumor).  My boy is 7, and I hope to keep him around for a long time.  The medication is expensive, and the vet is looking to see what discount options are available. 
  • Why did the chicken cross the road?  I guess we'll never know about this one chicken in particular, as he got squashed in the road last week.  Folks let their chickens free roam around their homes, and invariably a bird ends up getting run over.  I just don't understand letting your animals roam on Hwy 16 in Carrollton.  2 house up from Beulah Church Road.  Too. Damn. Busy!!!
  • Why is it that I pick a show to watch at the gym so that I can pass my time on the treadmill and it not feel like the torture that it really is, and when I get to the season finale, find out that the show was just renewed for season 2 on May 14, meaning that they haven't even started filming season 2?  I fell in love with "Lost in Space" on Netflix, watched the whole first season, and bam!  Season 2 won't come out until late 2019 or early 2020!!!!!  Crazy!  So now I'm watching "Lucifer" on Hulu.  I watched it on and off when it was on Fox, and I love love love Lucifer's character! 
  • Yes, I said Gym.  I'm back at it.  I've got no choice this time, as I've been diagnosed as "pre-diabetic".  Thankfully my sugar numbers aren't terribly high, but they're running a little over what the doctors want them to be, and I'm struggling to keep my triglycerides in check, even with medication, so I've got to get off my ass and exercise.  I absolutely HATE it.  But I have to do it.  Not to mention that I'm miserable during hunting season when I'm lugging a 10lb backpack and my rifle and wearing my jumpsuit and those heavy winter weather boots, and I'm breathing like I just ran a marathon when I get to the truck.  And yes, I know they say you should pick an exercise you like so that you'll stick with it, but I honestly just can't think of one that I like much at all.  The treadmill is simple, the speed and incline are adjustable, and I get an hour just for me to watch whatever I want to watch, with no interruptions or worries about anyone or anything else, which is why I go to the gym instead of using the treadmill at home.
  • Garden.  Yes, our garden is doing great again this year!  We have corn growing (with several baby corns forming!), have already picked a slew of cucumbers and jalapenos, and the zucchini, peas, and beans are taking off.  The beets are struggling, but since I weeded the garden last Sunday, they seem to have perked up a bit and while we won't have a large harvest, we should have enough for Brian to have one meal.  Not sure why they didn't do well, but we'll try again next year and maybe plant the seeds in a different spot.   The Pepper Patch in the front is doing well, too.  Brian's picked several jalapenos off the one there, and there's a ton of ghost peppers growing, too.  Today we noticed the reapers have a lot of buds, so we'll be getting a bunch of those in the near future.  He's also got Scorpions and assorted scotch bonnets planted, and we're working on some chocolate habanero and chocolate ghost as well.  I've had to plant some more chocolate scorpion seeds, as the initial ones planted never sprouted.  Back to the indoor greenhouse to get those going!
Wow, that's everything that I had to write about over the last couple of weeks!  I hope you all enjoyed reading the randomness that is known as my life.  Have a great rest of the weekend, and Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there!