Thursday 13 – Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Weird

1. I made my first batch of mead on Sunday. Here are the instructions. It’s fermenting nicely. Homemade mead is 11 - 16 % alcohol. Each gallon cost $12.62 to make including the balloons.

2. My favorite flower is the spider mum.

Photo by Soumyendu Bag, Kolkata, West Bengal at India Shots.






3. I wear my wedding ring on my right hand. It feels most comfortable there. No one has ever noticed.

4. I never changed my name when I got married. My husband doesn’t care but his mother does.

5. I can't wait for Game of Thrones to start on HBO. I read the books so I hope I am not disappointed in the HBO show.

6. I can't wait for Camelot to start on starz. It looks really good, too.

7. I can't stand when people do fake cursing, like Sarah Palin. How is it better to say fudge instead of fuck if the intention is the same? Everyone knows what you mean so not only are you cursing which is supposedly against your beliefs but you are also trying to be purposely deceptive.

8. I quit a 2 pack a day smoking habit over 25 years ago but there are still days I would like to start again.

9. I started meditating again. It has really highlighted how busy my mind is. I am hardly ever in the moment. I spend most of my time in the future.

10. My guardian angel's name is Franc. He likes it spelled with a "c." He says it makes it seem European.

11. My reading glasses are clouded with fingerprints.

12. My favorite book of all time is The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley but I've never been able to read any of her other books.

13. I refuse to eat cooked celery, mushrooms and cabbage. I will eat them raw, though.

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Merry Meet and Blessed Be

Thursday 13 – Randomly Speaking

First, an apologetic explanation: Your comments, which I really, really love, are set up to go to my email where I read them. Then, I use them as a way to go read your blogs in return before I get to other blogs in my Reader. This system usually works well for me except when Blogger doesn’t send the comments to my email. 


So, I am sorry if you’ve commented since I’ve been back and I have not reciprocated. Now, you know why. But never fear, I have a plan to never miss any again.


And now, back to our regularly scheduled program.


Thirteen random thoughts I had on Wednesday:

1. My toes are sore from my new sneakers. They are those shoes that slant back at the heel so I think my toes are annoyed at pointing straight up.
2. I lost the screw out of my reading glasses so I fixed them with a paper clip. I am the MacGyver of eyeglasses.
3. Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery, book 5 in the series by C.J. Sansom is available for pre-order to my Kindle. I did. Woo, hoo for instant gratification.
4. I feel like a real cretin for drinking instant coffee but I was out of the grinds and I have to have coffee in the morning.
5. I am all impressed with myself because I have been following my writing plan for 3 days in a row.
6. I really miss Diet Coke but I think not consuming Aspartame has improved my dysnomia.
7. I really like my new water bottles. Both are a pretty green and no spills on my computers. I have one for work and one for home.
8. I am writing a story by 100 words a day (Century Scenes) at my website. Feel free to critique if you are bored one night.
9. I sure do start my sentences with “I” a lot. I must be self-absorbed.
10. I want to find a pub in my area where I can go and write and drink like real writers do. My husband said he’d be embarrassed if I did this in “his” bar.
11. I haven’t chewed on my cuticles for two weeks now. I was going to stop doing this on January 1^st but I got sick and I have to willpower or self-control when I don’t feel well.
12. I have two very favorite times each week day – when I get to leave work and when I get to go to bed. I sure do love to sleep.
13. It has been stressed to me that I am not cool. I’m cool with that.

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Merry Meet and Blessed Be