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…they erase the Mondays

Tuesdays, that is - so often that’s what Tuesdays do for me, they make the long, dreary Mondays of life just fade away…

I don’t even know how - It’s not like anything spectacular happened today…just the regular stuff of life: cleaning the kitchen, running errands, fighting a loaded basket at Wal-mart, eating a microwave “Healthy Choice” meal…and wondering if it’s really all that “healthy”….

…just regular stuff.

But, the world often just looks different to me on Tuesday than on a Monday….a little more hopeful…a little more sunshine (even when it’s cloudy like today).

I actually smiled at people at Wal-mart when they crowded the aisles so it was difficult to get by….I thought, “That’s okay, I’ll just look at the lovely laundry detergent choices before me…it really is remarkable how many options we have….aren’t we blessed!”……..Wow, I’m kind of Stepford Wife-ish on Tuesdays…

…but I digress!

The point is that I smiled….I don’t think I did much of that yesterday….typical Monday!

I guess I need to make an effort to see Mondays like I see Tuesdays….maybe….

I even bought a turkey today…A TURKEY!  I thought, “I think I’ll make a turkey this week…that would be nice - who says it has to be saved for Thanksgiving or Christmas…how about Wednesday night?…Happy Wednesday is a holiday, too…” (Yes, I do have these kinds of conversations with my own self in the freezer section of random grocery stores!).

Anyway…buying a turkey to celebrate “Happy Wednesday”, and looking at clothes for a 5 year old who is coming to the U.S. from Cuba, and intently studying a beautiful array of laundry cleaning accoutrement - all of these and more made me smile today…

It just felt really good to smile - the people at Wal-mart might think I’m a little nuts, but that’s okay…

It’s Tuesday!

I hope you smile today - and if you don’t feel like it, then go to Wal-mart and talk yourself into it! :-)

Peace.

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angiebledsoe
on October 7, 2008
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Just one of those days…

i had one of those days today…

you know, the ones where nothing seems to go right.  i just wanted 15 minutes more sleep this morning - which turned into 30…

…and i think i’ve been trying, all day, to get that time back.

then, even racing down the 408 didn’t get me to my appointment on time - good thing i’m kind of like a race car driver! :-) - once i hit I-4, it was all downhill….actually, more like a parking lot…

since our refrigerator broke just before we left town - and, of course, we didn’t realize it wasn’t working until everything in it was room temp….

anyway, so i had to make another marathon trip to wal-mart.

i think half the known continent did too…..

then, i chose very unwisely when picking out a basket….of course, i didn’t realize how unwisely until the basket was piled so high that things were toppling out.  it didn’t want to go in a straight line…or to the right…or forward.

so, i was relegated to pulling the basket down the aisle and saying, “excuse me” and “i’m so sorry”…A LOT!

and, of course, the one thing that i desperately needed was on the opposite side of the store from where i was wrestling my basket….and then the other thing that i desperately needed was on the other side…again - i played this game for a while until i lost the desire to live much less my desperate need for whatever it was i desperately needed when i pulled into the parking lot….

then, at the check-out, i decided to resort to the 2 for $1.00 “hot” peanuts next to the register since i hadn’t eaten in….well, yet….and it was 2:00 pm.  of course, when i wondered to myself what that thunderous noise was and realized it was a repeat of the DELUGE, i decided to buy 2 cheeseburgers at the wal-mart mcdonalds and wait out the rain….

but, my basket didn’t want to go into the mcdonalds….so, i just gave up and dragged the cart through the parking lot and the torrential downpour…at which point i still had to unload said basket…in the torrential downpour - whilst an SUV with it’s blinker on metaphorically tapped it’s foot at me while i unloaded said broken basket in said torrential downpour…

and while they did have “hot” peanuts at the check-out, they did not have an umbrella…not that i could’ve held it anyway….

so….

but, my day did make me thankful:

  • thankful for LARGE sunglasses
  • thankful for starbucks
  • thankful for friends that call
  • thankful that i didn’t wear any hairspray
  • thankful for ponytails
  • thankful for husbands who recognize “certain expressions” and unload said trunk - quickly….without saying, “wow! what happened to you?!”
  • thankful that my boys act like it’s christmas morning over getting a book called “dairy of a wimpy kid”
  • thankful that, for all my dramatics, the rain did stop - and nothing really suffered except for my pride…and maybe my yellow box flip-flops with the cool fake diamonds on top
  • thankful for flip-flops with cool fake diamonds on top…..even if they Rest in Peace….
  • thankful for pork chops…bought in bulk: 25min. - BBQ sauce - yummy.
  • thankful for that 25 minutes….

So, it was just one of those days, but I can still choose to be thankful…

…oh yeah, and if you happened to be a said Wal-mart today:

Your welcome…for the comic relief!  :-)

Peace to the out!

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on September 18, 2008
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Cheaper Than a Trip to Italia…

Today feels strange - not bad - just strange. It doesn’t feel like a Thursday, but since I was sick-in-bed Monday through Wednesday afternoon, I’ve been a little “off” all week. Going out with the “Women of C3” last night helped a lot. We’re definitely a crazy bunch (and all of the Excedrin Migraine I had taken only added to the…fun! :-) ) - Thanks, ladies!

I got out to do some shopping this morning. I desperately needed to buy some “bulk items”, so I went to Wal-Mart…

Nothing tires me out quite like a trip to Wal-Mart. Everything seems to weigh 60 pounds, and everything seems to take 4 times as long as it should. But, I still go because…well, I’m cheap when it comes to perishables like paper towels - you kind of have to be when you have 14, I mean, 4 children, 3 pets, and…well, one husband who has moved his office into our home. (Another blog, for another day. :-) )

When I was checking-out (the self-checkout method - this is like torturing yourself…and paying for it!!) - I heard something that made the day seem even more surreal. I heard opera music! Not just any opera music, but one of my all-time favorites: “Nessun Dorma” (I blogged about this when Pavarotti passed away) - I’m pretty sure it was Placido Domingo - but, I’m certain it was “Nessun Dorma”. So, I stopped (I had to anyway because the check-out computer was saying - for the 5th time, “Item has been removed from the bagging area. Please return item to bagging area.” - only the “item” was still sitting there just like it had been the other four times it said that!) - Anyway, I digress.

…so, I stopped to listen to the aria that always moves me - all the while holding a bulk bag of wash cloths (18!!) conveniently priced at $3.92 - and just as I was really getting into it, the loud speaker interrupted to tell me about a “special” in the deli department…

It was surreal.

So, now I’m all stocked-up on paper towels and wash cloths, and I also got a little exposure to a beautiful Italian classic…all from one little, exhausting trip to Wal-Mart.

Thanks, Wal-Mart. Thanks, Placido. Thanks, Italian people everywhere. And thanks to the makers of bulk wash cloths conveniently priced at $3.92!

Who knew large discount chain stores could provide such enrichment?!

Don’t get me wrong - I still want to go to Italy!

Peace.

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on January 24, 2008
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Sleepless in Super Wal-Mart-Ville

So, I have to go to bed at a decent time tonight!!!

This “night owl” is turning over a new leaf!

Each night I act like I’m on vacation - not an adult with adult responsibilities…

And every morning at 5:30 or so, I feel like…well, horrible.

The training at the theater went well - so many people…it was wonderful! Then we had to pick up random supplies at Wal-Mart. (…I couldn’t find gaffers tape, though.)

Then, at the check-out Byron was saying “what’s wrong?” and he sounded like he was in a tunnel and with that weird slow-motion voice…I couldn’t feel my face, and everything looked wavy…

I was able to sit down before I hit the floor - How embarrassing!! The man on the bench next to me kept giving me weird looks - but he didn’t look that hot either!

Anyway, I’ve spent the last few hours folding and packing up t-shirts - the new “LOVE WINS” ones are so cool - and I’m still feeling strange…

…so, I am going to bed at a decent hour, even if it kills me - it might because I can’t stand going to sleep! My motto has always been, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead…or in the morning…why waste a perfectly good night by sleeping!?” (Man, I’m wordy - even in my mottoes!)

But, that’s not a very adult attitude, I know…

…especially if I don’t want to cause a raucous at the Super Wal-Mart!

So, tonight I’ll think peaceful thoughts, listen to New Age music, and tell myself in a very soothing voice, “You’re feeling sleepy…very, very sleepy…”

…and maybe, just maybe it will work.

If not, the people in the front of the theater might want to keep one eye open as they worship, and keep their ears open for someone yelling, “Man down…I mean, way-too-tall-blonde down in front!!”

I probably should wear my zebra print jacket so they can see me coming and get out of the way.

I’m gonna go now and begin thinking sleepy thoughts.

(Even though I still have to wash laundry, highlight my hair, bedazzle…everything, and wash my purse dog (he got into something stinky today…)…maybe I’ll sleep on Monday!)

Sweet dreams-ish…peace.

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on January 5, 2008
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