Things That Make You Go Hmm Addendum

 I had to go to Walgreens today to pick up another prescription for the Old Man, and as I was walking down the aisle, I saw another product that was behind lock and key - particular sticks of deodorant. I can only imagine why. 

Things That Make You Go Hmmm

I went to a drugstore today to get a few things, and as I was walking down an aisle, I noticed that the store had deodorant under lock and key.  The sticks of deodorant were behind the heavy plastic covering that could only be opened with a key.  I know that a lot of the drugstores have decongestant pills like that, to deter people from buying too much to make some crazy type of drug, but I never thought about sticks of deodorant.  

Really?

 I had to pick up a prescription for the Old Man the day after Christmas, and as I expected, they were already clearing out their Christmas items, especially the Christmas candy.  In its place, they were putting out Valentine candy.  Fast forward to yesterday when I went to Kroger to get milk, and saw shelves with Reese eggs.  There are no words.  But I digress.  I did buy a couple for us. b

Time To Move Forward In 2026

 I spent most of the day taking down and putting up our Christmas decorations.  We had more put up then I thought.  I'm just thankful that five years ago after I cleaned and cleared out my Sweet Mother's walk in closet, I made it our Christmas closet.  No more making the dreaded trips up and down to the basement.  But everything it stored away until time to decorate again mid-November.  It's time to move forward into 2026. 

Flashback Friday

 I was reminiscing a couple of nights ago on New Years Eve about the time back in the day when my friend Keith and I drove down deep into the hood to get some hot wings for the family's big New Years Eve party.  At that time, I wasn't packing, but my friend Keith was.  We made it there and back home fine and had a great New Years Eve party.  Gram ate a few wings, and our awesome friend Uncle Clancy drank about a half gallon of my Sweet Mother's famous punch - orange sherbert, pineapple juice and Sprite.  We all had our fill of Uncle Clancy's wife Rosemary's famous Rotel tomato, sausage and cheese dip.  A great time was had by all.  

Happy New Year

 The fortune that was in my fortune cookie when we had Chinese for supper on Saturday.  

Farewell 2025

 Dear 2025:

It’s been a long twelve months, but I am glad to see you go.  You brought so much pain, sickness, and grief to a lot of our friends and family.  On this last day of the year, we have one friend in the hospital in serious condition with pneumonia. We have another friend in the hospital recovering from a stroke. We have another friend who was told by her oncologist yesterday that it was time for her to call in Hospice. Three sisters that I grew up with lost both their mother and father this year. Another dear friend has a great-granddaughter that was born two days ago, 7 weeks early, and is in the hospital waiting to have surgery on her stomach.  I could go on with more friends and family that had a bad year but I will leave on a positive note – The Old Man is still here with me, and he is still happy and has a great attitude.

I'm optimistic to see what your follower 2026 will bring.