Purple and Pink Friends

A friend just sent me this beautiful amethyst. I thought it would be nice for it and the rose quartz to hang out together.

They are a potent pair.

Magic!

After an exhausting time on the phone with my mom and being hung up on twice earlier in the day, I decided it was best not to answer if she called again. However, when she called again tonight I decided enough time had passed that maybe the  conversation might be different. As we were talking and she asked if we could talk about the "hot" topic, I told her we could but only if she were nice. I told her that otherwise I would hang up. So, after not very long she started to have a "tone"  in her voice. I stopped her and reminded her that she had to be nice or else. Short of the long is that as a consequence of her being nice she got the results she was after...which were that when she is scheduled to take her driving test she will call to let me know and her car keys (which my sister and i took from her) will magically appear. At the end of our conversation I kind of jokingly asked her what the moral of the story was and she said: "when you are nice, magic happens."

Pie, Pie, Pie!

I went to a pie auction this evening.

I'd never been to one before and it was some kind of quirky. What follows are photos of some of the contestants!

Feline Company!

This is Max.

He is my neighbors' cat and she has been out of town the last few days. So, this eve I decided to invite max over for dinner (wet food instead of crunchies...yum) 

Ummm, don't tell his mom, kay?!

Anyways, this is him meditatin' upon The New York Times with a full belly!

Humpty, pre-fall!!!

Offensive?

Shopping?

One of the ways Camp Forum celebrates the holidays is by doing a coat drive for a local charity. Residents can put new or gently used coats into a barrel that sits in the main hallway. Apparently, my mom and two of her friends went "shopping" in the barrel and found a brand new jacket with the tags still on. Between them they decided my mom should be the one to keep it...which she did. After the dirty deed she felt so bad she went home and got two of her jackets to put in the barrel. I guess it didn't occur to the three shoplifters that whoever donated that brand new jacket to charity might not appreciate seeing it on one of the Camp Forum residents.

Last year around the holidays my mom and one of the other gals in the previously mentioned trio stole and relocated Father Christmas because they thought he was ugly!

I'm glad we are just at the beginning of this years holiday season as it still leaves plenty of time for more Camp Forum holiday theatrics!

However, I hope I'm not mom's first or only call from jail!

The Last Word!

One of the residents at Camp Forum is a wizard practical joker. He told some hilarious stories from his younger years. It's a wonder he's still alive! I had the pleasure of playing a couple jokes on him while I was there. He'd loaned my dad an electric shaver so one day I said to him: "geez, you wouldn't believe it but my dad cut himself with your electric shaver." I watched his face all of a sudden get serious with concern. He sincerely asked if it was a bad cut and I said with a completely straight face: "well, no, i mean it didn't require stitches or anything!"

Then I busted up and said: "I got you!"

He smiled though I knew the game was on and I had better watch out  as I was going to be the recipient of one of his jokes.

Fast forward to the day before my departure from Camp Forum. I was hugging he and his sweet wife goodbye and as they got on the elevator I said: "remember, I can still get you from afar."

So, I hope he got a good chuckle (and not a heart attack) when he found a big ol fake spider I had my sister (who claims she wore gloves when handling said spider so as not to be implicated) leave in their mailbox after my departure!!!

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Tub Cat, Sadie!!!

"You should try this..."

Post shower "do!!!"

"How's my hair, now?"

After shower photo op.

Meet Jack...he's 30

Potato Chip Head!

Preparation H!!!

My mom's OT told her that Preparation H could be used on eyelid bags, too.

Who knew?!!!

And how did someone figure that out?!

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Teenage Football Players Conspire To Do Something Unexpected | KarmaTube

THIS is the kind of story that should be making national  news.
So very beauty-full...

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Good Friends

A Teenagers Bedroom Door

Really, a Doctor?

We took my 90 y.o. dad to see his doc the other day. He was experiencing a lot of dizziness and fatigue. His doctor's prescription was to drink more water.

WOW...

Maybe once I'm done being angry I'll have compassion for the idiot.

Hairspray Is Evil

My sister and I picked up our mom after her hair appt. today. The millisecond she got in the car the smell of hairspray filled every inch of the vehicle. Instinctively, I rolled down the window and plugged my nose as did my sister. It was a rainy, cold afternoon. After a few minutes I turned around and saw that my sister had her window all the way down, the umbrella crammed into the open window space and was trying to suck in as much fresh air as possible!!!

The Next Digression...Already!

I knew it was a matter of time...

Both my deodorant and my toothpaste come in small glass bottles with similar enough looking labels. Guess what I put under my arm yesterday?!!!

Uh oh....

The Slouched Thinker!

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