Funny Friday March 2020 : Meow

Funny Friday, March 2020

Today’s post is this month’s Funny Friday, a regular feature published on the last Friday of every month. Funny Friday is a collaborative project. Each month one of the participants submits a picture, then we all write 5 captions or thoughts inspired by that month’s picture. Links to the other bloggers’ posts are below, click on them and see what they’ve come up with. I hope we bring a smile to your face as you start your weekend.

Here’s today’s picture. It was submitted by Dawn of Spatulas on Parade.

Quotes from the Kitty to his owner:

1. "I'm not moving out of the way, Harold. Can't you see the sun is right HERE?"

2. "This 'Shelter-at-Home' thing of yours is really cutting into my ME time."

3. "So, can you 'Shelter-at-Home' in another room? Six feet of social distancing, Harold."

4. "Is it morning? Late Afternoon? Wednesday? I'm kidding. I don't care."

5. "I see you're wearing those sweatpants again. What's it been, eight days now? It's time to grab a Tide-Pod or a shower. I'm only saying this because I love you, and apparently we're going to be spending more time together. Now, go on. I'll be waiting for you RIGHT. HERE."


Stay safe and healthy, friends.
-Michele

Click on the links below and let some other bloggers make you smile:

Baking In a Tornado

Spatulas On Parade

Funny Friday February 2020: Splash!

Funny Friday, February 2020

Today’s post is this month’s Funny Friday, a regular feature published on the last Friday of every month. Funny Friday is a collaborative project. Each month one of the participants submits a picture, then we all write 5 captions or thoughts inspired by that month’s picture. Links to the other bloggers’ posts are below, click on them and see what they’ve come up with. I hope we bring a smile to your face as you start your weekend.

Here’s today’s picture. It was submitted by Minette of Southern Belle Charm.

Adorable photo, Minette!

Quotes from a dog

1. "Yeah, Gladys? When you said, 'tub-time', I thought you meant, 'me-time!'"

2. "You're not going to put us in matching pajamas after this, right?"

3. "I seem to recall that last time, there were less bubbles...and less children."

4. "So I ate a few extra bones this week. Why is this human laughing at me? I thought this was a shame-free house!"

5. "OMG. Gladys. Where is the cat???"

Have a great weekend, friends! 

Click on the links below and let some other bloggers make you smile:

            Baking in a Tornado

            Spatulas on Parade

        Southern Belle Charm

          Medicated Musings

Words With Friends February 2020: Yum!

Hey-O friends!

Today’s post is a writing challenge created by Karen @ Baking in A Tornado.  10 participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words for someone else to use in a post. All words must be used at least once. All posts will be different as each writer has received their own original set of words. No blogger knows who received their words or in what direction the writer will take them. Until today.  

My words are:

triple, pairings, enjoyed, last, missive

They were submitted by: Jenn @

https://sparklyjenn.blogspot.com/ 
Thanks for the words, Jenn!

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Attention Employees: Read and memorize this week's missive via Chef Boyar-Jonah.

Chef Boyar-Jonah, circa 2008

Enjoy your weekend, friends,
-Michele

Check out the other cool kids participating this week:

                         Baking In A Tornado

                          Spatulas On Parade

                  Wandering Web Designer

                                  On The Border   

        Part-time Working Hockey Mom

                       Southern Belle Charm  

                                         Climaxed   

                       Sparkly Poetic Weirdo

                           Medicated Musings     

Use Your Words January 2020: The Skimpy

Hey-O friends!

Today’s post is a writing challenge created by Karen @ Baking in A Tornado.  9 participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words for someone else to use in a post. All words must be used at least once. All posts will be different as each writer has received their own original set of words. No blogger knows who received their words or in what direction the writer will take them. Until today.  

My words are:

meatballs ~ wrapping paper ~ Hamilton ~ Game Show Network ~ bathroom

They were submitted by:

http://mymedicatedmusings.blogspot.com 
Thanks for the words, Twinnie!

Pattern Story #12: Infomercial

Property of Butterick Pattern Service 1980s

Infomercial

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'The Skimpy' can be worn at any time of the day!
You'll want to wear it:
* In the morning, before or after your shower.
* When you get home from work.
* When those pesky kids spill meatballs on your yoga pants.
* Even when you're staying in for the night and want something comfortable to wear while watching The Game Show Network!

Do you find yourself stumbling from your bathroom with no idea of what to wear?
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Are you looking for something to put on before you get ready for your child's school's version of "Hamilton?"
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Usually, 'The Skimpy' can be purchased for $1000.00. We're not selling it today for one thousand dollars. Not $500, or even the fabulous price of $100!!!
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But wait! There's more!

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Order in the next 30 minutes and we'll even package your order in our famous Infomercial wrapping paper! Ask your operator for other unbelievable deals on 'The Skimpy' accessories. You'll be given our special pricing on hair wraps and spa sandals!

Remember, regular towels can belong to anyone. Bathrobes can be heavy and difficult to tie. 'The Skimpy,' will let everyone know you make your own choices in pre-clothing, and your choice is 'The Skimpy.'

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Have a "dry" weekend, friends!

Michele

Don't forget to check out the cool kids who participated this month:

                        Baking in a Tornado

                        Spatulas on Parade

                        Wandering Web Designer

                        Southern Beller Charm

                        Part-Time Working Hockey Mom   

                        Climaxed  

                        Medicated Musings

                        On the Border     

Use Your Words October 2019 : I hate tomatoes.

Hey-O friends!
Today’s post is a writing challenge created by Karen @ Baking in A Tornado.  6 participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words for someone else to use in a post. All words must be used at least once. All posts will be different as each writer has received their own original set of words. No blogger knows who received their words or in what direction the writer will take them. Until today.   

My words are from the very sweet Tamara @ Part-Time Working Hockey Mom  Thanks, Tamara! Those were challenging words, but I loved them!

My words: advocate ~ innate ~ fortify ~ entity ~ toys ~ shrieking

Pattern Story #11 I hate tomatoes.

I'm not talking about the tomatoes that fortify your body with lycopene and potassium (although I'm not crazy about those either.) I'm talking about the little cushions one uses in sewing to hold pins. (View A in the pattern photo below.)

Pattern Property of McCall Pattern Company 2016

When I was in sixth grade, our class participated in various skills units, like wood-shop, cooking, and sewing. There probably were others, but the sewing class definitely sticks in my mind, because I was TERRIBLE at it. I'm not kidding. For our first project, we were taught how to make our very own pin cushion in the shape of yes, a tomato. 

The teacher, Mrs. Hill, carefully showed us each step in creating the project, then held up her own blue ribbon-worthy, perfectly round tomato pin cushion. There may have been oohs and ahhs, I can't recall everything. Finally, we were off to make our own. I thought I followed every direction. I cut, stuffed, and wrapped the fabric and string just like the teacher did in her directions. Looking around the class, I saw other students holding up their red entities with pride. Me? I held up a mess of stuffed, stretched fabric and thread cut into too many pieces. I slowly walked up to Mrs. Hill and watched as she put her hands to her cheeks and shook her head in disgust dismay. 

By now, my classmates were finished shrieking in delight at their creations. They had succeeded with their ripe, perfect, probably-soon-to-be-thrown-in-the-trash-after-class projects and were ready to move on. I was cursing my innate inability to reproduce a fabric, sawdust-filled piece of fake fruit from perfectly given directions.  I must admit, my tomato resembled a red egg. Or, as Mrs. Hill put it, my pin cushion looked "like a flat, pet rock". Thanks for that, "Teach."

Mrs. Hill may not have been her correct name, It's been almost 40 years since I sat in that class. But today, I can close my eyes and see her disappointment in that squishy mess. In the days that followed, while the other children were off on their next projects (probably sewing life-like toys or 17th century costumes; I don't know,) Mrs. Hill, whose job was to be an advocate of both home-made goods and children, (thank goodness!) spent a chunk of her time helping me turn my "pet rock" into a somewhat familiar-looking red orb. Where is it now? I have no idea. Funny what you choose to remember. (and forget.)

I'd like to tell you that as a seamstress or as a teacher who gives directions to little ones that I've overcome the disdain I hold for those tomatoes, but I'd be lying. I've never made one since. My pins are kept in bowls where I can easily grab them. The cushions I've accumulated over the years have been tag-a-longs from eBay sewing-kits, antique stores, or Joann's.  The middle one in the photo above belonged to my husband's grandmother. (Okay, I actually love THAT one.)

So you might ask me, "Why/When/How in the world did you even start to sew after such a disastrous experience? You know the kind, Michele. The experiences where you can still remember small details 40 years later? The kind when you recall a particular failure, you feel the shame of it late at night?"

My only answer is that I learned to master it like anything else in my life. 
Out of spite.
:)

My REAL sewing buddy/pet rock, Tom. Tom-ato. Never forget.

Have a "fruitful" weekend friends,

Michele

Check out the other cool kids playing "Use Your Words" this month!

       Baking In a Tornado

       Wandering Web Designer

       Spatulas on Parade

       On the Border

       Climaxed     

       Part-Time Working Hockey Mom