Wacky Web Stuff

Sometimes you just use the stuff people send you in emails.  And when you have enough of them you change your email address or block a few senders who send you endless nonsense on a frequent basis.  At least these three gave me a chuckle.

Supposedly from a computer grammar program.

I do think parents of 7th graders should have a shot or two.

And this one for no reason  other than I laughed.

Don't Know Where It Came From

But I like it.

Feeding Guests

I am delighted when we have guests. I keep the house in pretty good order most of the time, so there is little preparation beyond putting out clean towels in the guest bathrooms and picking up some of the clutter in my study.

One of my favorite aspects of having company is in planning the menus. I love to cook and I especially love to cook regional favorites. So I put a lot of planning into the menus, coordinating the meals with the snacks and making desserts.

So why am I so out of kilter this morning? Not because we are having guests tomorrow. It's because my husband is the one communicating with them. (Although I have met them, they are his friends from work.) So I'll have to be more "flexible" in my menu choices. A few questions my husband failed to ask: Are you coming in time for lunch? Or will you be here in time for dinner? Or will you be coming later than dinner?

So I decided to forego big plans. It's been warm here. So I'm making a fruited chicken salad and some deviled eggs. That, along with some fancy slices of turkey breast, raw veggies, cheese and fruits will be the menu the day they arrive. If they are here for lunch, we'll have smaller portions. I have pork chops in case they are here for both lunch (chicken salad) and dinner. If they are arriving later for dinner, I'll have larger servings of the chicken salad and will bake some yeast rolls I have in the freezer.

Ordinarily my husband is good at communication, but typically the coordination with arriving guests is my responsibility and he just doesn't understand what a hostess needs to know. Next time I'll take charge and talk to them in person.

Regarding communication...here are some signs I found on Huffington Post. No credit was given to the photographers.

I hate to cop out, but we might just have dinner at the club instead of home cooking. That's what you get for stringing me out like that.

Yet Another Break?

Yes, I'm taking a two-week break from posting. I have another best friend who is coming to visit. This one is REALLY special. She's my daughter and we plan to have some great fun. Few things in life are as satisfying as the realization that your grown children are wonderful adults and have become your good friends. My daughter was 12 when we moved to Wisconsin so she spent her early years in the south and she loves our NC mountains. We will be day-tripping all over the place.

I leave you with some photographs of real signs. I did not take any of them, but the site from which I downloaded them did not give credit to the photographers. The signs make almost as much sense as the three executives who played the blame game yesterday in the Senate hearing. BP quickly identified Transocean as the guilty party. Transocean just as quickly pointed the finger at Halliburton. And who did Halliburton blame? Why, BP of course.

Well, at least the signs are a bit humorous. There's NOTHING humorous about the disastrous oil spill and lack of accountability.

Finally, the Washington Post recently invited readers to "invent" new words by combining or altering common words. Here is my very favorite:

ignoranus: a person who is both stupid AND an a**hole.

I have a frightening number of people I have so labeled.

Have a wonderful two weeks. I'll be checking your blogs and when I return I'll share some of our little trips with you.