USING PAPER TOWELS TO CLEAN UP MY MESS

 OH DEAR, I HOPE THIS FELLA ISN'T THINKING OF JUMPING OFF THE BAYFIELD PIER

So who knew that spinach comes in frozen cubes.  Well, certainly not this guy but thanks to a good friend in Stratford I found that out when she left a Facebook comment about my Yummy-Yuck morning shakes.  I have been using spinach leaves.  As soon as I use up my pile of Popeye spinach I'll be heading off to Walmart to see if I can find me any of them there icy cubes.  And in a comment on my Monday post, a reader wondered about sugar in the orange juice I use.  The brand I buy is called 'Simply Orange' and it has a label on it saying 'No Sugar Added'.  Now we all know how deceiving labels like that can be but here's something interesting.  Up until a couple years ago, I'd be lucky if I drank two small glasses of orange juice a year.  And that's no exaggeration.  Now, I'm not sure exactly when and why it was that I glommed onto orange juice but it's my second favorite drink after skim milk. I easily drink a couple small glasses of orange juice a day now and I'm still maintaining my weight.  In fact, one of my favorite smoothie drinks is simply mixing orange juice and skim milk.  One-third milk and two-thirds orange juice.  Ya, Ya, I know....sounds yukky but guess what....it tastes yummy.  Well, at least to me it does.  However, I only drank one-third of my shake this morning.  And why is that you might ask?  Well, two-thirds of my shake ended up on the kitchen floor.  I had just poured my ingredients out of the blender into my plastic glass when I decided to move my one-cup coffee maker back into its place.  I did that and as I moved back my right elbow hit and tipped over my full veggie shake glass on the counter.  Quickly uprighting the glass with a sliver of my concoction left in the bottom, I promptly took my hand and scooped it along the countertop funneling what was left of my shake off the edge of the counter into my near-empty glass.  By doing that I retrieved a third of my shake. Well, I at least figured that was better than nothing.  I then used up a number of paper towels cleaning up the vomit-looking mess on the floor.  And that was how I sorta kinda started my day.  From that point on the Gremlins had me on the run. 

 OH GEEEZZZZ, NOW IT NOT ONLY SOUNDS YUKKY IT EVEN LOOKS YUKKY TOO

I could hear the wind roaring through our tall pine trees even before we had pulled back the living room curtains.  The wind made it sound very cold outside and if it were not for Pheebs pushing me out the door on days like this I would be tempted to just sink back even deeper into my recliner and just stay there for the rest of the day.  However, I am fortunate enough each and every day to have a furry little inspiration to get me up and on my way.

A FEW MORE CHRISTMASY FRONT PORCH DECORATIONS ALONG THE WAY THIS MORNING

Skies darkened enough this morning that our outside timer switched all our Christmas lights on.  Temperature today was 28F with a 15F wind chill factor and that did not make for a very enthusiastic outing.  We did slip into Bayfield for a drive down around the harbor, through the village, and then home again. 

 THIS MORNINGS' COLD WINTERY WEATHER DOESN'T SEEM TO BE BOTHERING THIS GUY

 DECISIONS DECISIONS 

 OH OH THERE HE GOES

 HE DISAPPEARED IN THE  ROUGH WAVES

 IT WAS ABOUT HERE WHEN I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE MY FIRST 911 CALL OF EVER.....BUT THEN.....I SAW A DARK SPECK AND ITS ALMOST DEAD CENTER IN THIS PHOTO

AND BY GOLLY THERE HE IS

 I GUESS HE'S GOING TO BE OKAY NOW:))

 I NOTICED THIS MORNING THEY HAVE PAINTED THE YELLOW CENTER LINE ON THE APPROACHES TO THE NEW BAYFIELD BRIDGE AS WELL AS ACROSS THE BRIDGE ITSELF....THOSE ORANGE TARPS ALONG THE SIDES OF THE BRIDGE PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE BRIDGES RAILINGS

Okay, so how many of us are going to rush outside at the end of the day today to soak up that extra couple minutes of daylight as we finally begin our slow swing into winter's ever-lengthening days:))  Oh-Oh, but then they start getting shorter again two-thirds of the way through June:((   Now how's that for some up and down thinking a few days before Christmas eh.

 THESE GUYS SURE ARE KEEPING ME ON MY TOES

GROANER'S CORNER:((  It's almost 2022, I've been around several decades and I'm wore out, and I still have so many unanswered questions!!!! I haven’t found out who let the dogs out...where’s the beef...how to get to Sesame Street... why Dora doesn’t just use Google Maps...Why do all flavors of fruit loops taste exactly the same, or how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop......why eggs are packaged in a flimsy carton, but batteries are secured in plastic that’s tough as nails...what does the fox say... why “abbreviated” is such a long word; or why is there a D in ‘fridge’ but not in refrigerator... why lemon juice is made with artificial flavor yet dish-washing liquid is made with real lemons... why they sterilize the needle for lethal injections... and, why do you have to “put your two cents in” but it’s only a “penny for your thoughts” where’s that extra penny going to... why does The Alphabet Song and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star have the same tune... why did you just try to sing those two previous songs... and just what exactly is Victoria’s secret? and where is Waldo?... Can you hear me now?...and do you really think I am this witty?? ... I actually got this from a friend, who stole it from her brother’s girlfriend’s, uncle’s cousin who lived next door to an old class mate’s mailman.

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