March 6, 2013
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Smooging, A Cross Between Wooing, Hugging, Smooching
I know. I am about as useless to Xanga as teats on a boar hog.
If it’s not one thing, it’s another.
If it’s not shivering under my electric blanket upon my bed of death,
it’s packing up my whole house in boxes for the freaking fun of it.While I take a break from unpacking and smooging with Cactus Jack, let’s break this ugly cycle of updates, woe is me and glory hallelujah I got my ranch back posts. You up for some questions? It‘s been quite a spell since I got nosy with you.
1. When is the last time you drove with your car windows down?
2. How do feel about ditching your shoes and getting back to our barefooted roots and EARTHING?3. I tried to go to our local Walmart (next town down the highway 12 miles) and couldn’t even get in the parking lot because of all the police cars. Has your local Walmart ever had a bomb threat?
4. What’s your favorite Girl Scout cookie?
5. Insect repellant: friend or foe?
BONUS QUESTION: What if you were my granddaughter and your 3rd birthday was back in early January and you had yet to receive a birthday gift from your Grammy Tamy?Would you,
a. Call her cell phone, that she never answers because it’s always dead and buried in the bottom of her purse, and tell her she’s a sorry excuse for a grandmother.
b. Say nothing, because you expect she will do something really big to make up for her lapse in mental capacity.
c. Lower your expectations, because you know it’s all downhill from here. Like a three-legged mule. On fire.Like I said, teats on a boar hog.
Okay, you mangy varmints, I need to get back to wrestling these moving boxes.
I miss you!
Comments (29)
I’m just glad you’re moving back to the Hole, bore teats and all.
Hugs and loves WW and love your questions so here goes.
1. When is the last time you drove with your car windows down? I always drive with the windows down when TD is in the car because that old bald dude is so gassy andloves to gas me out in the car.
2. How do feel about ditching your shoes and getting back to our barefooted roots and EARTHING?-I do this all of the time and it is pure heaven,
3. I tried to go to our local Walmart (next town down the highway 12 miles) and couldn’t even get in the parking lot because of all the police cars. Has your local Walmart ever had a bomb threat?all of the homeless junkies and drunks han gout in front of walmart-they call in bomb threats so they can go in and shoplift booze and get out with the rest of the people without being noticed.
4. What’s your favorite Girl Scout cookie? mint
5. Insect repellant: friend or foe?friend and saving grace whent he ants atatck
BONUS QUESTION: What if you were my granddaughter and your 3rd birthday was back in early January and you had yet to receive a birthday gift from your Grammy Tamy? I woul dnot be to happy and would expect two presents to make me happier.
Would you,
a. Call her cell phone, that she never answers because it’s always dead and buried in the bottom of her purse, and tell her she’s a sorry excuse for a grandmother.
b. Say nothing, because you expect she will do something really big to make up for her lapse in mental capacity.
c. Lower your expectations, because you know it’s all downhill from here. Like a three-legged mule. On fire.opps didn”t realize it was a multiple choice-grinning
interesting questions lol. i will try to answer them.
1. i drive with at least one window down alot but i have not driven with all four down at the same time in like 3 years2. going barefoot 24/7 would be cool as long as its not on gravel that hurts i tried it before lol3. walmart here in laurel, ms has never had a bomb threat in its history as far as i know of. i remember though that when we had a k-mart in town it had a bomb threat and they rushed all the customers out. i was in there with my mom i was like 14 maybe and i was looking at the new star wars toys lol. i think that was like 1999 or so. today is walmart had a bomb threat im sure the suspect would get caught real quick cuz the people here are in small town mode and walmart is the only place to hang out here really lol.4. sadly i dont really eat them but i do like some kind thats like a dark chocolate5.friend i dont like flying insects its like i have sensitive senses so i can hear them flyin close by easily and i feel it easy if they crawl on me. and i seem to get stung by wasps alot ughbonus. i have to say b because i love my grandma and i know she will do what she can when she can
I love your nosy questions Tamy. It’s part of what I love about you! You might regret asking me these questions though…
1. Usually drive with windows half way down all the time. Hot flashes and all..
2. Sorry, only time I’m without shoes is when I’m inside my house. Never have cared to go
bare foot. ‘Cept maybe when I was pregnant.
3. No bomb threats yet. But a crazy man met a woman online. Their first ever meeting was in
the WM parking lot where I shop. Two years later, she broke up with him. He was
devestated, went back to where they first met, and threatened to kill himself.
4. My fave GS cookie is Shortbread. Husband likes PNB, and the kids love Thin Mints.
5. Insect repellant is my BEST FRIEND!! Next to citronella candles..
BONUS QUEST ANSWER: I’m thinking if I were a 3 yr old, I would go up to my granny,
look at her with my big, brown, sad eyes, and ask, “When am I going to get my birthday
present from you?” But since that’s not one of your choices, I’ll go with B..
you know I’ve often wondered why teats on bore animals haven’t evolved away…they must be good for something
1. Monday, I sang to myself too =)
2. I’m all for barefeet and earthing, however the world will have to become more responsible and quit throwing their stuff on the surface of the earth, we can’t go barefoot in our creek because of the rubbish people throw out which inevitably gets washed off the hills and down into the water. If I were anyone of importance I would make littering a capital offense
3. As far as I know our walmart hasn’t had any bomb threats, but if our drunk junkies read Ruth’s answer I’m pretty sure that will change
Bonus Question – B
We’ve missed you too
A three year old can understand about birthday presents? Wow that is so smart of her!
If the boxes were not well marked or organized, for sure time to unpack them and reorganize or get out the stuff you need.
1. oh my, last time i drove with the windows down was probably the last time it was somewhat warm here, i’d say…..october. 2. i watched the video. it sounds reasonable. i used to be barefoot all of the time, then i realized that i really like my feet and needed to protect them. 3. i do not believe there has ever been a bomb threat at my walmart. 4. thin mints def. 5. friend during the months of may thru august which is the only time that bugs are a problem here. bonus–def. B !!! take it easy with the unpacking!–karen
I had to laugh when I read about you packing up your whole house in boxes for the freaking fun of it. Are you trying to put everything back the exact same way it was before-ur you know-before??
I usually don’t drive with the windows open but husband does and will open all of them just to hear me fuss at him about the wind blowing my head off.
There are 3 Walmarts in a 10 mile radius from me and I have never heard about any bomb threats.
Thin mints for sure
I wear shoes more than go bare foot-of course at the beach barefoot
Yes, insect repellant. With all the mosquitos we have it’s a necessity
If I were your 3 year old granddaughter I don’t know what I’d do-probably let my mommy handle it
1.When is the last time you drove with your car windows down?
I drive with at least one window slightly down every day, because even though it’s cold out, the heat building up in my vehicle is too much. I put them up, then down, then up, then down. just a little bit.
2. How do feel about ditching your shoes and getting back to our barefooted roots and EARTHING?sounds great.
3. I tried to go to our local Walmart (next town down the highway 12 miles) and couldn’t even get in the parking lot because of all the police cars. Has your local Walmart ever had a bomb threat?not that I know of.
4. What’s your favorite Girl Scout cookie?the mint ones.
5. Insect repellant: friend or foe?foe
b. I would say nothing, cause she’ll get me something really big or neat-0 to make up for it.
{{{hugs to you}}}
1. When is the last time you drove with your car windows down? Always… because my windows are broken.
2. How do feel about ditching your shoes and getting back to our barefooted roots and EARTHING? I’d love to go barefoot everywhere if I could.
3.
I tried to go to our local Walmart (next town down the highway 12
miles) and couldn’t even get in the parking lot because of all the
police cars. Has your local Walmart ever had a bomb threat? Not our Wal-Mart, but our Albertsons.
4. What’s your favorite Girl Scout cookie? I like the Samoa ones.
5. Insect repellant: Friend in mosquito season.
BONUS QUESTION: What
if you were my granddaughter and your 3rd birthday was back in early
January and you had yet to receive a birthday gift from your Grammy
Tamy?
Would you,
d. Not one of your listed options, but, I’m going to improvise. I will take the gift of having such a beautiful person in my life. Gifts are not required.
Yesterday, we drove with the windows down. I love going barefoot and as soon as I pick up all the goathead thorns from the ground out back, I will go barefoot. Bomb threats at Wallyworld??? Not here. I actually said “no thank you” to the Girl Scouts because Thin Mints are my greatest weakness of the cookie eating world. I adore them. I do use Avon’s mosquito repellant when I know I will be in the mosquito prone areas of our town. They were already flying around this morning when I went for a walk in my parents’ neighborhood, which is near the lakes. Now, I have to find the spray!
I can only say you bring a lot to xanga : the fierce wild west . Go Tamy the rider !
Love
Michel.
I miss you too. I would help you wrestle boxes if I were there. The last time I drove with the window down must have been on a warm day in the Fall. I love to go barefoot, but in the winter AI have to wear socks, ‘cuz my feet get cold.
I don’t think our WalMart has ever had a bomb threat. I like almost all cookies. I’d answer more question, but I need to go get dinner started.
1) About three weeks ago, when the temperature actually rose about 50 degrees. It was glorious.
2) Ew, no. I can’t stand to be barefoot. I even wear my shoes in the house. If David didn’t bitch so much, I’d probably wear my boots to bed.
3) Yes, at least twice a year. Our teenagers are terribly bored here.
4) Favorite cookie? Thin Mints are the ONLY Girl Scout cookie. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.
5) I can take it or leave it.
Bonus: B. If we were talking about my grandparents (on my mother’s side), I’d have to go with C. They’ve forgotten about my birthday for several years now.
1. Drove with car windows down last week in South Carolina, but winter isn’t quite finished back up here in Maryland. 2. Don’t do barefoot outside too much anymore but do the next best thing with my Vibram five-finger shoes – when it gets a bit warmer. 3. Speaking of bomb threats, I was at an airport last year when an arriving plan that was scheduled to leave again soon for another city suddenly attracted about a thousand emergency vehicles. All the passengers had to deplane and underwent body searches, also all hand-carried luggage. Yes it was a bomb threat. One of the airline guys told me on the sly that they believed that the bomb threat was called in BY SOME IDIOT WHO WAS LATE GETTING TO THE AIRPORT FOR THE NEXT LEG OF THE JOURNEY – SO HE CALLS IN A BOMB THREAT TO KEEP THE PLANE FROM TAKING OFF – HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF ANYTHING THAT STUPID?!?! (Sorry to shout.) 4. Five days a week Samoas, two days a week mint. We don’t buy them anymore because it seems like they are only sold by the girls’ parents at the office.
Bonus: I’d wait until Grammy needed a cane to walk and then when no one is looking, knock it out from under her. But I was a pretty nasty kid.
Bonus comment on rasslin’: haven’t rassled with boxes for a while but I’m sure it’s not nearly as much fun as rasslin’ with someone from the opposite sex, nekkid! (Unfortunately, haven’t done that for a while either.)
I’ve never found boar teats to be boring – hehe! I. I haven’t driven with the windows down for about 5 years. 2. I don’t do barefoot. My feet are soft and tender like a baby’s feet and I want to keep them that way. 3. No but we had a scare at work. Turned out to be a poorly labeled package. 4. Thin mints are the onlt GS cookie wrth the $$. 5. Friend. A very good friend especially when geocaching in the summer in the woods… The mosquitoes are just waiting to suck you dry! Bonus: As a 3 yr old I’d probably have selective memory and never really remember or understand that G’ma messed up… As a grandma I’d be using one of those empty packing boxes to cram full of cool stuff and get it ready to mail ASAP!
Glad you are back in your ‘Hole’.
1. Every time the temperature goes up to 35 or 40 degrees, I drive with the window down, for a short while. Did that a couple of weeks back.2. Love to walk around bare feet at home, and do that often. Also on the deck, but it is full of snow, so no go.3.No bomb threat at our local WM.4. Used to get Samoas. But it has been years since we’ve got ANY GS cookies.5. B.
1. I usually drive with the windows up because of the distraction of too much traffic. Last week, I actually rolled down the windows (that dated me, I guess!) when on surface streets, but up again when on the freeway. 2. I haven’t gone barefoot since last fall when I had a fight with a dermatologist’s knife taking a mole from the bottom of my foot. Even indoors, I like to have something underneath my foot. 3. I DO NOT shop in WalMart — but I was in Ikea recently, and there was a fire alarm — Lucky for me, I was at the top of the escalator, so simply turned around and went back down, but it made me nervous about shopping there. 4. No GS cookies for me, thank you! 5. We have an occasional mosquito here — I don’t usually need repellant. BONUS — I think I’d say a. Maybe she’d have remembered to charge her cellphone — silly granny!
I don’t see any point in discussing the other grandmother. If there’s been discussion about her participation to the child, then shame on the parents. My children’s “other” grandmother did not believe in celebrating occasions because of religious beliefs, so we never discussed it, and they never cared whether she got them anything. The 3 year old can be told, “Grammy doesn’t do that sort of thing”, and it should be dropped. She should never hear another word about it unless she asks, and it should be as generic as possible. Clearly she doesn’t need the woman in her life, so the parents shouldn’t make a big deal out of it.
@Pollypinks - I was only harassing myself for not getting a gift to my granddaughter (bcs of illness/move). Thankfully, my daughter or granddaughter would never make a fuss over it. They are more than gracious and don’t even feel entitled to a gift. Just me making a silly joke at myself.
1: Yesterday
2: Sounds good to me. I believe strongly in the healing of nature. I used to go out and take naps under trees when I felt sick and it seemed to lessen the likelihood that I’d get really sick… I always feel restored when I take a nap on the dirt.
3: I don’t know that we’ve had a WalMart bomb threat. Wow.
4: I prefer the ones made with real Girl Scouts.
5: American Beautyberry is a good insect repellent. I’ve also used citronella plants – Both will work with just some leaves in your pocket. I do not use chemical repellents.
Bonus:
Sorry… Too busy trying to wrap my brain around the fact that my daughter is having a birthday and her grandmother is going to come and do presents and cake and all sorts of grandmotherly type things. Life is strange.
You are never as useless as “teats on a BOAR hog”; you are a very important part of Xanga life. I’ll just send you luck and love, Wild Woman!!!
@lonelywanderer2 - hahaha! Thank you for the kind words AND the spell check.
Unpacking?! Did you move?! That’s what I get for being AWOL for so long…I know I missed a ton of stuff and fun.
I hope things are going well for you!!!
1. I like having the windows down…and that’s not the only way I’m like a doggie.
2. I’m already doing this. It’s been my life. I’m barefoot right now. Yes, even in Winter.
3. My local Wally-Mart never has bomb threats. But they have socks and undies and bacon and bug-bombs and most everything else.
4. The Mint ones…they should make them Husky Mints.
5. Foe. The insects leave me alone. I think they’re afraid I’ll hug ‘em to my body and talk their ears off.
BONUS QUESTION:
B. ‘Cause having you for my Grammy is already gift enough.
Hope the unpacking is going well!
HUGS!!!
1. It’s been way too long since I’ve had the windows down. It’s been cold. And it’s been windy. Wind around here means red dust blowing around and getting in your hair and teeth and eyes. I don’t expect the windows will be down any time soon.
2. How do feel about ditching your shoes and getting back to our barefooted roots and EARTHING?
I’ve always been more about being barefoot than about shoes. I do that less often since we’ve been living in homes with tile floors because I need a little “give” or my legs/back hurt.
3. I tried to go to our local Walmart (next town down the highway 12 miles) and couldn’t even get in the parking lot because of all the police cars. Has your local Walmart ever had a bomb threat?
Never seen a bomb threat at a Walmart. It used to happen periodically when I taught school in the DC area and overseas on military bases.
4. What’s your favorite Girl Scout cookie?
The thin mints and peanutbutter cookies of my childhood. Both had cookies covered in chocolate, but what I loved was the layer of mint cream in the thin mints and the layer of peanutbutter on the latter. I haven’t seen that since I’ve been an adult. I thought it might be the east coast vs. west coast bakers of the GS cookies, but maybe I’m just showing my age. I was the #2 top seller of Northern California when I was a scout myself.
5. Insect repellant: friend or foe?
I don”t use it unless I’m camping and I prefer not to camp.
BONUS QUESTION: What if you were my granddaughter and your 3rd birthday was back in early January and you had yet to receive a birthday gift from your Grammy Tamy?
Celebrations have little to do with the date and more to do with the celebrations. And no kid would turn town gifts. Your gift would stand out if you gave it at an odd time and not with the other pile she received. And a 3yr old won’t be very aware of the date. I say you get her a gift now. She’d love it.
1. I have no idea. There were some really warm days this winter, so it was probably only a couple of months ago.
2. I think it’s great and I’ve done it before. Even if nothing is physically happening, putting my feet in the grass and just hanging out usually makes me happier. I also sleep with a ground band on every night, which is the lazy equivalent. It touches my skin and it connected to the ground via the ground in the wall outlet.3. I don’t know. Probably not? Probably? I don’t really go to Walmart.4. The coconut and caramel ones. They changed the names and I don’t know what they’re called anymore.5. I’m not sure about this one. Sometimes I wear it, sometimes I don’t.
I really only answered all of the questions because I wanted to answer the second one!
Your blog had me LMAO!!! Although I can say I resemble a few of those comments. Like packing up the house just for the fun of it (3 moves in one year) & the electric blanket. Too funny. I’m just happy you will soon be settled back in where your heart is. That is all that matters in the end.
In answer to your questions…
1 – 2 days ago. It’s been rainy & I avoid driving in that weather because of the fools on the road.
2 – Completely agree. I’m barefoot except when it’s too cold, then it’s just socks of some sort. If my feet are cold so is the rest of me.
3 – No bomb threat, no homeless hanging out in front, but… OH MY… thar be Wal Martians that make appearances when you least expect it. Like going around a corner to the next aisle & one is bending down right in front of you exposing cracks that should never see the light of day.
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4 – Thin Mints dunked in Cool Whip. I know… I’m a little strange around the edges.
5 – Friend. It goes where I go. All it takes is one Mosquito to turn me into a swelled up mess. I’m highly allergic (did a blog last year about it) & it takes days to get back to normal.
Bonus question – B… she loves you unconditionally & knows a surprise is always around the corner where you are concerned. It’s not the gift that counts, it’s the way you love her & she loves you that matters.
Loved reading all the responses. Getting to know you is a wonderful thing, as are the hallways of Xanga…
1. When is the last time you drove with your car windows down?
Last week in my pickup. It was great!
2. How do feel about ditching your shoes and getting back to our barefooted roots and EARTHING?
The ground here is still frozen and one of my legs is a little short so I need a lift or I can’t walk the next day…
3. I tried to go to our local Walmart (next town down the highway 12 miles) and couldn’t even get in the parking lot because of all the police cars. Has your local Walmart ever had a bomb threat?
Not that I know of, but it is the safest place in town cuz the cops are always there.
4. What’s your favorite Girl Scout cookie?
Thin mints or the lemonades. Depends on the day
5. Insect repellant: friend or foe?
I am not crazy about it, but the alternative is worse. I hear the pioneers used vanilla. Have you tried that?
ok, so I’m VERY late to the party. I’ve been busy with school.
1. Saturday, March 28. admittedly not very long, and I was wearing a coat at the time, and I had the heater on. But hey, the window was down for a couple minutes.
2. I can’t wait to go barefoot. Even while I’m grasping desperately to the last vestiges of snow and winter. I will mourn it til it’s summer and I can go barefoot. Then I will enjoy being barefoot while anxiously waiting for ski season again lol.
3. I don’t think anything in my province, let alone my town, has ever had a bomb threat. Who threatens to bomb some place in the sticks? weird people *shakes head incomprendingly
4. I don’t know what kinds there are. It has been years since I had one.
5. Insect repellant is definitely a friend.
Bonus. b and or c. I’m pretty bad for getting presents to people late, so I don’t have an argument.