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Tuesday trivia. (Not a pre-prepared message!)  😉

A lady-friend phoned yesterday and we talked for more than an hour. It makes me so happy when friends call to see if I am OK. (I’m OK!!) I especially appreciated the opportunity to sit in the rocking chair, on the porch, on a perfect-weather afternoon.

While searching for clipart (above), I saw this Maxine cartoon. I, for one, think it would actually be a pleasure to stand in line, in a market, behind someone with coupons. More than seven weeks since I stood in line, in a market. FYI: I’m not going hungry; I have plenty of food.

Perhaps the only solution to my problem: Steal my ladder?!

Yours truly has “cousins by the dozens” (by the thousands) and other researchers are quick to contact me for information. Two such recent requests sent me (eagerly) into unexplored areas. I was (figurately speaking) “glued” to my chair and moving back and forth between two computers. Ancestry (and Ancestry) is extremely fascinating!! I suspect the only way to prevent me from “climbing the family tree” is to steal my ladder.  😉

FYI: Actually prepared this Monday afternoon April 20th.  🙂

While searching for “humor” to publish in my blog, I came across this image. I’m not sure I understand the message beyond the words the cartoonist is saying. However, it “spoke” to me because I have been working with two (sometimes three) computers. I’m always eager for my morning coffee (thanks to Deb, I have Hazelnut coffee). See the lightbulb? I have inspirational thoughts frequently.

The following came as an email message from an RVing friend. That’s the title of her message and I say “OK.”  (You know I’ve been peddling humor.)

I was so bored I called Jake from State Farm just to talk to someone. He asked me what I was wearing.

You think it’s bad now? In 20 years our country will be run by people homeschooled by day drinkers

2019: Stay away from negative people. 2020: Stay away from positive people

The world has turned upside down. Old folks are sneaking out of the house, and their kids are yelling at them to stay indoors!

This virus has done what no woman had been able to do…cancel all sports, shut down all bars, and keep men at home!!!

Do not call the police on suspicious people in your neighborhood! Those are your neighbors without makeup and hair extensions!

Since we can’t eat out, now’s the perfect time to eat better, get fit, and stay healthy.

We’re quarantined! Who are we trying to impress? We have snacks, we have sweatpants – I say we use them!

Day 7 at home and the dog is looking at me like, “See? This is why I chew the furniture!”

Does anyone know if we can take showers yet or should we just keep washing our hands???

I never thought the comment “I wouldn’t touch him/her with a 6-foot pole” would become a national policy, but here we are!

Me: Alexa what’s the weather this weekend?
Alexa: It doesn’t matter – you’re not going anywhere.

Can everyone please just follow the government instructions so we can knock out this coronavirus and be done?!

I feel like a kindergartner who keeps losing more recess time because one or two kids can’t follow directions.

I swear my fridge just said “what the heck do you want now?”

When this is over…what meeting do I attend first…Weight Watchers or AA?

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“The old lady”  does not spend **ALL** her time “climbing the family tree.”  I search for material to publish on my blog. Click this link for the newspaper article that published this picture. It is Sunday and I have spent hours watching and listening to TV church programs. (A neighbor planned a small worship service [in their carport] but a severe rainstorm “put a damper” on the small [safe?] event.)

This is the last of the preprepared blog messages. Yes, I spent hours searching for clip art and cartoon jokes. I was “doing” to boost my spirits and, hopefully, boost the spirits of friends and family. Honestly, I’ve been grateful for preprepared messages because I’m like the Energizer Bunny illustration (no energy). I became weary of “climbing the family tree” (if you can believe that). I’m selective about the television programs I watch because I’m avoiding most of the negative news.

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Postscript: Obviously this message was prepared before irresistibly drawn back to “climbing the family tree”?!

Remember that old saying? Well “cross my heart,” I was NOT going to spend hours on the computer doing family history. Yes, I spent the entire Saturday “climbing the family tree.” Unexpectedly, I had an inspirational thought for a new (future) blog message and searched Google for the appropriate clip art. I must admit that I find curious clip art in the strangest locations. I don’t ascribe to evolution but I couldn’t resist this image. (This does not resemble the blog message I was preparing.) No, I haven’t traced my family back to the dark ages. Yes, the image puts a big smile on my face.

not very smart old lady

yesterday 16 hours on the computer climbing an unknown somebody’s tree

four in the morning and can’t sleep

no not very smart old lady

polking finger at old lady she should know better

funny ha-ha dump message from tired old lady

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This is one of the pre-prepared messages and “the old lady” changed the scheduled time from ten o’clock to four-thirty.