Mohawk Valley Girl

It’s a Lame Story

Posted on January 6, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

So there I was, sitting at work, determined not to indulge in Lame Post Friday. I’ve had a week of stupid posts! I was going to have a Mohawk Valley adventure and do a REAL post! There were all kinds of things I could do.

For example, I could make my annual trip to Melfe’s Shoe Service for my work shoes. That would be right on the way home. Or I could go the other way but still in Ilion, and have a cup of Moose River Coffee. Mmmm… hot coffee would set me up for the evening. Or, right next to Moose River Coffee is Beer Belly Bob’s. I could go with a different beverage, although I would have to go home to drink it. If I wanted to drive a little further, I could go to Original Herkimer Cheese and get some Chudder (tastes like cheddar, spreads like butter). Yum! I could also see if the Ilion Farmer’s Market at Clapsaddle Farm is still open. It is under new ownership.

Perhaps I could go home first and change my clothes. Then I could take a drive to Little Falls. I have been wanting to go to Huckleberry Letterpress again. I could probably write about them for Mohawk Valley Living magazine (I think my deadline is soon). There are several other shopping destinations in Little Falls: Prima Donna’s Boutique, Rochette, the Selective Eye at Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts, Little Falls Antique Center and the Shops at 25 West. Hmm… maybe I was getting a little too ambitious.

I was still undecided as I left my place of employment. To make a long story short (I know: too late), I went home and posted the following on Facebook:

So I sit at work thinking, “It’s going to be even colder tomorrow. I should do my shit today and stay home tomorrow.” Then I leave work, and it’s face-hurting cold and the roads suck, and I think, “What have I got to do that is so goddam important, anyways?”

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Not Enough Murder on Non-Sequitur Thursday

Posted on January 5, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

I am sitting here watching an episode of 20/20 on OWN and loudly calling bullshit on the murderer who is trying to pretend he is innocent. I need to make my blog post so I can pay more attention to the next episode. As you may guess, I did not write a blog post while on break at work today nor do I have a brilliant idea for a non-foolish post I can write now. So it is another Non-Sequitur Thursday. What a surprise.

This is a four day work week for me, because I fortunately had New Year’s Day off. On Tuesday, I said, “Yay, it’s not Monday!” On Wednesday, I said, “Yay, it’s already Wednesday!” Today I said, “Why is it Thursday and not Friday yet? Damn!” I am sure other people with a four day week feel the same way. Those of you who worked Monday and/or are in the middle of a more than four-day stretch, just go ahead and turn your nose up at me. I’ve been there, done that. Revel in your own virtue and superior work ethic.

John Quinones, News Personality.

I just thought I’d put in a photo of John Quinones, our host. Only I don’t know how to put a tilda on the first “n” in his name. My bad.

Ah, the next episode has started. It seems to be about identity theft, not murder. The first episode was just the kind of case I like: a cheating, murdering spouse. I suppose I have rather sordid tastes.

No matter. The best thing to do with a foolish post like this is to keep it short, so I will. I will just throw in another picture for good measure. Maybe I can find a nice murder in my Media Library.

Without a shadow of a doubt, one of my favorites.

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We’ll Call This Wuss-out Wednesday

Posted on January 4, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

“Oh shame! Oh degradation!”

I open with this picture from Dirty Work at the Crossroads, the melodrama that my husband ,Steven, directed at Ilion Little Theatre some years ago, because I am, as I was on stage, hanging my head in shame. In the play, it was because the villainess in yellow was about to expose my deep, dark secret. Right now it is because I am making yet another foolish blog post.

In my defense, it is too cold for any Mohawk Valley adventures! Actually, that is not strictly true today. It was supposed to get up to 21 degrees. That is practically a heat wave. I could have gone for a nice walk or even a run, if only I had had enough oomph. And here we come to the ugly truth about me.

Too cold for adventures, I tell you!

I had meant to write something while at work today. I thought I might wax eloquent about things I MIGHT do. Kind of a Preview of Coming Attractions. Instead I worked on a letter to a friend, wrote a few more notes on my new novel, and worked on cryptogram and crossword puzzles. Um, I did all this while on breaks, so any co-workers reading this don’t need to go squealing on me to the bosses.

Do you suppose that I am getting old? SAY IT AIN’T SO!!!! Of course I am older than I was yesterday; everybody is, that’s how it works. The fact is, although I spent most of today feeling less tired than I felt yesterday, I am once again VERY TIRED NOW. Dammit.

This is what I feel like doing.

It is early January. I declare it not too late for New Year’s Resolutions (oh don’t go snootily telling me you don’t DO New Year’s Resolutions; I am not up for an argument). I shall make one now. Better blog posts!

Incidentally, the above photo is our dearly departed doggy, Spunky. I included it because he looks so relaxed and happy to be resting. It makes me think of another change I’d like to make in 2018. I want to find another doggy friend. Now that would be something to blog about!

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I Repeat: I’m Tired!

Posted on January 3, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

Oh, is it ever Tired Tuesday! It is actually a little embarrassing that I am SO tired. My job is not that difficult, my life is not completely stress-filled, I’m not even that old and unhealthy. I am, however, one of the kvetchiest babies you are likely to encounter. Well, I will attempt to make some semblance of a blog post without too much whining. I wonder if I can find any pictures of tired monsters. I am almost always in the mood for monsters.

A quick look at Facebook revealed that last July I made a post called Sad Monsters on Tired Tuesday. I do repeat myself, don’t I?

Well, it is kind of sad, how this big fellow ended up.

Here is an apropos picture, because we almost watched this movie the other night. I am really into watching old movies lately, especially monster movies. However, Steven was not really into this one, on account of all the time Fay Wray spends screaming. He gets a little tired of that.

“Every Who down in Whoville, liked Christmas a lot…”

You know what, I still need a little Christmas. Since the Grinch is a kind of a monster, and Boris Karloff played a very famous monster, I am still in keeping with my monster theme.

If I continue this post, I will commence to whining in a most unbecoming fashion. So I am going to call this my Tired Tuesday post for the week. Well, maybe one more picture.

I am wearing these as I type.

It’s me as The Abominable Snowman. Sometimes I embrace my inner monster. Happy Tuesday, everyone.

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Foolishness Part Two

Posted on January 2, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

I have been looking forward to making this post since I signed off on my last one. Here are pictures from July through December 2017.

“I don’t always do Shakespeare plays…”

I was going to choose Nosferatu but decided on my friend Tucker looking like the Most Interesting Man in the World. He is in costume for The Tempest, LiFT’s Summer Shakespeare production, a wonderful theatre experience for all involved.

“I could do a Shakespeare play.”

OK, here is Nosferatu. I couldn’t leave him out, could I? This is the shot in which I thought the background looks like the Little Falls Antique Center, which LiFT rehearses and performs in front of. So the pictures kind of relate, right?

It was the first annual, and I was there!

This being a kind of a Year in Review, I include something about running. I ran the Boilermaker 15K in Utica in July, then I ran the East Herkimer Fire Department 5K in October (although this photo was under September in my Media Library), AND I did the Reindeer Run 5K in Little Falls in December. Full disclosure: I have not been running since. But I mean to take it up again soon. No doubt I will make blog posts about it.

He looks quite delighted to be there, doesn’t he?

Here is a Halloween-y photo and a plug to a local business: The Old Barn Marketplace on Route 5, Little Falls. I wrote about them for Mohawk Valley Living magazine. I shall no doubt go there again and write a blog post about it.

Gotta love me some Joan Crawford.

Here’s a shot from I Saw What You Did, a William Castle movie Steven got me for my birthday in November. I just loves me a cheesy horror movie with Joan Crawford.

It was a fun day!

I thought I would end with a picture from the Reindeer Run 5K, which I mentioned earlier. It was a fun run on a fun day.

And this has been a fun post to make. Happy New Year, everybody, and let’s have a great 2018.

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Year End Foolishness

Posted on January 1, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

For my New Year’s Eve Wrist to Forehead Sunday post, I am going to go into my Media Library and select one picture from each month of 2017, re-share it, and say something about it. A kind of a Year in Review, which I have missed all week on the morning news shows, because I have not been paying attention. I am not too concerned if anybody pays any attention to me, either. It is that kind of a New Year’s Eve. Here we go.

He was such a sweetie! When he wasn’t being a stinker. Kind of like me.

Lots of good choices from January, but I have to go with the dog. This is our dearly missed Spunky. We had him for a very short time. Wow, way to start off on a downer note, Cindy!

What a great bunch! I am the one in red, getting strangled by the blonde.

This is the cast of LiFT’s production of Rubbed Out at Ruby’s, a real highlight of 2017. Which reminds me, I have at least one murder mystery I need to get to work on.

I know just how she feels.

This, of course, is a shot from House on Haunted Hill, the original William Castle/Vincent Price version. We just watched it again the other night, which is too bad, because it might have been a good choice to watch tonight.

Now I’m thinking about The Headless Everybody.

I had to go with another William Castle movie from my April pics. Strait Jacket, starring the inimitable Joan Crawford, in case you did not know.

“Charles Nelson Reilly isn’t wearing socks.”

I was watching re-runs of this the other day, too. Match Game, by the way (Match Game ’78 is what I was specifically watching). I remember back in the ’70’s watching them change the year on Dec. 31. Yes, I’m old; what’s your point?

Yes, sometimes I venture out of doors.

I thought I would change things up with this shot of actual flowers growing in my actual yard. I have not much of a green thumb, but some things bloom. I always think I am going to do better next year, so we shall see what 2018 brings.

Well, now I am going to change things up further and make this a two-parter. I am now at the six month mark. I shall do July through December tomorrow. This is good news for me, because I won’t have to think up another idea. Happy New Year, everybody.

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Not Just Slacker: Sagging!

Posted on December 31, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

Ah, what a lousy week for my blog! Post Christmas let-down, a fender-bender, foolish post after foolish post… and I am damn tired today! I was going to start a new feature of Sagging Saturday when I remembered I already had one called Slacker Saturday, which is an accurate description of me today.

I had thought of making a post about my goals for 2018, although that would be inviting the scorn of people who Don’t Do New Year’s Resolutions (you know who you are). Well, why shouldn’t I set goals for myself, and since the calendar is about to turn over, why should I not call them goals for 2018? Being the dithery, indecisive person that I am, I naturally hesitate to do so. What if I set these ambitions for myself and fail to follow through? How foolish will I look and feel? I suppose no more foolish than usual.

My main goal, which I set for myself again and again throughout the calendar year, is to Write More. On Facebook this morning, I saw a couple of videos of people who decided to do something every day for 100 days: doing something they were scared of, going to the gym. I thought, hey, Work on My Novel. So when I went to the store this morning, I purchased a nice new notebook and got started.

Did I make a good start? I can’t tell you that. I’m sorry I told as much as I did. It’s not so much the fear of looking foolish I mentioned earlier. It is the fear of Once You Talk About Writing It, You No Longer Feel the Need to Write It. So I shall say no more.

My headline now seems less apropos. Perhaps something about Day One of a Hundred would have been better. But I am still sagging. Hey, it’s still a holiday week. I’ll try to perk up and do better in 2018.

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Lucky for Me it’s Lame Post Friday!

Posted on December 30, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

I do not think it is such a bad thing to sip and post on Lame Post Friday. Haven’t you people ever heard of Happy Hour? Just kidding. We did not go to Happy Hour. But Steven and I are sitting around having a couple of drinks with our friend Kim at our house. We enjoyed some munchies too, plus a lot of laughs. Then I thought I had better go ahead and make my blog post, before I forgot to. I did not want to miss two blog posts in one week. Lucky for me it’s Lame Post Friday (ooh, that would be a good title, wouldn’t it?).

We have been talking about our respective plans for New Year’s Eve. I was trying to explain to Kim about our traditional New Year’s Eve movies. Of course, one cannot expect everyone to understand one’s particular movies. I don’t always understand other people’s choices for their special times. However, for the sake of having a blog post, I thought I would share with you ours. I have no doubt mentioned most of these before, but let’s just look at this as one more holiday tradition.

At the top of my list is Sunset Boulevard. For one reason, a pivotal scene takes place on New Year’s Eve. Also, in an early scene, Gloria Swanson serves William Holden champagne and caviar, and later Holden assures a friend that there is “always champagne on ice.” It is sweet champagne, and I prefer Extra Dry, but I try to gloss over that fact. Also high on the list is Mystery of the Wax Museum, which opens on New Year’s Eve, although champagne is not involved. However, we may also watch a movie I like to watch with champagne all year: Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope. It has nothing to do with New Year’s Eve, but champagne is prominently featured. I might also suggest King Kong. This movie does not involve New Year’s Eve or champagne, but it stars Fay Wray, who is also the star of Mystery of the Wax Museum. The last movie we might consider is Sleepy Hollow, or, as I like to call it, The Headless Everybody. This is a New Year’s Eve movie mostly because we watched it one New Year’s Eve many years ago.

So this is my Friday Lame Post. I must get back to drinks and laughs. Happy Friday, everyone.

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Sometimes I Just Want Monsters

Posted on December 29, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

It was love at first sight.

I am watching The Bride of Frankenstein, looking for a little cinematic comfort food. Regular readers know how I love old time movie monsters. When I went to New Hartford (NY) this afternoon, I rather thought I would make a couple of interesting stops and mention them in a blog post. Instead I got back-ended and drove straight home. I wasn’t going to mention that, but I thought it would be unbearably coy of me to say I was shaken and feeling fragile without explaining why.

I’m quite all right, of course. It’s just that I’m such a big fat baby about such things. The point is, I came home and after a couple of long phone calls with insurance companies, I read an Agatha Christie book (also comforting) and looked for one of my favorite movies to try to even myself out. Which does not make for the most scintillating of blog posts, but you’ll have that, especially with me. Eventually I got so cold, I made myself some soup, which I ate with a Heidelberg roll left over from Christmas dinner. Yum.

Doesn’t she look classy? I really must take up embroidery again.

I had it in mind to watch Bride of Frankenstein a few days ago, because it was Elsa Lanchester’s birthday. I adore Elsa Lanchester. I think she has a better part in Witness for the Prosecution, but we saw that more recently, and anyways, there are no monsters in it. I really felt I must have monsters.

I may not be this good-looking, but the description is dead on.

I close with a picture I quite identify with. “I myself am entirely made of flaws stitched together with good intentions.” I am going to declare this a Non-Sequitur Thursday and drive on.

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Mohawk Valley Girl

It’s a Lame Story

Not Enough Murder on Non-Sequitur Thursday

We’ll Call This Wuss-out Wednesday

I Repeat: I’m Tired!

Foolishness Part Two

Year End Foolishness

Not Just Slacker: Sagging!

Lucky for Me it’s Lame Post Friday!

Sometimes I Just Want Monsters

More an Apology than a Post

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