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The Post Is Certainly Scattered

Posted on March 5, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

I was all set to do a Scattered Saturday Post, but I guess I was too scatterbrained to actually do it on Saturday. My bad.

It was not a super good day for me. I started out having problems with my cable. Instead of going on a run, I got some exercise by attempting to shovel my driveway. In this I was helped by an anonymous neighbor who snowblew the end, a path to the front steps, and the walk in front of the house. So that was a very nice thing.

The cable problem wasn’t complete frustration, either. They were actually able to send a tech on a Saturday morning, he showed up when they said he was, and he was very nice and helpful. I only have trouble feeling grateful for it now, though, because I got up this morning to the same damn problem! It must be operator error, because the guy gave me a new cable box and replaced some outside wire. I talked to a guy on the phone this morning who concluded that an inside wire is to blame. He is sending me a replacement, but I can also drive to New Hartford, NY, and pick one up for free. That way I will not have to wait and will have a spare in case it happens again.

I Don’t Know About My Saturday, But This Post Is Certainly Scattered.

I just typed that into the title bar then realized it was far too long for a title. Under the heading Waste Not Want Not, I copied and pasted it here. Now I am too lazy to change the capital letters to lowercase (but apparently not too lazy to spell out “capital letters” when the rest of the world just says “caps”).

Anyways, the rest of my Saturday was spent with my friend, Kim. She met me at the End Zone Pub, where I had gone after I walked my post cards to the post office (that makes it sound like the post cards walked too, like they were my pets that needed exersise). We enjoyed a libation, and I took a picture, since I had it in mind to do a Scattered Saturday Post.

They posed and approved the shot.

Next Kim took me to my house to pick up an afghan to donate to the HALO Chinese Auction, which was being set up at the Mohawk American Legion. We stopped on the way to the Legion at Mohawk Antiques Mall to pick up a copy of Mohawk Valley Living magazine.

Lots of good prizes to try for!

Local readers, if you see this in time, I encourage you to go to the auction. It is today, Sunday, March 5, 2023.

Easier the trying to type in the info. Did I mention I was lazy?

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I’ll Tell Myself I Was Tired

Posted on January 18, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

Hello and welcome to another Tired Tuesday Post.

I often feel like an idiot.

I am feeling rather brain dead today. My main ambition right now is to make my Tuesday blog post on Tuesday with a minimum of whining. But no promises.

My brain is fried like a pan of onions!

I was searching my Media Library for a picture of The Brain from the Planet Arous, which I usually use to illustrate my own lack of brain. I was having no luck when I ran across the above. That’s it! I thought. My brain is fried!

My writing has been sporadic at best lately. I progress on an interactive mystery (not murder, more about that in future posts) in fits and starts. I tell myself any progress us still progress. I wrote my article for Mohawk Valley Living magazine. I feel I should have done a better job. Thus I give myself mixed messages.

You know, something just struck me about the things I tell myself. I encourage myself over the unfinished stuff. Then I beat myself up over the finished project. No wonder I have such a problem finishing anything!

One may argue that the carrot-and-stick nature of my self-talk is not a bad thing. Get the first draft out, this line of thinking goes. Then be merciless in revision. That is all very well, but I did revise the article! Once I have submitted a thing and it is beyond my ability to change, can I stop with the criticism? It is something to consider.

So this is my Tired Tuesday Post. I shall hit Publish and strive to refrain from telling myself it should have been better. I only hope I did not whine too much.

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Muddled Monsters? Or Just a Muddled Post?

Posted on February 18, 2020 by mohawkvalleygirl

This is not how I looked on my wedding day.

I thought I would start right out with a monster picture. I am very tired, and annoyed with myself for being so tired. How am I ever going to get anything done? What the hell, me? And how does any of this relate to the picture I just shared? Could I be having a Non-Sequitur Monday? Let’s call it a Muddled Monday. At least it’s alliterative.

I did get something done today. I finished writing and emailed two articles with pictures to Mohawk Valley Living magazine. I hope they publish them. However, if they do not, it still did me good to write them. No writing is wasted, because you learn something from writing it. Also, I can always use it as a blog post.

“This is a good boy!”

Here is a Frankenstein’s Monster who had better luck with his bride than Boris Karloff had with Elsa Lanchester. Oh dear, ought I to have included a spoiler alert? Too late.

I can always use a little cuteness on a Monday.

I thought I would muddle things up a little more, veering into a cute little vampire. I have absolutely no problem with cute monsters.

I guess this was not a particularly cute blog post, but it is over 200 words. Did it do me good to write it? I daresay it did. I hope it was at least mildly entertaining to read.

A Little Fun in Little Falls

Posted on April 14, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

Yes, I am making my Scattered Saturday post on Sunday morning. You may judge me, and I will neither protest nor defend myself. Never mind that, on with the post.

I was missing a Girl’s Day in the Finger Lakes with my sisters and Mom, because Monday is the deadline for Mohawk Valley Living magazine, and once again, I am behind the eight ball (that is a cliche for “I don’t have my act together,” but I thought I would sound cool by referencing billiards) (go ahead and tell me pool and billiards are not the same thing; I deserve it for using a cliche to try to be cool). Where was I? Ah yes, looking for something to write about. I feel a little uncomfortable admitting I write these things so close to the last minute, but that behavior used to get me all A’s when I wrote papers in school. Why would I mess with success? Or how can I fight nature? But I digress.

Steven and I drove to Little Falls, NY, one of my favorite places, in search of a distinctive, fun local business I have not written about. Unfortunately, I have written about a lot of them. We parked on Main Street and took a slow walk down it. It was a lovely day for a walk, at least. We stopped into Designs by Shelly, a flower and gift shop.

Just a few gift suggestions for my husband. I’m helpful that way.

I sadly noted a couple of places no longer in business, giving Little Falls’ Main Street something in common with Herkimer’s. I would have liked to stop into Meeples Mug House, even though I already wrote about them, but they were not open yet.

In front of what used to be West End Steak House, long closed, still missed.

We did stop into White Rose Bakery, which I have written about, and had a cup of coffee and a treat. Yum! We considered continuing down to Paca Gardens or Fall Hill Bead and Gems, both of which I had written about, but decided against it. We headed back to Herkimer, in search of other adventures. Did we find any? That will have to await future posts.

White Rose Bakery: yummy coffee and treats, pretty windows.

Late Post on a Busy Sunday

Posted on March 6, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

Oh, I just knew this would happen. I waited till the last minute to post and now I don’t want to write a good post and I’m not even convinced of my ability to do so. Then again, is that not appropriate on Wrist to Forehead Sunday?

I had a matinee of Steel Magnolias at Ilion Little Theatre. Before that my husband Steven and I went to the HALO Chinese Auction at the Herkimer VFW and to Rose Quartz Stand, a gem store located nearby. HALO, for anybody that does not know, is the Helping Animals Live Organization, based in Little Falls, NY, a no-cage, no-kill cat shelter. The Chinese Auction, in addition to being their major fundraiser of the year, is one of the hottest tickets in the area. There were a LOT of people walking around, putting in their chances to win a wide variety of marvelous prizes (I donated an afghan myself). We did not win anything, by the way.

Rose Quartz Stand is a business I visited back at Christmas time and intend to go to again. We bought a frog carved from stone for Steven for his birthday (which was Friday) and a dinosaur to keep the frog company (I am a big anthropomorphizer). I intend to write more about the store later, perhaps even doing an article for submission to Mohawk Valley Living, my favorite magazine.

After a well-received matinee of Steel Magnolias, Steven joined me and several other cast and crew members for Applebee’s in Herkimer for drinks and dinner. It was a great time.

Now I am dying to get back to watching a DVR’d Columbo and crocheting yet another afghan to donate… somewhere. Happy Sunday, everyone.

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