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Lame As I Ever Was

Posted on July 13, 2024 by mohawkvalleygirl

Hello, blogosphere, I am back! What, blogosphere isn’t a word yet? I hear it all the time. Perhaps I have it misspelled. In any case, I am back on the blog after losing a few days to technical difficulties and my usual malaise which makes it a major effort for me to do anything. I finally got back on my Chromebook. Phew! I know, I could have posted from my Tablet, as I used to do all the time, but that, too has become problematic. When I finish the post, I can’t type in a headline at all, and when I try to add categories and tags, the screen jumps every time I hit a key. For the last post, I got on my phone to add headline and tags.

Now I feel a little ashamed for not going through such a rigamarole again (but I KNOW rigamarole is a word! It has been a word for years!).

Random picture to denote passage of time.

I found it in my Webster’s dictionary. “Rigamarole” is another spelling of “rigmarole.” I think the extra syllable adds to the expressiveness of the term. I recently read in an English history book about the origin of the word. Of course I cannot remember it now, but I know which book it was in, and I will look it up for use on a future blog post.

My bestie, Kim, is coming to visit today. Regular readers know she moved away early this year, to the detriment of my Saturday adventuring. I’m sure we will have a lot of fun today, although I am a little concerned at the forecast of high 80’s.

This has been me and many of my co-workers all week.

I had actually been looking for a Mohawk Valley adventure picture to share, but I found this one and couldn’t resist.

I Doodah Didn’t Make a Post

Posted on July 23, 2022 by mohawkvalleygirl

Oh DEAR! Look how late I am making my Lame Post Friday post! How did it get to be ten o’clock on a Saturday! I know, the usual way.

In my defense, last night I participated in the Doodah Parade, part of the Ilion Days festivities. I rode on the float for Ilion Little Theatre. It was a fun time, but hot and tiring. Just imagine if I would have walked!

I couldn’t decide which photo to use so include both. These are this year’s participants of YAW, Young Actors Workshop. For more information on that, you can go to It’s Facebook page or website, http://www.ilionlittletheatre.org.

I did not take a picture of me in my silly outfit. Everybody else was in Western wear, because the theme of the parade was Doodah Rides Again. I do not own anything appropriate except for a pair of cowboy boots my sister Vicki gave me. It was so hot, I considered wearing the boots and nothing else, but, you know, sunburn. Then my friend Kim (who originally wanted to go as Lady Godiva) pointed out that witches ride brooms. I threw together an outfit that did not include black. I really should have taken a picture.

So we’ll call this a Post About Why I Didn’t Make a Post Yesterday, and I will attempt to make my Saturday post while it is still Saturday. But no promises.

No Scatter to my Saturday

Posted on March 31, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

Yesterday (Saturday) morning, when I was making Friday’s post, I had a headache. I thought to myself, “Look what I can do with a headache!” I was making a note to myself that I can so post under adverse circumstances. Well, who knew that headache would blow up into a full blown migraine (oh, YOU probably did) (you know who you are). It was the sort of headache where I could not do anything else but have a headache, if you know what I mean. It faded to manageable proportions eventually but left me too drained to do much besides lie on the couch and watch Cold Justice, my new favorite show.

The other bad thing about yesterday was that I did not have any Mohawk Valley adventures to blog about, unless you call walking to the local lab to have them take a couple of vials of blood. It was a 12-hour fasting blood test, and I had not even had any black coffee, which I understand is allowed. Maybe that was my problem, although I would think the coffee I had while making my blog post would have cured it.

In short, yesterday was a true blogger’s sick day, with yours truly unable to even type a whiny post about how I could not make a post. And today’s post is really, really lame. However, technically, this is not today’s post but Saturday’s post. I still have time to redeem myself with Sunday’s post. Preview of coming attractions: I have rehearsal for Morning’s at Seven at Ilion Little Theatre. I hope to bring my tablet and take a few pictures. A little illustration always livens up the post. As always, I hope you’ll stay tuned.

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Cross It Off the List

Posted on July 20, 2014 by mohawkvalleygirl

I guess I’ve already used the title “CRAP! I Forgot to Write my Blog Post!” In my defense, I’ve been busy. I’m having people over tonight and my last minute nature has asserted itself in full.

It really should not have been such a problem. It’s not a big party or a theme party or even really a party. It’s a few friends hanging out on my deck, weather permitting, in my living room otherwise. A few snacks, a few drinks, a few laughs. What could possibly be the problem?

I did not even foresee a problem this morning. I got up early (but still a little later than my work-day rising time, yes!) and took a long, easy paced run, taking plenty of mental notes so I could do a Saturday Running Commentary. I wrote a few postcards, as I like to do on a Saturday, and walked to the post office with my dog Tabby, which she likes to do. I could have done a Pedestrian Post.

When I got home, after checking Facebook and talking to a few family members on the telephone (you can’t rush into these things, my mother always says), I made a list of everything I wanted to get done. Yes, write a blog post was on the list. It was a long list. I did a couple of things and paused for a snack. Had to keep my strength up, after all.

My list, other than blog post and novel, which are on every to-do list I create, consisted of cleaning chores and cooking chores. I had some semi-ambitious cooking plans so thought I might do a cooking post. As I ran hither and thither around my house attempting to clean, I thought I might do a cleaning post.

I guess my astute readers have by now guessed I am doing a Why I Didn’t Write a Blog Post Today post. On the brighter side, now I can cross Write Blog Post off my list. Hope you’re all enjoying your Saturday.

Mohawk Valley Girl