Hodgepodge goes to School

Thanks, Joyce!

Is school back in session where you live?  Is everyone in person or does your system still offer a virtual option?  Are kids wearing masks?

Sorry, I've no idea.  Yes, I believe Elmore County recently mandated masks for all students and teachers.

Something you still do 'old school'?

I write cursive.  Gregg Shorthand, too.  Oh, and I still put two spaces after a period.  (Not sure what I'm talking about?  Click here.)

One lesson you've learned in the 'school of life'?

Only one?

Something told me to re-visit Rick's blog for inspiration:

"When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you've got plenty to watch."

(Anon.)

I'm also moved by something he posted back in October 2019:

"I squandered a lot of time in my youth.  Had I understood at 20-years-old that time was my most precious asset, I like to think that I would have done a better job of managing my time.  But that's time that has ticked.

These days I can almost hear my biological clock ticking.  I'm thinking about changing the name of my to-do list to the "Things I Really Want to Do" list.

What seemed important when I was 40 seems frivolous at 68.

It's past time to stop letting time and energy vampires suck the essence out of my day.  I'm past the point of fretting over things that mean less than diddly squat.

The memorial on my fridge reminds me that time is a treasure.  I don't want the end to come with me lamenting that I thought I would have more time."

Rick passed unexpectedly only 9 months later.

I still miss his daily posts.

When you were in school did you pack a lunch or buy a lunch?  Your favorite thing to see on the lunch menu or inside your lunchbox back in the day?

Most days I'd bring a sack lunch my mother prepared: Bologna on white bread with a shmear of butter oleo.  Fritos for the win!

I don't know when microwave ovens became popular, but in 1968 one appeared in the high school cafeteria, alongside a vending machine containing wrapped sandwiches.  The burgers were dreadful -- but that didn't stop me from buying them, if only to watch in awe as the shrink-wrap would swell up.  Better than anything in Science class!

August is National Family Fun Month.  Tell me something fun you've done this month.

Mine's a solo endeavor, but I'm having fun decluttering and selling out on eBay.  When our home in Arizona sold faster than we thought, there was no time to purge.  Tom recently commented, "You know, we spent a lot of money to move this stuff."

True, but I don't want my son to have to face this someday.

Insert your own random thought here.

More about e-sales.  SMH at what's popular ... what's not.  I didn't think the pig-in-a-pole (aka, Italian pottery plate) that one of Tom's clients gave us would garner much interest.  Because neither of us liked it, it sat in a drawer the last 9 years.  I listed it last week and not 24 hours later it sold for more than $100!

Who'd want my 1960-something Girl Scout sash?  But they did. 

Mostly, I've listed study guides and historic newspapers.  Sure, all that news coverage can be found on line, but I think it's a hoot to look at the advertisements, the fashions.

I'm not getting rich, that's for sure.  But given last month's car repairs and vet bills, it all helps!

Have you done business on eBay?

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Thank you for visiting .... 

I hope you'll come again!

Hugs, Myra