oh lazy Sunday

Oh lazy Sunday

Sleeping in late

No energetic tasks

No travel today

All day chilling

Lets skip breakfast

Brunch sounds great

Read a book

Light hearted conversation

Plenty of smiling

We venture outside

An afternoon stroll

Entering park life

Breathing fresh air

Making frequent stops

People watching time

Families out walking

Happy smiling faces

Children at play

Screams of laughter

Grass looks greener

Trees seem taller

Meander back slowly

Home is welcoming

Quiet peaceful place

Take afternoon nap

Time slows down

Dream pleasant dreams

Oh lazy Sunday

How do you cope with the unexpected

Sometimes things do not go as expected

Plans that never materialize

People who break the promises they made to you

Suppliers sell you things that are backordered

Items are delivered damaged or to the wrong address

Accidents occur that destroy things

You or a loved one suddenly fall very ill

The weather brings floods and damaging winds

You drop your reading glasses and they shatter

Extreme cold causes your pipes to burst

New neighbors turn out to be obnoxious and noisy

Your boss at work decides to blame everything on you

You don’t get the pay rise you were promised

Somebody stole your car and its never recovered

Wine gets spilled over your expensive suit 

You drop your cellphone into a sink full of water

The dog is sick all over the bedroom carpet

Your child gets into big trouble at school 

The spring and summer extensive landscaping work is eaten by deer in one night

The TV DVR did not record your favorite show

Dreaded relatives show up at your door unexpectedly

Your credit card stops working when you need to pay for dinner

You cannot find one shoe and you are late for work

You break a tooth while eating popcorn at the movies

Despite your pleading, the policeman still gives you a speeding ticket

Your partner announces they want a divorce

Your employer sells the company and the new management lay you off

The roof starts leaking during a heavy storm

Your pet dog runs away and never comes back

No spare bicycle inner tube and a puncture 30 miles from home

You desperately need a shower but somebody used all the hot water

The list is endless

How do you cope with all these things

The word cope is a big fat clue

You must develop coping mechanisms to deal with life’s problems

Without coping mechanisms you would probably curl up and cry all the time

Coping mechanisms help you navigate through the rough spots

Then you can enjoy the brief moments of peace and tranquility

Until the next unexpected calamity hits you

Use your coping skills to handle the unexpected gracefully

When TMI becomes TMTMI

You are having a conversation with somebody

Its pretty lame mundane stuff

Then all of a sudden without warning

They start giving you too much information

It might be graphic details of a medical procedure

Or details of some uncomfortable bodily function

Perhaps just too much personal information

You want to interject and ask them to stop

But decide to let them go on

Hoping that the TMI is finished

But TMI keeps on flowing faster and deeper

The TMI damage is done now

You cannot unhear what has been said

You try and change the subject but they ignore you

They are determined to unload their grisly TMI story on you

You start to feel repulsed and physically sick

They do not pick up on your feelings at all

Its just one big TMI motherload dumped in your lap now

Like a steaming pile of cow dung

It becomes an information overload

More than your brain wants to process

You start to suffer acute embarrassment

Then thankfully the person moves on and leaves you

You need to rid yourself of all they told you

Visualize a big trash can in your mind

Drop all their words into that trash can

Scoop them all up while they are still warm

Then put the lid on the trash can and wheel it to the curb

It will soon be picked up and emptied 

You will start to feel better quickly

Too much TMI is TMTMI

Apologies if this came to you by email

I can remember opening my first email account

Such a novelty to receive an email in those days

I was only getting a couple every week back then

Fast forward to today with hundreds per week

They come so fast I turned off the bell notification

I no longer respond to emails in real time

I scroll through them every few days

Only opening the ones I deem possibly important

The rest remain unopened and ignored

They probably contain viruses anyway

Every few months I cull the unopened ones

Mass deletions with no mercy

If its old and ignored it gets wiped out

I hardly ever look in my junk email folder

Except when somebody tells me they sent an important email

One that never appeared in my regular email

My junk email folder started to get massive

Literally thousands of unopened emails

I learned how to set rules for it

Now it purges everything more than a month old

Anything more than a year old is deleted from my regular inbox

The important ones  go into folders to keep

I am no longer a slave to my emails

If you need to reach me urgently

Please call or text

Emails are no longer a priority for me

You can have your cake and eat it

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What do you get by mixing flour, butter and sugar

They are the main ingredients of cake

Almost everybody loves cake

We roll them out at birthdays and anniversaries 

Cakes are essential at weddings

Afternoon tea must include cake

So where did the story of cakes start

Who invented the first cake

How did cake become so essential in our lives

Some say the word cake has Nordic origins

Derived from the word ‘kaka’

Which is very unfortunate

Because kaka is the ancient Greek word for poo

Nobody wants to celebrate their birthday by lighting candles in poo

Well nobody that I am aware of

Historians believe that cake can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians

They baked bread laced with honey

Ancient Greeks baked cakes for birthdays of their gods

Adding candles to depict moonlight

Modern cakes have have their roots in the 17th century

When the main ingredients became more accessible

Cake became more popular in the 19th century 

Its was still a luxury item back then

As sugar and chocolate were expensive items

Cake is now firmly established in our lives today

Almost every restaurant offers cake for dessert  

People earn a living making cakes for special occasions

So what is the future for cake

Will low carb and keto kill the cake

Will the war against sugar result in cake collateral damage

What place will cake have in the 22nd century

Life is all about choices

If you like cake then go buy one now

Or buy the ingredients and bake one

Better still buy or bake two or more cakes

Enjoy your cake today

Have it and eat it

Have faith in your football team…..and other important things

My football team won yesterday

The ‘real” football that is

AKA soccer

They used to win consistently 

One of the most successful teams ever

Winning many trophies

Feared by all other teams

But this season has been a bust

Winning less than half their games

Often losing by a huge margin

They went from being invincible

To being timid and afraid

Other teams crushed them

It was painful to watch

But I still watched

Endured the pain

Suffered in defeat

Wallowed in the misery

Dissected all their bad moves

Kept watching and supporting

I had faith they would improve

Recently they turned a corner

Winning their last two games

It feels so good to watch them win again 

I stick with them through bad times and good

Because I have faith

Faith that the coach will motivate them

Faith that they will find their lost magic

Faith that they have the will to win

Faith that the strikers have the skill to score goals

Faith the the defenders will block opponents from scoring

Faith that they will work hard together as a team

Faith that I will never give up on them 

Its essential to have faith in many aspects of your life

Faith In your relationships

Faith in your beliefs

Faith in your choices

Faith in your big decisions

Faith in your family

Faith in those who love you

Faith that your own future will be bright

Faith in your children’s future 

Faith that they will grow up happy and healthy

Faith that you will live a meaningful life

Faith that your team will win their next game

Misty morning

Oh misty morning

Calm and serene

Not a ripple

Water is glass

Flag hangs limp

Covered in dew

No salute today

Sunrise no-show

Hidden behind cloud

Clinging to ground

Bleeding moisture

Everywhere hosed

Wet vegetation

Dripping cars

Damp streets

Soggy sidewalks

Clammy joggers

Moist clothing

Humid air

Muggy morning

Watery weekend

Dewy days

Dank dawn

Oh misty morning

So peaceful

So quiet

So soaking

Life smells so sweet (most of the time)

The human body is amazing

It functions so well on air, food and water

Absorbing oxygen from breathed air

Converting food into fuel for muscles

Equipped with eyes as our window into the world

Legs are there to transport us fast or slow

Hand are dextrous to perform amazing tasks

Our brain is much more than a memory bank

It entertains us with thoughts and dreams

Almost all body functions are autonomous

Our hearts beat every second without commands

We breathe without knowing it

Our digestive systems work away 24/7

Not always quietly unfortunately

With careful management of your food and drink intake

Your body can thrive and keep you in good shape

There is not much else you need to do

Apart from cleaning your teeth and washing your skin daily

If you neglect to wash yourself then others will very soon notice

Decomposed sweat on your skin smells terrible

Nothing worse than being on a crowded city metro train

Next to somebody holding the bar up high

Their smelly unwashed armpit area close to your nose

BO hangs around looking for a nose to invade

You have no escape and have to suffer until they get off the train

Bad breath is another annoying byproduct of human existence

There is no way of telling from a distance

People do not wear warning signs about their bad breath

They may appear to be clean without a trace of BO

But when you get close their dead dragon breath will knock you over

You have to find an invented excuse to get away fast

Babies are another never ending source of pungent odors

They look so sweet and adorable to passing humans

But their parents know its a different story

Babies often reject their food with projectile vomit aimed at a parent

Parents walk around smelling like baby vomit

Often with tell tale  half digested milk stains on the clothes

Think of it as the parental badge of honor

Parents soon get immune to the smell but others stay well away

Their only friends are those with babies who are also used to the smell 

Babies can convert food almost instantly into disgusting liquid feces 

It can look like mustard but knock you out faster than mustard gas

I remember so well looking at my first born child and thinking

Why is this sweet little innocent cute baby girl producing such foul odors

Is it a defense mechanism to keep predators away

Is it a test of my parental love for my child

Will she outgrow these habits when she gets older

Thankfully she did outgrow those habits and went to be a beautiful woman

She got her payback when she had to look after her own baby

When a fridge relationship cools

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I visit my fridge many times during the day

In the morning she blinks a good morning to me as I open the door

She wakes up and offers me breakfast

Usually yogurt and fresh fruit

I thank her for breakfast and close her door

She naps when her door is closed

Come mid morning I am feeling peckish

I open her door and ask what she has to offer

She suggests I eat some raw vegetables

Come lunchtime I visit the fridge again

She tells me to watch my calorie intake

Suggests a salad for lunch

I am hungry again by mid afternoon and revisit my fridge

I tell her I want those leftovers from the restaurant meal

We have a long chat about my snacking habits

She tells me to drink two glasses of water and no more snacking

I follow her advice and reluctantly close the door

Half an hour later I open the door again

She tells me to stay busy instead of eating

Points out that she needs a good cleanup

I get busy and throw away stuff that is getting old plus the leftovers

She sighs with contentment as I wash down her shelves

Then she tells me to close her door and go for a walk

I wander around the town and bump into some friends

We go to a happy hour and have a few drinks

Then we get hungry and order food

The happy our ends but we stay until late

We order more food and drinks

I get back home and open the fridge door

She shakes her head when she sees yet another bag of leftovers

Tells me I should not eat out so often and instead eat her healthy food at home

I am tired of her lecturing and ignore her

I throw in the leftovers and slam the door shut

I tell her to shut and leave me alone

I put on the TV then promptly fall asleep

Its late when I wake up in front of the TV

I am hungry and go searching for leftovers

The fridge door will not open at all

She refuses to unlock it until I apologize for being rude

I am too hungry to stand there arguing and offer my apologies

She unlocks the door and we have a long chat

I get a stern lecture on healthy eating while holding the door open

I nod in fake agreement that I am finished eating for today

Then I make a grab for the leftovers before she closes the door

Eating cold pizza at 2am is my reward

It tastes so good

The next day I wake up late and wander into the kitchen

Half expecting the fridge door to be locked again

It opens easily but I can sense something is wrong with her

Everything is defrosted and warm and all the food inside is ruined

I demand an explanation from the fridge

She tells me to calm down and listen to her

Pointing out that she turned herself off to deliberately destroy the contents

As a last desperate measure to stop me from over eating junk food

She asks me to go shopping and just buy healthy food to restock

Promises to keep it fresh if I promise to stick to my diet

I calm down and agree with her completely

I shake her handle to seal the deal

Then I empty all the rotting food

She switches herself back on again

She sighs with relief when I wipe down her shelves

I go to Whole Foods and pick up a ton of healthy foods

They take my whole paycheck at the checkout

My fridge smiles when I restock her

We become best friends again 

My desire to snack gets stronger every day

But I do not want to let her down

I figure out a way to keep her happy

I buy a second fridge and put her in the garage

She looks so cute in there alongside my tools

Stocked with beer and unhealthy treats

My garage fridge loves to party with me

While my kitchen fridge thinks I am sticking to my diet

I visit the garage fridge often late at night

We drink beer together and chat endlessly about nothing

She watches TV with me and offers me snacks

She squeezes my hand when I touch her door handle

We become very close

Life is great again for me and for both my fridges

It all comes undone after a month or so

I open the kitchen fridge asking her for salad to make my lunch

She blinks her light slowly and then starts to cry

I ask her what is bothering her and she sobs

You are cheating on me with that floozy in the garage