Miscellenea

28°f/-2°C, mostly clear. A little snow on the ground, but most is gone.

Here we are, back to winter after last week's unreasonably warm weather. It was a nice break, and you would think we were wise enough to take down the Christmas lights outside,  but it didn't happen. Maybe later this week. At least I did finally take down the tree, so now all the inside stuff is sorted and put away. 10 totes of Christmas! In my defense, 4 are for the booths. But still, that's a lot, and I got rid of anything I wasn't going to use.

We were busy with the booths last week. Having not gone in since mid-December , except for some minor tweaking, we really did need to get back to it.

We brought this set in last Friday. It sold Saturday morning, so we are picking up more chairs today to go with another table we have.

I opened up the big cedar chest, hoping that will give it more visibility.

These are Fenton Glass tumblers,a somewhat rare color pattern---usually these are blue with white dots, but this set is the opposite.

More blues! Cobalt used to ve all the rage, but these days it sits. 

This is the large primitive shelf we brought in last week. I need to get some lights in it.

Bye-bye Christmas! The ornaments look pretty in their boxes too.

Inside yesterday, it looked like this,

but outside, much different!

The snow squall was brief, but impressive!

Yesterday evening our neighbors Mark and Spring stopped by to visit. It has been ages since we had seen them, beyond passing on the road or in a store, so it was nice to have time to really talk. Mark grew up with our sons, and like my boys, has good memories of those years. And Spring has missed her calling as a stand-up comedian! 

Well, we must go. Chairs are calling!

Words, Words, Words

32°f/0°C, snowing early, windy, then clouds. High all day was only 33, after a high near 60 yesterday!

Are there words that make you cringe these days? I don't mean profanity,  as the use of that is now so widespread that even the most horrible F-word is now almost passe'. 

These days, though, there are words that just make my ears want to curl up and draw inside my head. Kiddos, for instance: when did all children, regardless of age, become kiddos? The word is used, it seems, for anyone from birth to 30. It sounds demeaning to me, suggesting that maturity just doesn't happen any more until adulthood is reached.

Then there's doggo, for and and all canines. Why? Why not just dog? 

Curated is another over-used word, applied to everything from salad to....well, you name it. The word used to imply serious, deep research and learning to verify provenance, value, or suitability. Now even booths in vendor malls are "curated". Good grief.

Another pet peeve is the use of "reveal" as a noun. Why not revelation? It is just too long a word for our times? Gender reveal, remodel reveal, etc, etc. I just wonder when chefs will jump onto that bandwagon as they uncover that special dish in a big "reveal".

And one more---boujee.  Or is it bougie? Turns out both are in use, and have slightly different meanings. This is not a word I have ever used, and don't think I am likely to, but I hear it tossed out there by the younger generations about everything from nail polish to cars to clothes, houses, parties, and so on. 

Apparently bougie is slightly disparaging,  meaning an affectation of luxury ways by the bourgeoisie. Boujee, on the other hand is someone who starts from a poor background, attains great wealth and the accompanying lifestyle, but stays connected to their roots. For a more detailed explanation,  go here.  I would hear my grandchildren tossing this word around and finally asked them what it meant, but their response indicated that they weren't exactly clear either! Still, as a slang word, I am not as bothered by it as I am reveal and curate. After all,every generation seems to invent new slang.

I could go on: deep dives and drilling down into data or a story, gotcha and "I got you", and the like. I guess I am turning into an old curmudgeon at last!

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Tire Shopping

47°f/8.3°C, raining. The very warm weather of the past couple days ends tonight. It was 65° yesterday!

Back at the tire shop, waiting on our new tires. A few things caught my eye:

So, clean your tires, y'all!

Then this board, completely covered in business cards. I wonder if anyone even sees it, in these days of cell phones?

Saturday morning shoe fashions:

Black ones are mine, the others belong to the random strangers beside me. Those messy ones...wonder what his tires look like? (See sign above)

One more sign:

This one is a joke. I think. I hope.

It's a rainy ol' day, so light as well get this job taken care of. We'll be $800 the poorer for it, but we'll have a better, safer ride.

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