Perfect T-Shirts for the Occasion

I'm still here...just trying to finish some stuff up. Meatier posts are coming next week...I just need to get these other tasks done.

Meanwhile, 20 t-shirts that say more than their wearers meant them to.  Including these (vulgar alert on some):

And my Sherlockian favorite:

Thanks, BeMeThis.com.

Doggerel

Charley the dog gets upset if I focus on just the feline side of life. 

That's right, Mommmm!

So here, for the Big Boy, are canine memes:

A mom and her baby...I know little kids like this

Yes, Charles. Yes, you are.

Faces

I have to brag.

One of my piano students, Trynity, made and painted this beautiful face plaque. 

     By herself.

It was entered in a local art competition -- and showed very well.

Attagirl, Trynity! Proud of you.

Monday Stuff On the Way to Other Stuff: What Is 'Normal,' Anyways?

Trying to get back to an everyday schedule...whatever the heck that is. 

The Brick and Charley - Making the effort

Lots of paperwork to catch up on. 
Lots of piles everywhere to put away, donate and sell.
Plenty of work to do.

On the plus side, I've been having fun with wedding preparations. It's almost like playing house! We're talking about a geode wedding cake -- like this:

Three secrets (from tidy people) for a flawlessly clean home.  (From Apartment Therapy)

Letting go.  (From the Simple Dollar)


Easy Peanut Butter pie.  Oh my...and it's fairly keto-friendly, too.  (From Prairie Homestead)

Ten discoveries that may rewrite history.  (From Listverse)

An Indiana armored truck spills cash all over the highway -- more than $600,000 worth, authorities estimate. Guess it doesn't just happen in the movies..


A kind Chick-Fil-A clerk who goes the extra mile:

A fun (and frugal) last-minute birthday party for kids.  (From Penniless Parenting).

A window breaks when a Southwest jet engine blows apart -- and a woman is partially sucked out before her fellow passengers pull her back in. Whew.

23 crazy thrift store finds. While you're at it, also visit the photo gallery on Crazy Things People Have Come Home To, like this one:

I went to visit friend Ami Simms once, and found someone in my bed...I think it was Tom Selleck. May have been John Wayne. (These funnies are both from Huffington Post)

An IRS scammer gets his. I've had more phone calls like this recently...the IRS must want me BAD.

Have a great week. Hopefully your schedule will be a normal one. Assuming that's good!

Ten Projects You Can Make With Denim

...including this great rug.  (The top is mostly pockets, by the way.)








Go here for  ten things you can do with bluejeans.   (Thanks, The Very Best Top Ten.)

Here are 40 more ideas for decorating your jeans and making them fit better, as well as additional projects. (Thanks, DIY Crafts.)

Kewl.

Aunt Mary is Gone

    We lost an aunt this week. Aunt Mary was warm, funny and very special. She had been in poor health lately...and was still mourning her husband Vernon's passing. (It would have been the two-year anniversary of his death a few weeks from now.)

Now she has been reunited with him. I'd bet my dad was there to greet her, too.

Here's her obituary, so you can get to know her a little. What it doesn't show was her brand of humor:

    She went to the doctor's office some years ago for an ailment. "Do you wake up grumpy?" the doctor asked.
     "No, I let him sleep in," she answered.  

That was our dear Auntie. Rest peacefully...

Cumings, Marijean 12/8/1925 - 5/1/2018 Sparta Marijean Cumings age 92 passed away peacefully at Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 with her family at her side. She was born December 8, 1925 in Bailey, Michigan to Forrest and Mabel Gold. She married Vernon C. Cumings on August 25, 1945 at the Sparta Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon on May 15, 2015. She is survived by her children, Trudie and Alfred Pfeiffer, Timothy and Joan Cumings, Susan and Robert Hoffman, Stephen and Donna Cumings, Deborah and Richard Bisset, Philip and Dawn Cumings; 20 grandchildren; 50 great grandchildren; sisters in law, Bonnilou DeVries, Maxine Cumings, Ruth Cumings; many nieces and nephews.
    Those who wish may make memorial contributions to The Missionary Aviation Repair Center, P.O. Box 511, C/O Harlan and Josie Lloyd [Aunt Mary's grandchildren], Soldotna, AK 99669 or WorldVenture 20 Inverness Place E. Englewood, CO 80112-5622 www.hesselcheslek.com

Cat Revenge

(thanks, Pinterest)