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With Ms. G, you never know what you will get, and yesterday what we got was a doozy of a chore.
Week before last we'd stored enough linens in one of the closets, in those "vacuum all the air out bags" no less, for her to make up at least three times the number of beds she has in the house and this week she wanted to go through more stuff in the closet.
It started out with her arguing with the cat, April, about whether she would be allowed in the room, and in the end there was no help for it but to let her in, whereupon April proceeded to do nothing but get in the way, but we expected that.
Ms. G pulled out memories, is what she was really doing -- her Beatles thermos from 1965, without a mark on it, her tennis racquets, from the early 70's and in pristine condition (Chris Evert Signature Series, with one tiny scuff which she told me how it happened on the court in great detail and lamented it the whole time), and other delights, until we got to her beloved golf clubs.
Oh, my, she'd gotten a set of men's professional clubs at a pawn shop and played with them for years, carrying them in her very special and expensive bag, but in the years since she hasn’t been able to play, the grips had deteriorated and gotten black smudgy goo all over everything in the bag; out came the cleaning wipes, cling wrap to wrap around the handles to keep more of the black stuff from coming off and doing damage, old rags, and Goof Off.
Ms. G sat on the bed and i stood nearby to hand her things, in this little bedroom, with the Goo Gone, which is a miracle worker for getting this stuff off, but smelling the room up so badly i wondered if i was going to pass out, and we got as much of everything clean as we possibly could at one go; she’s going to have the clubs re-gripped and somehow we have to figure out how to get the gunk from the inside of the bottom of a very expensive golf bag.
Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Bed.
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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!
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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day! This week's image and my poem:
The builder said, "I got this,"
but he's gone quite insane,
if he thinks I'll buy the house this way,
he better think again!
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Angel Brian's Family of Brian's Home - Forever hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. It's time to share something for which i am thankful.
Today i am thankful neither of us passed out yesterday at Ms. G's house, with the smell of that cleaner in the small room.
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Today is:
Abolition Day -- Martinique
Bear Waking Day -- Norway (traditionally said to be the day the bears awaken from their hibernation, at least according to many sites)
Buy a Musical Instrument Day -- even just a kazoo, and have some fun making music; maybe if this one spreads around the world and enough of us do it, it will foster some harmony in our lives
Harvey Milk Day -- The Harvey Milk Foundation
Independence Day -- Montenegro
International Day for Biological Diversity -- UN
National Maritime Day -- US (commemorating the first transoceanic voyage under steam power)
National Sovereignty Day -- Haiti
National Vanilla Pudding Day
St. Julia's Day (Patron of torture victims; Corsica, Portugal; Livorno, Italy)
St. Rita of Cascia's Day/La Abodada de Impossibles (Patron of desperate causes, difficult marriages, forgotten causes, illness, lost causes, parenthood, sick people, sterile people, victims of physical spousal abuse, widows, wounded people; against abuse, infertility, loneliness, sickness, sterility, wounds, unhappy marriages; Cascia, Italy; Dalayap, Philippines; Igbaras, Philippines)
Toothpaste Tube Day -- the tube was invented on this day in 1892 by dentist Washington Wentworth Sheffield, who wanted to replace the unhygenic practice of dipping the brush into a jar of dental cream
Unity Day / National Day -- Republic of Yemen
World Goth Day -- Get your Goth on around the world!
Birthdays Today:
Apolo Anton Ohno, 1982
Ginnifer Goodwin, 1978
A.J. Langer,1974
Naomi Campbell, 1970
Morrissey, 1959
George Best, 1946
Paul Winfield, 1941
Michael Sarrazin, 1940
Frank Converse, 1938
Richard Benjamin, 1938
Susan Strasberg, 1938
Garry Wills, 1934
Peter Nero, 1934
Charles Aznavour, 1924
Judith Crist, 1922
Sun Ra, 1914
Sir Laurence Olivier, 1907
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859
Mary Cassatt, 1844
Richard Wagner, 1813
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood"(TV), 1967
"Paulus / St. Paul"(Oratorio, Mendelsshon Op. 36), 1836
Today in History:
The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus, BC334
The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to murder Saladin near Aleppo, 1176
Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe, 1377
Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England, 1455
A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason, 1807
On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna), Napoleon is repelled by an enemy army for the first time, 1809
The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean; the ship arrived at Liverpool, England on June 20, 1819
HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage, 1826
The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished, 1840
Farmers Lester Howe and Henry Wetsel discover Howe Caverns, 1842
The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames is officially opened, 1897
The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine", 1906
Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, and is the only mountain other than Mount St. Helens to erupt in the continental US during the 20th century, 1915
The most powerful earthquake ever documented, the Great Chilean Quake, measures 9.5 and strikes southern Chile, 1960
The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores, 1968
Ceylon adopts a new constitution, thus becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations, 1972
Namco releases the highly influential arcade game Pac-Man, 1980
Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system, 1990
Johnny Carson retires from The Tonight Show after 30 years, 1992
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations, 1992
A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, 2002
Sarah West, a British naval officer Commander is appointed commander of HMS Portland, the Royal Navy frigate; she is the first female officer to take command of a major British warship, 2012
Japanese researchers from University of Yamanashi report birth of mice from freeze-dried sperm stored on the International Space Station, 2017
The New York Stock Exchange announces Stacey Cunningham will be its first woman head in its 226-year history, 2018
Washington State becomes the 1st US state to legalize composting human bodies, 2019
Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, forcing evacuations by sending rivers of lava toward the nearby city of Goma, 2021
California, Arizona and Nevada agree to a deal cutting water use of the Colorado River, 2023
Shame about the golf bag, you might need to find someone who can unstitch, clean and restitch. That driveway is a shocker! There's no way I'd accept that! Good picture and poem.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, the Chris Event Signature Series - mine hardly used, but of course. Wow, that photo - no, no, no! Great poem, though!
ReplyDeleteMs G is a force of nature.
ReplyDeleteLove your poem, loathe the driveway. Can you imagine it on icy mornings?
Certainly a hard-working day with Ms G. Of course I always enjoy seeing the fence and wondering what might be on the other side. Good for the imagination. Good poem but terrible driveways.
ReplyDeleteIt was probably almost as interesting as going through old stuff of your own you forgot about. Even though it was not the most fun day for you, we are sure she enjoyed going for a short trip down memory lane.
ReplyDeleteAll those things, that are not only things but "memory containers" There'll be a hellish cleaning when I'm gone ;)
ReplyDeletesurely one of the most amazing things about ageing and the past and such, how so much can be tied to such simple cues...
ReplyDeleteHello! It's been a while and I was delighted to drop by and see six sentences about your adventures with Mrs. G. And glad for the reminder about Goo Gone. It's great to not need the stuff but when you do, that's the stuff. Good luck with the golf bag. Better luck to those home owners with the ridiculous incline!
ReplyDeleteTHAT DRIVEWAY :) ... and i loved your poem that went with it, mimi! as to the golf bag-- is it that you're unable to reach down far enough into the bag to get it clean? maybe try pine-sol and a flexible mop to swish it clean? ... good luck! xx, ren
ReplyDeleteOh my, I'll bet that goo gone smell was really bad. Cool poem. We had a driveway that was somewhat close to that when we lived in West Virginia, except it was going downward instead of up.
ReplyDeleteOops, I forgot to say thanks for joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteGoo Gone works good, but I agree the smell is awful. Such a strong citrus smell.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I could smell it from here! Great picture and poem.
ReplyDeleteYour Mrs. G reminds me so much of my friend Anne. I helped her clean out closets and storage for months. The original idea was to eliminate clutter- but I would say she parted with exactly 5 items over the course.
ReplyDeleteCordelia, what a little beauty of a tortie! Look at all those colours in her coat. Dani is part tortie and part tabby. Cordelia looks like she has taken her place as Queen until she finds her forever home. Go, Cordelia!
ReplyDeleteenjoyed going through it all...
ReplyDeleteMemories warm our hearts if we let them ~ great post ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores ~ clm
aka (A Creaitve Harbor)
Ms. G is lucky to have you, Mimi, there's not many would have your patience. Perhaps a fan and open window next time you Goo Gone it, sounds like mighty potent stuff!
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely the silliest driveway/garage combo we've EVER EVER seen! Whoever the building inspector was must have received a big wad of $$$ to overlook this mess! LOL Thanks or playing along Mimi.....
ReplyDeleteHugs, Pam and Teddy
Charlee: "Now, we're sure that when you say April was getting in the way, what you meant was April was being extremely helpful, right? Right ... ?"
ReplyDeleteLulu: "You cats have an awfully high opinion of your tendencies towards helpfulness."
Charlee: "Thanks!"
I'm joining Good Fences - https://artmater.com/good-fences-around-the-world-may-23-2025
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