How To Keep Myself Distracted on a Stressful Monday

I’ve got three different photo apps that I can (in theory) use to upload pics to this blog.  I’m not too good with any of them, so this morning I thought I’d upload random pictures of random things and work on my photo-uploading skills.  It’s also an attempt to focus my mind on something other than scary, bad things and to keep myself distracted – so random pictures of random things seems like a great idea.  This is via Photobucket, which is the app I'm most familar with, but I don't think is necessarily the best for this blog. 

(Random Thought, and picture, #1)  We shop at Sam’s.  That means we buy lots of things.  BIG things.  When we buy meat, we always repackage it into smaller, 2-people portions.  We also always label and date the package.  Always.  So imagine my surprise when I went to the freezer to see how much ground beef we had, and I found this:

 

Unlabeled, undated mystery meat.  I’m assuming it’s meat.  For all I know, it could be waffles.  Anyway, I took it out the freezer and it’s thawing.  It’s gonna be dinner tonight.  I’m really hoping it’s meat of some kind, and we’re not going to be having English muffins for dinner.  But who knows!!

(Random Thought, and picture, #2) I saw this on Pinterest and I immediately texted it to my husband.  I said, “Who does this make you think of?” and he immediately came back with a name.  The exact same name I was thinking of!  I love how we think alike so many times!!

 

(Random Thought, and picture, #3 and #4)  We have a doorstop that is a cat with a brick in it.  It was my husband’s grandma’s.  When we’d go visit her, my kids would play with that cat. (I thought I had a picture of my son pushing that cat around in his red firetruck walker.  I didn’t.  But I did have a picture of him with that red firetruck walker, at her house … and look what he WAS pushing around!  That’s my boy!)  

 

 

 

 Years later, she gifted that precious stuffed cat to us.  I cherish it.  We have it as a doorstop in our bedroom.  Every morning, I kick that poor cat.  And every morning, I apologize to the cat.  I could move the cat, or I could remember it’s there and not kick it, or I could realize it’s a stuffed cat with a brick in it, and not apologize, but do I?  No. 

 

 

 

(Random Thought, and picture, #5, #6 and #7)  Many years ago, we discovered a gecko that was living in the fountain in our courtyard.  For reasons lost to the sands of time, we named him Spike.  Few months later, we saw Baby Spike chilling on the window next to our front door (on the OUTSIDE of said door, thankfully).  I thought Baby Spike was adorable and we promptly dubbed him our Guard Gecko.  (We’re odd.)  Every Spring and early Summer, Baby Spike would show up at dusk and “guard” the door until dawn.  For the past several years, every Spring, a new Baby Spike would take up duty by our door.  This Spring, I was worried because no Baby Spike had showed up.  I guess it’s been too cold, but a few days ago, Baby Spike 2013 showed up. 

 It pleased me more than it should!!  And for what it’s worth, Baby Spike 2013 is a cutie-pie, but when you take his picture at night, thru glass, using the flash, it makes him come out creepily ghostly white.  Don’t blame Baby Spike 2013.  It’s the photographer’s fault.

And this is Monday's attempt at photos.  And my attempt to keep myself occupied and distracted.  And keep myself out of WalMart, where I'll buy junk I don't need.  So posting pictures of random cats and Baby Spike is stopping me from buying more junk -- and keeping me from pinning yet ANOTHER recipe for yet ANOTHER "how to cook chicken" recipe.

**sigh** I went to resize the pictures and the first one was the only one I could resize.  Somehow, when I put the mouse on it, an info bar appeared with all sorts of options.  But only on that one picture.

I'm thinking Photobucket isn't going to work for me.