March 20, 2011 – mud&string

when bad manners totally fell by the wayside and rudeness took over? Have the people who influence the next generation completely given up and walked away from the opportunity to make changes in society from the ground up? Here’s what set me off –

My cell phone rings, I can’t get to it fast enough to answer, but I don’t recognize the number, so it’s immediately off my mental radar. A few minutes later, it rings again, from the same number and this is what I hear, “Who’s this?” OK, admittedly this is a pet peeve of mine, so I ask back “Who’s this? You called me”. Pause on their end, and again, “Who’s this?” Again, from me, in firmer voice, “Who’s this? You called me”. Another long pause and a hang up. No call back, maybe they looked up the number. In the grand scheme of things, this is decidedly not a big deal, but would it kill us (me included) to be a little gentler with each other? While we’re on sort of the same subject, can someone please tell me when the word bitch became a term of endearment? Alrighty then (mentally brushing myself off).

I finally got started cleaning the hoosier cabinet that’s been living in my garage for what seems like an age. Guess what? The color I totally thought it was, sort of a goldy-antiquey-brownish is just years of cooking grease and just plain old dirt. It’s really a nice cream color underneath. Here’s a look