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11.02.2008 :: 59. Dessert, attacking cantaloupes and tattoo hiders

needed to cover up the Obama tattoo to go to a wake today
I had a wake to go to today. Friend's parents,which honestly is the only time we are seeing friends lately and that stinks no matter how you look at it. And me, with an Obama tattoo on my hand. Bethany innocently asked me if I was going to shake hands and say "Sorry for your loss, Vote for Obama". While that appealed to me for a millisecond, I knew this idea would not fly. Luckily it was a cold day and my fetching handwarmers came to the rescue! Of course, when there, I took off my right handed handwarmer, leaving the Obama camouflage one on leaving me to look a bit like Michael Jackson.
This leads us to the time that I will call...Name Your Affliction!
I have 2 complaints today. Each one of them as amusing as the other so you get to hear.
1. I burned the roof of my mouth last night when I ate a boiling hot potato from the fish chowder to see if it was cooked through. It was. Now I have a souvenir of a blister on the roof. You know I cannot leave it alone either, right?
2. Cantaloupe. It seems an innocent fruit. But it can injure and maim. Why do they stack cantaloupes in such a pyramid anyway? One rolled off, I tried to catch it, I did not. It hit the top of my foot. No cantaloupes were hurt in this incident. It got to sit on the shelf unharmed. Me? I have the very rare cantaloupe bruised foot.
It really did jump off the shelf and hit me.
~Going to a friend's house for dinner tonight and I'm bringing dessert. Which you see under the Hidden Obama Handwarmer Picture. It is upside down apple cake, recipe thanks to Martha. You can find it here.

Posted by Sandy on 11.02.2008 AT 04:55 PM

Comments

The tats were out in full force yesterday at our county campaign headquarters. Things got a little silly around 5 pm when we tried to get 30 canvassers out for one last shift -- and then decided it was really too late. Nothing to do but sit and wait.

Posted by: Diane T on 11.05.2008 AT 01:31 PM

Good thing you didn't go the elementary school route and put the tat on your cheek. "Who's that whacko in the back pew who wore a balaclava to a funeral?!" :)

Posted by: Tish on 11.05.2008 AT 11:06 AM

Fetching: Useful as well as decorative! :-)
Sorry about your mouth. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. It reeeally hurts!

Posted by: Kelly on 11.03.2008 AT 08:19 PM

That cake looks SO GOOD! Love the Fetching and sorry about your poor foot, too. :-(

Posted by: mahgene on 11.03.2008 AT 10:14 AM

You are full of good stories today. The cantaloupe-bruised foot is the best one, though.

P.S. I am arguing with the spell-checker that canteloupe is spelled with an E in the middle and not an A. But the spell-checker is NOT HAVING IT.

XOXO

Posted by: Norma on 11.03.2008 AT 06:41 AM

When getting out of bed yesterday, I smacked my Achilles tendon HARD on the edge of the (metal) bedframe. Big bruise and scrape right where my shoe rubs.
So now I can't even get out of bed without injuring myself...

Posted by: gayle on 11.03.2008 AT 06:20 AM

So, how temporary is this tattoo?

Posted by: claudia on 11.02.2008 AT 07:51 PM

Clever way of using the handknits to hide the tattoo!

Posted by: Carole on 11.02.2008 AT 07:21 PM