Welcome, dear readers, to the Friday Postcard from the land of Cobwebs, where you learn about the lessons life has taught me in the past week.
Without further ado, I’m going to plunge you straight into the shallow pool in which I paddle…..
I’ve learnt that it’s bloomin’ annoying when they suddenly take my hair shampoo off sale and instead bring out a NEW, IMPROVED variety, without any warning. Had they put out a notification that they were going to do this, I would have gone and bought up as many bottles as possible and kept them in storage, for use whenever I needed it. I’m now left with yet another seek and find operation to find a shampoo which doesn’t make my hair hang like it’s suffering with a bad bout of depression, or my head itch or burn. Or any number of combinations. Why do companies do this? It’s most impolite!
I learnt this week (and this one surprised the heck out of me) that (last year) the Hershey Company of the USA had British Chocolate made by Cadbury BANNED in the USA, and because of that two of the biggest importers of Cadbury Chocolate were no longer allowed import and sell the British Chocolate within the USA.
The Hershey Company banned (yes banned) Cadbury Chocolate from the USA! No I couldn’t believe this either so went in search of the truth. Turned out … it was true….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcVpp0fGETM
Now I have a handful of friends who were born and bred in the USA and they all love British Chocolate. So I hope that they will continue to be able to find what they desire. However … a certain blogger – Chicken Grandma – will (next week) get her first taste of Walnut Whips which I’ve posted to her. If she loves them … I want her to be able to seek and find them so that she can keep up her supply. 😉
I’ve learned that when I’m not feeling too well, I really, really should stop what I’m doing and just let my body heal itself in its own time, and not push my luck. Because pushing my luck ends up costing me more days of not being too well. So give in, give up and go to bed. That’s the rule I’m going to go by from now on.
I learned the hard way that when I see some crafty item or another, and I fall in lurve with it, I should think carefully about whether I should buy two or three packs at the time … because that store where you bought your item from, might just put the price up to double the price you paid just two days earlier, once it finds out that crafters really, really like this item and want it on their Christmas cards! DOUBLE THE PRICE IN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS! What a liberty! Grrrr! 😦
I realised (so I guess I learned this about myself this week) that I no longer take myself as seriously as I did when I was younger. I’ve found that I’m far more relaxed and more chilled now. Things don’t bother me like they used to. Appointments being cancelled … [shrugs] that’s ok. Just make another one. The store being out of stock of the item I travelled there just to buy …. ah nevermind. Find something else, or wait till they get it back in. Nothing really gets me angry or mad any more. I’m just the chilled out person I always knew I could be if I tried. Thing is … I’m not trying. It just seemed to happen!
I’ve learned that no matter how serious your own life is, everyone needs a friend to be silly with. Someone you can just be silly with. Harmlessly so. Innocent fun. Just regular silly stuff. Someone to have a laugh or a giggle with.
I’ve learned that my 5-year-old Grandson, Little Cobs, is apparently the Worlds Chief Fingernail Superintendent, and if he feels that my nails are too long for any Grammy of his, then he’s going to tell me about it over and over until I get my nail scissors out and cut that nail to a length he finds acceptable. (yes … this really did happen. I josh you not!).
I’ve learnt that Mr. Cobs and I are going to have to resort to trickery to get Little Cobs out of the house when he comes every Saturday for the day. His daddy drops him off with us, and the moment that front door closes, we cannot get him to come out with us in the car at all. He just doesn’t want to leave the house, not for weeks on end now – he’ll take his bike out into the garden and race around that, but that’s as far as it goes.
And … we think we may have figured out why. He knows that if he goes out in Grammys car, it could be that we’re taking him home. Soooo he might think that we’ll take him home if we go out, soooo … we’re going to swap things around. We’re going to pack a winter picnic in the car, then instead of Daddy dropping him off, we’ll instead go there and collect him from daughter and son-in-law’s home…. then we’ll go take him somewhere for this picnic (if it’s too cold to eat outdoors, then we’ll sit in the car and eat it). Then afterwards we can do something outside. Something fun. Even just kicking a ball around the park with Grandad or even something like a hunt for treasure on the beach (if the sun is out). Anything, just to get him outside having a bit of fun.
And finally ….
I’ve learned that the obnoxious smell which my dog can emit – particularly and only when her bottom is facing my way – be it in our bedroom, the living room or any other room – including my Craft Room (how very dare she) …. might turn me green; make me fall off my chair; go into debt to buy sprays and expensive scented candles which will disguise the smell enough to stop me vomiting …. but I’ve learned that I can actually live through them …. even when holding my breath and trying to make a hasty retreat to some other room where she can’t follow me!
Mr. Cobs let her eat what was left in one of our cats food dishes today which has caused her a windy pops problem … and if he EVER does that again I’m going to either:-
A) D.I.V.O.R.C.E him.
B) Cut his ‘pom poms’ off (yes we really do call them that ever since our youngest daughter asked us, when she was knee-high to an ant, “Why does Daddy have pom poms and I don’t?”. They’ve been ‘pom poms ever since. … or
C) Shave all his hair off while he’s blissfully snoring the night away.
Be Warned, Cobs The Bogey Man! Be Warned!.
Well … that’s a list of all the lessons life has taught me in the last seven days. Or rather … it’s the ones I can remember. So what about you? Have you learned anything this week? Has life taught you the secrets of how to stay forever young? Win the lottery? Be forever as beautiful as you are right now? What? C’mon, share what lessons you’ve learned this week.
If they’re tough lessons which require us all to gather around you and hug you … then we will.
If they’re lessons which require us to laugh … then we’ll do that easily.
But if they’re lessons that we can learn from, then we’ll willingly all sit in silence as you tell us what we need to know so that we don’t make that same mistake.
If you’ve learnt nothing at all this week … then for goodness sake tell us your favourite joke! We all need to laugh far more than we do. So come on… share your best joke with us!
Sending oodles of squidges from my corner to yours. ~
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