Well, the hits just keep on coming. Last week, it was my Mom getting scammed out of a significant amount of money. (Thanks to everyone who donated to the GoFundMe page that my sister set up. It means more than you know.) This week, we were in a car accident. My Mom suffered a slight injury to her hand but otherwise we are okay. It’s just, the minute it happened, I was like “Not Again!” because we were just starting to (mentally) recover and then life hit us (literally) again. But we dealt with the insurance, got the car to the repair shop, got a rental car. My work was incredible in suggesting I take the day and take care of things, and then work from home on Thursday. It’s just “What comes next?”
You know, it’d be very easy (and much on brand for me) to just close up and become very anti-social. Believe me, it was tempting. But I decided to go in the opposite direction. I had said that I was “leaving” Facebook a while back but that was BS. I just wasn’t posting much but I was still checking in. So, I decided to come back and post more.
I also decided to come back to Instagram as well. I’m also going to direct people over here from Facebook. Why not? Maybe if I put myself out there more, maybe the world will reciprocate.
If you are one of those who came here from my Facebook post, welcome to my blog. I usually try to post every weekend. My aim is to post on Friday nights but often it’s more like Saturday nights.
On to regular news: It’s Good Friday and so it’s the first day of the Easter weekend. I got a few things off my famous (infamous?) To Do list (including updating my blog). I also helped my Mom put the living room back together after we got our new front windows installed. (They look GOOOOD! I need to get a photo for Instagram!) I also switched up our Rogers TV line-up and got CTV Speed which means I now can get back to watch the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Whoohooo!
My sister and nephew are coming down this weekend so we will be heading to the One of A Kind Antique Mall in Woodstock. It will be another Milner “Treasure” Hunt and I’m hoping to add to my NASCAR/Earnhardt collection.
I finally got back to work on the Shelf Life website update for the April/May 2025 issue. I was hoping to have it done last week but with the drama, it got delayed. However, it is complete and you can check it out for excerpts from the new issue.
Before I go, ever hear a song and you just want to put it on a constant loop? Well, for me, that song right now is “Hertz” by Amyl and the Sniffers. I’ve been working on setting up the rosters with WWE2K25 on the PS5. A lot of the soundtrack for the game is crap and I usually have the TV on mute. However, I was listening to the audio for a bit and heard this song and damn, it got addictive. Just hard rock enough to keep me interested but not one of those screaming lyrics to the point where it’s just noise!”
Hopefully, this coming week will be boring and uneventful and I’ll be back to mark out about Talladega weekend. Meanwhile, if you read this – and actually know me – and want to discuss anything covered above (or below), chat me up on Facebook Messenger or via email.
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