Wednesday, March 31, 2021

TODAY...



I was happy to read an article yesterday that said the older we are the less likely to have side effects. due to the fact our immune systems are not what they used to be, like all the other parts of our bodies..  also it said if you do have side effects it means you have a good immune system. not sure which I want. 

ME next on Friday at 4:30 pm..

We are Thankful the MAN was Jabbed at 11:45 now is completely vaccinated



Tuesday, March 30, 2021

The Hat and the MADsnapper

 


Yesterday at noon, we were in the back yard by the pool. It was 89 in the shade and sitting in the sun UV was like a branding Iron. If I sit the thermometer on my lap in the sun it shoots to 109 quickly.
 
this is the time of year our Ball of Fire Sun is right over head and really close to the earth. 
If we drive East in the morn, West in the Afternoon, the sun sits squarely in the middle of the road and is blinding
January 2 is the day the sun is closest to the earth. 
Jan through March, it is easy to get sunburned in a short time.

I came in the house and put on a baseball cap and was unhappy with it.
Bob said go get David's hat he used to wear when he worked for the City.
My son last worked for the city in the year 2001.
20 years later it is protecting me from the sun 
AND you know what else it is doing.

the reason there are so many, I could not see the screen on the phone and moved in shade and sun and brighter sun... the sun is not only hot but blinding.

Yes, I do know it is NOT required to show all of them.. Another reason is I am sick and tired of doing nothing during the pandemic. The over abundance of photos is pandemic induced.


Florida is closet to the equator of the USA and if you hold a flashlight on a world globe and slowly turn it you will see that Florida stays in the beam of the light all day long.
Found this sentence on a web search. Which means it may or may not be true.


those are not freckles or lint on the lens, it is sun coming through the holes

Monday, March 29, 2021

Liver Spots and the Senior

 


I have a story to tell you. 
Each day at noon, we eat lunch, sit in the sun by the pool for 10 to 15 minutes and I come in and lay down for a nap. Bored yet?
For some reason watching someone apply make up on a YouTube Video puts me to sleep. For years I have been unable to nap during the day. If I place the 10 inch Tablet on my Propup Pillow, within 5 minutes of watching I doze into sleep. I figured this out because I go to bed 15 minutes before Bob and put the QVC channel on and during makeup/hair color I get so sleepy I can't stay awake.

Finally, to  the PURPOSE of this POST and the PicMonkey creation above.
Yes, there is a purpose.
I am OLD, I have what my mother called liver spots on my face. THREE of them.
they are ugly and since I have not worn make up in the past pandemic year, they glare at me all day long each time I go in the bathroom, trust me, at my age that is a lot of glaring spots to face in one day.
Last week, while watching the Video of a woman applying Concealer with a tiny brush like the one above, covering up blemishes, I fell asleep.
The next time I faced the mirror in the bathroom and the glaring brown spots, I thought I need concealer. Just for the 3 spots. Remembering the cost of that concealer was $44.00 . I looked at the concealer I had paid a DOLLAR for at dollar tree, and tried it with the brush, thinking it would work better with the brush. IT DID NOT! it was so dark it looked like I had chicken pox.
Then I noticed the bottle of FITme! that has been there for a year, unused because I bought to light a color that did not FIT me!  Picking up the bottle I shook it, Just Like the Video Person, Put a drop on the top of my hand, dipped the brush in it, ran it back and forth across my hand to dry the brush and dry brushed the 3 Liver/Age spots.
Gone in 60 Seconds! or less!
If you are wondering why I don't just put on makeup, it is because it makes my eyes itch and I save money by going bare.

I took these pictures of the back and front of the bottle and hated them Instantly. 

A. it showed my bathroom is 1972 Green
B. You would notice I have no vanity top.
I quickly made the decision to play in PicMonkey for almost an hour with two photos to have the perfect one for this post. Just so you would all know
You CAN use cheap makeup as cover up
You can use YouTube to put yourself to sleep
You WILL have age spots if you don't already
Last but not least, there is a Reason I am known As MadSnapper AKA Bloviator
PS! One More Thing... I can and did remove my double chins in PicMonkey.

Click on Liver Spots to see what Mayo Clinic calls them. AGE Spots. I prefer Liver spots




Sunday, March 28, 2021

Saturday, March 27, 2021

Carturday Art Parturday Art

 


A few days back, I saw a post on Romping and Rolling in the Rockies. She took a photo of a Tanager which was gorgeous and Played with it in Photoshop, making the background using the colors of the bird.

 I wanted to see if I could do the same in PicMonkey since Photoshop sometimes makes me use HBO words.. My tutor for Photoshop died a few years ago and I got lazy and stopped using it and now have forgotten a lot of what I learned.

Aparrotly, this may be slightly squawkward, using her ideas so I am just winging it...

the plan was to take the colors from my bird and make them as a background. Being slightly MAD I took it a step further.  Let me know when you can no longer stand me playing in PicMonkey.

If you want to see my first Parrot Art using Microsoft Image 9, way back in 2009, look at the top of the post and click on digital Images... 

Friday, March 26, 2021

Pandemic Entertainment FFF with Yam


Joining Final Friday Fiction with Wild Yam, for the Rules if you want to participate, go HERE

Pandemic Entertainment by MadSnapper

 Our living space includes one big room, living and kitchen, the entire middle of the house. If we are awake we are in that area.

The 108 inch Window frames the house accross the street.

About a year ago, we watched 4 adults move in. 3 months later 2 more adults moved in. 

The day they moved in we spent the entire day watching, it was better than TV. First they took a 70's firebird off the back of a trailer.

What a hoot! They tried and tried again and again to back the trailer up to the carport. finally left it sideways, the girl gets in the car while it is ON the trailer, the two guys push it down, while she guides. 

We were splitting our sides. then they pushed it backwards into the carport. We surmised it must not run because other than the day 6 weeks later when they pushed it out of one side and into the other side and covered with a tarp, it remains undriven.

The first move was not much to watch, the 2nd move in I spent the entire day telling bob what they had moved in or OUT. 

I actually counted out loud to Bob, each drum part they took off and in the house. And described it.

Peering out the bedroom window, I would shout, they just took and entire drum set inside. Now they are taking 2 more drums, Bob they just took 2 more, they don't match.

He answers where are they putting all this stuff. the house is only 1850 sq feet.

What about the noise all cooped up with a drumer???


We call the house, The Parking Lot.  Six Adults, Seven Cars.

we call the people Mom and Dad, Big Man, Big girl, Small man, small girl.

We have surmised they are family because the girls look just alike except for size. thus the Big and Small and both girls look just like Mom. By girls, I mean young, like mid 30's. Young compared to us

PLEASE, keep in mind while judging this post, we have been locked down

 by Pandemic we have Zero to talk about.

2 weeks ago, Big and Big came home in a convertible, a brand new Camaro. With the top down.. LONG discussion on which of the cars was missing and was traded. 

Imagine our shock when instead of 6 cars there were now 7.

I quickly checked the price of a new Carmaro! Wow

Listen to a FEW of our MANY comments...

the Camaro just came home, that makes 6 cars in the lot.


The Audi just left, there are only 4 cars across the street.


The big guy in the red car, just came home with take out. No wait, she has a bag to. How do they afford to eat nothing but takeout when the rent on the house is 1800.00 a month?


Well, they have 6 people paying rent together! How do they live shut inside with the windows all closed and only 2 people who sometimes go to work?


Have you ever seen them bring grocery bags in the in the house? 



How do 6 adults live together in a 3 bedroom house? they never go outside. I saw 2 dogs twice, so when do the dogs go out to pee? they are boxers, big dogs, I feel bad for them.


Maybe the dogs aren't there now, haven't seen them since the first week. 

No, they are there I hear them bark sometimes


Maybe they take them in the back yard out the back door. There is no fence, they must use the leash, the only times i saw them they were on leash.

Look, bob, they got a new lawn mower, its bright green, and makes no noise. I can't even hear it.

Does it have a power cord?

No, but no sound and they are cutting the weeds.

Then it is one of those rechargeable ones. I saw it on TV, it comes with 2 other things, a set, they are all rechargeable. Plug a thing in the wall and recharges all of it.

Well, that is what they got, because now the big girl is out with a bright green car wash power sprayer. I bet That's what came in the Amazon truck yesterday. Must be the set because its the same color...

The Fedex truck and Amazon trucks come almost every day. Where are they putting all this stuff with 6 people in the house?

Only two of them work, so who pays for all this?

Yeah, and what do they do all day, shut in that house. The only time a car leaves is to pick up dinner.

Bob, the carpet cleaning truck is back, this makes 4 times in a year.

Probably from the dogs messing in the house since they never go outside.

This house is what keeps our conversations going and is better entertainment than cable TV... 

All this from our living room window.....I wonder what a set of binoculars cost??????? 

And NO they don't spend their time talking about us because they never open their curtains.

Final Friday Fiction 😁😁😁and this is NOT Fiction.


Thursday, March 25, 2021

The Plumbing Game

 

source from internet

2 PM, The Plumber cometh!

16 Minutes later, The Plumber leaveith or goeith! (take your pick)



I, The MadSnapper turneth the handles that don't leak!



The Rain Shower raineth down on me.

The dirt runnith down the drain

The Plumber speaketh the office will bill you!

I don't even care how much it will be.


I am so happy I could do this on Thankful Thursday! Can You?








Wednesday, March 24, 2021

pièce de résistance

 

Above is a dark photo taken in my bathroom in the mirror.
First I cut it out in PicMonkey
Then I edited it, brightened the fabric, highlighted the green in the eyes and the wrinkles around the eyes  and made me look, well, more awesome. 😁

click to enlarge and compare awesome with more awesome 

Next I added a back ground furnished by PicMonkey.
 OOPS! I am levitating, and I saved it this way. 


Last but not least, I found a mirror in stock photos furnished by PM and the pièce de résistance!

UPDATE! The doctor office and staff was a WIN! and I give it a 10.... The plumber did not come, the parts are somewhere in FEDEX.. when the parts come they will schedule someone to install them.. I am thinking everyone may have heard me screaming... 

Not quite the pièce de résistance close because I am still levitating a little.


Tuesday, March 23, 2021

MadMichaelSnapper

 


We get free over the counter pharmacy items from a site on-line from our HMO insurance plan.
 
I ordered a pair of  arthritis gloves. They Work! 
And when I wear them I can Sing! See Michael giving me Thumbs Up.

I wear them to bed, I wear them to read, I wear them to type!
But NOT to wash dishes.

Warning, do not wear them and try to carry a hot cup of coffee, Not gonna work well!
they are slippery with spandex.. Bob said what happened in the kitchen? There is coffee all over the floor.
Don't Ask, I said.
His answer was "I just did!"
I answered while waving my hand, Gloves Did it!
Why didn't you clean it up?
Later, after I drink my coffee!

My day starts with Walmart Shopping at 6 am Senior Shopper Time, then I AM going to my new primary Doctor at 11 and the new and hopefully better PLUMBER is coming between 1 and 4.
I may be around or not today. 

Monday, March 22, 2021

Alert- and other stuff


 Alert! Breaking News!

You may remember the house that burned in our neighborhood, see prior post.  

During my wandering walk yesterday, I stopped to chat with the Lady who lives across the street from that burned down house. No alert needed, since most of you know I stop to talk to anyone who will talk back. No, I did not start the talk, she did. We started with traffice and the nutcases that were trying to run us down while on phones. We went from she was checking on a dog she is sitting for neighbors, to where I lived, where we used to live, why we live where we live.. oops sorry, I digress.

Suzan is her name, 

Chatting is her game

You may already know that I am the same.

I grabeed the chance to ask her what caused the fire. I have been waiting for months to find out!

  Are you ready? Glade Plug In scented thingy.  The man woke up at 11, went to the bathroom and smelled smoke, the Plug in was in the kitchen on the wall by door into the garage. the wall was in flames. 

She said, you will not believe this. The house they moved from one street over, had a kitchen fire caused by the glade plug in. They caught that one in time.

It seems there small dogs are trained to pee on paper, by the back door because they have no fence and do not want to put them on a leash and walk them.. they keep the glade plug in by the pee pads because of the smell.... 


Just say NOPE to Glade Plug Ins Please, thing if you leave the pets home alone and this happened.




Sunday, March 21, 2021

The Mind Games Continue

 

2020 purchase
The mind games with MadMindsnapper continue. I posted the above photo because the story I tell will make more sense. I think! note you can't see if there is anything in that pot...

 First cup of coffee goes to Bob because I have to wait 30 minutes after the infernal pill that makes me wait.

Bob poured the coffee and said This is Water, you forgot to put the coffee in. 

I said I know I put the coffee in, I remembered I did it. I  lifted the lid and said Look, I told you I put the coffee in. OH no I said, this pot is new, why would it stop working? The water is out of the filler, the coffee is not wet. OOPS! that was my clue

 I lifted the NON glass, can't see through it pot, and found the pot full of cold water.

It seems I had put the grounds in, filled the pot with water,  but did NOT pour the water from the NON glass, can't see through it pot, into the filler.  I did set the auto perk for brew later, which it brewed for 30 minutes with no water in it. The steam from the no water brewing had dampened the grounds, but alas, all we had was a pot of cold water.  

My SIL texted me and said how is your stress level today???? you know Plumber Stressitis, I said it is down from 11 to 6. She said why a six? I said Because I brewed a pot of Cold water instead of coffee.

Now comes the question, If the plumber had not stressed me, would the coffee stress ahve been a 3 not a 6? Can I blame this on the plumber and Fed Ex? 

FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! Coffee Pot LABEL says we have had 4 coffee pots since 2009.. not only did I post each one, I even PIPPED them in software... also I noticed in my levels, i have 14 Coffee Mug labels and 14 Coffee labels and also about 200 posts with the word coffee in it. Just sayin


Saturday, March 20, 2021

Saturday Symmetry Shadows Shoes

 



Saturday Symmetry Shadows Shoes


We bought these shoes for Bob, about 4 years ago. After sitting outside in our hot Florida sun, he could no longer get his feet in them.
They fit me perfect and are now my outside shoes. the live inside the kitchen door because I don't want them to shrink anymore.

Croc on, Fake Crocs, I love you anyhow...
Does this croc you up?
Croc On!






Friday, March 19, 2021

Plumber Day 2


New Faucet works great, no drips and loving it

Continued from yesterday post... Day 2, 
One hour before the plumber came, a woman ran up our sidewalk, laid the faucet on the porch and ran o her car and drove off.
It had been opened. who knows why she kept it for 5 days..

The plumber removed the knob, as you can see below, that is the hole waiting to be filled.
He wanted to cut out the wall in the other bathroom, and wanted to add a whole new faucet, with new Stuff.
Bob did not want the wall opened, he said it is just a drip, it was more than a drip, but that is another story.
The plumber left at 7:30 and told me to find a faucet, I said I have no clue, we went to the computer, could not find one. When he left, he said when you have the new faucet in hand call me and I will schedule to install it.

 

 After MUCH loud discussion with the other half, we decided I would return the extra faucet to Home Depot, get my refund, and go to Wymans Plumbing, a very large one that sells parts and does plumbing and see if they could order what we need.

My first clue that I had gone MAD, was as I backed out of the garage my foot that had no shoe on it pressed down on the brake and I had to go back in the house for shoes.

I drove to Wymans first, and as I got out of the car I realized I had left my wallet on the counter at home.  

Which meant I had driven in rush hour traffic on Cortez RD, which is THE NUMBER 1 Street for accidents and the most deaths each year. 

Without my drivers license.

I showed the man the bag of goodies and asked if had one and he said I am about to place and order, I can order one and have it here on Monday. 

I had to tell him I did not have my debit card. 

I said I want to show you the photo of the hole. Guess where the phone was ?

in the car, I run to the car , he orders the part, I leave and drive HOME to get the card to return the faucet.

I race in the door, grab the wallet, and back out, return the faucet and back home.

 Bob says did you make an appointment for Wymans to install those parts???

What do you think?  I

I call the store, she says how about Monday at 10. I hung up and while writing on the calendar I remember the man who ordered it said it SHOULD be in his store Monday. 

I frantically called the lady back and she said I was just about to dial your number. 

laughing loudly like the idiot I may be, I said that is why I called. She said no problem, lets make it 10 am on Tuesday. YAY! 

Wait! I say, I have a doctor appointment at 11 that day... she made it for between 1 and 4 Tuesday pm, which is the same time the other plumber was supposed to be here. We all know how that worked out.

WE WAIT! Will the knobby thingy come in on Monday? Does Wymans use FedEx? Will it get snow bound or hit by a tornado on the way here??????????? Stay tuned. we might here the rest of the story on next Wed which is supposed to be Wordless.......😁😀😀






Thursday, March 18, 2021

Plumber WOES

 

For a few months now, the kitchen faucet has been leaking around the middle part, a small leak, now in the past few weeks a much bigger leak and around both handles. We also have a leak in the shower, as in it will not turn off, DRIP DRIP DRIP and getting worse.

I made an appt. for a plumber to come, ordered the above Faucet which is the same as the old one. Appt with plumber was Wed at 2 pm. 
Saturday at 11:36 am I got an email from FedEX that said I left your faucet on your front porch.

IT WAS NOT THERE and as I type this is still NOT HERE.
It is somewhere OUT THERE where he put it on the wrong porch
Either the person found it and installed it in their own kitchen
Sold it for money to buy drugs
Has not found it because they never use the front door.
Or maybe it is sitting on their kitchen table until they find time to call and report it.
MEAN WHILE
I drove to the Covid infected local Home Depot and bought one and it is on the table unopened waiting to see if the FedEx brings the other one.
IT has been a NIGHTMARE
There is no way to talk to a person at FedEx, it is done by TEXT.
the first Text was an automated standard questionnaire.
There is 1 800 GoFedex but it is also automated questions and they give a work order and say 5 to 7 days they will let me know IF they find it.
Home Depot Support HA HA HA
Was also TEXT. OMG
Their text says as soon as FX completes their INVESTIGATION and that says it is INDEED LOST, they will refund the money.

 Since I dont have it on day FIVE it is INDEED LOST!

I have two text numbers, an  INVESTIGATION case Number
and NO Faucet to be found.

Except the one I paid for again.

Waiting on plumber to come, it is Wed 10:44 am. 
Will compete this after he leaves, IF he shows UP

The automated person suggested I RESCHEDULE the PLUMBER!
Yes I am yelling in caps.
Scheduled at 2, came at 4:16, left at 7:30
and we are living in Plumber He double L.....
The new faucest works well, the Master Bath is dead in the water, MAKE that Dead with NO water, no shower, no WATER
to be continued.... I was so upset I forgot to post this, and so upset I could not drink my coffee....
Plus my eyes hurt becasue I had a melt down this morning at 3 am when I woke up and could not go back to sleep..............





Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Tis The Wearin of The Green

 


I thought I was IRISH! I looked up the surnames of my grandparents and 2 great grands
McCall ( Gaelic/Irish/Scot)
Terrell (France/Scotland)
Overby (Norway)
Urguart (Scotland)
Hale (English/Scot)
Hollingsworth ( anglo/saxon)



Looks like Scotland wins in my ancestors!
So sometimes I am Irish, Sometimes I am NOT..
No wonder I love all my Heinz 57 Mutt Dogs.
I am a mutt toooooo


Irish/not/Irish/not/Irish/not


POP over and say Happy Birthday to Myra of Respice, Prospice, to know her is to love her. Happy Birthday to any of you born on this same day. She is the only one I know.

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Wearing of the GREEN in our backyard

 


Our backyard is celebrating the "wearing of the green" this week.
Our Elephant Ear is smiling in the sunshine. I dug out the Nikon 600 for these.
At one time we had these beauties outside the kitchen window, baby girl, our dog killed all of them. We found one small one and planted it and now it is about 4 feet tall.
It makes me happy.



Click here to see the parent plants that died in 2014...due to doggie digging and chasing lizards.



Monday, March 15, 2021

Guessing game Bob

 


What do you think Bob is doing?
Answer below next photo.

I am separated from my Shadow. I felt it made me look FAT
Find out Friday what kind of tree that is in the photo. I found the tree across the street from the Sign

Actually I watched a video on how to outline things and move it around.. I also played with a few other things. To me it is tacky but I did learn a few things
What is bob Doing?  It was sunny and cold, he was toasting his backside, then toasting his front side before coming inside. 
Beau is not the only one of us that says AHHHHH when we stand in the sun.