To borrow my friend Linda's words, I've been suffering from the blogging blahs. I started out 2011 with good intentions and then I'm not quite sure what happened. Life, I guess. I was thinking today about things in general and I realize that over the past few months I've spent more than a little time ruminating over what I've lost rather than being thankful for everything I have. I haven't written a word in my gratitude journal in a couple of months and that's not like me. I know that I am the one who has to choose happiness - it is not automatically going to come my way. When I started blogging, it was my attempt at choosing happiness during a particularly low time in my life - it made me think of something positive, uplifting or even funny to write about every day. I'm determined to get back to that. Yes, indeed-y. And so in that spirit, this morning I perused the craigslist antique ads. That's right - a major source of entertainment for me, as I've mentioned in the past, is the horrific grammar and spelling that runs rampant on craigslist. And, in case you've been wondering about the photo above, I found an hilarious one this morning: Bainet Authentic $150. Puzzling, huh? I always let my imagination run a bit before I click on the link - it's more fun that way. What could this person mean? An authentic beignet? That didn't make any sense. Something from Haiti? There is a town called Bainet in Haiti - but I couldn't imagine what sort of antique would come from there. A bonnet, perhaps? I clicked the link and imagine my surprise when this is what I saw:
A bayonet. Honestly, this person wasn't sure if he was advertising a doughnut or a weapon. And $150 for a glorified knife? It just goes to show you that anyone can operate a computer these days whether they are literate or not. He probably even owns a dinning table. Made of mehoggenie.
P.S. And I just noticed that I have two new followers - so I guess I'd better get back to blogging - a few people really are interested in my recipes, book reviews, craft ideas, movie picks and general smart-aleckiness.
Who'd have thought it?
Well, I always look forward to your blog posts and I have to say I am grateful I 'found' you! I have enjoyed getting to know you and am bound and determined to become as good a Scrabble player as YOU are!!
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