Diet Pepsi

I was reading today about how pop can upset my stomach and thought I should stop drinking so much diet Pepsi. So today instead to drinking my diet Pepsi, I spilled two cans on the carpet of my study.

Banging

 I was on the back porch and Barb was taking a shower. I came in and was emptying out the walnuts container by banging it on the garbage can. Barb thought there was someone at the door and came running out with only a towel wrapped around her.

Ottawa

 I got an email today saying my Ottawa Public Library card had been renewed for another year. That is great because I use it all the time to get ebooks and audiobooks.

Christmas Letters

 I was putting together an ebook of all my Christmas letters and I was missing some in my computer files. So I decided to check my old sent emails from my old Yahoo account. I guess it keeps everything forever. I found a letter for the 1990's that was handwritten that I sent out as a pdf document.

Nails

 Barb says she loves the way her finger nails feel when she clips them with the toe nail clippers.

The Curse of Knowledge

 I read a book on non-fiction writing called a Sense of Style by Stephen Pinker. He was describing the curse of knowledge where the author knows so much about what they are talking about they don't realize that the readers don't understand it all. He suggested you should always get someone unfamiliar with the subject to read your writing before you try to publish it. When I told Sarah about that, she took offense because she said she thought I was getting her to read my reports because she was so smart.

Wedding Anniversary

 I posted an anniversary photo on Facebook but no one commented on it. Even Barb and Sarah who only reacted and didn't comment. Barb posted a photo and got 300 comments. She even got a message from Brad Whiteduck my old fastball buddy.

Party Mix

 Barb buys big bags of Party Mix at Costco. She was going to have a bowl of Party Mix and I said Why bother it is just sunchips. Barb started laughing and I didn't know why. It was because after she had picked out all the cheesies, she picked out all the doritos and now it was just sunchips. She leaves me only the pretzels.

Lucky Day

 Barb was filling her pill container with her vitamins and was very excited that she poured out exactly the right number of pills 3 times in a row.

Spots

 When I was getting dressed this morning, I noticed all these white spots on the mirror and on the dresser and Barb's jewelry box. When I showed Barb she realized she must have shook her deodorant container to get the last bit out and didn't have her glasses on.

Peanuts

 Barb buys me salted peanuts for a snack in my study while I am working. I dropped a peanut today while I was eating them and I couldn't find it on the floor. Then when I walked into the kitchen there was something in my slipper.

Moving Target

 I made a New Year's Resolution to get my blood sugar under 7 which is the limit for diabetes. I got a blood test back today and it was 6.9. I was so happy but then I read the notes and they had changed the limit to 6.5.

Notes to Myself

I make little notes on pieces of paper of things to do and then I never look at the pieces of paper. So I wrote a note on a pile of paper to read the notes.

Pill Box

 Barb bought me a new pill container with big labels on it for the days of the week. I could definitely read it now. But I still put my AM pills in the PM cells and vice versa.

I Thought So

 I was moving my iPad while I was talking to Barb and I said "Yeah" and Siri said "I thought so". Barb asked if she only talks if you touch it and I said that is what a good robot wife does.

Economics

 Barb and I were having a deep discussion about economics over breakfast. I cut my bagel and put the kettle on to make my instant coffee. After the coffee was ready, I realized I hadn't put the bagel in the toaster yet. I was really into the discussion.

Sunflower

 I found a sunflower seed on my chair in the living room the day after I ate salad for dinner in my pajamas.