Monthly Archives: June 2024

Jun10

brilliant disguise.

Posted on June 10, 2024 by beth

In 1936, a clothing store in Copenhagen, Denmark found itself with an excess inventory of men’s spring and winter coats. To tackle this challenge, the innovative clothier devised a distinctive sales strategy. They constructed a scaffolding around their store building and adorned it with over a thousand overcoats, completely covering the structure from the roof to the sidewalk. This unconventional and eye-catching display captivated the attention of potential customers, resulting in a massive influx of people to the store. The situation escalated to the point where the police had to be called in to manage the crowds. Despite the police’s intervention and subsequent order to remove the display, the resourceful proprietor managed to successfully sell all the overcoats, effectively resolving their overstock issue.

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“we are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”

-charles r. swindoll

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source credit: vintage life

Jun9

play ball.

Posted on June 9, 2024 by beth

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enjoyed the gift of a baseball game

with family/teaching partners/friends

detroit tigers at comerica park

we lost and it rained and we spilled a few things

but it was a beautiful night.

the holy-ish trinity of daughters

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“baseball is ninety percent mental. the other half is physical.”

-yogi berra

Jun8

when bobby calls.

Posted on June 8, 2024 by beth

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so mad i missed his call

i really wanted to answer and ask him,

“you talkin’ to me??!”

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“no, i don’t regret anything at this point.

that may change on the next phone call,

but at the moment i don’t regret anything.”

-william shatner

Jun7

‘with a doughnut in each hand, anything is possible.’ – jameela jamil

Posted on June 7, 2024 by beth

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it’s a big decision, take your time.

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national donut day is celebrated on the first friday of june. established by the salvation army in 1938 to honor the “donut lassies” — women who served donuts (originally a European delicacy) to hungry american soldiers duringWW I. once they returned home, american soldiers longed for the donuts they had overseas. they grew increasingly popular in the u.s., and americans have been loving donuts ever since.

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“do-not touch my donut.”

-me

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image credit: washtenaw dairy

Jun6

less to do.

Posted on June 6, 2024 by beth

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how i imagined my first day of retirement

but alas

it’s getting my tires switched, finishing report cards, and running errands

but i did sleep in until almost six

so there’s hope for tomorrow….

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“my goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.”

-francine jay

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art credit: by kilkeny killkeny cats

Jun5

like a river.

Posted on June 5, 2024 by beth

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how lucky am i that this was both for me?

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on this

my very last day of teaching

soon to be retired

with who knows what

adventure still to come.

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“if i thought i knew what was going to happen, it wouldn’t be worth doing. the challenge is how joyfully, with what sense of fun and adventure and playfulness, we will greet it. we don’t have to look for what the next thing will be.if experience is any judge, it’ll come flowing toward us like a river.”

-stephen colbert

Jun4

just peachy.

Posted on June 4, 2024 by beth

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a look back, it’s that time of year again, and some things never change –

how to clean your entire kitchen while trying to prepare a 1-minute healthy and guilt-free breakfast

1. since peaches are not quite in season yet, take a bag of frozen peaches out of freezer to defrost in fridge, go to sleep dreaming of healthy breakfast smoothie

2. take peaches out of fridge on the next day to chop up and create delicious and guilt-free smoothie

3. notice the fridge shelf below bag is a bit sticky

4. notice the bag has leaked (even though it’s unopened), while defrosting

5. take everything off of sticky shelf

6. notice peach juice has leaked to the back of the shelf and hardened into a solid gel

7. take out giant sticky shelf and place in sink

8. turn on hot water to melt off hardened peach juice gel

9. notice peach juice has dripped down into fridge drawers below where the shelf was

10. take out drawers

11. say a few things back to fridge that is now incessantly beeping due to door being ajar too long

12. feel my feet getting wet and turn back to sink

13. notice hot water running on shelf placed in sink is somehow flowing over it and onto counter and beyond

14. notice water has also flowed into junk drawer and cupboards below counter while on its way to the floor

15. slide on floor as i turn off water, pull out junk drawer, empty it, throw away things that are waterlogged

16. empty cupboards below, dry out everything, grab beach towels to clean up floor

17. turn back to fridge, still beeping, notice bottom of fridge has peach juice on it also, now that drawers have been removed

18. get more towels, empty entire fridge, wash and dry everything, replace shelves and drawers and contents, wash and dry floor

16. cut open peach bag, notice the peaches are now dried out due to lack of juice. put them in a bowl. add whipped cream. back to healthy eating plan tomorrow.

17. notice one ant milling around, sensing a dot of sticky peach nectar somewhere.