Have I also told you how much I like this local grocery store chain’s house brand mayo? It’s the BEST. Every time I visit my daughter, Amy, I buy some. I like it so much, I eat it right from the jar. It’s so yummy and good.
Or so I convinced the grandkids during a recent visit. While they were at school one day, I did go buy a jar of mayo. I promptly emptied the contents down the sink, washed the container, and refilled it with freshly prepared, cheesecake-flavored Jello instant pudding.
I told the kids about 10 times NOT to eat my “mayo.” And I made sure they saw me eating it straight from the jar, a big no-no for anything.
I left this empty jar in their refrigerator when I left their house to return home.
To the best of my knowledge, they have yet to learn the truth and think I’m really weird.
I fed them Feetloaf for dinner one night, too.
The toenails are small pieces of onion. Once I added ketchup and baked the Feetloaves, they looked REALLY unappetizing.
It tasted good, though. And I had Feetloaf sandwiches for lunch all week.
In other news… I have deactivated my Facebook account. It’s a time suck AND often depressing. I’d really rather spend spare time reading other peoples’ blogs and posting to my own. You know, when I am not job-hunting.
I kept Instagram, because I think that’s fun.
Honestly, I am not convinced anyone will miss me. We will see, I guess. In the meantime, I have so much stuff I can post about here. And I can read all about my fun blog friends instead of getting sucked into the Facebook wormhole of idiocy and doom.
Speaking of job hunting…I was thinking I’d have all this free time on my hands, but I always forget that seriously looking for a good job is itself a full-time job. Argh. But I am confident I will find a fabulous new job soon.
The feet loafs look a bit gross, but I am sure the kids will love it. Facebook for me is of minor interest but I have a few contacts that I can’t reach otherwise as they don’t have a blog…
Sonja, the youngest, Joe at age 10, looked like he was about to vomit! But I think that may have been because of the shriveled up “toenails” that were onions because he doesn’t like those. They all ate it, tasted just like it usually does, which is actually good, if you’re a meat eater and can ignore the bloody stumps!
I laughed so hard when Amy told me about the “mayo.” Before she even finished I said, “it was pudding!” I think you’re right that the kids still don’t know. 😉
As for FB – good for you! There are all kinds of studies out there that show how much of a negative impact social media has/can have on mental health. After all, people aren’t usually posting about all the bad shit going on in their lives, so it gives you an inaccurate point of comparison (if one is so inclined to compare) and, yes, can be very depressing for that reason.
Shan, it’s not the comparing to other people that depresses me, it’s all the negative political stuff, general human ignorance, meanness, etc. that I have just had enough of. People really can be trolls from behind their keyboards. I’d really rather read blogs I enjoy and get updates on people I care about.
Also, I thought of you as I was writing this post. When I sent you the feetloaf pics via text and you responded with something like, “What the Hell is wrong with you?” LOLOL!
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And the exchanges above…lolol!
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