Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: December 2018

  • Another Thing That Happened at the Dentist: Tumeric

    The visit to the dentist was just a gold mine for blog posts. The dental assistant heard me joke about how Gary and I both can no longer sit down or stand up without grunting or moaning. “Tumeric,” she said, authoritatively. “Advil,” I thought, authoritatively. But then later I thought, my little aches and pains…

  • I Am a Big Girl at the Dentist

    Years ago, a dentist tried to pull off a temporary crown without numbing it first. He only tried a moment before I waved him off. But, that was ten years ago, and I was a baby about dental things then. I went in for a temporary crown replacement today, and I decided — given what…

  • Fresh Oak Island Hell

    The TiVo is now recording an extended version of The Curse of Oak Island, the “Digging Deeper” version. Instead of one hour of nothing happening, you can get three hours of nothing happening. One hour was pushing it already, and now three? I have discovered that I can polish off an hour of Oak Island…

  • Ornaments 2018

    This year’s ornaments memorialize the beloved Toto toilet and the new black-and-white infrared wildlife camera. The camera has begun to fail already. I’m sure it wasn’t designed to take 600 photos a night. No deer have been captured yet, but the challenge is what makes it fun.

  • Reason vs Feelings

    “Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms.” – Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, my favorite book I try to live by the quote above, but I confess to you, Dear Reader, in the last week there have been two occasions in…

  • Christmas Facade

    I knew that adding a Christmas tree would tip our clutter level into Hoarder Zone, so before I brought in the tree I de-cluttered. I did it just so I could stand in the house for a moment and have a pretty Christmas before it became swamped with games and baking supplies and gift assembly.…

  • In Which Gary Makes a Scene at the Hair Salon

    Our hair stylist voted for Donald Trump. Gary is not a fan of Trump. I, also, am not a fan, but I can respect other people’s opinions. Gary and the stylist have gotten into debates over Trump in the past, but the one during last Saturday’s haircut was extreme. I don’t recall what provoked it,…

  • Gary in My Room

    I’ve got my own little nest here in the guest room. Gary has taken over the rest of the house. This means I get very agitated when Gary comes in to my territory. He’s too much for the room. He’s a big guy, and it’s a small room, with small, delicate furniture. He clambers into…

  • Alexa

    We have three bedrooms, two baths, a basement, plus a great room / dining nook / kitchen area. As of today, we have six Alexa dots. Gary is hoarding Alexas. Every area in our 1,400 square foot house has an Alexa listening to us. Often I will ask the Alexa in my bedroom, “What’s the…

  • Because I Got High On Caffeine

    This all started because I woke up with a headache. I took some of Gary’s Migrane Excederin. You know what’s in that? Caffeine. I’ve been off the C-Drug for years. It hit me hard. Then I saw that longtime blog reader Catherine made this … … and of course I had to search “King Arthur…