Jun4

Worth a thousand words

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Cool silvery tree. Can you spot the moon?
When you and your coworker are so in tune you send essentially the same gif at the same time.

Lavender coffee. Had to try it. Also had to chew it. Weird, but not gross.
Wall decor at the coffee place.
Super creative.
When you visit family in the Midwest, you bring them California sand, of course.
When the game of Life tells you what to do.
This was in November, knee scooter days.
Actually, how I roll is with the above knee scooter.
The response from late-working Hubby when I texted to be sure he was okay.
My response when Hubby texted from the store asking if I wanted one or two cans of something.
The emotional support stuffy my son lent me.

[Interjecting an FYI] Prognosis from MRI:

Contusions along two bone plates. High grade partial thickness ACL tear. Grade 2 MCL injury.

Chuck Norris gifs need no caption! Oh… Shoot. Pretend this isn’t a caption.
Thank you gift Hubby received. [You’re off the hook, Mark. 😉 ]
Thank you gift I received.
Words of wisdom. 🙂

Which of these did you like the best?

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  1. These were all great! Love proof of life—too clever! And toucans, and Chuck Norris. (How many bests do i get?) And did THE John Kennedy really say that? BTW, looking forward to pix of healed legs.

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    • Agreed! Soooo hard to choose! The proof of life I’m going to have to use myself one of these data 😁 I cackled out loud at the toucans. Getting mystery clues from the game of life and following up on them: priceless. Your leg looking better (how is it feeling, though?) : even better!

      I once heard that Chuck Norris’s tears can cure cancer. Sadly, none are available 🤣

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      • Lol and when I saw the CN meme, I snagged it to save for a future post—just for you!

        The leg feels basically fine. I keep a brace on so I don’t accidentally bend it. Not a big deal.

        Thank you for enjoying Hubby’s and my humor. 🙂

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      • I’m honored! Glad about your leg: do you have an ETA on the leg brace coming off?

        Your and your hubby’s humor is pure delight! I’m going to pull the “proof of life” one on my hubby one of these days, he’s going to love it!

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      • Awesome. I hope you do send the P of L thing. 🙂

        No ETA on the leg brace. Still need to see the dr. Only just got the MRI this past week. Stuff takes 4-eva!

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  4. Hard to choose! I like the Game of LIfe with the Grand Canyon picture, and the moon picture, the wall decor at the coffee shop and the way you buried the knee update and your ability to roll through it all!! ❤ ❤ ❤

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  9. I liked the last bit of wisdom. The thing is how do you convince someone they suck? In my experience there’s seems to be a bit of reluctance when you hint to someone that they might suck!

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  10. That is not a JFK quote I ever learned. Did people even use the word ‘suck’ that way in the ‘50’s-60’s? Lol! I love your toucan gif as a response. So clever! I’m glad you got to see the Grand Canyon, despite your injury. Keep on healing!

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    • Thanks, Bijoux. Yeah, the Kennedy quote is highly suspect, but nonetheless funny. Thanks for appreciating the toucan. 🙂 Grand Canyon on a knee scooter was quite the adventure. Healing as fast as I can, which, at my age, isn’t very fast. :/

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  19. I liked the toucan best, because that’s something I would totally do. In fact, now I’m hoping Tara texts me that exact question while grocery shopping sometime so I can respond.

    Hope nobody in the Midwest mistakes that California sand for pepper. Better keep it away from the dining room table just in case (or, being the Midwest, the TV trays).

    Glad you got your cheese!

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    • Give Tara a shopping list with canned something on it, but an indiscriminate amount. Maybe she’ll bite. 🙂

      That sand did look strangely peppery, huh? Eww, TV trays. I’m pleased to report my sister’s family ate at the table.

      Yep, got the cheese and immediately took a picture for you. I have another “taking a picture of this for Mark” one coming up. You’ll know it when you see it. 🙂

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    • You’re the third person to think those were bugs in my coffee! That never occurred to me until you all said so! I’m not sure anyone else appreciated that tree like I did, so thank you, Barb. 🙂

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  23. Not the injury ones. And not the one about being yourself unless you suck. I suck! I’ve had this in my mailbox since you posted it. Saving it to read. And since I don’t blog now I haven’t been going back to email!

    But I do like the smiles and the happy ones. 🙂

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      • First, I love this: “ma’bizness.”
        Second, I start physical therapy for my knee on Tuesday. Sensei is letting me test at the end of the month (as well as I’m capable) for red belt, what I was due to test for months ago, had I not injured myself two days before testing. (That still irks me. Couldn’t I have waiting until just AFTER testing to hurt myself.) Ah well. Board breaks from kicks have been ruled out for this test.
        3. Been meaning to tell you how grateful I am for my fabulous tumbler at my desk. Dust getting in my water was a constant problem. Somehow, putting a postcard over the cup wasn’t getting the job done. But this lidded cup=perfection and therefore less frustration. So, doubly thank you for the gift, CM!

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  24. I was thinking of you this morning on my run – popped into your BlogSpace to this gem of a post! So many smiles and chuckles illicited. You are too cute, and is your Hubby. I love the couple pic of you both (plus knee scooter). And that proof of life pic? Hilarious!

    Can you translate your MRI results for me? What does this mean for your recuperation going forward?

    The Game of Life pic perked my interest – so curious that it has a picture of a brown family on it. I must go dig mine out to see if there are any people portrayed!

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    • Hello, Ju-Lyn! So nice to be thought of and for you to stop by!

      Nothing to worry about with those MRI results at this point. I have healed from the injuries but healed so stiff that I need lots of physical therapy. I can neither fully straighten my leg nor bend it more than 80 degrees. :/

      Yes, there are lots of different families portrayed on our Life game board. 🙂

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  27. For some reason I can’t reply directly to your last comment to my comment. I think WP is holding it against me that I stopped blogging. They are fickle like that.

    I am VERY glad you get to test. When we would have something like that come up and someone was determined to keep working and trying, we would alter the test in ‘some’ way so they never felt like they were doing less. My instructor once asked me if I would value my belt if I didn’t do what those before me had to do. It was a rhetorical question because I was already telling him that. You can always break boards later. And just to piggy back on what you said, it does seem like it would have been better timing if you had waited until after the test to hurt yourself. But, I have a feeling you and I are both not in good control of timing. 😂 I am so glad you are enjoying the tumbler! I had such a kick making that. I will never make another PIF tumbler again!!!

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  28. I see a lot of Chuck Norris jokes and it cracks me up every time. You’ve got really nice pics. What camera are you using? I love the photo of the moon. My phone camera can’t quite capture the beauty of the heavens.

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  29. Betsy, a lovely positive and life-affirming photos! The toucan one reminds me of one of my son’s favourite storybooks when he was young and aww, what a lovely gift from your son to cheer you up! I love the photo of you and the Grand Canyon – knee scooter and all! Hope you are making a good recovery. xx

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