Passion for Trivia

Trivia is my thing, dare I say my passion. I collect tidbits of information that most people would find relatively boring or useless. But for some reason, my brain easily stores oddball things and I love it. For instance, graham crackers were invented by a presbyterian minister named (what else!) Sylvester Graham. He and another puritan, Harvey Kellog figured people wouldn't abuse themselves if they ate bland foods. ("Self abuse" is puritan code for masturbate.) Harvey created corn flakes, which is pretty bland indeed. And totally useless information to be sure. That reminds me, I had a pig once named Sylvester and I know for a fact that pigs are smarter than dogs. Months that begin with a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th. So why don't we fear Sunday the 1st? The space in FedEx's logo between the 'e' and the 'x'create an arrow. You'll never be able to look at their logo again without seeing it! I love trivia but drive my family crazy with my odd collection of knowledge. I'll pipe up and say strange things in conversation and get even stranger looks. Oh well. One day all these little tidbits of information stored in my brain cells will come in handy. But in the meantime, I'll just keep collecting. Did you know eating pie was banned in England for many years? Yup, thanks to Oliver Cromwell who banned it as a pagan pleasure. Oh ok, I'll stop now....

Growing old and feeling it!

In my adult life, I have moved 22 times and have moved all my furniture and belongings each time using the old U-haul. I suppose my total set of belongings never exceeded the size of a truck and I've gotten very good at purging and packing through the years. For some reason, my mom can't seem to part with stuff. I counted 78 boxes after I had already unpacked several boxes! My body had to move most of the boxes and had to get my brother to come help move a few that I just couldn't pick up. My body is sore and I'm feeling my age. I'm still trying to recover from the weekend - I not only moved my mother, I then came home and rearranged my house from having her here for seven months and painted one room too! My garage is beautiful now and my hubby is happily able to work out again.

Moving Day!

It's here at last! My mom is moving into her own apartment so I am taking a couple of days off from work (what a way to spend spring break huh!) and helping her to unpack her hundreds of boxes and get her settled. My brother is coming over this morning to take a few things over. My car is packed with stuff. The movers arrive at 9 and after they leave here, they are going over to her storage unit to load up all her belongings and take them to the new place. What a day ahead!