Friday Funnies

I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend.

Three on Thursday

As this week comes to an end these are the things I am currently thankful for.

1) Being able to take Preston to the library for different programs. Tuesday was Lego TIme and today is Book and Movie Club.

2) That it was payday this week. There have been a lot of medical expenses the past couple of weeks and we were pretty stretched.

3) A totally free weekend ahead.

The Grab Your Mug Hodgepodge

 Here are the questions for the week.

1) What's a characteristic you admire in others? Elaborate.

Determination. I admire those who know what they want and go after it without letting things stand in their way. 

2) Do you have a favorite mug? Let's see it. Why is this one your favorite?

I do not have a favorite mug. I do not drink coffee or tea where I would use a mug. I drink my Cherry Coke Zero from the bottle and my water out of a metal cup.

3) July 15th is/was National Give Something Away Day ... will you (or did you, depending on what day you answer these questions) give something away? If so what? Do you regularly give away or do you tend to 'accumulate'?

No I did not give anything away on the 15th. We tend to accumulate but we have a ton of stuff that we need to get rid of.

4) You're planning a trip. Do you prefer exploring big cities or smaller, more off the grid towns? World Atlas lists these 12 'off the grid' towns to see in 2025. How many on the list have you seen? Of those listed which one would you most like to visit? Tell us why? 

I enjoy both big and small cities. I will say that being in a smaller town can be more relaxing that a big city. I have never been to any of the locations on the list. Saugatuck is not that far from us but it is a huge touristy area and is pretty expensive. I think Boothbay Harbor, Maine looks very interesting. I have never been in New England and the picture on the site is beautiful.

5. Have you ever...ridden a motorcycle? been to a Disney park? met a celebrity? won a contest? Tell us something about whatever you answered yes to on this list.  

I have never ridden a motorcycle - they scare me. I have been to Disney World when I was 10 with my parents and when I was 15 with my HS marching band. I have met a few athletes - Steve Yzerman, Joey Kocur, Kris Draper and Darren McCarty from the Detroit Red Wings. I sort of met Derek Jeter. Hubby and I were at a Tigers vs Yankees game back when we first started dating. We had 4 tickets so had 2 extra seats. When we got to the seats there were 2 guys sitting in our seats. Of course my hubby told them we had extras and they could stay. Well this was a 1pm game and these guys were drunk as skunks already. Now the seats were right next to the visitor's dugout 3 or 4 rows up from the field. These guys were harassing the Yankees players the entire time. This is when Derek Jeter and Mariah Carey were dating. The guy yelled out "hey Jeter I had Mariah and she said I was better." Derek looks at me and says "are you with this idiot?" I said "No I'm with him" and pointed to my hubby. He said "good you're a nice looking girl and would deserve better than that" as he points to the drunk guy. I swooned over that for days!

6. Insert your own random thought here.  

I can hardly believe that summer break is half over already. I feel like I am going to blink it will be Christmas and we will be ringing in 2026. I am not ready for this at all.

True Life Tuesday: Princess Caraboo

I often say that these stories would make a great movie. In this case a movie was made about this story altough the reviews were mixed.

Mary Willcoks was born around November 11, 1792 in Witheridge, Devonshire, England. Her parents were Thomas and Mary nee Burgess Willcocks. On April 3, 1817 she was found by a cobbler in Almonsbury, Gloucestershire. She appeared to be disoriented, wearing exotic clothes and was speaking an incomprehensible language.  She was taken to the local magistrate, Samuel Worrall. Samuel and his wife, Elizabeth, could not understand her but were able to determine that she was calling herself Caraboo. Worrall decided that she was a beggar and that she should be taken to Bristol to be tried for vagrancy. While imprisoned a Portugese sailor, Manuel Eynesso, said that he spoke her language. He said that she was Princess Caraboo from the island of Javasu in the Indian Ocean. She said that she was captured by pirates and eventually she jumped overboard in the bristol Channel and swam to shore. The Worralls ended up taking her back into her home. She became a favorite of the local dignitaries for the 10 weeks she stayed with the Worralls. Her story was also published in many newspapers making her a national sensation.

Her story fell apart when a boarding house keeper names Mrs. Neale recognized her picture in the Bristol Journal. He informed the Worralls that she was really a cobbler's daughter. She had worked as a servant but had recently been unable to find work or a place to stay. Elizabeth Worrall took pity on her and provided her with passage to Philadelphia. She left for America on June 28, 1817. Her last contact with the Worralls was a letter dated November 1817 in which she complained about her notorierty. However, while in the US she did appear on stage at Washington Hall in Philadelphia as Princess Caraboo. In 1824 she returned to England where again unsuccessfully appeared as Princess Caraboo in New Bond Street. 

In September 1828 she was living as a widow named Mary Burgess (which was actually her cousin's name) in Bedminster, Somerset. That year she married Richard Baker and had a daighter named Mary Ann in 1829. She died from a fall on December 24, 1864. She was buried in Hebron Road Cemetery in Bristol. Her story was memorialized in several books and also a musical. It was also turned into the movie Princess Caraboo starring Pheobe Cates in 1994. 

Monday Musings

Another week is upon us and these are the things I am currently thinking about.

1) I got my thyroid ultrasound results today. There are a bunch of small nodules on my right and a couple on my left. I have to have a follow up scan in 4 months and if they have grown I will have to have a biopsy done. 

2) The doctor also changed up my meds quite a bit so hopefully I will see some positive movement in that area.

3) I feel like summer is slipping away and we are not really getting anything done. I did take the day off next Thursday so I think I will take Preston to Huckleberry Railroad for the day. 

 

Friday Funnies

I hope that everyone out there has a fun and relaxing weekend.

 

Three on Thursday

As another week comes to an end these are the things I am currently thankful for.

1) That my ultrasound went so smoothly on Monday.

2) That the Netflix show Quarterback has dropped their 2nd season. I am trying to pace myself and not watch it all in one sitting.

3) That I have decided on the first staycation destination for Preston and I and we will be going on the 24th.