Our tap water used to be great. Now it tastes like swimming pool.
Today’s bangles: rhinestones bangle trio, hermès blue les ponts, balcons de guadalquivir, my mom’s Route de Corse ID bracelet, cameo cuff I listed for sale on Chairish.com
It’s raining in SF and I find myself in one of those days of profoundly undeep thoughts that I should probably keep to myself, but hey! This is my blog! And we’re all friends, so here goes some of my general life questions- if you have an answer to any, please let me know.
-I accidentally wore a shirt with a food splotch on the chest, will people realize that I put it on this way? Or will they assume the splotch occurred after I left the house? Can I do this same “trick” with those tights of mine with the pattern I like so much that now have a run in them?
-Somewhat related, isn’t it rather redundant to shower on a rainy day?
-Since I didn’t walk to work, how can I trick my UP into logging enough steps for me to hit my step goal? Or must I run on the treadmill two times today?
-Should I dip this feather bangle in blue enamel?
Insight, anyone?
Today’s bangles- the Angela Cummings bracelet from my dad to my mom that is now mine, my Jawbone UP I’m hoping to trick, feather bangle (better in blue? Yay or nay), my mom’s Route de Corse ID bracelet.
Lately I’ve been all about the Goodwill bracelet finds. There’re so many treasures to be found at Goodwill, stuff that has a feeling to it. It’s beautiful that one item was cared by somebody, and now it’s under my watch. There’s a special link between me and them. I think that’s why I love ID bracelets so much. It’s actually pretty funny how I have this odd little collection of other people’s ID bracelets, but none in my own name.
The flag charm bracelet is also a Goodwill find. My dad was a big flag collector, a vexillologist if you will. I paid more than my usual Goodwill budget to purchase this guy, $19.99, an outrageous sum in the world of Goodwill shopping! Now armed with my inherited collection of flag books I’ve set about IDing the various flags.
From left to right:
1. Italy (but the center stamp is slightly incorrect)
2. Netherlands or Luxembourg
3. UK
4. USA
5. Canadian Red Ensign (the predecessor to Royal Union Flag which was replaced in turn by the familiar Flag of Canada)
6. France
7. Belgium
8. Tria Juncto In Uno medal: “the Order of the Bath”, 4th most senior of the British Orders of Chivalry
9. Standard of the Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 1936-1960
10. Luxembourg or Netherlands
11. USSR
12. Belge flag number two
13. Poland
So what I’ve deduced so far is this is a Belgian charm bracelet from the early to mid 1900’s, maybe a collection of Belgian allies? I don’t know. I welcome anybody with some historical insight to chime in! What do all think? Any theories?
Hey guys, is this enough bracelets for a person to wear?
How about this? Is this enough? Just let me know when I cross that threshold of “reasonable quantities of bangles” and enter into “obscene quantities of bangles”, okay?
Are we there yet? Let me ask you this, at what point would this no longer be considered bangles but a metal sleeve?
Today’s bangles: 4 brass garage sale bangles, Hemrès Astrologie from my honey, 3 gold color cheapo bangles I was wearing during my accident, brass cameo cuff, oneida spoon cuff engraved with the letter L, Hermès cream Clous bangle, flag charm bracelet, sterling ID bracelet engraved with Claudia, giant M brass cuff that I paid too much money for from Goodwill because I love my own initials. Claudia’s got nothing on me!
| HIT BY A TRUCK | INFERTILITY | |||
| Pain | YES | X | neglible | |
| Heart ache | neglible | X | YES | |
| Cause | Truck | X | Cause unknown | |
| Weight change | loss | X | gain | |
| Ability to exercise | not possible | X | not allowed | |
| Time | heals all wounds | X | is not a woman’s friend | |
| Financial profit | gain* | X | loss | |
| Diagnosable psychological repercussions | PTSD, panic disorder | tie | tie | depression |
| Time off work | many months paid leave | X | two days per IVF round unpaid leave | |
| Frequency of strangers asking if you are pregnant | daily by X-Ray techs but otherwise non occurring | X | Frequently because you are fat from hormones and lack of exercise | |
| Ability of strangers asking if you are pregnant to make you cry | Nope | X | Immense | |
| Fun-ness of medications | Very fun | X | No fun | |
| Internet forums to discuss issues | Maybe? Runoverbytruck.com? | X | Gobs | |
| Risk of death | High | X | No risk | |
| Relatability of the situation | Very, everybody has experienced pain and can imagine being hit by truck | X | Not very, except by others who have experienced it | |
| Root of fear that being hit by a truck contributed to infertility | Yes | X | No |
Conclusion, being hit by a truck is better than infertility by a landslide! Lesson here, always choose being hit by a truck. Wholesale ducky hospital ID bracelets available at PDC Healthcare
*conditional upon fault of insured truck driver
Meth, treasure trove, ID bracelets, favorite husbands? What more can you ask for from a news story?! This morning SFGate.com covered a busted meth lab full of stolen items. In an effort to find the original owners they’ve posted pics of the stolen goods on line. So Robert, if you’re reading my blog and happen to be somebody’s very favorite husband and also missing your ID bracelet, contact the Santa Rosa police department.
