Snap, Crackle, Pop

I woke up to wind and cold.  Fall didn't last long at all before winter set in like a lion.  I haven't even drug out all my flannel shirts yet, let alone find my winter coat.  I did lean over to put on my teny-sneaks and was shocked to hear SNAP, CRACKLE and a very loud POP!!  What the heck?  I've never heard such a racket just bending over to tie my shoes.  At least I didn't fall OVER!

After blog writing and email deleting while figuring out WHO is trying to hack one of my email accounts, we held down the couch for about an hour.  This is Mr. Cooper at about 5:30 am.

 As much as I would like to cruise the web and play games on my phone, I had to do SOMETHING.  More snapping and crackling happened as I got up.  I actually laid down on the floor to do a bit of stretching in the hopes of falling asleep, but it didn't happen.

Maybe a little bacon breakfast will help get me on the road to doing SOMETHING.  This was on sale and I quickly found out why.  This is Bar S brand bacon.  Instead of a pound of bacon, which used to be the norm, they too have now cut it back to 12 ounces per package, for the same high price.  Wasn't I surprised when I peeled a piece off and placed it in the hot pan.  

Lots of snapping, crackling and popping occurred before I realized that was TWO slices stuck together.  Are you kidding?  How could you possibly slice bacon THAT thin?  I'm not kidding, it was MAYBE 1/16th of an inch thick.  When it was done, you could see through every slice, which had shrunk down to half its size.  What a rip off!!

Needless to say, half of it was gone before it even hit the fridge.  Even Mr. Cooper was disappointed as he ate his small piece with relish.

There was one very weird thing as we played lazy bones ... I kept smelling that HAM swirling around the room.  I thought maybe a ghosty had followed me home.  Wherever I walked, I could smell it.  Then it dawned on me!  It was my HAIR.  You know, like when you went to a bar when you were MUCH younger and you came home smelling of cigarette smoke?  And you had to wash the sheets and pillowcase because it TOO smelled like smoke?  

There was LOTS more crackling and popping when I got out the ladder to crawl up in the top cupboards of the kitchen.  That's where the Christmas decorations live.  I really had no intention of decorating the tree, but it looked kind of sad standing there.  

You've heard of cigarette boats?  This is my cigarette tree.  You can reach all around it and actually decorate the BACK.  The best part, it doesn't take any time to hang stuff because it's so small.  The Elf on top had a little too much to drink ... he's crooked and barely hanging on.  

5:00 and Mr. Cooper is still sleeping on the couch.  By now the ham smell has gone away, we've watched three new Hallmark movies and two I've seen four times each.  The snapping and popping has subsided and I can feel the sore coming on.  

I attempted to sort through all the quilts of valor boxes, but just couldn't stay focused.  Maybe another day since first I have to find an embroidery business.  

This morning we will be BACK on the couch, trying to catch a few Zzzzzz's before ... you guessed it ... heading off to BINGO!!!  I really need to find a victim ... I mean HELPER who can run a cash register!!

Stay tuned this week as we are predicted to have something like 5" of rain in two days.  I think that will be a good indication of whether or not I need to clean that gutter which still remains untouched!!