Too Much Time on Your Hands
When I was in grade school, my first grade teacher, Sister Margaret Ann was fond of trite sayings. One of her favorites was, “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” Being young and impressionable, and also fearful, the Fairy Blogmother took the advice to heart and began a lifetime of being busy.
My broken ankle has given me lots of free and idle time to fill, but as is my habit and early training, I do keep moving. Thus far, I have managed to make a buttermilk pie (NY Times recipe), rearrange some dining room furniture, move a rug, prepare two huge fruit trays for the local Boys and Girls Club fundraiser, wash windows, shop the racks at T J Maxx, re-do my phone book, wash the kitchen floor, repot some plants etc. I have been amazed what one can accomplish single-handedly and single-footed. But ultimately, the foot with the broken ankle swells in the cast and I make wheel tracks for the sofa and the remote...
My TV viewing preference has always been news shows, but because I am isolated these days, I have become a true news junkie. If one can’t get out, let the outside in: floods, earthquakes, plagues, politics, and scandals. Bring them on.
There is real entertainment in the news, you know, and I always look for that which amuses me, so I cherish the ridiculous. I find that some news anchors have become more concerned about their persona than the content of their broadcast, and thus sometimes fall into the trap of bearer of the dumb question. (Whenever will reporters and their producers learn that what is said is more important than what is worn?) So I have made it my quest to find the dumb comment of the day. Thus this morning, I heard a prize winning stupid question .MSNBC’s Natalie Morales was interviewing the new parent, Michelle Duggar who recently gave birth to her 16th child. She asked, “Other parents want to know, do you and your husband ever manage to have time alone?”
Had I been the recipient of that question, I’d have commented, “Oh, at least 16 times.”
The Fairy Blogmother’s son was quick to point out that perhaps I needed more projects and might spend less time as a news viewer. Maybe Sister Margaret Ann was right, or maybe Sister Margaret Ann should come out of retirement and talk to news groups?
My broken ankle has given me lots of free and idle time to fill, but as is my habit and early training, I do keep moving. Thus far, I have managed to make a buttermilk pie (NY Times recipe), rearrange some dining room furniture, move a rug, prepare two huge fruit trays for the local Boys and Girls Club fundraiser, wash windows, shop the racks at T J Maxx, re-do my phone book, wash the kitchen floor, repot some plants etc. I have been amazed what one can accomplish single-handedly and single-footed. But ultimately, the foot with the broken ankle swells in the cast and I make wheel tracks for the sofa and the remote...
My TV viewing preference has always been news shows, but because I am isolated these days, I have become a true news junkie. If one can’t get out, let the outside in: floods, earthquakes, plagues, politics, and scandals. Bring them on.
There is real entertainment in the news, you know, and I always look for that which amuses me, so I cherish the ridiculous. I find that some news anchors have become more concerned about their persona than the content of their broadcast, and thus sometimes fall into the trap of bearer of the dumb question. (Whenever will reporters and their producers learn that what is said is more important than what is worn?) So I have made it my quest to find the dumb comment of the day. Thus this morning, I heard a prize winning stupid question .MSNBC’s Natalie Morales was interviewing the new parent, Michelle Duggar who recently gave birth to her 16th child. She asked, “Other parents want to know, do you and your husband ever manage to have time alone?”
Had I been the recipient of that question, I’d have commented, “Oh, at least 16 times.”
The Fairy Blogmother’s son was quick to point out that perhaps I needed more projects and might spend less time as a news viewer. Maybe Sister Margaret Ann was right, or maybe Sister Margaret Ann should come out of retirement and talk to news groups?
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