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By judythemorgan|2020-01-13T16:08:03-06:00January 13th, 2020|Make Me Think Monday|0 Comments

Besides Monday, I mean.

According to National Day Calendar, it’s National Rubber Ducky Day.

The friend of Ernie and Big Bird made his debut on Sesame Street in the 1970s. Ernie sat in a tub and sang the rubber duck song.

My kids loved playing with their rubber duckies in the bathtub and singing Ernie’s song. Our dogs destroyed at least a thousand rubber duck squeakers over the years.

Then were all the rubber duck races. We’ve purchased floating yellow ducks for fundraiser events then watched the duckies float down the Rio Grande River.

Our ducks never won the race, but I didn’t mind what we spent went to a charity.

So, what’s the best way to celebrate this auspicious day? Take a bath with a yellow rubber duck while singing the Rubber Duck song, of course.

Now that you know, how will you celebrate National Rubber Duck Day?

What Day is It? – Miller Farm Friday

By judythemorgan|2014-09-19T06:00:02-05:00September 19th, 2014|Miller Farm Friday|0 Comments

By Guest Blogger Chicken Wrangler Sara

We bought a new mattress last week. After 17 years we thought it was about time. It was delivered on Saturday.

Perhaps that explains my confusion.

I slept fine on the new mattress until sometime after midnight when I awoke with a start and thought, “I didn’t put my swim bag out.”

Monday-Friday mornings I swim at 5:30 a.m. before my body can wake up and realize what is going on. I normally put my swimsuit and shoes in the bathroom and my swim bag in the living room the night before so I can leave without making any noise. This morning was going to be tricky.

When my alarm went off at 5 a.m., I quietly got my swim bag from the closet and then tried to locate my shoes in the dark.

I have two pair of Crocs – one red and one turquoise. I have been known to appear at the breakfast table wearing one of each. Since I was not going to eat breakfast before I swam, I wanted to make sure my shoes matched each other.

Remembering my probability and statistics course, I grabbed three crocs knowing that two would match.

I headed into the bathroom where I found a dress hanging in front of my swimsuit. I moved it and began to put on my suit.

I thought, “What did I fix for Sunday lunch? I don’t remember Sunday lunch?”

Then it dawned on me it was Sunday – not Monday. That was why my swim bag was in the closet and my clothes were hanging in front of my suit.

The change of having a new mattress had messed up my internal calendar.

So I jumped into the shower and got dressed for church, leaving my shoes and my suit in the bathroom. When I went back into the bathroom that afternoon, my shoes were still there.

What amazed me was that neither my husband nor son said anything about the three shoes. I guess they have grown so accustomed to my idiosyncrasies that they hardly notice.