2 be Bliss, as I dance along the road to Nirvana...

How-do y'all. Well, I'm happy to say it was a fun and funny day. My date and I had a good ole time. We attended a rollicking festival at a vineyard about 40 minutes from my home. It wasn't my first time so I knew it would be a blast, based on previous attendance. The fete began at noon; we arrived at 20 after and found that available parking was already threatening to have us walking to the pavilion from the boondocks. Judging from the number of vehicles, I expected us to have a hard time finding an open table. Oddly, there were several tables that appeared entirely empty. We chose two seats at one, dropped the cooler, the extra bag, and my jacket (to hold our seats) then galavanted off to greet other attendees and check out the vendors and food trucks. We met one couple who I think we both enjoyed meeting more than anyone else we met. They were Cynthia and Tom Wilson, vendors at the festival. Not only are they really cool people but  they have the awesome jo...

Good morning folks! I tried to get this missive out in the wee hours but I passed out before I could log in. When I awoke this morning, my laptop was perched... on my lap. Ha ha! So now I'm once again racing the clock. I've showered and shampooed and it's time to get dressed while the kettle boils. I have an all-day date planned. He's driving a few hours just to spend the day with me. There's a Special Event taking place in a town not too far off. We're heading over to enjoy the festivities and I have lunch and drinks stashed in the cooler. We've been e-mailing/talking/texting for a month but this will be our first face-to-face meeting. He's a nice man, a bit... skittish (or "scary" as folks in these parts would say) but overall a good bloke it seems. The weather is already beautiful. Sunshine and Carolina blue skies. Nothing better! Gotta run folks. Enjoy your day!

So I did my part to keep the good ole U.S. of A. in the blue and get our state as blue as possible. From my lips to God's ears! On other fronts, it's been a night of nostalgia chez Bliss. I've been listening to a lot of 70s music (rock, pop, and disco mostly) on the YouTube. And I began to really miss Mr. Bliss in a way I haven't in a long time. It made me sad but not overwhelmingly so. I know if he was still in the here and now and not at work, we might have been dancing then snuggling on the sofa. Thankfully I turned on James Corden and I'm now getting a belly full of laughs. Thanks James! And although I had planned to say more, I must bid you kind folks good night. The lavender essential oil that I mix with my night moisturizer is luring me away from the keyboard. I know she's planning to push me into a pile of pillows and blankets and I'm just too tired to fight her. Bon nuit y'all. Sweet dreams... 

Happy Friday folks. So much to tell and so little time. Looks like this will be a multi-posting, to be continued at a later time or date... I'll start with saying I'm in a peculiar kind of mood today so if I say anything that offends you, suck it up. Let's get started! Early voting began yesterday in my neck of the woods. I'll be heading over to cast my ballot today. Lots of lines on the news yesterday so I'll likely stick a paperback in my purse. Thank God they did away with that bullsh*t voter ID law. Not that I don't have identification but we all know what that crap was about. As if voter fraud was proven to run rampant in this state... I don't understand racist bigots and white supremacists. If they're really better than everyone else, why do they fight so hard to handicap others? Supremacy just is. It shouldn't require active suppression or degradation of others on the part of the so-called superior person. Which leads t...

Good morning and Happy Wednesday folks. It's almost 1 a.m. and I'm tired. Fighting sleep and exhaustion because I felt compelled to write this post before I turn in... I'll get right to the point because I'm losing the battle. The last dream I had before I awoke Tuesday morning featured my first husband, whom I haven't seen or heard from in over a decade. Upon awakening, I jumped right into doing other things and I lost the tendrils of the dream. But all day, thoughts of hubby #1 lingered in the fringes. Finally I decided to Google him. He has a common name, requiring me to fully utilize my finely-honed research skills. It took about 15 minutes to find the onion; another 15 or so to peel it. To be succinct, I learned he was murdered several years ago. I won't repeat the particulars but I will say I wasn't surprised that it happened. How it happened was a shocker because I knew him to be a cautious man. Maybe he got sloppy in his later yea...

Happy Wednesday everyone! May all you love and cherish bring you joy and happiness for the duration! In mundane news on my end: That pesky sewing kit made its way into my awareness again. Every other week or so I check Aldi's website, to see if any of my favorites (almond butter, organic fruit) are on sale. Aldi also sells household items, a few toiletries, etc. When I checked yesterday evening, there was a sewing kit in the specialty items being sold in that week's stash. (Their household merchandise rotates every week, beginning on Wednesday.) Third time's the charm, right? On a similar topic, last night's dream featured butter. I was helping a friend clean out her freezer so we could have room for more food (I was visiting for a few days). She didn't realize there was stuff hidden in the back of the freezer, under the freezer tray. There were several small tubs of butter in the freezer. Some had to be tossed out because the tubs were open....

Happy Tuesday y'all! I hope everyone's day has been all that's necessary for continued love and happiness. It's been quite thrilling on my end. My day started out quietly. I rose around 8:30 a.m. and saw that it was overcast out.  Realizing that today is October 4, I remembered that I wanted to get frozen fruit from my local supermarket while it was still on sale. An hour later, I walked out into what I thought was the cool breeze of a new fall morning. There was a cool breeze blowing but a few feet from my door, I realized it was also humid. A bit of a bummer but I was already out so I marched on. (I had decided to walk.) At the corner I saw a few neighbors I hadn't seen in a while. I stopped for a pleasant chat. We said goodbye and I crossed the street. I noticed that another (elderly) neighbor's door was open. I hadn't seen her in a while as well so I went over and knocked at the storm door. Her dog came barking bu...

Sunday evening I noticed we were down to our last gallon of filtered water. With the amount of water we use for cooking and drinking around here, I like to keep at least four gallons on hand.  I thought my local refill spot closed at 8 p.m. so I left at 7:30. It was dusk.  As I locked my door, I heard a flock of geese flying over. I looked up and there they were, flying in formation.  Flying north. Eeeeek! Winter is coming!   I'm not ready.  I want the weather to reach a balmy 60 degrees for daytime highs and stay there. Preferably all year but I won't ask for too much. * * * On to other topics... In the past several nights, I've dreamed about Mr. Bliss a few times. What I can recall of the dreams was pleasant.  What I also remember lately about all my dreams is a feeling of similarity. There are always landscapes that we're/I'm either walking or driving through. They all look different but have a simil...

Good morning and Happy Sunday y'all! How has your weekend has been so far? Mine has been restful but might get busy this afternoon. It's possible but not definite that Miz A and I will attend a barbeque sponsored by a potential suitor. Speaking of suitors, I made the decision to part ways with the guy I'd been seeing most recently. The countdown clock began ticking with an invitation to visit his home... I expected a pleasant and enjoyable visit. Sadly, I was let down. The nicest thing I can say is that his bed appeared neatly made. (And I only know that because I had to go through his bedroom to get to his bathroom.) But as Shania Twain details so well in one of my favorite songs, "That don't impress me much". He told me upon arrival that his daughter recently (allegedly) moved in with her small children (and a friend). I'm not exaggerating when I say it looked like they brought a tornado with them that engulfed the whole place and has ...