Five of the people supposed
to come to our New Year’s Eve party, all living in the same house, came down
with flu and so stayed home. So it was a
much smaller gathering than we’d hoped and planned for. Still, it was fun. Ann Peters, usually shy and diffident, was
bold and funny. She dealt the last poker
hand before midnight and said, “Queens and
jacks, sevens and nines wild.” I won the
hand with five kings. I don’t think I’ve
ever had five kings in a poker hand before.
I’m writing a couple of
scenes in Tying the Knot about a serious blizzard that keeps my characters from
going out to New Year’s Eve parties. I
got so wound up in the details that when
I had to take a break and go out to the grocery store, I was amazed to see
clear skies and clean streets.
Fans of the television series
“Big Bang Theory” know one strange theme (there are a lot of strange themes) running through it is a sacharine
lullaby called “Soft Kitty.” Most of us can
sing it. I even have a t-shirt with the lyrics printed on it. Here’s a look at it: https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-mozilla-002&hsimp=yhs-
02&hspart=mozilla&p=Soft+Kitty+song#id=1&vid=a852d9f06800b81b11a8d5e05f9e9e8e&action=click
For Christmas this year, I
was gifted with a new t-shirt. I laughed
for five minutes. Printed on it:
Annoyed kitty,
Touchy kitty,
Grouchy ball of fur,
Moody kitty,
Grumpy kitty,
Grrr, grrr, grrr.
3 comments:
Sounds as if your party was particularly fun. And I like the sound of your T-shirt. What color is it, and does it have a picture of a kitty?
Yes, it has a cartoon drawing of a grumpy kitty on a soft gray ground. I can't see how to insert a picture of it in this comment page, but if you'll go to my Facebook account, you can see one there.
I know what you mean about getting lost in what you're writing. One of my series takes place on the Monterey peninsula and when I was working on the last book, I was always surprised when I looked up and didn't see the ocean or Monterey cypress trees.
Your New Year's Eve plans sounded like fun.
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