Since I couldn't sleep all day, DH and I watched a Swedish vampire movie. I think it was called, Let The Right One In, but I'll have to check on that. It was very well done, and my mom would be happy I'm training my ear on the grandparents' native tongue. I may get more practice in the near future, there's a rumor Swedish cousins may be coming for a visit soon!
After the movie, we forced the kids out of the basement and headed to the used book store to use our 50% off coupon. Boy, I don't do crowds well, especially when I'm trying to beat a cold. 50% off already half priced books brings out the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to book shopping.
I did manage to find myself one book, surprisingly not on gardening. It must have been because I'm craving healthy, fresh fruit and veg. Juices and Smoothies, Live life, Be Healthy, Love Life not only has terrific recipes, but it has recommendations on which fruits and veg are beneficial for specific health concerns. I also loved how the cover colors went well in my green kitchen! LOL! I'm going to set up a book area in my kitchen to show off cool books like this and to inspire us to eat more healthy. I could live on smoothies.
After book shopping, we didn't eat healthy though. We did pizza. Why does salty, cheesy pizza feel so good on a sore throat?
Outside the pizza place, DS13 and I were approached by a man asking for $12. He said his daughter had just been hit by a bus, he had walked from a shopping area 5 miles away, he wasn't looking for a ride but needed $12 bucks or he was going to, "pawn my old lady's wedding ring, I swear to God!"
Now I'm all for helping people, but this guy seemed to have his pitch all wrong. Opening with the bus accident was a good one, but why the 5 mile walk and why $12? I would think being hit by a bus would cost more than $12 in medical bills. Why would you walk 5 miles to a pizza restaurant to solicit $12? Why not solicit the $12 at the shopping mall rather than walk 5 miles? I'm sure you could get way more than $12 for a pawned wedding band.
A better pitch would have been, "See my teeth. I'm addicted to meth. I need $12 for another hit."
My son was rattled but this was a valuable life lesson. Our faith teaches us to help those less fortunate, but would it really be helping to give this man money for more drugs? The hospital was less of a walk from the shopping center than the pizza restaurant. If he indeed had a daughter who was hit by a bus, why didn't he walk there?
Well, I better go and brew another cup of cami tea and keep the warm fluids flowing.
8 comments:
That story doesn't sound right, I agree he was probably just looking for money for more drugs.
Your book is exactly what Katie wants in our kitchen, stripes. I want to make some new kitchen curtains and she wants me to make them out of stripe material. I never had stripes but maybe its time for something new and different
I hope you feel better soon
The cover of that book looks like the wall paper in my kitchen...it's a wake up every morning!
I chuckled at your comments on his story........yes, he should have just pointed out the meth stains on his teeth and went from there.............(sigh)
Glad you're feeling better. I'll have to get some of that Emergen-C you're talking about.......although it's much too late for me with this cold. lol
Yes - a good lesson for DS13 - a sad one, but necessary.
Good find in the book store! Congrats! Sure hope you start feeling better soon. Salt always feels good on a sore throat - don't know why. We were always told to gargle with salt water for a sore throat when I was growing up. Must be something to it.
Hugs!
Are swedish vampires anything like swedish fish ? LOL :o)
Hey, and the paint color in your kitchen looks almost just like mine. I do like the stripes against it, really lively.
That story sounded really bazaar, geeze. Sounds like drugs to me ....and I know this because I have an aunt on drugs and it sounds like something she'd come up with.
Hope that you continue to fight off the cold, we can't get rid of it here. Have a good week. :O)
Glad to hear you are winning your virus war. What a neat book find! And it matches your kitchen too. $12 is such a strange amount to ask for + you'd think he'd have a better story. lol
I have heard of that movie, and really want to see it. They were out at the video store since for some reason all the videos there are now $1.00 for 5 nights!! So they are kinda picked over!
I saw that movie. They say it was good. It kind of disturbed me. It also seemed a tad long to me. I guess I'm just not used to European movies.
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