Bfth's Boring Blog

 Sometimes a stranger can make your day brighter.  If you are lucky, that stranger can become a friend...or at least the possibility of being a friend... Let me explain... I took Friday off to attend a shareholders meeting at Skytop .  This was my second shareholders meeting.  The last one was back in 19** (yes it was that long ago), when my mother and I did a long weekend at Skytop for the first time in a long time.  (Other memories of that weekend:  I hadn't accrued my "week" time and they didn't like to give you a day when you hadn't accrued the full week...yes, you can roll your eyes here.  I remember soaking in the hot tub on Friday afternoon and it was heaven.)  Now that I am living in the vicinity, I figured it was time to attend another one. So Friday morning, after a lousy night's sleep, I drove up and found my way to the ballroom/boardroom where the meeting was being held.  I found a seat and settled in among all the men in their j...

...Here I am stuck in the garage with you.   ...Here I am stuck in the garage with you.   I know I have written lots of crazy blogs. This may be one of the craziest. And of course, it's all true, which makes it even more crazy.   It was your average ordinary Monday. My husband and I had to run to the post office to pick up a package that was too big to fit in our mailbox as well as make a quick stop to CVS. As usual, we went out to the garage, clicked the button on the wall of garage bay number 3 (it's the 3 car garage attached to the house; not to be confused with the detached garage on the other side of the house which we rarely use...so many garages!  Why?) which opened the garage door, got in the car and ran our errands. It didn't take us long and when we got back, my husband clicks the remote, the garage door opened, and we pulled in. We got our stuff out of the car, and we close the garage door using the button on the side of the wall. So far a typic...

 You can't have one without the other, right?  Today, the joy wins out, but let's start with the sad... Since my mother died in July of 2022, I've kept some of her clothing.  No, we did not wear the same size, but I've kept a long sleeve button down (I use it as a cover up) and a sweater.  She also had two pairs of sandals.  (Again we are not the same size, but...)  One pair I'm pretty sure she never wore...and to be honest neither have I, yet...But the other she wore a lot.  I can remember her wearing them.  So of course I've been wearing them.  Not to work or anything like that, but around the house and outside.  I knew they were starting to go, but...I was walking around the patio this afternoon and...Well...see for yourself... IBut let's move on to happier things... I've mentioned the coffee house that is opening in my town in the Poconos.   ( https://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/fridays-special-surprise.html )...

 So far this year I've taken 5 full days off and 3 half days off.  Actually I thought I had asked for a half day on the 17th, but it turns out I put in for a full...a fact I didn't realize until I logged in at work in the afternoon.  I started doing stuff and then realized I probably shouldn't be...talk about lack of awareness!  Oh well, I still have plenty of time to take off this year (before the days disappear).  However, once again my "vacation" is really not one, but a way to accomplish things that I can't do when I'm in an office.  How sad is that?  (Or is this a fact of life for others?  I'm guessing it is... Tell me that it is!) So what was today's "vacation" about?   Well I took the day off because like in April, I had to go to the MVC ( https://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-visit-to-mvc.html ).  Only this time it wasn't for MY Real ID, it was for my son.  While he is perfectly capable of doing this o...

If you know me, you know that I have not a sports fan. I'm just not into it. I don't watch any sports really. I mean, yes, I watch the super bowl, but I don't even remember what teams played. And in all honesty I was watching for the commercials and the halftime show.  (Let me just say that although I'm not part of the bad bunny demographic, I thought his show at the game this year was really good. Am I a fan? Not really. Do I have any of his music? I do not. But it was entertaining and upbeat and we need that.  End of comments.)    I am so not sports oriented that while I may be able to name a few local teams, I most definitely could not name them all!  There's the Knicks and the Nets (so far so good), the Jets and the Giants, the Yankees and the Mets...and???If I could name more I would and those I would name or guess to name, I might not know what sport they play. Is a baseball? Is football? Is it basketball? I don't know.  (Don't hate me) ...

  I t's Flag Day here in the U.S.  I've written about this before:   https://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/june-14.html .  What do you know about this holiday?  Let me put out some facts  On June 14, 1777 the Second Continental Congress resolved:  "that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation."  (No mention of Betsy Ross...unfortunately her story probably is just that and not fact.  Sorry Betsy.") "In 1885, Bernard J. Cigrand, a young schoolteacher in Wisconsin, asked his students to observe what he called the flag's "birthday." He had them write essays on what the Stars and Stripes meant to them... Cigrand spent the rest of his life expanding it. He wrote articles, gave speeches, and pressed anyone who would listen to set aside a day for the ...