Class of 81 ... Degrees

This afternoon I was excited to tell hubby the Class of '81 finally hit their temperature this year and we all loved it.

SPOILER ALERT: But guess what? His Wordle start word was also today's answer! Whether my already-solved start word of STERN or his SUITE affect our strategy remains to be seen.

But in the meantime, my sun-seeking body is thrilled about above 65-degree temperatures for the foreseeable future. 

Please don't tell my literally broken and dirty Mr. Deck Chair that I found a Mr. Deck Chair 2.0 at Ace Hardware the other day. I promise to ease him through the transition!

And don't worry, the actual class of 81 in this house is celebrating his "schedule this same tee time until October" round of golf with friends.

He gets what he wants and I get one more night to finish the Netflix Ransom Creek season 1. If you know, you know! 🔥

Hang Man

Remember Hang Man? It was my generation's version of Wordle. We had to guess the letters and ultimately the word before each wrong guess meant a drawn round head, stick body, two stick arms and two stick legs.

My version of Hang Man this summer has been Hanging Flower Baskets Man. Every 100 degree day, they get closer to their death. Every day without rain (a lot), still closer. Now, they be pretty much dead.

Did I kill them or did they just not have what it takes?

Oh my. This could be what inspired Crunchy Crunchy Day. I won't confirm or deny if this was part of my recipe.

Darn two black thumbs!

To my credit. I kept my son alive 18+ years at home. And Jim's still tickin'! 

Silly Goals

My new goal in life is to be as excited about eating my bowl of Fiber One cereal as Sylvester is waiting for me to finish – and leave her a few drops of milk in the bowl. You'll notice I threw in some Pumpkin Spice Cheerios in the bowl to add a bit of flavor to my cardboard.

It helps a bit. Healthy eating sucks sometimes.

My other new goal is to solve the Wordle puzzle each day. If you haven't heard of it yet, no worries. I apparently was living under a rock for the first few months it existed. 

Wordle is an online 5-letter word game that was invented by somebody in the U.K. It's actually only accessible by visiting the website here – it's not an app for your phone.

Each day a new word is released and you have six attempts to guess what the word of the day is. No clues, just guess a 5-letter word. If you're a Wheel of Fortune fan, you probably know the common letters to guess. After your guess, the tiles will change color to yellow if the letter is correct and green if the letter is correct AND in the right place in the word. Then you guess again and hope you get close enough you get the word in 6 tries. Word nerds like me love this.

And word nerds love getting it in 2 guesses and bragging about it! Yup. That won't happen again but it sure is fun to try! (Oh and the 230 is the puzzle number, not any type of score. You just get bragging rights.) My only advice for newbies is to pay attention to your "used letter board" so you don't waste guesses. 

Anyway, that's my random fun. Not like I'm setting Olympic goals here, people. Just normal middle-aged lady attainable ones!

Have a safe and fun weekend – whatever your version of fun is!