Wacky Wednesday: Flower Shaming, Blowing Snow, and the Ghost in My Attic

 It's time again to see what's wack in my world:

My husband gave me this lovely bouquet of carnations for Valentine's Day. Aren't they beautiful? Then the next day, I see a TikTok post that said, "No female over the age of 16 wants carnations." I mean, really? A man gives you flowers, and you reject them because they aren't pricey? Flower shaming is a new low.

Speaking of men, this is mine. Yes, he's using a leaf blower on the snow! This was a discovery he made last year, and it works if you only have a few inches of the light, powdery stuff. I guess it beats shoveling?

I'm always looking to add variety to my diet, so when my grocer had dragon fruit on sale for $4, I decided to buy one. This was only my second time ever purchasing one, and I remembered that it didn't seem to have much flavor, maybe because it wasn't fully ripe. This time I waited until it was very soft to cut it open. Again, ZERO flavor. It's surprising to me, because it certainly looks tasty.

Granted, it can be difficult to figure out vanity plates, but how often is it hard to understand a decal? I had no clue on this one. It says: SAY YA TO DA' UP, EH? The Michigan plates made me think the UP refers to the Upper Peninsula, but I still don't get it. The Canadian EH? along with it adds to the confusion. Maybe my Michigan friends have insight?

Three years ago, we had a complete remodel of our master bathroom. Three recessed lights were replaced with LED lights, which are supposed to last 25,000 - 50,000 hours of usage (or an average of 5 -10 years). This has never been our experience with LED light bulbs, but whatever. This bathroom light, which my husband never uses, and I only use when showering (so it's on 15 minutes/day max), stopped working after two years. And its location is in the cathedral ceiling of the bathroom, so not reachable by a normal ladder. We put off doing anything about it until last month when I finally contacted our remodeler to ask for the specifications of the light so I could order a new one that matched. They said it was under warranty, and they'd send an electrician out. Come to find out that the bulb was not burned out, it was that the orange plug was no longer in the orange socket. This befuddled the electrician, who was the one who installed it in the first place. He could not understand how this could have come unplugged, as it clicks in place. Plus, the fact that it did work for over a year. We have a ghost or a clever rodent in our ceiling.

Do you shame any particular variety of flowers? Dual purpose power equipment? Enjoy exotic fruits? Have a ghost do weird sh*t in your house?

Happy Hump Day! It's March!!!!!!!!!