Deja Vu

So, you know they say to never make the same mistake twice. Maybe that should be one of my new year's resolutions. I need to learn from my mistakes and the most important thing that could be learned from a mistake is not to make the mistake again!
I've had to learn one too many things the hard way this past year:

1. Never leave your blinds "closed" so that the light during the day shoots upward towards your ceiling because, at night, the blinds cease to "blind". They transform into evil "reveals". The blinds may appear to be closed but, as I discovered, they are, in fact, most definately NOT hiding anything from the innocent bystander's line of sight. It's very deceptive. Don't think that just because you can't see out that know one else can see IN.

2. Never put off Christmas shopping until the last week before Christmas. Inevitably, the "perfect gift" (i.e. monetary, fuel and energy effecient) you plan to order and receive within a couple days from Amazon.com will not be available to ship until February 21 of the following year.

3. If you pour milk down your kitchen sink (perhaps having it already stopped up with potato skins and other sundry things would be of benefit as well) and proceed to turn on the garbage disposal, a beautiful, milky froth will begin to back up into your sink. Although it was tempting to try a taste, I'd have to warn against using the froth in your cup of cappuccino.