Feb 26th 2020

For Pete’s Sake Day celebrates one example of a ‘minced oath’, where an offensive word or phrase is substituted by something more acceptable in society. Other examples include ‘For crying out loud!’, and ‘Sugar!’. Such euphemisms have been used for centuries whenever people hit thumbs with hammers, burn hands on hot plates, or sit on sharp things while in polite company.Why has Pete been singled out for special attention? People started saying “for Pete’s sake” instead as early as 1903, according to the Oxford English Dictionary citations. But there’s no confirmed reason why people use Pete instead of Tom, Jim, or any other name for that matter. One speculative theory in the Morris Dictionary is that someone replaced Jesus or God with another religious figure—St. Peter.

I moved at a sloth's pace today,

Which I looked up and is about 2mph!

Considering the average human walks

about 3.1mph and a sloth is much smaller,

I must rethink my comparison.

Maybe a snail's pace at 0.047mph

Is a better description of my pace today.

Everything I did

Seemed to take longer OR

I would forget what I was doing

Half way through a chore!!!

This made double work

For no real explainable reason.

I managed to organize the new hall

And the menu for this weekend's crop,

Clean the office up and put away

Some 2019  2pnt paperwork,

Do a load of laundry,

Make some banana bread

And clean the kitchen -

After prepping fish and chips

With Apple coleslaw for supper.

We did celebrate Other's 4th birthday

And while John watched a goofy movie -

I spent 2 hours organizing

My rhinestone bling by colour

And into binder sleeves

While watching "shall we dance"

Which is one of my top favourites.

(Then I swept the craft room!)

I did have to work in short shifts

For the whole day,

As I was babying my right foot.

It is bruised and sore

And I have no idea why!

Now I am just relaxing

Before going to bed

WITHOUT my night-time games!

I must have reached for them 

like 10 times already today!

This is going to be tough.

John just left for a snowy night's

Drive to Hamilton, Niagara, 

Cambridge and London.

I am all packed up for Valleyview

To do coffee tomorrow morning,

If it's reasonable to drive.

Otherwise I am homebound for the day.

Maybe a big project....

Good night from John Street