Ask Me Meme: Emotional Tells

unavee asked ivy ⇢ what are your ‘tells’ for your emotions and moods? how can someone tell you’re happy, annoyed, upset or tired?

As far as negative moods, I'd say the state of housework is a good indicator. If I'm in a bad mood, I'm not going to sweep or clean the toilet or wipe the sink out. Also, I eat a lot more junk, and I'm not inclined to cook, so we get pizza or Chinese. Tone of voice, too. My voice gets sharper, the more irritated I get. If I have to ask the boys' to do something, by the third time asking (and being ignored), I'm probably inching toward 'shouting.'

As far as good moods, I let the boys play Nintendo or watch movies more. Or do whatever it is they want to do. I'm more likely to take care of things like vacuuming the cars out or getting gas. I don't know anything else. I'm not often in a 'good' mood, really. The opposite of upset is calm, not happy.

Music Monday: 'La nuit et l'amour' Interlude from Ludus pro patria by Augusta Holmès

How about some classical music today from an Irish-French pianist and composer [1888]?

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Meme Answers: Jewelry

Thanks everyone for playing along. I enjoyed these. This is the last.

debriswoman asked: abelia ⇢ do you have a particular piece of jewelry you always wear or can’t part with?

I do have a wedding ring and an engagement ring but I don't wear them because my fingers got too fat :(

I have some of my mother's jewelry but much less since I did my Marie Kondo cleaning haul last year. I only kept the ones that sparked joy, which were very very few. I don't wear them (fat fingers, again, also my wrists are very fat so normal bracelets won't fit, but I like bracelets, in theory) but I have a couple of rings.

I have a string of pearls (necklace) of my mother's for going to church or funerals.

If I have to go to boys' school (parent-teacher meeting) I wear a pair of earrings of my mothers. They are a series of little gold balls in a semi circle hoop. Or if I can't find them, I wear pearl studs (also of hers). Or if something's more formal, I wear one of two pairs of earrings I got from the boys' father as 'push presents' (for pushing out two kids, even though they were actually cut out, not pushed out). I had a third (pretty ones) but I lost one of them a couple of years ago.

I don't wear anything but a watch (a running watch with timer and step counter) most of the time.