Upside Down

Dinner at the Moraccon restaurant with a three and a half year old can be amusing. After experiencing the hand washing ritual, eating with fingers, and observing the belly dancer behind crossed fingers, little J's comment... "why is this place built upside down?" hmmmmm

BO Ugly

Meet BO Ugly. It seems I'm on a roll of bad rental car luck. Not going into my experience with Enterpr...earlier this week but perhaps someone there warned Avis that I was coming.

Anyway I was supposed to get a pontiac G6. But instead I got BO Ugly... This Burnt Orange Ugly box on wheels. It's so ugly that when we pulled up in front of the resort, the valet took three steps back, shook his head, and commented, "that's just about the ugliest car I've ever seen."

Oh well. It gets us where we want to go... And it's easy to find.

The J Word

Due to some unfortunate circumstances Little J has been exposed to the "J" word. For a much needed change of scenery, we went to play at Fairyland. I did not know there would be a "j-a-i-l" there and wouldn't you know, before I knew it, there he was all locked up and refusing to budge. Bail was easily arranged with one little ice cream. If only real life problems could be resolved with one single scoop.

So now we are pretty sure that Little J has picked up what "j-a-i-l" is. How long before he realizes the meaning of "i-n-c-a-r-c-e-r-a-t-i-o-n"?

My Obit

It might be a bit morbid but I just had to find out....

'What" will your obituary say?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Been Here Done This

I'm old. Old enough to have been where these young ladies are going. I discovered these blogs in More Magazine. Check them out. They have a great sense of humor (and some good advice) to go along with all those inevitable changes:
I'm Out of Estrogen
My Menopause Blog
This is My Body, This is My Blood

My Next Life

This is me next time around.

Work Reunions

Thirty some years ago I worked with this bunch of tour bus drivers. Today we celebrated Red's 85th birthday.

Three of these people still drive buses. Can you guess which ones? Hint... I am NOT one of them but if you read my blog you know that one of those who still drives is my hubby... he's the only one if the picture who happens to be dressed like a bus driver... actually he dresses that way 365 days a year.

Making the Best of It

It's hot. Miserably hot. Over 100. Today was supposed to be a red hat day. We were supposed to go to an ice cream social. Since only two of us were brave enough to risk heat stroke, we did the next best thing. We took the hubby and grandson.

We ate ice cream. Melted ice cream.

We sweltered in the hot sun for the sheepdog presentation. It was well worth it. Those dogs are amazing. So were the sheep.

Little J had a ball checking out all the John Deere equipment, playing old fashioned games, and crafting puppets and such.

We drank water. Lots of water. No heatstroke.

And the best news of all.... after many many tries and much much patience.... <<<>>>.....we are into our 2nd successful potty training day!!!! At last! shhhhhhhhhh

Paper Clips

This guy gets one little red paper clip. He barters. He barters some more. And more. He ends up with a house.

I must go through a box of paper clips every month. At least one box. What I want to know (other than how I can possibly trade up for a house) is where they all go. I clip things together every day. I send them off to various and sundry places. They are rarely returned. Where do they go? Hmmmmm... if I had every paper clip I ever used, I could build a house with them... a big house.

Happy 4th of July

All in all it was a happy 4th of July. The grandkids know how to celebrate.