Garden
Picture someone turning on the hose to water the neighbor's veggies, hearing thunder/seeing lightning practically on top of them, throwing the hose to the ground and racing across the street to the safety of home.
Yep, that was me.
Teeth
Someone told me today that I should eat more chocolate. Should have been eating chocolate instead of almonds when I chipped that $700 crown.
Movie Day
Saw a movie today we've heard literally nothing about: "Get Low" with Robert Duvall, Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek.
It's hard to find anything wrong with this movie (of course this is my subjective opinion) and I found it very thought provoking.
So glad that my / our last 40 years have been full of magic rather than the personal "jail" of the main character in this movie.
p.s. Tomatoes "pillaged" from the neighbor's garden taste so much better when they're shared with other neighbors!!
Aphorism
Something I read this morning that resonated with me: (Decided I must like aphorisms - they sort of remind me of modern day Proverbs!)
"The heart has a better memory than the mind."
Tomatoes
Hoping tonight that someone, somewhere is refining some sort of drops or spray that I can apply to those ghastly tomatoes I buy in the winter. It would make them taste like the fabulous summer tomatoes I'm having now.
Monday, Monday
A rare, lovely weather, mostly problem-free day to usher in the work week. I celebrated with a chocolate chocolate-chip muffin.
Check
When we left the house this morning, I didn't plan to write such a big check. Had to have The Hubby look it over to make sure I'd done it all right.
Love what the check purchased!
Saturday
Making plans for tomorrow: thinking of doing some more car test driving. Planning to disconnect the phone on Monday so as not to answer the poor salesman's calls.
Why can't I just flap my arms and fly everywhere I need to go? (Might make it hard to do a Costco run.... sigh....)
Rain
If you're stuck at the grocery in the worst downpour of rain in a century, those plastic grocery sacks knotted around the head make great protection for the hairdo.
Restroom
Stopped in at a public restroom today. I so like the paper towel dispensers that allow you to push with your elbow to dispense the towels. But....do they think everyone is 7 feet tall? Practically had to use the top of my head, standing on my very tippy toes, to dispense the towel - no way in this world would my elbow reach that high. (Makes a great mental picture!)
Late Night
I think I'll have a late night tonight. I need to stay up and see if I can catch the little gremlins who stole that book that I can't find. (Not really anxious to have to replace it with a new one.)
Trophy
Since I've never won a trophy or anything like it in my whole life, I'm wondering today if that makes me worth less?
Sleeping In
So glad I had on the cute pajamas when the neighbors came by this morning. Who'd have thought that sleeping in could be "living on the edge"?
Gelato
I know I will get fewer calories from chocolate gelato that is worn on the front of my yellow shirt, but it tastes so much better when eaten!
Southern
The Hubby is always telling me I should be more "southern" in my language and manners. So, today I tried a little on for size. Not sure of the fit. Somehow comes out sounding more on the "snarky" side. Will I get better with practice?
Hips
How did I get that shelf that forms the tops of my hips?
(I look like an old woman from the back. And the front, and the side......)
Hooray!
Yay!!! We received the final paperwork for our (Marriott ocean front) hotel room in Maui!
42 days and counting.....
Strength
The trail I walked on this morning is asphalt - an inch or two thick - so a firm, durable surface. Heading home I noticed a plant (yeah, most likely a weed, but a plant nonetheless.) that had poked through the asphalt several inches from the edge and was now growing up through the asphalt.
Couldn't help but think there are myriad lessons/parallels/corollaries there.
Tis the Season
If I can't get into the fridge, it's cause I can't find the handle what with all the wedding invitations on the front. (Besides, I guess we've spent all our $ on wedding gifts, none left to buy food to put in the fridge.)
Happiness
Read this today: "Happiness is wanting what you have." A twist on my old theme of being content. I like it.
Costco
Decided that it's futile to try to hurry through Costco at 3 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon. (What recession?)
But perhaps it's futile to try to hurry through Costco at any time. At least on Saturday afternoons one can get a 7 course meal, complete with dessert of ice cream w/ chocolate syrup.
Beginnings And Endings
A day of farewell (so sad to see the Granddaughter go) and homecoming (YAY! The Hubby is home) leaves me on an emotional roller coaster.
I think it should be my turn for a trip next! (Oh wait, I'm scheduled for Maui! If only we can get our room arranged!)
Granddaughter
What fun to pick up the Granddaughter from BYU volleyball camp - then dinner and "gelapo". She's extraordinary. Where did she come from?
Summer Storms
Love the summer thunder and lightning. But it confuses me: open all the doors to let in the fresh air, but then the rain blows in and it's w-a-y too humid.
Somehow seems silly to have the air conditioner on when it's cooler outside.
p.s. July's power bill was a little under half what it was last July. YAY for the solar panels!!
Hair
It's amazing how much better I can feel about the world when I have a decent haircut.
Since I still have this "baby" hair, why can't my skin be "baby" smooth?
If It's a Strange Day It Must Be Monday
Got the granddaughter off to volleyball camp, got the daughter off on her way home, got The Hubby off to his trip to work....it feels like all the air has left the house.
God's Tender Mercies
How I love this concept - that of Tender Mercies. (And when I think of them, in my mind they are always capitalized like that.)
It's such a Tender Mercy to find a Tender Mercy. Gratitude reigns.
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