What...no Orange?

Kids come up with all kinds of excuses to get out of doing what we ask them to do. Here's the latest from my little guy.


Me: "Come over, please. There are people that want to say, "hello." (I was at a party across the street.)

Little guy: "But Orange is the New Black."

Me: "Pause it."


And he did come over and hang out for a bit. Yay! Wonder if he'll notice when I use the same OITNB excuse all this week as I dive into some binge watching, myself....

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Blue on Blue

I did some jean patching today. It's the sort of thing that's in my sewing skill set.

Dave loves his jeans. He loves them so much that he's rarely, if ever, willing to part with them. So when his beloved jeans get a hole in them, well, I patch 'em. And patch 'em. And patch 'em. One of the jeans is pretty new on the wear scene and it now only sports one patch. Another has two. But the current granddaddy has eight patches. Eight! And those patches are all different shades of blue. And those jeans are my husband's favorite.

And I love this about him.

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Shady People

Much to the chagrin of our little guy.


This morning we attended a football scrimmage.  Our kiddo is a runningback for his school's J.V. team and we were there to cheer him on. 

Only thing is...we sat on the opposing team's side.  And we did it on purpose.  You see, the sun was blazing on our team's side.  The opposing team's side was totally in the shade. 

Hmmmmm....shade, sun, shade, sun, shade, sun.  Yup.  Shade won.


Little guy after the scrimmage:  "You guys are stupid."


I'm quite sure he'll understand when he's our age.

...or perhaps we should invest in some really, really, really big brimmed hats. 

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Trail Lovin'

I do so love hitting the hike and bike trail.  It's one of my favorite things about summer mornings.  It never fails to surprise, please, and leave me in awe.

Some cool stuff I encountered...

• A man sitting in the shade of a bridge playing his harmonica...I gave him a nod of thanks, he gave me a nod of welcome.

• Two women talking about ovulation timing...so not the part of life I'm in!

• Four fellow teachers who were walking looking super cute-n-sassy.

• The scent of bat guano...oddly enough, once I settle into the scent I almost find myself enjoying it in an "I love Austin" kind of way.

• Many pigeons who seem to overly assume that I'll go around them rather than them needing to fly the heck out of my way.

• Super, duper happy dogs off of their leashes bounding into the river.

• Beautiful turtles swimming in the water below the bridge I rode my bike across.

• An older couple walking very slowly on the trail...when I caught up to them I realized that the woman was totally engaged with whatever was on her iPhone...she absolutely looked like the hip young folk I see so often strolling the streets.


Wishing for many more summer days of surprise, pleasure, and awe...and an earnest hope that whenever I'm on the trail in thirty some odd years that I'll be totally engaged with the people, pigeons, and pooches.

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The Perfect Fit

I'm super excited!  I went for a fitting today.  Lucky me...I get to be an extra on a hit television show.  I haven't seen it because I only watch TV shows on Netflix and it hasn't made it there yet, but I hear it's great.

I figured that as a forty-six year old broad they'd have me comfortably in a turtle neck and pants, or at the very least, a long gown that went from shoulder to the base of my shoes.  

Anyway, can't give any show details because that's the rules, but here's how the fitting went after she got the info on the sizes I wore, top to bottom.


Me:  "Hey, just a heads up, I have some cellulite on my thighs...I'm forty-six, that's how we roll."

Lovely wardrobe lady:  "I'm in my thirties and I have cellulite."


She got out an assortment of pants, tops, skirts, jewelry and shoes.  I tried on several outfits.  She eliminated bits and pieces, brought new stuff, took the rejects away, sized me up, had me put my cut-away shirt on backward, rigged me with a little help for the "girls," and called me "done".


Me:  "This is so much fun!  I'm dressing up like high school me...where's my mohawk?"

Lovely wardrobe lady:  "You're fun to dress."


Yes, my friends, I get to be on TV in an outfit very similar to the one that got me sent home from high school one day.  Forty-six is officially hot...well, at least as hot as I can make it.

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Dog Whisperer

Dave and I were finally able to leave town...by ourselves...first time in nineteen years.  We left early in the morning, rolled our bags out the front door, locked the house, and drove away.


Fifteen minutes later...

Text from my little guy:  "Scout won't stop howling what should I do"

Me:  So sorry!  I dunno.  Let scout sleep with you or you sleep on her bed or try raw hide.  She misses us already.  I love you so much!!!"

Little guy:  "She stopped howling but now she started doing this annoying like slow bark thing"

Me:  "Sorry.  Might as well get up, eh?"  (It was 5:00 AM)

Little guy:  "No I feel dead"

Me:  "Sleep through her noise."

Little guy:  "I can't she's really loud"

Me:  ":-(  Give her a can of tuna fish."

Little guy:  "That worked!"


Yup, I'm slow to get there but I'm a dog whisperer from many states away.

And now at my house "tuna" is the new "squirrel".

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