A loving conversation

A woman was sipping on a glass of wine while sitting on the patio with her husband.

She says, "I love you so much.  I don't know how I could ever live without you."

Her husband asks, "Is that you, or the wine talking?"

She replies, "It's me...talking to the wine."

And this is a new-to-us wine that MM and I recently discovered.  Nice.

Do you have a favorite wine? 

Hot Labor Day party!

No good party is complete without the cops arriving, right? Yes, it happened to us last night...truly a first.

Ansley came running downstairs to tell us...oh no, Will dialed 911 on Grammie's phone! He is 3, just so you know. The older kids heard the dispatcher's request, asking for the nature of the emergency. They promptly hung up the phone, scared to death, and fortunately reported the mishap to us grown-ups. Amy called back to tell the call center about the mistake, but of course they HAVE to send out an officer to confirm. Sigh.

The officer couldn't find our house, according to the dispatcher who had to call and ask me to be on the lookout for the officer. Dick jumped on the Chuck Wagon to go look for him...he was next door at Amy's house. I am glad it was a false alarm and that for the real deal, they now know where we live. And he was very nice to Will, the wee perp.

So that excitement capped off our shopping day, which was fairly successful except for our intended purpose to find some small yellow craft roses. We still had fun, despite the rain..sweet rain! And ended up with a memorable evening...and good food.

Life is never dull in Mayberry, y'all!

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Labor Day

Going shopping with girlfriends on a mission. A cook out here will happen later today. In the rain. Oh well, we need the rain something awful. Later...WYWH!

Saturday’s project

First, kill the copperhead that was in a pile by the clubhouse!  Jason earned hero status.

After that bit of fun, he proceeded to get the board bolted to one tree for a swing set, assisted by Amy and me…and the Bobcat (it makes a great scaffold):

Then, it was bolted to the other tree…after making sure it was level first:

Next was a trip back to town for Jason to get a different size hook…install the swings…and have two happy boys:

Even Amy had to try out a swing…

The boys know it is important to share, especially with mom!  And Grammie…

Just another day in paradise, y’all!

Here I sit…

That’s me this morning.  I was awake by 6a and couldn’t get back to sleep.  We had some friends over last night and I never made it back to the computer to get a post done.

 

So that is me.  With my coffee.  Uninspired.  It’s gonna be one of those days today.  Naw…that was yesterday!  Today will be GOOD.

I had a leak under the kitchen sink.  I opened the door to get out the dishwasher detergent to start the dishwasher, and picked up a box that was soaked.  That’s a very bad sign.  Oy…and Dick had just left, naturally.  I pulled out the brown paper bags (they make a good sponge for soaking up the water), sopped up the remaining small puddle (fresh leak, thankyouverymuch), placed a plastic tub under the pipe, turned on the overhead fan to help dry it all out, and waited for marvelous MM to get back home and be my hero.  And bring me a new box of dishwasher stuff.

Somehow or other the pipe fittings had wiggled lose, so MMM was able to tighten this and that, and then we once again had clean dishes.  And I could get dinner prepared for the expected friends. 

Leaks don’t happen on an ordinary day when nothing is going on.  Murphy’s Law at play, right?

Always remember to shut off the main water valve when you leave home for any length of time.  Stuff happens!

You’ve been warned, my friends!

Read the labels!!!

As I was conditioning my hair in the shower this morning, I took time to read my shampoo bottle.  I am in shock!  The shampoo I use in the shower
that runs down my entire body says, "for extra volume and body"!

Seriously, why have I not noticed this before?  Now I understand why I am so "full-figured"!

Tomorrow I am going to start using "Dawn" dish soap. It says right on the label, "dissolves fat that is otherwise difficult to remove."

It pays to read the warning labels, my friends!

Don’t be misled!!!

Alcohol abuse lecture

An elderly man is stopped by the police around 1 a. m. and is asked where he is going at this time of night.

The man replies, "I am going to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body."

The officer then asks, "Really? Who is giving that lecture at this time of night?"

The man replies, "That would be my wife."

Oh yes!  But, of course, that would NEVER be MM in that particular pickle.  No sirree.

So our lunch yesterday with old friends was mighty fine.  I did get a little bead sorting done and a bracelet remade.  I didn’t like the clasp on it, so I just took it apart and replaced the offensive pieces.  Easy peasy.

Hello, September!  Who has big plans for Labor Day weekend?  This is the last hoorah for summer.  Go out and enjoy it!  We sure will.