My totally random life...

1. I forgot to announce the final "making of the school lunch." This occurred on Monday. No more hunting up bottles of water, appropriate snacks or making peanut butter sandwiches in the early am til fall. While this currently thrills me to no end, I suspect next spring I will have a different assessment of the task.

2. Apparently I missed the last "wearing of the chapel dress shirt" last week. Unfortunately, the boy has mostly outgrown the aforementioned chapel dress shirt and probably needs a new one. (He's been wearing this one for multiple years.) Of course, you realize that he only has (hopefully) one more year of high school and if he gets a new chapel shirt, it will barely be broken in by the time the school year is over.

3. I am currently making/baking two different flavors of muffins for breakfast so that all the delicate palates within our home will be satisfied.

4. I realize that I failed to wax poetic about the Preakness but in case you were wondering, I was thrilled to see Rachel Alexander win and was equally pleased to see Mine that Bird do so well. I would have been happy if the outcome had been reversed as well. (I know that's a departure from my usual desire to have a triple crown winner but this is the type of story that has a happy ending either way. At least in my little world it does. And we all know it's all about my little world. :D )

5. The world is full of strange people. And sometimes they come and visit me. That's all I am going to say about that but if you spoke with me yesterday, you know what I'm talking about.

6. Do you feel like Memorial day is coming too early this month? I mean, there's an entire leftover week of May after Memorial Day this year. I'm having a difficult time wrapping my mind around the fact that it's this weekend. Which is probably a good thing because I am working it and we have a coupon which usually means lots of opportunities for excitement. So when Saturday/Monday finally arrive, I will be surprised rather than filled with dread.

7. Only three more days of school and then we will begin our summer schedule. Which is pretty much like the rest of the year schedule only there's no making of school lunches and no discussion about why we didn't mention the night before that we had no clean school uniforms.

Oops...the muffins are done and I'm off to do whatever it is that I normally do on a totally random day. Have fun!

huh?

Most of you know that I work in a christian book store. Well, the other day, I received a phone call from an elderly gentleman who wanted a synopsis of the different vacation bible school material that we were carrying. He listed like fifteen different ones that he wanted to know something about. Sigh. I was not in the most loving frame of mind when I went to get the "big book" to help answer his questions. I decided the easiest way to tell him about the different ones was to just start reading through the different catalogs. The first one is "beach party vbs". I gave him the run down about it, covering the themes and the main scripture and so forth.

And then...

he asked...

"Is there any nudity in it?"

Huh?

After a moment of stunned silence (where I was waiting for him to laugh...or something), I matter of factly stated, "No sir, there is not." And I went right on to the next vbs description.

I don't believe I've ever had that question in the twenty years that I've worked there. And believe me, I've had lots of unusual questions. (Remind me to tell you about the request for Billy Graham's book on diarrhea or the man who wanted to show us his scars. Here's a hint. They weren't on a visible part of his body.)

And I guess the saddest part of all was that I never found out if this gentleman wanted his vbs "with" or "without." (I'm hoping he just wanted to be sure that there were no scantily clad people cavorting on the beaches. Which I suppose might be a reasonable question in this day and age.)

another slice of life

We have some of the most beautiful azaleas planted in our yard.

The hostas are growing! The hostas are growing!

Wolfgang forgot to look under the cushions before he sat down to take a nap.

The Boy was totally worn out from Mother's Day festivities.

My niece and father-in-law enjoying a moment on Mother's Day

Someone on her twentieth birthday.

A cluster of azaleas growing on the side of the house.

Diego waiting ever so patiently for mommy to stop fooling around in the yard and come in and feed him. Or at least let him out to fool around in the yard, too! Did anybody say, "walk?"

Look at what my poor sick baby girl brought home for me tonight! Is it okay to say that I am tickled "pink"? (She and her mama would appreciate prayers for her recovery. It's a busy time for her and she doesn't have time to be sick.)

And just because I want you to enjoy a slice of life from my house....

I was trying to show the size of Polo the wonder yorkie vs. Oscar the grumpy cat. Oscar outweighs him by twenty pounds or so.

We have plumeria blooming in our kitchen. Because we are strange like that.

This is the sunrise outside our local christian book store the other morning. Makes me glad to be going in to work!

may your day be blessed as well!

Spring...

Spring is my favorite time of year.

It's a time of new growth...

A time of great beauty and color...

a time of promise fulfilled...

a time for silliness....

and (unfortunately) a time for this...

Note to self....

It's better to make sure you are fully awake before you try to feed the critters. Otherwise, you might find yourself feeding a bowl of bird seed to some very confused dogs.

And the birds don't look to happy about it either.

I am so excited! My friend has joined this bloggity adventure that we are on. If you get a chance, stop by and say hello!

From My Perspective

I was reading last night before I went to bed when Elwood came up and decided to call it a day. After a little bit, I looked down and this is what I saw.

I'm hoping you're focusing on his gi-normous nose as opposed to the size of my thigh. After all, there might be something I could do about my thigh (photo shop, maybe?) but I think he is stuck with his nose. And a cute nose it is!

100 things

Apparently it's tradition to post 100 things about yourself when you reach your 100th post. I am not sure that I can think of 100 things about me (and I'm not letting my children post) and I'm fairly certain that no one would want to read 100 things either. So I will post until I get bored and you can read until you get bored and we'll both feel like we've fulfilled our commitments to the bloggy tradition fairy.



1. My middle name is Louise.

2. I've always hated having the middle name Louise.

3. However, my father wanted to name me Louise, so Louise as a middle name isn't so bad.

4.I was a bald baby.

5. I stayed bald for a very long time. There are pictures of me at one years old with just enough hair to look like a kewpie doll. And that hair was strawberry blonde.

6. When I finally grew hair, it was platinum blonde. Sort of like now only some silly people refer to the platinum part as "white". Obviously, they need glasses.

7. I am 43. And a half. more than likely.

8. I have a husband and two children. I like them just fine.

9. We have five dogs. I'm not sure how or why we have five dogs. They range from very big to very small.

10. We have one cat. He is bigger than two of the dogs.

11. We have ten parrots. We are also insane. Notice I did not assign a number to that fact. I figure you probably already knew that.

12. I absolutely love to read. I will read anywhere at any time. I could finish a book a day if I had the chance.

13. I read all different genres. Including cereal boxes.

14. I have a purse obsession. I know it's a sickness and I need to seek help for it. Someday.

15. Are you bored yet?

16. I am adopted.

17. I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and was adopted when I was eleven days old.

18. I need to have the insurance adjuster look at our roof to see if it has storm damage from the tornado/strong storms in January.

19. I wrote that so that hopefully I will remember to call the insurance adjuster.

20. Somehow I became a fan of Dancing with the Stars.

21. I am slightly embarrassed about that.

22. My sister-in-law wants me to take dancing lessons with her.

23. I think I could do a mean tango. In my dreams.

24. I don't think I'd look so hot in one of those little bitty dancing costumes.

25. I think I've mentioned that I'm tall. I still am. I expect to shrink some. But being tall means that I can weigh more now and have more places to spread it out.

26. I have a Winnie the Pooh collection.

27. I also have a collection of stuffed animals. Yes, I know I should have outgrown that years ago.

28. But my stuffed animals are so cute and fluffy. With interesting expressions. And personality.

29. I do not text message.

30. I work at a Christian Book Store. With Books! Good stuff!

31. My current favorite food is Outback Cheese Fries.

32. Which have 2900 calories.

33. Which may be why I think I wouldn't look so hot in one of those itty bitty dancing costumes.

34. I can be tempted with chocolate, cheesecake, peanut m&m's, and other assorted forbidden foods. But not apples. If I were Eve, I would have said no. Til he whipped out the chocolate.

35. Someday I want to live in a lighthouse.

36. I also want to live in a villa in Tuscany. Someday. There are no lighthouses in Tuscany. I sense a "life conflict" coming on.

37. Basset hounds are the most willful creatures on the face of the earth.

38. I love tulips! Even though they don't smell.

39. There's a girl dog named Chloe that lives next door. My 5 boy dogs love her. Even though no one is anatomically correct anymore.

40. I don't like movies that don't end happily.

41. Everyone knows that they are supposed to tell me if a movie doesn't end happily so that I won't watch it.

42. Someone forgot to tell me that Pirates 3 doesn't end happily. (my version of happy anyway.)

43. I will never watch Star Wars 3: the stith movie. Because it doesn't end happily.

44. I'm allergic to bees.

45. I can't believe you are still reading this. I'm not even reading this anymore. Just kidding.

46. Mary Jane said she wouldn't read past 45. I'm just checking.

47. I live in Kentucky and I'm wearing shoes. I am also not pregnant but I am in the kitchen.

48. I should be doing laundry.

49. I am sitting here with my head down on the computer desk at the prospect of trying to think of 51 more things.

50. I love Jesus. And He loves me. (How could I not have mentioned this first?)

51. I am going to memorize Psalm 90. Ask me how I'm doing sometime.

52. Did I say my birthday is in October? My husband's birthday is two days later than mine. But he's older than me. My friend MJ's birthday is the same day as hubby's. She's older than me too. But don't tell her I said so.

53. I probably partake of too much caffiene. I try to resist. but I am weak.

54. My daughter's getting married. January 2nd, 2010. Which is way too soon.

55. Sometimes I think I want a ferret. Because I am crazy.

56. I have an NCAA bracket. I picked Tennesse to win. Just because. They are an SEC team. And you always pull for the SEC team. And we all knew UK wasn't going to win this year.

57. I love my church. You can feel God there. It's a cool thing.

58. I am a crier. Over commercials. Movies. Extreme Makeover:Home Edition. Books. Other people's children graduating. Weddings. God has been merciful to keep me from bawling my eyes out at important events of my children. I have not embarrassed them by clinging to their legs, wailing, "no, not my baby! She's too young to (fill in the blank here.) Yet. There's still time.

59. Oooo...that was a long one. It should count for two.

60. Cinderella originally wanted to get married four weeks after her college graduation and two weeks after The Boy's high school graduation. I told her that I would be a bald-headed crazy woman if she did.

61. Fortunately, she changed the date.

62. I probably wouldn't look too good as a bald-headed crazy woman.

63. My favorite scripture today is Psalm 43:8.

64. It says,"Through each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life."

65. Cool, huh?

66. I am reading the bible chronologically this year. And loving every minute of it!

67. I have a brother.

68. We don't talk about him much.

69. But he has two children.

70. I like to talk about them. My niece is 9. My nephew is...older than he should be. 25.

71. He was born the year I graduated high school.

72. Which means I've been out of high school for 25 years.

73. This is getting depressing.

74. There will not be a quiz later.

75. Okay, 75 things is enough. Just pretend like this is my 75th post and we can stop the madness now!

If you are still reading at the end of this post, thank you! May your day be blessed!