Praying

Be well my family and friends.

Please take this storm seriously.

St. Paul's on the Green, Norwalk, CT

This 'n That Thursday

• Did you have a shelf of african violets in your grammar school classroom?  With the purply gro-light?
• Remember my friend Ingelein?  This is her awesome mother. We are all having dinner tonight.
• Do kids still fingerpaint?  With that thick, cold jellylike stuff?
• That crazy parachute dude is kinda hot.
• That Taylor Swift gives me the creeps.  Something's not right with her.
• A very good friend from Connecticut is coming for a visit tomorrow.  So happy.
• What's with all the sudden endorsements on LinkedIn?  I appreciate them!
• Yesterday, I procrastinated postponed my run until midday.  My route takes me right past Sonic.  It smelled divine.
• I think I may have a burger today.
• What's with all those mesh lawsuit emails?  I haven't had that procedure.  Yet.
• Middle Tennessee in October is heavenly.
• I am so blessed.  And grateful.  So very grateful.

Tuesday Text: Parentexting™

Across the miles:

I miss my Baby Bird.

By the way, the hair care line is called Living Proof.

You can get it at Sephora and Nordstrom.

I just went to Target and got some L'Oreal.

Monday?

• Is it me, or are the weekends going by in a blur?
• I have turned into a football lunatic.  
• Aren't those tap lights the best?
• It is going to be 80 and sunny every day this week.
• After all the paperwork is done, I am joining a real estate firm this week.
• I have a lot of paperwork and a home study to complete.
• I think I will do my paperwork by the pool here.
• Rumor has it, the pool here never closes down. Like, never.
• Dora and I are dog-sitting.  It is quite the adventure.  Meet Xoco:

The Hairless Princess Dog.

What are you doing this week?

This 'n That Thursday

Funny stuff I found while procrastinating looking for a job:

• Did you know that Kate Gosselin was a "coupon blogger"? Well, she's not any more.  She went and got herself fired.
• Uma Thurmond named her baby girl this: Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson.  Ummmmm.
• Somebody stole a car in Colorado.  It was full of snakes and other reptiles. 
• How about these guys?  
• The Governor of Florida gave out a sex line number by mistake.  He was trying to give a meningitis hotline number.
• Home Pet Spa.  When you don't have a tub? 
• A guy got drunk and couldn't find his car.  For two years.  
• OJ Simpson is selling a mysterious knife.  For 5 million bucks.
• I go here several times a day.  Sheer genius.
• Alright.  I'm done here.  Now go forth and procrastinate.  I need company.

Popular

Dora and I are entertaining for the second time this week.

What should we make for dinner?

I am thinking about baked shrimp, salad, 

and linguine and garlic bread (for the wheat eaters).

Savory nibbles before, and sweet nibbles after.

We will be cheering for the Cardinals tonight.

That's who you cheer for in Middle Tennessee.

Dora even has two dog friends coming.

We will have treats for them as well.

Do you have any suggestions?

What are you doing for Hump Day?

EDIT: it's now pulled pork and tailgate cole slaw

Tuesday Text: Parentexting™

I'd forgotten about these conversations I had with my kids before they visited last weekend.

You know the kind: when you ask them what they want to eat so you can stock up?

I actually looked for those Oreos.

Then we found out that my "baby boy" had actually never flown by himself.

That was a shocker.

But in his defense, he is a twin, and his school is easy driving and training distance from home.

 But this part?

Priceless.

Not because he was folded into a tiny seat,

but because he was absolutely right about me.

I don't, um, like to be aware of other people on the plane, or to be near them.

But don't you like my awesome, reassuring parenting skills?

Yeah.