Today I told Mom I would give her a shower when daddy got out of the bathroom..."oh good, I always feel so good and refreshed and then I'll be ready to go anywhere.....". I'm thinking...we are going to have a really good day today..Mom is in the building...hooray...
I return to her apartment 15 minutes later..she's standing at the door..."mom, daddy out of the bathroom?"
"I don't know...Bridge, are you out of the bathroom? Bridge, are you out of the bathroom? Bridge....". I stop her at this point..."mom, daddy is there in the chair, here in the living room..."
"Well, I know that, I'm trying to get him to tell me if he is out of the bathroom!".
But she can still sing every word to The Old Rugged Cross.....Now that's what I call Amazing Grace...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Detouring from the Detour
Ok...on detours do you have to know where you are going to take a detour?
If you take a shortcut, don't you have to know where you are going?
If you take the back way don't you have to know the front way?
If you take the Highway shouldn't you have been on the low road?
Do you have to know what you want to be when you grow up to grow up? If that's the case I want to be a famous singer....I've already been a Doctor, a Lawyer, and an Indian Chief. A Taxie Driver, Teacher, Policeman, Life Guard, Tour Director, Chef (questionable), an Accountant, you name it and I have worn that cap....so now I want to be a famous singer..does the talent come automatically as it did with my other professions? Do I need to wait for the opportunity to come knocking? Will I hear the knock? When my concert is close to Paris do I give my friends free tickets and back stage passes?
I think I've been on a detour all my life....is it a better road? Will it take longer to get there? Where was it I was going? How do you know how much money to carry? Can you possibly carry enough money? Do you pack clothes for all seasons? You must only have just so much time to get there...what if you are late because of the detour? I like to carry a cooler when I travel....I believe I will carry a cooler because I like to snack along the way and I don't want to be hungry in case there is some excitement on the detour...
Actually I may take another detour before I become a famous singer and be an AUTHOR....Lee believes that I can blog and people might be interested..just a few thoughts for my Loons to be considering...Lee is coming tomorrow at 1:30 and we may launch a new DETOUR..whatever detour comes tomorrow I'm taking Lee with me....
If you take a shortcut, don't you have to know where you are going?
If you take the back way don't you have to know the front way?
If you take the Highway shouldn't you have been on the low road?
Do you have to know what you want to be when you grow up to grow up? If that's the case I want to be a famous singer....I've already been a Doctor, a Lawyer, and an Indian Chief. A Taxie Driver, Teacher, Policeman, Life Guard, Tour Director, Chef (questionable), an Accountant, you name it and I have worn that cap....so now I want to be a famous singer..does the talent come automatically as it did with my other professions? Do I need to wait for the opportunity to come knocking? Will I hear the knock? When my concert is close to Paris do I give my friends free tickets and back stage passes?
I think I've been on a detour all my life....is it a better road? Will it take longer to get there? Where was it I was going? How do you know how much money to carry? Can you possibly carry enough money? Do you pack clothes for all seasons? You must only have just so much time to get there...what if you are late because of the detour? I like to carry a cooler when I travel....I believe I will carry a cooler because I like to snack along the way and I don't want to be hungry in case there is some excitement on the detour...
Actually I may take another detour before I become a famous singer and be an AUTHOR....Lee believes that I can blog and people might be interested..just a few thoughts for my Loons to be considering...Lee is coming tomorrow at 1:30 and we may launch a new DETOUR..whatever detour comes tomorrow I'm taking Lee with me....
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Super Mom
Mom now has Super Powers....she is stronger than a locomotive, faster than a speeding bullet and can leap tall buildings.....
She's on a mild pain tablet that JoJo the therapist recommended the doctor prescribe...we cut it in half and it's magic.....
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Now if I can just find her KRIPTONITE........
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She's on a mild pain tablet that JoJo the therapist recommended the doctor prescribe...we cut it in half and it's magic.....
Now if I can just find her KRIPTONITE........
No Child Left Behind......
Today I picked Ella up at Vacation Bible School.....I made my way over to Brother Larry to let him know how much Ella enjoyed yesterday (first day). I also commented on the fact that at my vacation Bible school I got Graham crackers and cool aid,,,,,,these kids are being served a full lunch...today's menu,,,,hamburger, fries, baked beans, juice box and cookies....as Ella walked up, Brother Larry is explaining that this lunch program is new....Ella, holding her to go box, looking quite angelic, and almost biblical with her hair braided and that sweet smile says,,,,"Brother Larry...even though these French fries were served cold, they had an amazingly good flavor..I quite enjoyed them."
I yanked her Biblical butt out of the church as fast as I could....ok...I proceed to tell her she should have only said good stuff to the preacher about the food...she says...."MeMe...Jesus is listening all the time...I cannot tell a lie"
I GIVE UP!!!!! If I am the selected family member to pick her up tomorrow, I may leave her at church.....
I yanked her Biblical butt out of the church as fast as I could....ok...I proceed to tell her she should have only said good stuff to the preacher about the food...she says...."MeMe...Jesus is listening all the time...I cannot tell a lie"
I GIVE UP!!!!! If I am the selected family member to pick her up tomorrow, I may leave her at church.....
Sea Monkeys and Life Lessons
NO ANIMAL WAS INJURED IN THE POSTING OF THIS POST......
Last night Tracy and I were in a little discussion of the sea monkeys who live in my bathroom....at the time they came to live with us, it was a cool idea....I mean what kid hasn't had sea monkeys? You get this little kit, a plastic aquarium ( that you know can't last long), food, instructions, sand and little toys....just fill with water, WATCH THEM GROW, and in a week or two, you empty them in the toilet and life goes on....I never actually saw one appear...all my kids had them...I even had them...they just always seemed to disappear after a week or two....never actually saw one grow...everything just always disappeared...box, aquarium, food, toys everything....
Not so in the case of Ella's sea monkeys who are thriving...they look like little shrimp...they are now about a year old, we are planning a birthday party....I mentioned last night to Tracy that maybe we should help them disappear.....I would do the deed...I.m not attached and we would just tell Ella they went to live somewhere else....well, you would have thought that I was planning to assassinate the president...how could I even think such a thing....how would poor little Ella react...what would she think...how would we handle her hurt and pain at the loss of her beloved sea monkeys?????
So Ella walks up and I think...now is a good time to just let little Ella have a life lesson....She's tough...she can take cold hard facts...."Ella, how do you feel about taking your sea monkeys down to the lake and turning them loose...they will just love it there and can grow up to be big sea monkeys..why we will go and visit them and feed them..what ya say?"
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Ella's emphatic reply...."MeMe....sea monkeys have to live in salt water and besides I'm just waiting for them to get a littttttle bigger....COCKTAIL..........SEA MONKEY COCKTAIL....
Last night Tracy and I were in a little discussion of the sea monkeys who live in my bathroom....at the time they came to live with us, it was a cool idea....I mean what kid hasn't had sea monkeys? You get this little kit, a plastic aquarium ( that you know can't last long), food, instructions, sand and little toys....just fill with water, WATCH THEM GROW, and in a week or two, you empty them in the toilet and life goes on....I never actually saw one appear...all my kids had them...I even had them...they just always seemed to disappear after a week or two....never actually saw one grow...everything just always disappeared...box, aquarium, food, toys everything....
Not so in the case of Ella's sea monkeys who are thriving...they look like little shrimp...they are now about a year old, we are planning a birthday party....I mentioned last night to Tracy that maybe we should help them disappear.....I would do the deed...I.m not attached and we would just tell Ella they went to live somewhere else....well, you would have thought that I was planning to assassinate the president...how could I even think such a thing....how would poor little Ella react...what would she think...how would we handle her hurt and pain at the loss of her beloved sea monkeys?????
So Ella walks up and I think...now is a good time to just let little Ella have a life lesson....She's tough...she can take cold hard facts...."Ella, how do you feel about taking your sea monkeys down to the lake and turning them loose...they will just love it there and can grow up to be big sea monkeys..why we will go and visit them and feed them..what ya say?"
Ella's emphatic reply...."MeMe....sea monkeys have to live in salt water and besides I'm just waiting for them to get a littttttle bigger....COCKTAIL..........SEA MONKEY COCKTAIL....
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Mom/Mother
Mother was here all day....she wasn't sure how much longer it would take for her foot to heal.....she's pretty sure that this new house of hers has a little more closet space......she wants me to know that the man that was here last night was not her husband.....she likes her new pajamas...and she thinks she might have eaten turkey today instead of chicken...
My reply...about 4 more weeks.....yes , it does seem to have more closet space......and that man last night was a gentleman and I kinda liked him.....and the pajamas...so comfy and pink...she should wear them again tonight....as for the turkey....it really was turkey...Mom loves chicken but never, never, never ate turkey until today....I had no reply for that...just left it alone....
My reply...about 4 more weeks.....yes , it does seem to have more closet space......and that man last night was a gentleman and I kinda liked him.....and the pajamas...so comfy and pink...she should wear them again tonight....as for the turkey....it really was turkey...Mom loves chicken but never, never, never ate turkey until today....I had no reply for that...just left it alone....
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