Wednesday isn't over yet and I've got one more!

How could I forget this one? Air conditioning gives me a headache (I've got one right now) and it's 115 degrees outside (well, maybe not exactly 115). So the air conditioning is on. I have figured out why I get air conditioning headaches. First my hair gets cold, then my scalp gets cold, then I get a headache. Makes sense to me but not Mickey (WHY NOT?). He said he could solve my problem...he handed me one of his baseball caps...CUTE....NOT! I have a headache....WHINE, WHINE, WHINE. World, can you hear me whinning?

Ahhh! It's finally here...Whiny Wednesday - YAHOO!

Here's how Whiny Wednesday started...I got up nice and early, about 7:15 and began to blog about today. Sounds good so far, right? Well, that lasted about 45 mnutes while I thoughtfully and artfully wrote about WW. Then, I hit some key that erased EVERYTHING I had written. What key? Heck if I know! Soo I put the red computer away and got ready to fulfill the L O N G list of to do's for today. And now for the rest of the WHINE.

* I really detest doing financial things. I had to fill out a bunch of $$$$ papers so I can get rich. Yeh, right!

*The $$$$ papers that I had fill out? Well, two days ago, I couldn't find them. I suspected they were in the pile of stuff beside my bed. I could say the pile was all Mickey's fault and most of you would believe that after seeing my bedroom, but it was my fault ----WHINE!

* I was right, the $$$$ papers were in the pile...at the very bottom! AHHHHH! That meant that I had to hang up all the clothes, throw away the unnecessary papers and organize the necessary papers. WHINE (this one was outloud so everyone in the house could hear me - that's the joy of the WHINE).

*And now for the biggest WHINE of all...where did my summer vacation go? I start district classes in 10 days. Where did my summer go? Where did my summer go?

*The untrained, haven't got a clue, can't read, first graders will be in the classroom (WITH ME) in 15 days. WHOA! Where did my summer vacation go? I miss it already.

This isn't really a whine...it's a full-on complaint. I really don't like seeing the rainbow stickers on cars. I don't care who and what you are... I just don't care!

As always, there seems to be far more serious things to whine about...those are the things I leave for moments of quiet thought, reflection and prayer.

I can hardly wait!

I am getting ready and I mean really ready for Whiny Wednesday. I have been storing up the whines for a few days. Gotta wait for Wednesday....shoot man!

Okay, so here's the deal with the red and blue-

You probably couldn't name anything red because that's not what you were focused on...so, maybe we miss a lot of great things around us because we are focused on the things that are not so great. Here's an interesting thought-maybe if we focused on the good things, we wouldn't notice so many of the negative things.

I'm sure there was a better way to explain the whole thing, but I wanna go to bed.

I have spent way too much of the day whining...I'm worn out...shoulda looked for the red.

Whiny Wednesday Chapter 2

I have to go to the dentist!
AHHHHHH!

There WILL be more to whine about by the time I get back.

Hmmm, what do I obsess about?

5 pounds
snails
Gospel Doctrine class
7 grandchildren
3 children
3 in law 'adults'
60
clutter
roses
weeds
fires
mom
husband
floor tile that BUGS!
summer
my green bedroom/bath/computer room
hippos
flip flops (previously known as thongs)
my red computer
visitors from Sparkes
my Pilot
Phantom of the Opera
fountain drinks - I call 'the Cheater'
The House of Bread
the temple
HGTV
Detrol
Monk
Gez, and I thought I was easy going!

The page 123 challenge...

I will not lend that savage groom,
To break his fall, one downy plume!

from The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott

A simple exercise (no body movement involved which makes it just right for me)

Take a full minute to look around and notice everything you can that is blue. Now, close your eyes and name everything you saw that was red.

I'll report the message behind the 'exercise' tomorrow.

A quotable quote...

T. Boone Pickens said,

"A fool with an idea is better than a genius with no idea."

A snail update

I killed 61 snails! I am not ashamed. I am not proud. It is just a fact.

Whiny Wednesdsay

Gez, I woke up this morning thinking all these whiny thoughts and couldn't figure out why...'Ah, ha', she (me) said to herself...it's Whiny Wednesday. I'm giving myself perfect permission to whine...ALL DAY! What is there to whine about? Allow me (as if you have a choice) to list a few -

*my fingernails are too long and Van (the Vietnamese, cranky fake nail lady) doesn't have time to fit me in AND she's been in Vietnam for a month - the other Vietnamese fake nail lady does a

*nasty silk, fake nail job

*SNAILS! they are trying to eat my new petunias and my marigolds. The other night I was planting some new flowers, down on my knees and I feel something cool and ticklish on my leg. I ignore it for a few minutes because it is almost refreshing...I look down and IT's A SNAIL! I had a snail trail on my leg. AHHHHHH!!!!!

*The sky is a yellowish/orange because of the massive fires all over northern California. I can't see the clouds...who am I kidding, I can't even see the sky. The air is so bad that I'm conscious of going out to KILL the SNAILS.

*Emily is too pregnant to clean my house for me...ya know what that means...I have to do it myself. If I was smart (that's a BIG 'if') I would do it before I get my fake nails fixed by the fake nail lady that doesn't do a very good job, because Van doesn't have time.

*IT'S HOT - too hot

*And, speaking of 'hot'...I found a picture of my freshman roommates and me the other day and guess what - I WAS HOT, but no more! and THAT is plenty to whine about! Sweet Mickey says I'm still hot, but I know better - he's just being Mickey.

I might, I repeat -might- be done for now. There are actually some pretty important things I could whine about, but those things make me go beyond whining to tears and who wants to cry on whiny Wednesday? NOT ME!

I tried, but I just can't help it!

I tried to resist posting these pictures. I meant to leave them bundled up on my computer, but I'm weak. I love these girls!

And here we have an additional "cook" on the 4th...

Here are the rest of the pictures...

Here's to the Fabulous, Festive, Family Filled, Freedomed, (I know that's not a word) Fourth

We had our nearly annual 4th of July Brunch...
When? Duh!
We had fabulous food (we made it). We had family and friends come to play and celebrate. Let the multitudinous (is that a word?) pictures tell the story.