Weekend!

       

       What is it about weekends that are the absolute best part of the week?  For me and the kids the promise of no work and no school makes Friday night a time for celebration.  It is a much anticipated couple days off.  It is a couple days to do whatever floats our boat.  It is a promise to stay up late and sleep in.  It promises time to have fun.  Most weekends are just another day at the office for my husband.

  

  

     This weekend my husband is on the road. What’s worse is he is not feeling his best.  I worry.  I can’t help myself.  I want him here with me so I can take care of him.  If he were home and needed to be seen by the doctor, he could.  Out there the only hope for any kind of medical help is the nearest emergency room.  Even with insurance that can get expensive.

      My weekends always involve a little bill paying, a little grocery getting, and if I am lucky—which I usually am, a lot of game playing.  I love games.  While my kids love playing electronic games, I prefer classic games like Monopoly and Skip Bo.  I love to play cards and have a vast collection of card games.  I love Game Wright games and have quite a collection of them. They are imaginative, whimsical, and make you think.  In that respect, they are great for kids.  I am a big kid at heart so they are especially good for me.  I love “Sleeping Queens” where the object is to wake up all the Sleeping Queens.  It is a whimsical game of Kings, Queens, sleeping potions, magic wands, knights, and dragons.  I love to submerge myself into the land of Gubs too.  It is a fun game of wit and luck where you do your best to grow your colony despite the threats or hazards.  Only the strong survive.  Another game that I am simply addicted to is Frog Juice where you cast spells, brew concoctions, and melt witches!  As you can see, I get into playing games that stoke my imagination, allow me to strategize, and strengthen my analytical skills.  I love games that fine tune my kids brains and promote their learning.

     Weekends are great for movie marathons, trips to the mall to wander, reading in bed, drawing zentangles, knitting, and if we are lucky a chance to eat out.  As much as I love to cook, I still love to take a night off from doing the dishes!  Weekends are when the barriers come down.  You can enjoy your family, have fun, take care of business, and relax.  If my husband is coming home, it is always for the weekend!   It is no wonder so many people celebrate the coming of Friday and happily count the days to the next one!

     

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Jump!!

      If I had the choice to jump into a pile of leaves or pop bubble wrap I would be hard pressed to figure out which activity I would want to do.  Even at the age of 45, I would have to run through the time honored eenie meanie miney mo rhyme to figure out my choice because one would not be it.  In the end, I would have to do both because I truly couldn’t decide.

    Is it any wonder that neither of my children can resist taking a flying leap face first into a big pile of freshly rake leaves?  Or any wonder that neither kid can walk past a sheet of bubble wrap without popping at least one.  Hells bells, I am 45 and I couldn’t resist.  There is no way I could piously stand by, act my age, and admonish my offspring to refrain from jumping into a big inviting pile of leaves or popping every single bubble of the bubble wrap when I am dying to do it myself.  I would be racing them to the pile to jump first and rolling around in the leaves giggling like a lunatic.  I would be the one fighting to be the first to butt bounce on the bubble wrap first.  Yes!!!!  Why? Because it is fun, plain and simple.  It doesn’t cease to be fun because you grow up.  I have never been one to act my age…all pious and proper.  Sorry friends, it just isn’t in me. 

        I will admit with the passage of time a little decorum is impossible to ignore.  After I have had my fun and rolled about in the leaves once or twice, popped the entire bubble wrap, and giggled my happy ass off about it I am quite ready to get on with the task at hand.  I am ready to pick up the leaves, move them to the designated spot, and burn them till there is nothing left.  The same is said for bubble wrapping.  You can’t UN pop a bubble.  Once it is popped, throw it out.  There is no need to pee yourself with glee and keep screaming about it.  It is then time to get on with life.  A time and a place for everything is my motto.

        On the contrary, I have no use for splashing through mud puddles.  Puddles are wet.  Wet equals’ cold, soggy feet and that my friend is not nice.  I have no tolerance for being a dirty slovenly pig wallowing in the mud.  No mud wrestling for this girl.  Yes, I did run in the rain splashing a good amount of mud all over my legs in high school BUT, I was a couple of miles away from the school in a down pour at the time.  What would you do?  Run like hell to get back or take your sweet time?  Either way you were going to be a drenched rat when you got back so you might as well pick up the pace and get back to the school sooner rather than later.

   Under close inspection thanks to NaBloPoMo’s wanting to know, I deduce that I act younger than I appear with the abandon of a child in the body of a 45 year old and am not likely to change anytime in the near future.  In answer to all questions…I got to just jump!

Wordless Wednesday- Adventure!

Look what we discovered in Fort Wayne, Indiana at the Mall!!  A double-decker merry-go-round!  What an amazing surprise!!  The last time I was there years ago an ice rink stood in this very spot.

Riding a ferocious tiger!

Soaring on a delicate hummingbird.

The end to an amazing discovery and a fun adventure!

Unconnected and Enjoying Life!

    It is day 13 of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge and Nablopomo asked “How do you feel when you are unconnected to the internet?”  I don’t know about you but when I am unconnected here, I am more connected with life around me.  I am running around like a chicken with her head cut up trying to get all my chicks in a row and take care of business.

     This morning I was up at the butt crack of dawn racing for the bank and paying bills.  From there I visited Lowe’s for bug spray…the husband so loves to play exterminator and kill anything long and leggy that crawls!!  The way the bugs have been taking over this summer, his date with a huge jug of bug killer was long overdue.  We even had our brush with the bees. 

     
       A whole colony of the beasts decided to take up residence right across from my camper in the peak of our house.  They must have been busy because we discovered a huge hive literally crawling with bees.  My husband decided to rain on their parade and sprayed the living piss out of their home with the hose before knocking the hive to the ground with a rake.  Even now those crazy bees are still hanging about trying to figure out just what the hell happened.  They need to get a clue and move elsewhere instead of sticking around trying to repair what is left of their home.

      Even though I worked in a laboratory conducting quality control in my youth on diabetes test strips, I never thought that I would ever become quite so intent on test strips again without being paid for it.  Instead of in pursuit of the almighty dollar, I am obsessed with obtaining perfect swimming pool water.  So you will find me poolside daily testing the water for the levels of PH and whatnot.  For what, crystal clear pool water that doesn’t stink or cause itchy skin.  It is so worth it in the end!!  After a long day of rushing about getting things done there is nothing better than sinking into a nice cool swimming pool and cooling off.

       My husband and son race his remote control trucks, we ride the three wheeler, my daughter and I play badminton or what kind of looks like it and in the midst of it all, I still manage to do laundry, get the house clean, dishes done, and comments answered and reciprocated because that is the kind of girl I am.  I get ‘er done because I’m that kind of girl!! 

     When I am not connected to the internet I am knitting socks, reading books, cooking, playing card games with my kids, playing with my dogs, swimming, and just having a grand ole time.   Isn’t that what life is for…to enjoy?  That is what I do when I am not connected to the internet, and when I am I share the experience.

     

Our World Tuesday: Kickin Up Dust!

Whether on his three wheeler on his racing tractor,

My husband loves to race around....

kickin' up dust!

Bubble Wrap

NaBloPoMo asks:

Do you love to pop it or not?

     Can I get a hell yeah from the peanut gallery?  It matters little how old I get, I love to pop bubble wrap.  I honestly can not resist!!  Whether popping by the traditional jumping up and down method or with the more adventurous butt bounce, bubble wrap never gets old!!  There is something about bubble wrap that brings out the kid in me.

      When I still worked I was the acquisitions clerk at the local library. One of my many duties was dealing with sending back the damaged, the duplicates,  the inappropriate, and the extras.  As much of a pain as this could be since I had to contact each individual vendor to discover exactly how and where they wanted their stuff sent, I loved the bubble wrap.  I would throw it on the floor and jump up and down on it, laughing my fool head off, while making all those fun explosive pops.  That is what I call getting paid to have fun!  My co workers would smirk, giggle, and some of the more pious would roll their eyes, but soon they grew used to my antics.

       Once I became a mom you can bet I wasted no time at all educating my kids in the joys of bubble wrap.  On the rare occasions a package would arrive containing bubble wrap we waste little time in ridding it of its magical pops.  Bubble wrap is also a great stress reliever.   There is nothing better at bringing about a case of the giggles than slamming you’re a$$ against a full sheet of bubble wrap.  I wonder if whoever invented bubble wrap realized the level of fun they were unleashing on the world at the time.  As long as there is bubble wrap, I’ll be jumping on it until next time when I give you another glimpse into the life of a trucker’s wife.

The Secret is Out!!- BFF 125

      After a while all secrets come to light, and today is the day for me to share a big one with all of you!! Over the past several weeks I have joined forces with three leaders in the blogging world to combine forces and create one awesome website featuring  blog challenges for every day of the week!!   One Stop Blog World offers enough ideas to keep bloggers busy and with our thinking caps on all week long!  Say goodbye to the case of writers block.  It is a place of community, a place to find inspiration, and another place on the internet to leave  links to your work.

   

         A blog hop complete with linky tools will highlight each day of the week.    Sunday is reserved for Elizabeth Grace with her fabulous GBE2 Sunday challenges.  Monday showcases the Blogging for Fun (BFF) group’s “Monday Madness” challenge moderated by Tracie and Darlene.    I will be hosting Tasty Tuesday where everyone can share links to  delicious recipes  and Wordless Wednesdays where posting an inspirational picture will rule the day.    The Writer’s Post Blog Hop will  be shared on Thursday moderated by Jenn and the BFF will sponsor the Thank G0d it’s Friday blog hop.  I will round out the week with Saturday Smorgasbord where you can link any kind of blog that doesn’t fall into the other categories!!

         So the secret is out!  Let’s join forces at a new home on the internet to share our combined works with each other and have fun doing it!!  Greet old friends and meet new ones!!  Grab the linky tool and have fun at One Stop Blog World!!  Until next time when I give you another glimpse into the life of a trucker’s wife.