Around 7:30 this morning, while I was completely asleep, I launched into an extended sneezing jag and woke myself up. Toney says I also cranked off about six sneezes in a row, an hour before. Do people sneeze in their sleep? It seems unusual to me. And it’s a very strange way to start the day.
In any case, I slept about seven hours last night, but don’t feel rested. I can tell, already, that it’s gonna be a struggle. I’ll be working until 1:30 am, and the clocks will be going forward part of the time, and occasionally backward. And I hate it when the clocks start doing that forward/backward bullshit.
Yesterday I had Big Ambitions. I wanted to mow the lawn, wash my car, and get a haircut. I managed to mow, but the other two items remain on the to-do list. The grass did me in… Why did we buy a football field on a radical slant? What were we thinking??
My car needs a bath. The inside is also kinda dusty and I think there’s a McDonald’s sack on the back floor with a half-eaten cheeseburger in it. I seem to remember tossing it there, after detecting an unusual texture and convincing myself some zitster spit on it, or engaged in a little stunt-jackin’ near the patty. Blecch.
In California they had gigantic spas for your car. You could go there, pay ten or twelve bucks, and enjoy a cappuccino at their outdoor cafe while a team of ten or twelve Spanish-speaking gentlemen converged on your vehicle, and basically detailed the thing in about ten minutes flat. It was kinda pricey, but there were so many of those places, coupons were always appearing in our mailbox.
We have nothing like that here, not really. Some will give your car a half-assed swipe or two with a towel, but that’s about it. In California they vacuumed the interior, Armor-All’d your tires, washed the windows, etc. It was fantastic!
And I would gladly hand over twelve dollars (plus tip) for such a service, right this minute. Even though I could wash the freaking car myself… Sure, it would trigger visions of my Dad shaking his head in disgust, but I’ve learned to live with that.
Thanks for your feedback on my idea of possibly adding a Surf Report forum here. Most of you don’t like the idea, and that’s cool. I just wanted to know your thoughts. It might still happen in the future, but I’ve shelved it for now.
I have, however, installed a plugin that allows for “nested” comments. That means you can comment on someone else’s comment, and it will appear beneath the original, and not at the bottom of the big stack. I think that’s a good compromise, and might lead to some additional fun and games.
Let me know what you think of it. I can deactivate it, with ease, if it turns out to be too confusing. If you have an opinion, positive or negative, please leave it in the comments. I appreciate it.
Toney returned to work today, after five weeks of no paychecks, and the boys go back to school tomorrow. They’re going to go from hanging around the house, to wide-open craziness, in under sixty seconds. Swimming is about to get cranked-up again, as well, and it’ll be balls-to-the-wall for the next several months.
And I like it better when there are a thousand things going on. Sure, it complicates my life, but activity is good. It’s more vibrant and healthy. All the hanging around with Playstation controllers was starting to get to me. And Comedy Central… and repeats of The Office. Sweet sainted mother of Buster Bloodvessel! Do something! I never had any trouble amusing myself.
So, I’m looking forward to the reanimation. It was like the land of the living dead in this bitch… Sheesh.
Yesterday was Workers’ Day, comrade. I hope everyone had a great one. Despite all the mowing on a slant, mine was nice. The weather is beautiful, and there’s a hint of autumn in the air. It puts me in a good mood.
This summer has been a ball-masher supreme. On several levels. The fall, however, is going to be better, much better. I can feel it in my overloaded skeleton. Can you feel it? Oh yeah.
I don’t really have a Question, unfortunately. Did you do anything fun for the holiday? Or did you work most of it, like me? Also, what letter grade would you give Summer 2010? I’d rate mine a D. Nobody got hurt or anything, so I won’t say F. But it sucked many, many eggs. A whole flat, I’d estimate.
Or, you can create your own topic. It’s all good.
Have a great day, boys and girls. I might try to get a haircut before work… Hags ‘n’ Fags probably wouldn’t be busy in the middle of a weekday, right?
See ya tomorrow.
First?
Does this make me 1st.1?
1st.3
Rat bastard! Second.
Better update than most. Jeff – You should view mowing the lawn as exercise.
I used to view lawn mowing as exercise. It would take me 3 hours and I’d sweat off several pounds each time. Always the thrill of running over some hornets and/or a snake too. Now I pay people to to do it. It costs $38 each time. Seems like a steal to me! What’s your time worth?
WTF is that avatar?! Looks like a gay, mutant easter bunny 🙁
How’d it know?
Turd. Wow.
We went to Knoebels for a pre-Labor Day getaway during the week and it was great. No lines, and aside from a group of campers from New Jersey who argued from the minute they pulled into their site and were still arguing when we left, it was a damned good time and many cans of cheap beer were consumed. I’m glad I waited until schools were back in session to go, because I can’t deal with crowds…
Summer=D. Worked half day in the office yesterday.
Is there something wrong with your children? They should be able to help with lawn mowing and car washing? I know mine certainly does!
No, there’s nothing “wrong” with my children. The older boy usually helps with the mowing, but he wasn’t home yesterday. I haven’t started the younger one on it, but will next summer. There are parts of the yard where I don’t feel comfortable with them mowing, however. It’s so slanted I’ve fallen down a few times, while pushing the mower. It’s dangerous, and a person could end up with sweet a potato arm, if he’s not careful.
” It’s dangerous, and a person could end up with a sweet potato arm, if he’s not careful.” – LMFAO !
Or worse, two arms that look more like flippers if you’re not careful.
I finally broke down and bought one of those fancy schmancy “self-per-pelld” jobs. It was a little over $100 more, but it makes me less likely to say, “fuckit” whenever I have a mild hangover, hangnail….etc.
Still feel guilty about pussing out – I always said I’d never buy one of those things.
Here’s a link to make you truly reflect on life in general:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AmgPMBWQMk&feature=player_embedded
Two arms like flippers.
Did any of you read “Geek Love” by Katherine Dunn?
She prolly wrote it in a yurt.
Garret,
@FishStyx – Yes?
I used Sunday and Monday for extended couch surfing. Got all caught up on Weeds, American Pickers and Pawn Stars.
Cut your grass? Mine is all brown needles. It has not rained here for about a month. (I am about 70 miles south of Scranton, as the crow flies.)
Do the forum!! That would be awesome to have somewhere to bitch and rant about all the crap we here in the UK have to endure!!!
You guys have it so darn easy !!!!
I rate this summer an F. And not just because of brain-wilting heat and the fact that all things great and small went wrong, but because there was a death in the family (the aged matriarch of my husband’s family). And death always shoves the suck-o-meter right over to an F rating. Currently I’m in the gripe of my usual late summer-early fall allergies and I’m begging for a frost. Luckily Pittsburgh will soon oblige. Yay autumn!
Gripe? I meant “grip”. Actually I meant both.
I have to agree with you. This summer was a total “F”. Hell…it’s even been smoking hot in the wilds of northern Maine!
I’m ready for frost, then snow…
Swap you some of our great British rain for some of your Maine smoking hot? We got loads of the bloody stuff!
My Summer = B. The work situation sucked a flat of eggs but I just dig all the green and getting to spend time in the river, etc. Now everything is tinged with crispy brown. blech
I live in Phoenix now and the yard is nothing but rock and cactus. I won’t get rid of my lawnmower cuz I’m watching it die a slow death. It’s covered in dust and home to all sorts of critters. It’s slowly, slowly, slowly rotting away. heh, heh, heh Payback’s a bitch.
Summer a “D”? That’s grade inflation, man. New York recorded a new record, and last week–the start of September, for crying out loud–we were forced to endure a five-day heat wave.
Relief is in the air, but I’m sure as fuck that the bitch will try to edge in a final, last-call heat wave in the next few weeks. Just to remind us who’s boss.
My summer wasn’t as bad as some of you. I moved back to MY house after splitting with the wife in June. But hell I got to fish on Lake Erie a few time and went to the drag races a couple times. Family was in for a visit or two. Shit I guess I’m easy but I rate it a solid B+
I wish better for Y’all in the Fall.
Son of Sam — congrats on moving back into your house after that kinda bullshit.
Good Afternoon Surf Reporters…..
My Labor day was exactly the opposite of Labor. I didn’t do a damn thing except drink a metric shit ton of beer and play an online poker tournament.
That was a success, by the way. The starting field was 6000 players and I finished in 27th place 5 and a half hours later. The beer to time ratio was about 3 an hour.
I used to play at Poker Stars in those tournaments but it seemed I would always be at a table with one person pushing all-in on every hand. Grated on my nerves and I’d tilt. Sucked.
I lost count of how much I put into PokerStars & ended up now down to my final $12 not sure if I will put more in. The most I’ve won is like $200 at one time (not much considering how much I’ve put in) & have lost to bullshit hands (their 9-2 flops a full house on my A-A, etc) & I now know why PokerStars is called RiverStars.
Yeah, I think I’m done with them.
I’d give the summer a solid D. A lot of it had to do with the ball-busting heat. The damned a/c runs constantly, and althought I’ve had two different techs from two different comopanies come out to take a look, all seems to be normal with the thing. Apparently they think it’s supposed to run constantly. Now I don’t really remember too well, but I’m pretty sure this has never happened before.
Grrr! and today I have a spliltting headache, despite the pot o’ coffee I drank this morning. So yes, a solid D.
And althought the kids loved the wildlife safari thing – you know, where you drive your car through a zoo and all kinds of animals stick their heads in yourt windows looking for a handout – the wife was scared the whole time, and I had to clean buffalo snot off the car before I could see to drive back home.
That’s not too bad all by itself, but at this point I’m reaching for something really really good to happen to help turn the tide of the craptacular summer. This wasn’t it, and has only managed to keep dragging me down.
Being that I didn’t win the lottery, Summer gets an “A-“. Sorry, but I love the heat and hate to see summer go.
Summer rating–B+ overall. Me and the missus celebrated our 25th anniversary this year and had a great time. The rest of the summer went way too fast…I didn’t do much else PLUS it was hotter than Satan’s kitchen most of the time!
But…fall is my favorite season. Do I smell pumpkin pie?!
Quick question about the nifty new ‘reply’ feature: If I reply to my own reply will that create an endless loop and lead me to a portal in an alternate universe? Gosh, I hope so! That would be totally awesome!
Oh, for all things holy, please bring on the damned pumpkin pie already!!
(All it takes is food for me & everything is better!)
I started making my own bread a few years ago. But I can’t do it in the Summer. Won’t be long before it’ll be bread season. Extra tonnage for the Winter months.
Hey! We make our own bread, too. It’s so much tastier and better for you. We even sweated through the summer and made a couple of loaves.
Beloved has a dough recipe that we’ve even used ot make pizza.
OK, now I’m starving (and I just ate lunch).
Ok, ok…spill it. What’s the recipe! I wanna make bread too!
This is an easy one and makes terrific bread and/or pizza crust.
Mmmm…punkin’ bread! Even better!
I make my own bread as well.. My new apt has a nice size island perfect for kneading.. ok, i got to go get my dough on..
My summer was a D. Maybe even D-. My sister had a freak accident and broke her hip (flip flops, driveway, twisted fall.) If that doesn’t suck ass, she also has no medical insurance. So that weighs heavily on my mind.
Plus, the friggin heat. More “heat waves” then I care to count. I can’t wait for snappy weather.
Hope your sister recovers quickly and completely. some lotto winnings maybe would help, too?
Yes, I’m turnin’ to stone ‘cos you ain’t comin’ home.
Why you ain’t comin’ home if I’m turnin’ to stone?
You’ve been gone for so long and I can’t carry on,
yes, I’m turnin’, I’m turnin’, I’m turnin’ to stone.
RIP Mike Edwards.. ;(
I spent yesterday upside-down in my car taking out the dead heater blower fan thingie. Of course one screw was in a place no one with normal sized hands could get to. Up yours, Chrysler! I beat you.
Summer gets a D- for heat. I think the cheeks of my ass actually fused together at one point.
Sneezing in my sleep? Now I’m worried. I’m convinced my heart would stop if I did that.
I’d give the summer of 2010 a C+. After a couple of years of hemming and hawing I got off my ass and went back to school, so I’m glad to report actual forward progress. On the other hand, I’m feeling a bit (more) set in my ways and curmudgeonly, so my patience for classroom bullshit is incredibly low. I feel like I’m stuck in a never ending line at the grocery store and the person in front of me is chatty, writing a check, using multiple coupons, shopping from the line and wearing awful perfume.
Weather-wise, I’d give it a D.
ugh… i went back to school last year…. i don’t remember the kids being so… fucking retarted.
what i don’t get is why you’re in an engineering program and you can’t do basic highschool geometry! and then i get pissed off….
and i feel like the biggest pervert when the girlies walk around…
I traveled a lot this summer, and spent a lot of time at the pool… BUT… during the “down time” between those events, we were all at each other’s throats 24 hours a day (I stay home with the kids and my husband is a public school teacher). So I am going to go with a B. The fall WILL be better!
Dallas has those ginormous car spas on every corner… they are about as common as Starbucks. Or the Vietnamese dry cleaner/donuts/nailsalon strip malls plaguing the suburbs.
I’d probably rate my summer a C. Only because I don’t really get a summer because I still work in an office where I enter when the sun is just perking up & leave when the sun is making it’s way down. So I only get like maybe 2-3 hours of sunlight a day in my life. Not fun.
This weekend blew chunks (in more ways than one, as you will see below). Saturday I found a small lump on my 5 year old chihuahua’s chest. (She’s 11 lbs, chi-pom mix). It freaks me out because I am still paying $3000 in credit cards in vet bills for my late lab, Lucy & this dog’s breathing issues last summer. So the thought of a lump being found means tests have to be run, medicine has to be given & oh god, what does that mean for my CapitalOne card?!
Sunday my boyfriend & I drove his parents to LAX for their trip to Europe (I’m so jealous!) & they wanted to take us to dinner. They took us to a place I’d never been before, on a hill in Pomona, CA. (Note: NEVER eat at Pomona Valley Mining Co.)
The place is a western-themed steakhouse (think Big Thunder Mountain @ Disney parks) & once you enter you are seated under speakers that blast the likes of Garth Brooks & Shitkicker John or whatever in your ears. Not fun. The “menus” consist of 7 entrees, each $30+ (chicken, too!) & feature steaks that are absolutely coated in some sort of sauce, gravy, bacon, or cheese mixtures. Where I come from that means they have shit steak & need to mask the shit flavor with shit sauce.
3 hours later, after ingesting a “seafood salad” I was doubled over in my bathroom, wishing for swift death & realizing that just a couple weeks ago Jeff asked about food poisoning & I responded as never having it, but have seen others with it & knowing that now, in this bathroom, laying on the floor of the shower dry-heaving letting cold water fall on me, I now had it.
All through yesterday & even parts of this morning I have bouts of nausea & still wish for death.
Not a fun way to spend a holiday weekend. I didn’t even get to drink! What’s up with that nonsense?!
Kids returned to school around these parts on August 3rd–which I cannot for the life of me understand. It was hotter back then than a fat woman’s asscrack.
Of course, it’sstill just that hot, but still. School in August in middle Georgia? I think the school board members around here must spend their time huffing on some brain destroying petrochemical. Saving up for snow days perhaps?
Yep…summer hasn’t left (yet) here in central Maryland. Damned heatwave! Just watching most everything die in the yard that I planted as well as grass. Everytime there is a drought, there is a bumper crop of acorns and they are turly gonad size this year. I’m about to give up on watering the flowers in the pots, too.
Weekend: drove to Camp Lejeune to spend time with son. He left yesterday, along with numerous others, to go “The Stan” ’til March. So, it was bitter sweet and counting the days ’til he returns.
Susan
Good luck to your son Susan. God Bless our troops.
I have a friend over there and he said all of our prayers is what keeps him safe. I’ll add another to my list.
Jeff — the ability to respond to other people’s comments is a nice upgrade. Looks like people are already putting it to good use.
Sneezing: been having horrid sneezing bouts every morning all summer, not sure if it is allergies or overuse of the nasal passages themselves or a combination of both…
Forgot to mention: this summer was a C+ since I didn’t get to do some of the usual bullshit I normally do, and I lived in an attic with no air conditioning. I’m going to hope for nice weather in early fall to get in some outdoor activities that I missed out on.
My husband woke himself (and me) up sneezing last week. It went on and on and on – he lost count the # of sneezes. I’ve never heard of anyone else waking themselves up that way. weird, I tell ya.
It happened to me again this morning! At least 10 in a row…but this time I know what caused it. Time to move to Arizona or something….
This summer was absolutely a solid D, and I am glad I am not the only one to think so. Actually, we went to a big ol’ Labor Day shindig this weekend (it was an excellent end to a shitastic summer), and all anyone could talk about was how this summer sucked it from the inside out. The heat was unbearable and kept us from doing a lot of things we would otherwise enjoy doing. Plus, I have been battling plantar faciitis all summer (and still am), which can suck my left tittie.
As I do on all Labor Day’s i went around town punching jobless people in the face; as is my right as an employed person seeing unemployed people get “the day off”.
I go easy on people who are sorking on on getting jobs and just give them a loose fist tap on the cheek or slap on the back of the head.
For bums and losers mooching off of my tax money i relaly lay into. I keep a role of those new $1 coins to add weight and firmness to mey punch.
Oh, and only one punch per jobless person. It’s a holiday, not a reason to abuse people.
i don’t care so much for the nesting comment reply bit. I find I don’t read anyones comments.
So you will never see this.
I’ve had the most enjoyable summer I’ve had in years, mostly due to the b/f. I’d have to give my summer an A-, the minus coming from the major suckage that is my job that I SHOULD be grateful for, but dammit it sucks so bad.
I’m hoping/thinking/aiming that the fall will earn a solid A, as it’s my favorite season. The return of the pumpkin bread at Starbucks (it’s already back and oh yes, I’ve already had it), my birfday, and Halloween.
!! Mike Edwards has been murdered by a bale of hay !!
Was that the freakiest story you’ve ever read? Holy shit, the poor bastard.
I’d have to give summer a C. It rained way too much, cutting back on grilling time. I figured out that my brain wasnt attuned to study medical science and switched my major to business administration and my grades got better. My on-line romance went bust when we finally got together but that’s ok. I’ll be moving to a metropolitan area of around 2 million in april of next year so there’s bound to be a woman that likes me in that big of a herd.
I’d give this summer an A. We moved into our house, I lost 26 pounds, went to 3 Phish concerts, went to a water park, got a new kitty, Crazy lady quit, and I drank a lot of beer. So yeah, it was fun.
Twelve bucks for an inside out cleaning? Damn good pricing out there.
You want your car detailed around these parts you better start off with a hunderd bucks. Last time I drove by one of these places the price board started at $150 for a basic wash and detailing. Funk that.
Alex, same here in West Virginia. No cheap deals. But the biggest detail shop here will go as far as you want. They’ll even clean the engine. I’ve seen them remove a stained carpet and dye it back to its original color, and you couldn’t tell the difference. We’re talkin’ about $500 total for interior, plus upholstry shampoo or leather conditioning, exterior, additional engine cleaning and dye job. A friend had his Suburban done, and it looked brand new when they got done. He had this done so he could sell it, and the clean-up brought him a lot more money.
Do they still have the topless car wash in Charleston? I think it was called Bertha’s? They weren’t very good at washing cars!
This summer gets an A I am happy to say. Started a new business in the spring and by summer things were running smoothly. Both the husband and the boyfriend are happy and life is good. lol 🙂
Not being very hip, I am unfamiliar with this brand of jeans, that “keeps oil out and blood in”. There’s just something a little charming about the video commercial at the bottom of this link…
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/25658/riding-high-dickies-874-vs-the-duel/
jtb
Steve Jobs ten favorite albums; and for some reason, now I dislike him less…
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/27063/steve-jobs-10-favorite-records-and-what-they-say-about-him/
jtb
Yes, I should have made Mr. Jobs possessive, which he unquestionably is.
jtb
Can a video be very, very mockable and very, very lovable simultaneously? Sure, Clem Burke is always lovable, and Debbie Harry is sometimes mockable. Clem is from New Jersey and Debbie isn’t, and I think that says something right there, but I’m not sure what.
In any case, if you lacked reasons to feel old today, Debbie Harry is 65. Rock on…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXrFrmvG42I&feature=related
jtb
To be fair to my friends in New Jersey, Debbie did grow up there. Just put the knives down and walk away.
jtb
I’ll try to make this a reply string, to stay out of the way of the young folks who probably don’t remember back when Chuck in Belpre was sliding across the dance floor at Studio 56 with one arm extended upward in his white suit. Yeah, me neither, but in case you don’t like Blondie lip-synching, here they are live.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl3iaTUQQvY&feature=related
jtb
i tell you things in confidence and this is how you treat me…
My summer was all work. Still is. Bright spot was taking Mountaineer casino for a wad o cash. Need to make pickles and chicken and rice, but too tired and home too late from work. Maybe this weekend if the cukes and hot peppers are still good.
Jeff, wear your softball cleats (or get some) for mowing the lawn. No sweet potaters here.
I badly need a sheep. TO EAT THE LAWN, PERVERTS. Geez!!!
My timing is all off in terms of being too tired or too much rain or too hot… the front yard is ok as SWMBFAO mowed a week ago but I think I saw some raptors moving through the back yard. The grass is so long I’m almost tempted to go all Pauly D on it with hair gel it to get it to stand up straight so I can mow. Or airlift in a Massey Ferguson Combine Harvester and have at her.
I’d have to say the summer was a solid B and would have been an A if it had been a little cooler…but I’ve got AC every where I go so it was livable. Mom was sick but she got better, I got a promotion so I’m breaking free of the current routine at work (and so far everyone loves me – who knew?). I’d like to be better off financially but we’re on our way out of debt and making good strides. So what the hell… not too shabby.
SWMBFAO is happy. The kids are healthy. The dogs are healthy. The grass, even though it’s unruly, is green. The telemarketing calls are down. The car had some issues but nothing crazy (it’s 7 yrs old so I’ve got my money’s worth).
It was a nice cool, clear, quiet night a few days ago. Once my eyes adjusted, the stars winked and AGAIN just filled me with a sense of calm. Sigh.And that was in black and white! Imagine if we had colour.
Yeah all in all… a solid “B” if not really an “A”
Sleep well my friends. Sleep well.
He said “EAT THE LAWN” (!) heh heh
Hot…
My memory of the 70’s is a little hazy because of the acid Gretchen didn’t drop, but didn’t Massey Ferguson play rhythm guitar with Bachman–Turner Overdrive after their “Not Fragile” album? I could have him confused with Neil Young or Marshall McLuhan.
jtb
“There is a global village in north Ontario…”
my summer sucked. i give it an F–
Summer is graded on a curve. a good summer can only get a C+ so…
If i was a teacher i’d get sued….
can we PLEASE have nuclear winter to counteract the fucking greenhouse effect?
I have to give this summer a C. Mainly because I am so disgusted with my job its affecting my whole existence. Also the fact its been hotter than a ditch digger’s balls. Since I come from a whole line of sweatty relatives, I sweat just standing outside. Nothing like trying to blow dry my hair during the dog days and it won’t dry because I’m hotter than hell…even with the air conditioner set at “blow ice”. One bright light is Halloween is right around the corner and having the annual “Pimp n Ho” costume party. So I need to start shopping for the perfect Ho get-up.
Um, just a reminder: don’t forget the pumps. I really didn’t think you would.
jtb
Unless you’re going as a pimp, and there’s nothing wrong with that…jtb
jtb: Don’t you worry your inquiring head…I already have the sky-hi FMP’s AND boots from past Pimp n Ho parties. But thanks for the reminder. Can’t be the pimp though…boobs too big to hide. Not that there’s anything wrong with that either.
Hmmm, the mental images that conjures up!!
Did ya see the time of this post?? 3-fucking-AM. THREE A.M.!!! Wide awake. Can’t sleep for shit. So I’ll be good and exhausted to put up with the long line of jag-off ball lickers at work. Hot diggity.
Give ‘am hell, bikerchick…they deserve it.
Why does my avatar look like I have a yellow pee-pee?
I thought it was a cig. Like the smoking fish….except yours is a smoking Pacman ghost monster with lobstah claws. Doesn’t have the same ring, does it?
Oh! Yeah, I guess it does look like a cig. See where my mind is?
Firmly in the gutter. Where mine usually is, actually. 😉
I still want to know how to change my avatar.
Got to: http://en.gravatar.com/site/signup/
Someone needs to snap a smoking fish photo at Burning Man next year. For some reason, the fish hasn’t gotten around to that corner of the human experience as of yet.
Even better: we’ll take up a collection to send Mr Kay to Black Rock Desert in 2011. I’d love to read his take on the event.
I mildly considered going to Burning Man about 10 years ago with some friends. But there’s no way in hell I’m going to be drunk all weekend with no port-a-potties in sight!
Wow I missed something here.
Nevermind, I just caught on. Running a little slow today.
I’d give this Summer an A-. I got married 5 weeks ago. We had the rehearsal dinner at our house and it was perfect (if too short of a party). The wedding was PERFECT. The honeymoon was damn-near perfect.
The Summer would have been a solid A except that I stopped my diet after losing 70 pounds in 18 months, and would have been an A+ except for all the trials and tribulations of moving my fiance and her 3 kids.
My husband asked me to mow the lawn recently. We have an acre and one of those ZTR fancy-schmancy mowers. I got the mower stuck in about 10 inches of nice clean mud. It was deceivingly hidden under the grass. I’d post a picture if I could figure out how to do it. I emailed my husband a pic and uploaded it to Facebook. Our friends thoroughly enjoyed that. It’s really weird, but he’s never asked me to mow the grass since. Hmmm.