I got a phone call a few nights ago from some guy that starts out our conversation something like, "I hear you have a big birthday coming up.....65". I'm thinking what in the world? This guy acts like we know each other and are best buds. I'm kind of dumb-founded for a minute and then say that I'm only 50 and will be 51 on my next birthday - and I don't say this very friendly. The goober doesn't get that I might not be a happy camper on my end of the phone and continues ha haing and going on like we're buds. I finally tell him that he really needs to watch it because he has just insulted a woman telling her she will be 65 when she will only be 51 - they need to get their records correct. I think the lightbulb finally came on, on his end and he tells me that when I get the information in the mail that I don't need to look at it. I tell him that won't be any problem. Wow.
If you haven't rented the movie "Acts Of Valor" I think you should. It was a good portrayal of Navy SEALs - what life is like for them - and what they go through on their missions. I bleed red, white and blue and if I would have had better eyesight - and liked to get wet - I would have wanted to be a SEAL. And some of the stuff they do - way too cool. They showed a HALO jump (which Casey my middle has done many times). High altitude, low opening. And the "hot pickup" when their first two LZ's go bad was awesome. Like I wrote on Facebook if any military personnel goes "down range" be sure to watch your 6 and God bless. Hoorah!
One of Mike's orange day lilies in bloom in the parking of my front lawn.
I finally got around to spray painting two dark green, Adirondack foot stools that Dad had given us a long time ago. I wanted them to be painted in bright colors to go with the enclosed front porch, but there just aren't that many bright colors in the spray paint inventory for plastic items. I go to my local True Value - didn't see the primer for plastic spray paint - and ask the paint guy if I buy the white spray paint for plastic to use as a primer, if I could then spray paint another bright color on top of the white. It's amazing how people don't listen to you. The guy first says that I don't want to use the white as primer because it isn't a primer for plastic, and off he goes down some thought process. I finally tell him I realize the white isn't a primer but try to explain again what I want to do. Another light bulb moment - he realizes what I want to do and shows me the primer spray paint for plastic that I hadn't seen - way up on the top shelf. I thank him and buy a can of the primer and viola - a sort of bright orange and pretty purple foot stool!
While I love Butler dearly and am very thankful I still have him - I wasn't too happy with him at 1:24 a.m. this morning - he was bright-eyed and raring to go. Needless-to-say Mommy wasn't bright-eyed at all...........
I don't know what possessed me, but I signed up for another online dating deal - OurTime - for those 50 and older. Again like I have said before, I don't take good pictures but come on guys - you are posting pictures to get women to be interested in you. You are not posting a mug shot - and at least smile for good grief's sake. And why are there no guys that come close to looking like the guys in their ads...................
Last time I mowed I didn't see any snakes in either yard! But the time before I saw a snake in the front yard that I watched him slither away and sprayed the poo out of him with wimpy wasp spray - I think I probably drowned that one. Then in the back yard a little guy decided he wanted to go cross country north to south and all I had was my weed spray in my hand. So off we go, me chasing the snake, spraying weed spray. And the stupid snake would turn around and open its mouth - maybe he thought he was hissing at me - so I'd be sure to really spray weed spray in his open mouth. Well a few days later I'm looking at my back yard wondering why I have some dead spots of grass and then realize it's the path of the weed spray from the snake chase - check out the picture below. I copied this picture into Paint and drew red circles around the dead grass/path (which I couldn't upload to my blog) but I think you can figure it out starting on the right side of the picture kind of in the middle and follow the brown spots (in kind of a semi-circle) to the left side of the picture. Lesson learned - don't use weed spray to chase a snake across your grass..............
I shared this experience with my chiropractor and he started to laugh and said "that's awesome" about spraying the snake and the dead grass path in my back yard.......... :)
