Flashback Friday-Happy Halloween?

I remember this day vividly. I had tried to take them to the mall for some fall festivities. Apparently a nap would have been a better idea. They were two very tired and unhappy pumpkins!

The Clampett's

We hardly ever get a picture done. This took lots of effort but I think it was worth it. Who knows when we will do this again!

HRH

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Moon

The moon has always been a source of fascination for me. I used to take my Dad's binoculars and stare at the moon. I usually took my flashlight with me. I had decided that if I pointed my flashlight on the moon, that it would shine brighter. I'll bet you didn't know that the fullness of the moon was based on whether my mom thought I was wasting the batteries in the flashlight! She just didn't understand how important my job was. Ah to be a kid again!!

Six Things

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder has a tag challenge of your six favorite things...in no particular order:
1. Buddy singing (especially since we once wondered if he would ever speak)
2. Autumn: the changing colors, the smell of wet leaves and a wood fireplace, the clear blue sky during the day and the huge red-orange moon at night...all of it.
3. A blanket straight out of the dryer (with a good book and some chocolate).
4. A Hug (from one or both of my teenagers)
5. A God Moment...when it is least expected, but greatly needed and appreciated.
6. When I know exactly what Cletus is thinking without either of us saying a word.
Only six There are so many more...

Really?

I was accused of being "high maintenance" today! Hey, that is only an accusation. It has NOT been proven. But then Merlin at work quoted from the movie "When Harry Met Sally" and said that I'm the worst kind of high maintenance because I'm a high maintenance that doesn't think that she is high maintenance.

Fortune Cookie Continued.

At work, some of us were pondering the deep question of “What would happen if I just got in my car and drove west?” G said "Well Laurie would get hopelessly lost in Mississippi !” Gee thanks. So, I am only capable of driving a couple hundred miles and then I’d be cluelessly lost? Is that what people really think of me?? Mind you, I’m not saying that they are wrong…I just thought that I hid it better than that. Apparently not.

Truth is Stranger than Fiction

So we had an agreement, if Tdawg got straight A's, he could grow out his hair. And he did for two years. He got an 89 in Honor's Biology this time. So I jokingly said: Ok, time for a haircut. And he said ok. What?? He decided that he would get it cut for basketball. So last night, the stylist, who loves Tdawg's hair, was just a fussing over him. At one point he had two female stylists fussing over him. His new nickname courtesy of them: Fabio!

Fortune Anyone?

My fortune cookie yesterday said "You will step on the soil of many countries in your lifetime". Hmm. Canada is a little chilly this time of year. Mexico is nice and toasty and not too far of a drive. I heard that the traffic going into Mexico isn't too bad. But I think it is a sign that I should go on the cruise to the Bahamas in January. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! :-)