Sunday Show and Tell #5

Here we are in July 2001 on Hilton Head Island.

We'd traveled together previously and had even been living together for about a year and half at this point. But I think this was the first trip we took with his parents. And their friends. And their friends' son and his girlfriend. We openly talked about the fact that we'd likely get married and my (now) HUSband talked about the fact that he'd already purchased the setting for an engagement ring though he hadn't bought the center stone yet. I remember being a bit freaked out by the fact such things were being discussed so seemingly casually. I hardly seems like it could have possibly been seven years ago. Where does the time go?

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Better Late Than Not at All

Let's just call this Monday Show and Tell.

Here's what took up much of our day on Sunday. We discovered a significant amount of extra water that caused a "hill" in the side yard. When I stood on it, water seeped out. Greeeat!
We started digging near the newly formed hill and tried to find the leak/break in the pipe.

Then the hole we dug started filling up with water. After about an hour and a half of that nonsense, we called in reinforcements. And then we waited. And watched the radar hoping that the scattered thunderstorms in the forecast would not make it to our house. Such an odd feeling to not wish for rain in a drought. Then we waited some more. Then the plumber showed up, dug some more, found the culprit, and fixed it all up!

Hooray for indoor plumbing!

Captivating

Are you watching Greensburg? We set the DVR last week and are just watching the first two episodes tonight. It's heartbreaking and inspiring all at the same time.

You can watch full episodes through the website if you install the player (like I know smg will if she hasn't seen it already).

Show and Tell #4

Dear Class,

Please excuse Sarah from last week's show and tell and accept this note as an apology for her tardiness this week. She has had a rough couple weeks. There have been moments of freaking out coupled with admiration of the amazing strength and support of others.

But you see, it really isn't all about Sarah. And that's been one of the difficult things for her to realize. In fact, it isn't much about Sarah at all. She can't just make it all better. She has to learn a little bit more about this trait called patience.

She's doing much better now and is committed to participate in show and tell on time in the future.

Best Bebards,
Bee Bangbage Briters Build

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Look! Another Post.

I've got to ease back in to this posting business. Here's a meme that I've seen a couple places.

Feel free to play along. It's pretty simple:
A. Type your answer to the questions below in to Flickr Search.
B. Using only the first page, pick and image.
C. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images in to fdflickrtoys mosiac maker.

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is you favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Favorite vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One word to describe you.
12. Flickr name

It was fun to look for images that conveyed what I wanted them to. And to see how people choose to describe and tag their photos. I can get lost for hours in the depths of Flickr.

Sunday Show & Tell #3

The big adventure of the weekend was acquiring a new (to me) car! Hooray for a new car!

It will be a couple weeks before the license plates arrive and I feel the need to wait to officially name him/her until then. But I'm certainly open to suggestions. I tend to think it's a she. Does your car have a name?

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Sunday Show & Tell #2

What a week! Today I'm sharing some good advice, courtesy of Sweet Leaf Tea. They're local, but you might be able to find them in your area. You can apparently order directly from the website also.

The Unsweet Lemon & Lime is my favorite flavor. The sweet ones aren't overly sweet though, which is a requirement if I'm going to even attempt to drink sweet tea.

The last time I had some, I noticed a witty piece of advice under the cap:

My mother is one of those women who truly instilled these sort of values in me. Thank goodness I had on clean panties on Tuesday when I got in a wreck. Thank double goodness nobody was hurt and nobody knew whether I had on clean panties or not.

I imagine this week will be filled with more fun as we deal with the insurance company. They hadn't received the shop's estimate late in the day on Friday, but we got a copy emailed to us directly from the shop. Wowza. How can a headlight cost more than a side panel? Anyway, we suspect the insurance company will want to total my car. She just turned 8 on Cinco de Mayo. She had a lot of life left in her. AND - she was paid for.

Meanwhile, I'm so very fortunate to be able to work from home most of the time. And if I need to go in to the office, my HUSband can drop me off at either of the nearby park & rides and I can read my book as I cruise downtown on the bus.

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Sunday Show & Tell

It's time for show and tell. All the cool kids are doin' it, right? And since the darn projector broke this morning when we tried to see THE movie of the weekend, I gotta at least do something that the cool kids are doing to attempt to hold on to any coolness I may have left.

This Memorial Day weekend, I'll share the only two pictures in my collection of someone in uniform.

This is my maternal grandparents on their wedding day in February 1944. They're so young in this picture: 20 and 23. Granddad was in the Coast Guard and had just returned from the South Pacific. He learned that he'd be in California for several months and "sent for" Granny via telegram. She quit her job in Dallas on the spot and rode the train to Oakland with her aunt and uncle as escorts.

This picture is of my dad's stepfather, Lloyd and his buddies in Korea. Lloyd is the one on the far right. My dad's life as the oldest child in a constantly moving Army family shaped his life, and in turn my life, in so many ways.

Mel hosts the weekly show and tell. Check out Donnas's offering as well as all the others in the "class."

P.S. My profile picture was taken on the same trip that Donna shared.

Hell Yeah

People amaze me by the things they like to proclaim via stickers on the windows or bumpers of their vehicles. Yesterday we saw a truck (presumably a Dodge, but I wasn't really paying close attention) with a sticker along the back window that said "Hell Yeah! It's Got a Hemi In It!" positioned below another sticker with the Harley Davidson logo.

I didn't see anything nearly as amusing, but had fun imagining what my own "Hell Yeah" sticker might declare. The best thing I can come up with so far is "Hell Yeah! It's Paid For!"

What would your sticker tell the world about your drive?

Thunder, Thunder, Thunderation

Big storms coupled with a big, bad sore throat didn't make for a very good night's sleep last night. I hope tonight will be better, but there's tornadic activity to the west. Heh. I said tornadic*.

*and spell check doesn't like it