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Did you ever wish you had a man-brain?

Last night  at 11 pm we had an impromptu visit from Cameron ....who attends university  and lives approximately a 1 hr drive from home. He started a new job from 5:45 am til 9am Mon-Fri  at a fancy hotel....and he needed his dress clothes....like his suit pants, dress shirts...and ties.  

Should I add that the job started the next morning and this was the first time he thought of this?

I started on a rant of  "why can't you be more organized ?", "did you register for all your courses?", "did you get all your student loan forms sent in?", "don't forget your orthodontist appt on Monday"....." why do you never return my texts"...."make sure you wear black socks with your suit", etc, etc.

He was practically running from the house when he left.....and I had a headache.

After he left Scott and I settled down to watch tv.....and he said "Did Cameron tell you that when he was almost home he stopped at the local gas station to fill up his car...and there was a handicapped older man (who lives in a group home in our little town) and he was starting to walk home....with his walker...and it was dark so Cameron stopped and offered him a ride, throwing the walker in the back seat?".  The old guy proceeded to tell Cameron his difficult life story...and Cameron didn't want to hurry him out of the car...so he was about an hour later than he planned getting home.

Uhm....no he didn't tell me anything....I was too busy telling him all the things he wasn't doing right....

Sometimes it sucks being the mother.

Simple Things Sunday

zinnias from the garden

 I'm participating today in Simple Things one photo from the week that made you smile.

10 on the 10th



tiny frog on my clematis blossom





old barn

  

lots of pottery ready to be shipped to fill an order



anenome

Calvin....doing his Bob Dylan impersonation

no, I don't plan on paddling...can't you see I'm busy...

more frog....

I told these birds to pose like this

busy day in the cat world

bowls, bowls, bowls

The shy farmer....

So our neighbors are away for the entire month of September and they hired Isaac to look after their animals for the month....he has to feed them twice a day...6:30 am before school and again around 5 pm.  

When Scott and I were first married we had  sheep, goats, horses and chickens...it was a lot of work but entertaining as well.  Now we are positively mainstream....one dog...and one cat, my "chores" consist of dumping some kibble in a bowl a couple of times a day...and I like it that way.  

I went with Isaac last night while he did the barn chores to get a few pictures of the animals.  "For your blog?', he asked.  "Yes", I said.  "Well don't put any pictures of me on there", he said.  "I won't", I said (not really meaning it).  I then proceeded to sneak around like the paparazzi with my zoom lens.........

oops, I guess I lied...don't tell Isaac...

The day the lady went crazy and painted all her chairs......

I like beige....and taupe....and brown.....cream is my friend....but for some reason I decided to paint each of my kitchen chairs a different color.  It started last week when I bought this farmhouse table that my brother-in-law made.  Then I looked at my kitchen chairs that were 20 years old...and a little worse for wear..and thought maybe I'd paint them for now and eventually buy new chairs to go with the new table.  When I look at the before pictures...I'm not sure.  I think my old kitchen looked restful, serene.....when I look at the after pictures, I think.....when did the circus come to town?

after

before

before

after

There she goes with that camera again....

Isaac grade 11


This morning at 7:30 am.........
Me: "Isaac, go stand in front of the hydrangea bush and let me take your picture
Isaac: "sigh....we do this EVERY year......"
Me: "uhm...that's kind of the point"

So my baby has only two more years of high school....where has the time gone?  And our oldest started his third year of university today ( I didn't drive to his apartment and lurk outside the door so I could get "first day of school" pictures of him)....see even I have my limits.

Never a dull moment...

This picture of Cameron is what happens when he notices that by coincidence he is wearing a headless giraffe t-shirt....and his girlfriend is wearing a body-less cat hoody.  He cracks me up......

Isaac, not to be outdone, snapped this picture with his phone...at the drugstore...and proceeded to tell me he needed some  "back to school" condoms along with binders and a scientific calculator.

They are great comic relief.......jury's still out on if that makes up for the laundry and groceries.....