Well, it's kids night here at the old homestead. Here you see the girls, along with their cousins, Josiah and Derek. What a lot of memories this brings up.
My cousin was the first girl I ever kissed on the lips. We were both five or six years old and had seen so many people kissing on TV that we just had to try it.
I fell in love with my neighbor's cousin the summer before seventh or eighth grade. We got kicked out of the public pool for kissing too much. We tried it while she was floating on her back. Sitting on the edge of the pool. I picked her up in the shallow end and carried her, kissing, until I couldnt touch bottom. That's when we tried it underwater. When we came up the lifeguard made us leave. I'd have killed my kids if I found out they'd done it. Cant imagine what her dad would've done.
Today I cut branches off our big old maple tree. They've been hanging down over the sidewalk and the street. Had to get up on a ladder and have Beth hold the end so I could get up high enough for some of them. Our neighbor next door makes walking sticks, so I saved a few good ones for him. We took the girls the the $1.25 a scoop Chinese place. It wasnt bad, really. Better than I'd have expected for the price. The kung pao veggies were a little over cooked. I wont complain, though, when I can feed all five of us for less than $15...
It's a line from the Drum Boogie, which is sung by Barbara Stanwyck in the film Ball of Fire. It isnt necessarily a film I'd recommend, but the song is filled with vernacular of the times like killer diller, knock yourself out, it's really gonna send you.
This is Leah. She's the oldest and tomorrow's her birthday. She'll be seven. Leah knows all the words to My Girl because I've sung it to her from the day she was born.
It's bedtime now and the girls have requested that I find I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. I'm surprised at the people who have recorded it. Apart from all the karaoke singers, there are the Jackson 5, Jessica Simpson, even John Cougar (Mellencamp) and Twisted Sister (not with Twisted Sister). The original Jimmy Boyd version didnt show up at all, which isnt surprising, I suppose, as it was recorded way back in '52.
These guys are usually classified as "surf rock" but they were doing this years before.
Doncha just hafta luv the choreography?!
These two are Tristan and Julia, our grands living in South Carolina. As you can see, they're cute, but have yet to master the art of the "casual smile".A pizza house employee talks about life (and kids) in the pizza place. She said what I might say, and she's kinda cute, not to mention that she does a pretty good impression of the Teletubbies to start off.
Here they are, ready for sleep on the little blue cots. They've been very good this weekend and I'm really proud of them.
One of my peeves is parents who let their children misbehave in public places. I realize that you cant always make them behave, but there are people who seem oblivious to their children when they go out.
Just love this vid... Yes, it's old and quirky, If it were made today the girl would be bleached blonde with her navel pierced and her booty shaking all up in the camera. As for me, I just think it's cute.
I used to dream I could fly, but that hasnt happened in a long time. I could breathe underwater sometimes, too.
I'm a lucid dreamer. That means I usually know it's a dream and can control what's going on. It's like create-your-own dreaming. Nightmares are lots of fun when I'm lucid. Monsters cant catch me. If I need a gun to shoot the bad guys, there's usually one there.
There's a phenomenon that's difficult to explain. It's when I talk to someone who's dead. My grandfather or uncle or something. Sometimes it's as if we both know they're dead, but it's just nice to have a conversation and I wake up feeling all cozy and grateful. Other times we're doing something, maybe at a reunion or something and everybody acts like the person is still alive and I'm the only one who thinks otherwise.
These dreams are hard to control. I think because I want to experience them emotionally, more than intellectually.
She's a shihtzu princess who inhertited us when her former human passed away. Although Beth and Sharon say that she sees me as the "alpha dog", I think she just doesnt like the idea that anyone could not believe that she really is the center of the universe.
I am not a pet person. Really. All the mess and hassle that goes along with a dog or cat just seems like way too much for me. I have had fish as decorations from time to time. I like to watch them swim around in their little glass houses, all oblivious of a larger creation, most of the time.
I once put a blue shrimp in the same tank as a Beta (fighting fish). In the end, the Beta was lunch. My daughter, Julie, was pregnant at the time and almost blew chunks when she noticed the jubilant crustacean relishing his feast.
This is Samantha, who was curious about my camera and my studio and anything else that might hold promise of staying up past bedtime.
