A what????

Just a quick funny note:

I have a gmail account. I love it, by the way. The way it organizes my email, etc. For all that cool organization, you put up with some advertisements that are drawn from something on your letter on the right side of the screen. If you mention "music" in the letter, you'll get ads about "piano lessons--the secret piano teachers don't want you to know about!!!" That sort of thing. No big deal.

Yesterday I was looking at a letter that really didn't have any "buzz words" and I glanced at the ads. It said:

"Embroidered Whale Pants"

Close your eyes and think of that!

Doesn't a whale only need one pant?

Is the whale out of breath?

Who embroidered him and why? HOW???

At best, it might be some ladies pants with whales embroidered on them. Why would a woman want to wear pants with whales on them?

Just thought it was funny.

I coulda told 'em this....

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Feeling old

I can find anything on the internet. Anything.

This blog, however, stumps me continuously. The options it gives me at the top change with each visit. I think I would do okay if it remained consistent.

Anyway, we are into week two of our visitor from Germany. She is one of the kindest girls I have ever met. I just dropped both girls off at Ky's friend's house. This friend is also her boss. They will be returning some samples to the Washington Design Center for the boss. I have heard tales about the design center and how cool it all is. Of course, since the Boss is pretty cool herself, that may color the design center, too.

Ky really does have one of the coolest jobs I've ever heard of. Who else do you know who is 17 and works as a personal assistant for an Interior Designer? Ky does a lot of filing, but filing includes assembling boxes of samples used for different projects. She also gets to go to all these cool places to try to find JUST THE RIGHT thing for a client.

I hope they have fun. I plan to try to get some down time so we can be ready to go again tomorrow. Whew!

Anyway, all of this makes me feel old and tired.

Interesting picture

Just because I think this is the most interesting picture of me ever, Here it is.

Guess which one is me!

Splash Down

Went to the water park today. The weather was perfect for it! Since Silke and Ky had nothing but cool, wet weather in Germany for two weeks, they absolutely loved it! We usually only stay until 3 or 4 p.m., but this time we stayed until about 7. The best part was that when I got home, my sweet husband was cooking hamburgers for us! He can be very sweet and thoughtful. He did this after working all day. Glad I married him!

We got to Splash Down with print-out-at-home tickets. The big advantage was that you didn't have to wait in line! There were even signs saying so! So, we went to the ticketed people's line. The park ranger (this water park is located and owned by the county) told us we'd have to go to the ticket counter to get the tickets checked. Of course, when we got there, those folks wondered why we were drunk so early in the day, what with all the signs, etc. We finally got in and had a great time.

Now, I am wooly tired.

Good night all!

They are here!

La and her friend Silke, made it here around their scheduled arrival time. Instead of calling right then, they waited until they had their baggage and were ready to be picked up. Several things happened at the last minute for me and I was at the grocery store when they called. That was why I wanted them to call when they first arrived. It was okay, I just hated for them to have to wait. Kim had come home early from work and was able to zip over to the airport to pick them up.

Silke has been adopted by our dog, Radar. I think he is ready to abandon us and stay with her. He is a good judge of character. She is a very kind young lady who we already enjoy being around.

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July. If we get up early, we can attend a good old fashioned parade in P-ville which is about 20 miles away. Instead of going downtown to DC for the fireworks, we plan to attend the local ones here in H-Town. I think we'll all be work out!

Thanks to all who were praying for the girls to arrive safely!

La's coming home!!!

Well, the countdown is on! Only about 5 hours until La arrives back from her two week visit to Germany! She has had a packed two-week adventure! She will bring her friend Silke back with her. I hope we can show Silke as good a time here in the US as her family showed La.

Keep praying for them to have an uneventful trip!

Their weather has been unusually cool and wet. I know we need rain here, but I'd like for the weather to be warm and relatively dry.

By the way, it seems that every year the weather is unusually cold/wet/dry/hot somewhere. Pretty soon, we'll have to reform our ideas of what is normal, right?

Help!

Well, here I am blogging. Do I have time for this? No. I need to be busy getting ready for company. My dearest darling daughter and a friend of hers will arrive from Germany in two days. I am sure elves will come in the middle of the night to clean my house and prepare for their arrival. Once they get here, it will be two weeks of crazy sightseeing/shopping/cooking/eating/driving that will leave me too tired to clean and plan. I am old enough to know better. I could really use those elves, though.

What do you show someone who is probably totally unaware of US history when they visit Washington DC? It wouldn't be hard if everyone else would vacate the city so that when we choose to do something there wouldn't be crazy traffic and huge crowds. I guess that is like wishing for a day at DIsney World alone!

Okay, I'll go work. I just want everyone to know I am doing it!

Wish me luck. I hope the elves have gotten a head start!