Outing a Sister!

Now lest you all gasp with shock---this sister is not a Lesbian!!!  BUT SHE USED TO BE A CLOSET----EXERCISER!!!

I remember the days when she used to get up at 4:00 am in the morning and go for her walks or runs----all because she wanted to exercise in the dark so no one would ever see her while she was exercising!!  So if I wanted to go for a walk with her, I'd have to get up before dawn!  That lasted only a couple of days for me especially once winter set in.

So something changed for my sista.  My best guess is that she passed the 50 mark and has gained the freedom that all sisters deserve but don't experience until the wisdom of the 50's sets in. 

50's Motto:  Who the hell cares what other people see us doing!  Celebrate Freedom!!!

Just so you know how life-changing coming out of the exercise closet is.......just check out this KC star link for pictures of the sista exercising in 100 degree weather!!!!!!  Click on Faces at English Landing Park.    It can be found on the 2nd page of Community Faces.  Laura is wearing a red tank top and a yellow headband holding a green ball. 

"Oh she is so light and carefree as she works her ass off!"

I'm raising my glass to you, Laura!!

I May Die in this House!!

After feeling blue and blogging about it to all 4 people who read this blog, I've been getting blessed left and right.  God must be tired of all my whining!!!

Despite the 100 degree heat, when Wayne pulled up with the U-haul truck to move Kate to her new apartment, neighbors started pouring out of their houses volunteering to help us load the truck.  We didn't have to call, solicit, or sell any of our body parts in order to get help!!!  They just appeared!!!  Voluntarily!  With smiles on their faces!!!

And it just so happened that the same day we were loading the truck a neighbor was hauling furniture out of the house (cause she wants to sell the house) and just letting people scavenge it.  Kate got a nice kitchen table with 2 chairs and a really good quality dresser.  We (meaning Wayne and crew) just loaded the furniture on the truck.  There could have been no better time frame for accomplishing everything.  And it was all FREE! (I won't mention that Wayne was cursing me for adding more heavy stuff to the move!)

So, although I want to move somewhere else than MO when we retire, I may not be able to leave my neighbors!!!!  It is rare to find such fun, disfunctional, helpful, crazy neighbors!!  We will NEVER find another niche like this one.  Perhaps we won't be able to move until they all die off or leave us in some other way.....OR we can all make a pact to retire to the same neigborhood, wherever and whenever that may be!  (I'm thinking New Mexico!)

Naked House Celebration

Just so you can all clear the date on your calendar, Wayne and I will become empty nesters again on Saturday, August 14th!!!  So on Sunday, August 15th we're hosting a naked house celebration!!!  

No it has nothing to do with the fact that all the kids' crap is no longer cluttering the house and now the house looks empty and naked. Who cares about that!!!!

What really matters is that now we can reclaim our house as a naked house zone!!!  We can flit about our house in the buff any time we want to.  We can chase each other up and down the stairs, jump up and down on couches and beds, sit on the kitchen table eating our bowls of cereal in the morning OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT TAKES OUR FANCY---free from all restrictive clothing!!!!  Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we are free at last!

So come help us celebrate---anytime on Sunday.

Clothing is optional!!!!

Going Back to School Blues

Been feeling a little blue these past few days.  Always feel this way as the summer ends and school gears back up again.  I know it's only temporary but can't just wish the feelings away.  (For those of you who don't teach---keep your thoughts to yourself! Only other teachers will understand my whining and blues!)

This year's been a little different.  We've had Hayley and the two kids home all summer.  I find myself more frustrated at being tied down with a little one, especially after Wayne's and my trip to Wisconsin--kid free.  I think that little trip marked the end of my patience.  It's harder to get excited about keeping Hayley busy--everything just seems a little blah-zeh.

It's always hotter than hell this time of year - too hot to do anything outside.  That makes me crazy and drives my blues too.  Housebound with a two-year old.  Don't want to go out, can't get anything done here at home..... 

Then there is the news that a 19 year old Park Hill boy was shot to death and died outside of the Price Chopper store where David works.  Motive?  Either a fight over a girl or money--police aren't sure.  So three families' lives (two boys have been charged with manslaughter) are changed forever, not counting all the friends and relatives.  Where has innocence gone?

Troubles at the community garden crop up from time to time, but now when something comes up, I just want to bite the head off of someone!!!  Especially when an event happens more than once!  Just got notified that the church mowers (who aren't supposed to mow near the garden) just caught someone's net fence in the mower, causing major damage to the fence and taking 1 1/2 hours of time on a 100 degree day to get the net unwrapped from the mower blade.  Oh not done yet!!!  The mower, once again nicked the hose that supplies all of the garden's water---so it now has a hole that has to be cut out and reclamped (second time this year!!).  Urgh!!!!!  Breathe, Susan.  Just breathe!

And I think the real culprit of my blues is.......PMS!!!!  It is my fate to remain fertile until my 80's,
I am sure!!  All my friends have been released from this hell.  Why me, Lord.  Why me???  You really don't want me conceiving and bearing any more kids, Lord.  So what is the deal here??????

So if any of you were even thinking of calling or coming over for a visit---I'm warning you now---stay on my good side!!  Bring me a couple of margaritas and help me wash the blues away!!!