Alex, with his trademark smirk, and award winning bedhead.6-24-2011
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Thursday morning was a quiet beautiful morning here and I slipped out onto the back porch first thing with my coffee to sit on the porch swing. It's secluded enough to sit out in my nightgown and I have enjoyed starting out my mornings like this before the craziness of the day begins.
As I sat drinking coffee and playing with kittens, Alex joined me for a few minutes. He was bored, I think since I didn't let the porch swing go high enough to touch the clouds, so he went inside. I immediately knew I was in trouble as I heard the door close and the deadbolt slide into place. Locked out? Ugh! In my nightgown? Double ugh! I cupped my hands around my eyes to see inside the glass door. Alex was only about 6 feet away laying on the couch!
I knocked and called to him but he ignored me. Finally, I got his attention and motioned for him to come, but he wouldn't! He would look away or look down as if he thought I was upset with him. Well, I was getting there! ha. This went on for about 10 minutes! I figured there wasn't any way to coax him into unlocking the door. The other boys were back in there room, on the opposite side of the house and couldn't hear me.
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We have double garage doors with electric openers but Taylor's door has a keypad opener for emergencies. I had never used it before and vaguely remember what the combination might be, so I thought my only hope of getting back in the house was to walk to the side with the garages and try the keypad. As I unlock the back gate and walk out onto the driveway, I'm horrified to see the lawn service truck parked in front of our house! It was just a matter of seconds before I might meet Mr. Lawn Service Guy in my nightie! Ack! I run to the garage, flip up the keypad and type in my guess. Nothing happened! ACK!! One more guess and relief floods my body as the garage door starts to lift. YAY!
I don't even wait for it to reach my height but duck down and swoop
under the door in my own little game of Limbo. ha.
As I get inside and press the button to close the garage door, I see Mr. Lawn Service Guy coming down the driveway with his sprayer. Whew! Missed him by about 10 seconds.
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Good grief! I did get in Alex's face and give him a piece of my mind as only we moms can do. I really don't know how much he understood or if he even realized he locked me out but I felt better after my little lecture. ha.
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And I'm sure everyone will be glad to know that Alex got a hair cut this evening!
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Reading your labels for this post...yes, it IS funny. That is certainly some serious bedhead Alex has going on.
ReplyDeleteI'm still laughing. Although, you may have gotten a lawn service discount. You are a handsome woman. Just sayin'. And, good, I am glad for the haircut. I watched the entire US Open saying "he needs a haircut." My husband is SO used to it.
ReplyDeleteNow, wait a minute. I have made it a rule to never cut someon'es hair when angry. Did you give him a mohawk? Mullett? Bozo the clown look?
ReplyDeleteOoh, Betsy, never a dull moment around your place :)
ReplyDeleteI've been caught more times than once in my nightdress outside, I think the neighbors are used to me now !
~Jo
Aw, Brian...the anger only lasted a minute...and the haircut was the next day! ha.
ReplyDeletehaha this should totally be a short movie...a silent movie even....ah too fun the adventures...
ReplyDeletebrian ~ haha...oh, it would be a funny movie.....at my expense...but still really funny...lol...
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful story!
ReplyDeleteoh dear! I expect the lawn men have seen people in way worse and more revealing than a nighty though.
ReplyDeleteI think I need some of those noise blocking headphones like Alex wears too.
Sorry for your stressful morning, but you gave me quite a laugh!
ReplyDeleteGreat photo! (I can only think of one photo I would have preferred, to illustrate this post...)
ReplyDeleteSilver ~ yeah, I'll bet! Sorry, snapping a pic wasn't even the least bit on my mind while I was in the moment. ha. Not to mention the camera was inside. lol...
ReplyDeleteOh my sides are hurting...that is just too funny!!! I mean while it was happening to you, not so, but oh to read it now just gave me a belly laugh.
ReplyDeleteInteresting you wear a nighgown... I have been a nightgown lover forever, and none of my daughters get it, and give me PJ's for Christmas. I have serveral new pair folded in my closet.
Wanda ~ you too? haha. I can't sleep in pj's unless I take off the pants before getting into bed. lol....
ReplyDeleteLOL! It is funny to read about, but if it had been me, I don't think I would have been laughing!
ReplyDeleteAround here, some women wear pajamas to go shopping and run other errands. Yeah, you read that correctly... Sheesh!
ReplyDeleteWell, blame Michael Jackson. He made wearing pj pants in public very popular. ha.
ReplyDeleteI guess it could be worse, then. Women running around in pajamas, wearing one glove, undergoing excessive cosmetic surgeries...
ReplyDeletehaha...moon walking....or better yet 'thriller' dancing. ha. Yea, we look like those zombies first thing in the morning, too! lol...
ReplyDelete"We," meaning you? Heh. I doubt that...
ReplyDeleteMe in the morning? Pretty zombie-ish. ha. Not really bedhead, but still a little scary.
ReplyDeleteI can't even imagine you a "little" zombeish. I'm trying to let my hair grown longer, so I do get bed head some times. Love having cofee in our back patio in my nightgown too. I'll think of you tomorrow morning...take your key with you. heehee
ReplyDeleteWanda ~ the kittens don't seem scared, so maybe it isn't too bad. ha.
ReplyDeletekeys...that's a great idea...or a robe. ha.
priceless!
ReplyDeleteOMG! How horrifying!! I would have definitely given him a piece of my mind for sure!! Ha!
ReplyDeleteAnd he definitely could win the contest on bed head!!!
Hugs
SueAnn
What a funny story. You know this would've never happened had you been dressed!
ReplyDeleteSo, where are you going to sip your coffee this morning?
ReplyDeletehahahaha now that was funny
ReplyDeleteCould have set up seats and charged money
Maybe you should hide an extra key
For when you get locked out in your nightie
Then you won't come close to giving the lawn service guy a thrill
Oh maybe you'll get lucky and you toss you a bill...LOL
I was holding my breath while reading that!! So glad you made it in. I think maybe your days as a repo girl helped you out with your covert skills!!
ReplyDeleteBetsy, you can always bring a smile to my face. I guess now you have keys hid outside on the patio somewhere? LOL!
ReplyDeleteuh oh Alex .. glad you remembered the password
ReplyDeleteOh Betsy! Hilarious! I laughed till I cried. The thought of you sneaking around in your nightgown. :)
ReplyDeleteHaha; the way you told it, I had a little film going on in my head! Award winning!
ReplyDeleteBette ~ you are SO right! Things like that happen at the worse possible times! ha.
ReplyDeletePat ~ actually I'm glad nobody was filming me.
ReplyDeleteThat would be quite a sight to see
At my expense, of course
and without feeling any remorse.
haha.
Sooo funny! Do I detect just the tiniest little smile on Alex's face? How long after the incident was this photo taken? I have a feeling he may have been quietly giggling inside.. Such a great story. I agree with Brian - it would make a brilliant silent movie! Thank goodness you weren't sprung in your nightie.
ReplyDeleteHi Betsy,
ReplyDeleteI know exactly how you felt. A little over a week ago almost the same thing happened to me. I was in my robe and had stepped outside to feed the dogs and the 2 year old wittle wee one stepped out with me. I made him go back inside because the dogs tend to jump on him while trying to lick him, and he can get knocked down.
He got angry with me and so he locked the sliding glass door. I tried to get him to unlock it and he just stood there staring at me. His mom was in her room with the door shut and I was knocking and pounding on the door, she said she did not know what the noise was, and since she had music playing, she barely heard it. Finally I realized I had my cell phone in my pocket and I sent her a text to let me in. As you can imagine she started busting out laughing at what had happened. Grandson then tried to not let me in. Already showing signs of having a temper, he wants what he wants. Geez are our hands full with that one. And he is too cute to not spoil. What's a grandma to do.
I can just see you getting all into Alex's face and him doing like the wee one here, just totally ignoring you. That was a great story. And I too dislike PJ's.
God bless.
:D~
ReplyDeletei can just see it...
'nough said!!!
HUGZ
Oh, my! It started with the bedhead, which my littlest can rival, and went from there. We don't have one of those electronic keypads, but I'm sure glad you did! Who knew how handy that would come in?! I think I'd be hiding a key now if I were you. Just in case you aren't able to miss the lawn service guy next time! :)
ReplyDeleteYIKES-A-Rooney! That was close! I don't blame you a bit for giving Alex whats for...maybe you should think about changing that lock to a keyed dead bolt and hiding a key outside.
ReplyDeleteAlex, not funny!!! Although we're laughing now...
ReplyDeleteMrs. U ~ oh that is a hilarious story!!!! Kids!!!
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