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Because some days you need more than others,
and in the spirit of keeping it real, here's a glimpse of
recent events with my five men!
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I leisurely walked to the back doors to look out onto the
back porch this morning to find this! I had left a new
bag of birdseed on the chair. A raccoon obviously had
a really fun time during the night! And you know what?
He picked out all of the peanuts! :)
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My DSL router box died. Two days, $100, 5 phone calls,
including 3 to technical support men in India, (none of them
were very nice!) later and we have Internet again. I don't know
who had more withdrawal symptoms...the boys or me!
Well, I do...but I won't admit it. :)
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Spencer has developed an aversion to the curtains hanging
on the living room windows! Maybe it's because it's the only
room in the house that has curtains? The other rooms have
blinds only. Maybe he think they are silly! What ever it is,
no punishment seems to work. He just keeps sneaking in
there when I'm not looking and tugs them down! :)
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One of the few things Spencer eats is turkey. He likes
oven roasted deli turkey and I usually buy a whole one at
Sam's Club, cube it, and freeze it in weekly portions.
This morning I went to the refrigerator to get it out to cut
up and couldn't find it. I bought it Tuesday. Yes, it was
on my receipt. Not in the refrigerator. Not in the freezer.
Yep..you guessed it! Still in the Jeep. 48 hours in 90
degree temperatures. $25 right in the garbage can.
The good thing? It was completely sealed and didn't
stink up my new wheels! Sigh. With all those boys
helping unload groceries, you'd think we could get
them all in the house! Ugh.
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But it hasn't all been bad! :)
--I'm still loving my new wheels!
--The sweet corn has been marvelous...
(Heat and rain are good for some things!)
--The boys slept in until 7:00 this morning!
What a treat from their usual 5:30 to 6:00 AM!
(Somehow they missed the memo that
teenagers sleep until noon! )
--And I'm still loving my fresh new bedroom
(Who wouldn't after all that mess! ha!)
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Yes, I'm laughing...so laugh with me!
Oh my, oh my....this is a crazy, crazy life!
OK...I need more coffee....
I just love how you deal with life and roll with the punches. I am sure that Spencer not loving your living room curtains is not really funny in real life, but it really tickled me to think of him sneaking in there time after time and realizing they were up again and needing to take them down. A man has to do what a man has to do;-) Thank you for sharing your life with us.
ReplyDeleteHeather ~ It actually has become funny! He isn't damaging the rod or anything. They are held up with cafe clips and he just tugs them down and hides them behind the couch! LOL! Silly kid.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had your attitude. I've had a horrendous week and I'm wanting to go outside and scream, not ready to laugh about it yet. You inspire me though...
ReplyDeleteJoanne ~ well, after you scream outside, maybe you can laugh. It does make it easier to live through if you can see the humor in it. Some things don't seem that funny until I start typing it out..then I'm sitting here laughing myself. If nobody is hurt, sick or dead, then I try to see the humor. :) Hugs to you!
ReplyDeleteI admire your handling of life...
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine that there are times, when a nice few quiet moments to yourself must seem like heaven on earth.
I'm smiling as I read your post, you take everything in it's stride, and Keep Calm and Carry On !
What a mum!
slept until 7 what a treat! intersting about the curtains....and the raccoon picking ou tthe nuts...good job rolling wiht it betsy. smiles.
ReplyDeleteA wise lady that know how to laugh...I keep saying..you are so amazing! :D
ReplyDeleteBrit in TN ~ Jo, that's why I stay up way too late...to have some time to myself! And I usually cry tears of joy when school starts back up after the summer!
ReplyDeleteLove your Good, Bad and Ugly posts.
ReplyDeleteIf everyone could live life as you do...what a better place.
Continue to pick the peanuts out of the birdseed of like in your own inimitable way Betsy.
ReplyDeleteYou are very inspiring Betsy.All of us should take a good lesson from you.Life can be a pain in the butt but positive in makes positive out right??? I sometimes for get that,lol.
ReplyDeleteI try to laugh, but some days I am just too exhausted. I have forgotten lately to consider those toys cast about the floor as jewels. (Must remember that...)
ReplyDeleteDid you say "more coffee?"
Martha ~ I was telling someone by email last night that I don't ALWAYS laugh. Some days I crumble in a heap and sob my heart out. Life is too painful and hard sometimes. And yes, exhaustion can do that, too. But if the circumstances are merely inconvenient, I do try to make the lemonade from the lemons! :)
ReplyDeleteI really need to take a page from your book and see the humor in my life the way you see it in yours. What a blessing to be able to do that!
ReplyDeleteThings WILL get better :-)
ReplyDeleteThe public school here starts about five weeks from now. When do your boys go back?
Kathy ~ this week was the midpoint...6 down, 6 to go. I was feeling pretty good until I realized I was only half way done! Oh my. ha.
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, yes! At least the new wheels don't stink. That would be awful and take forever to get the smell out.
ReplyDeleteNever a dull moment at the house of 5 Men!!! Bless your heart!
ReplyDeleteI just knew you were going to say that the boys found the turkey and ate it all!!!
Have a good day and weekend Betsy!
Great post about real life, one of my favorites.;) I love how you always keep your optimism.;)
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely weekend,
xoxo
oh no, i can't stand it when I leave something perishable in the car and I've done it frequently! have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteYou are such an example of how to roll with it in life! Glad your new car doesn't smell. That really would be hard to get rid of.
ReplyDelete...just rolling with it here on the Farm too....
ReplyDeletei had the same thing happen to me on the bird seed front...with just a slight twist.i had bought a 25 lb bag of PEANUTS in the shell for my squirrels...left the garage door open by mistake that night...next morning..OMG...25 POUNDS of PEANUTS shelled by the racoons....
i have never forgotten that one :-)
i have missed my visits..happy to be here today
sending love,
kary
xxx
Sometimes all we can do is laugh and it's good for us. But as you say, somedays crying is all that works. We do what we have to and keep on taking one step at a time. I'm glad you're able to share these moments with us. It helps put all our lives in prespective. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteHi! My sister Caroline reads your blog. I love Nugget!
ReplyDeletePlenty of "excuses" there for more coffee. Coffee is a good thing!
ReplyDeleteAh we have cockatoos that only eat the sunflower seeds in the wild bird seed then splosh the rest all over the verandah. I was wondering what the pong in my boot was the other day . . .bottle of orange juice which by the colour had been there a very, very long time. 7am sleep ins are good but yep, they definitely missed the memo although thanks to mine languishing in bed on Saturday mornings, I get to catch up on blogs. Keep smiling, you're amazing! Cheers :)
ReplyDeleteOH BOY! That is quite a list! I am always SO MAD when something like the turkey-thing happens but you know what I really thought??? That Spence had gotten it out of the fridge and had stashed it in his room!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend Betsy!
Izzy ~ hi and welcome! I'm so glad you commented so I know you are reading! :)
ReplyDeleteJill ~ well, I probably still wouldn't have found it if he hid it in the house! LOL! I'm just SOOO glad it didn't stink up the jeep. I'm sure it would have been really bad. The Mister wasn't too happy about the rain through the sunroof. Can you imagine it smelling like a dead body was in it? Oh dear. I could have been fired! LOL! ;)
ReplyDeleteI do believe finding something to laugh at is the healthier thing to do, even if I have to hide my smile from a naughty child.
ReplyDeleteYou are a wise and wonderful woman and mother. You boys will all be a success in life. Loved the story of the mess on the porch. As you get old and they and the grands are all grown up, they are sometimes too many quiet moments, for a mom who raised 6. I am so glad you are enjoying your life as it unfolds. I did too. Blessings
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Oh my stars your story reminds of my girlfriend who accidently left a raw chicken in her PT Cruiser, also in the heat of summer. They left for a week to Oregon in their other car to arrive home finding the awful smell in the PT Cruiser and maggots! Everywhere! A repair shop did it's best to dismantle the car and scrap it down but the insurance company decided they would total it out because EVERYTHING inside would have to be replaced!
ReplyDeleteYou are one lucky gal!
I wish I were more like you. You just take things in stride and move on. I on the other hand... I like your attitude.
ReplyDeleteBetsy, I totally relate to the turkey left in the car. That is just the sort of thing that happens to me.
ReplyDeleteAs you may know, I have been having my summer break from the antics of teenagers: cell phone dramas abound, teenagers do much of their sleeping during the school day, and mine conatantly ask, "How am I going to use poetry in real life?" (My reply, "It's a mystery!") One of my favorites this past year was a an autistic student who would walk in my class one day announcing that he hated school and throw out assorted profane barbs, and next day when he was in his ROTC uniform, would walk in and say, "Ok, Mrs. L--how do I look?" as he beamed with pride. Rested? Yes, but I miss him.
If I were you I'd have some more fudge sauce!
ReplyDeleteFirelight ~ thanks for sharing that story...loved it! :)
ReplyDeletejennyfreckles ~ with a spoon, straight from the jar, right? haha...no icecream needed!
ReplyDeleteBetsy, I don;t even know where to begin on your adventures. Crazy indeed. So, when Spencer tears down the curtains do the curtain rods come down and out of the wall too or are they clipped up somehow? what would you do for discipline anyway? Would he get it was for the curtains? Apparently not i suppose actually.
ReplyDeleteOhmygoodness, that whoel turkey wasted? Am so glad the car was ok, even if hot in there! LOL.
Mmm~ No, the rods didn't come down. The curtains are held with cafe clips and if you tug on them, they just slip out, leaving the rings and rods inplace. No damage done...just a pain. ha.
ReplyDeleteSpencer knows right from wrong...he's just very stubborn and that combined with some obsessive compulsions and he just HAS to do it. Discipline usually is just a scolding...and removing him from the room. But like I said..he'll sneak back in and do it again. I'm not opposed to giving him a swat on the butt, which usually works. ha.