Today I am wearing a jean skirt….yeah…a jean skirt-don’t judge. Its not a homeschool mom, long jean skirt-which I did have at once-but just one that goes to my knees….. I was debating what to wear and saw it in my closet this morning and thought-it’s been awhile dear jean skirt. The problem is that I think it’s about 4 years old.-it might just be way past its prime-but it’s so comfortable and hey-if it still fits me after 4 years..thats great too! I asked Ben if it looked dorky-he said “No-its fine”-but then again-what does he care-he doesn’t have to be seen with me all day. So I wore it..but now I’m rethinking my decision-yet- really-I shouldn’t be..Its summer time and no one is around. And who says it’s any dorkier than everything else I wear on a daily basis?
Last night I mowed the yard. As I was mowing- our neighbor-this about 70 year old lady who never shuts up when you get her talking…comes over to the fence-obviously-wanting to chat. Great…now my night of mowing is going to last even longer. So I stopped the mower and we talked about:
-Gardens-and how mine is pretty much non –existent and how there are rabbits in out yard. No way-rabbits in my yard? Ohh….So that’s where all the rabbit poop came from? seriously
-Where she used to have her garden-it was by the door, then by the fence and OH she used string and rags to keep the birds away
-Where the first house owner kept his garden-and wow-"he grew kale, and turnips and weird things like that-but he was German-you know-they like weird food?" Seriously.
-Our dog and how the guy before us had a lab-named Buddy-he barked whenever they walked in their door-they would say “It’s just us buddy”
-Oh and how could I forget….the water was turned off yesterday afternoon for some construction they are doing. Its almost like her world came to a crashing halt. :
Neighbor: "Tonight is the night my son does his laundry! (2 of her grown sons live with her-awkward) I can’t even flush the toilet and I have a pile of dishes sitting in the sink!”
Me: "Yah…ours was on after I was done eating dinner"
Neighbor: “Well..mine isn’t! I called the village and they said they put a note in my box but you want to know where I found that note-in the neighbors yard! How am I supposed to know about this when it isn’t even in my box!”
Me: "I noticed we had a note too-but not until I checked the mail as well."
All the time she was talking she had some food in her mouth she had clearly been savoring…little pieces kept coming out as she talked…..ugggg….Finally it ended and I went back to mowing….i also started to weed eat but then the weed eater did something weird that I didn’t feel like dealing with-so I am putting it off until later
Continuing to fuel my thrift store obsession, I took another trip to my favorite Wheaton thrift store and found something i have always wanted to buy-just never felt like putting out $9 or $10.00 for-because really..what do you do with a
A Giant Microbe. But when I found the
Bookworm for $1.00-I was sold!! Granted I would much rather have the
sore throat,
typhoid fever,
ebola or
chickenpox microbe-but the bookworm will do for now-I'm sure it will quickly becomes one of
Olivers new favorite toys.
I also bought a
Judy Clock-really..who needs a Judy Clock?--well..probably not me..but for $1.00 you can't pass that up either-and it seems to be an older style one...I always loved these when I was little-so why not have one of my own!? I just feel there is fun potential with it...either for future use or decorating ... somewhere...somehow..
besides a couple more stuffed animals for
Oliver and a photo album to put our house progress photos in...the last thing I found was
Harold's Fairy Tale. In my opinion one can never have too many Harold and The Purple Crayon books in their collection
