Friday night -- baked, baked, baked!!! Three dozen pumpkin muffins for the church picnic plus 2 dozen gluten-free mini muffins for the author of this blog. The evening was concluded with the 80's movie, Short Circuit. It's funny because back when this movie was popular, everyone was wearing the "cool" styles portrayed in the movie. Now when I watch the likes of movies created in circa 1980, I find myself saying, "WHAT WERE WE THINKING????" Seriously! And what is even scarier -- if you go walk through the mall (you know -- in 2011!!!!), you will see those very same, NOT-GOOD-BACK-IN-THE-DAY STYLES are popular now. I draw the line at stirrup pants and tight red knit skirts. Come on people!!!! It wasn't cool in 1987...sooo why would you assume it would be cool now? It's not. It's really not.
Where was I?
Saturday was non-stop action for our fabulous Cottage Chick....first, haircut. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. Now before you freak out and think I hacked-off all my curls, I did not get my hair cut, as in cut-cut. I just got it trimmed. It's amazing what a half-an-inch will do for my curls!!! After the therapy/haircut session, I was off to our church picnic. Who doesn't love an entire afternoon fellowshipping with the fabulous individuals that make up a church family??? I love my church family. I loved spending Saturday afternoon with them. It was a blustery sort-of day...which was fine with me because it was SWEATER WEATHER!!!!!! The children and I played on the swings and we teeter-tottered. Nowadays, they make the teeter-toters with a spring in the middle so some poor scrawny kid won't get stuck up in the air while a mean, chubby kid sits at the other end laughing. You know it happened to you....it happened to everyone. And then there was the twit that would mid-way through the teeter would jump off and you would come slamming down. How our spines recovered from that, I just don't know. Soo swinging, teeter-tottering, climbing to the top of a dual ladder-ish type climbing contraption. Meghan and I sat up there discussing the perils of 5th grade. I steered clear of the slide because that thing had some static issues and let's face it, the curls don't need any of that...for real!
All that fresh air and "playing" really can wear a person out....so that evening when I was getting ready for bed, I pulled my down comforter back and discovered a good-sized brown spider trying to skitter off my bed and take cover. Well -- no worries, I had on my handy-dandy slipper -- which by the way, makes a fabulous spider-squashing device. Death to the arachnid! And I'm fairly certain that the title to the movie is All DOGS go to Heaven...soo we all know what happens to the spiders. I did discover something kind of cool. Although my heart rate increased slightly, I, Angie Good, am not afraid of spiders and squishing them. I think it's the whole "they-don't-fly" factor. I was thinking about this as I drifted off to sleep (oh - and mark it down, I did peel back all the covers to insure that no other arachnids were lurking around...maybe wondering where their buddy went...ummmm -- he's dead. Tell the others!!!!!)... So I was thinking, how cool is it that I squished that spider and I wasn't screaming like a girl!!!! Spiders don't fly!!! Bingo!
Okay -- so all this talk about spider killing has reminded me of something random that I totally want to blog about...and I think I will just insert it here because it's not right and it's on my mind...
The praying mantis. (I should tell you that this blog post is dedicated to Leah and Ginger K!)
I envision some male praying mantises getting together to discuss the new girlie praying mantises that have moved into the park. I'm sure they "talk" to one another. Sooo why in the world don't they put 2 and 2 together and realize that if they hook-up with the girl, they are going to become deceased. CHOMP! Goners! Bye-bye birdie! The conversation probably would go something like this...
Bill (praying mantis #1): "Hey Steve, have you seen Charlie lately?"
Steve (praying mantis #2): "Actually no, I haven't seen him since he hooked-up with Anita." (Insert Jaws theme.)
Bill: "Hmmm...I wonder what happened?"
Ummmmmmm...Anita murdered your friend!!!! It would do the male praying mantis community good to stick with the notion (that every 2nd grade boy knows to be the absolute truth), "GIRLS HAVE COOTIES!" Just sayin'....
This week is going to be soooo much more low-key and quiet for me and I am not just saying that because my favorite co-worker is still on the "invalid" list...but because after work, I only have a minimal plans. Hip hip hooray!!!! And the week is ending with a Stamping Extravaganza and a small social gathering requiring Angie to pull out the big guns and BAKE!!!!!!! This week is kind of like "And she lived happily ever after..." (sigh)
What will this week have in store? What funny and fabulous things will happen to the girl with curly hair? Stay tuned to find out.
Speaking of curly hair -- did you know that your hair has a MEMORY? Seriously. I've read this and I heard it directly from my fabulous hair stylist's mouth. And guess what? Last week - I proved it to be true. Technically, my hair proved it to be true. Starting on Sunday (last Sunday), I left my hair curly every single day...and by Friday, my curls were soooo out-of-control that I was nervous. Curly - curly...kind of crazy curly. On Saturday, while getting my hair trimmed, I asked Missy about this. She said, "You should really straighten your hair every other day or two days in a row to have bigger curls on the off days." There you have it -- the cure for the crazy curls. (I'm laughing because I'm hearing that commercial, "The cure for the common cold.")
Have a great week!!!!!
~ Angie
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