Stacie Was a No Show

Nope, Stacie didn't show up at the get together this weekend, and that's a good thing. We didn't get to see Hans either. We did all have a great time, even the kids. The hay ride was a blast and I got a lot of cool pictures of the fall colors and of my friends and their families. The Husband and I got some good pictures taken of us as well. I really enjoyed myself, I hung out with the girls inside and then the guys outside. It was a nice cool clear and crisp night, I wish we had stars at home like they do.

We Can Make Plans

I'm so excited, The Husband and I have plans for the weekend.
Maybe a football game at my old high school tonight, they put in a new 'stadium' a couple years ago and I haven't seen it yet.
Then Saturday morning, we're going to see my niece and nephew's soccer games. This is the only Saturday that all three of them play at different times. We can actually watch all of their individual games without having to run across the field at half time of one to catch the next one.
Early Saturday afternoon I get to make food because we are headed to a friends house. The Lake friends are getting together for a hay ride and a bonfire. Woot, woot! I can't wait to see all of them, maybe even Stacie and Hans can hang out. (Hans is my friend's drinking name, he has been known to dance on his own table.)

Untitled

A few days ago I was browsing around the itunes music store when a song popped into my head. I quickly typed "Domestic Problems" in the search engine and hit enter. I didn't expect the song I wanted to be listed, after all it wasn't this past spring. As I anxiously scrolled through the listed songs I found it. I played the preview (why is it a preview, I'm just listening) and was disappointed, not the version I wanted. Then I sorted the songs by title... there in the list was the title of the song I was looking for, three of them. Three versions of my second favorite song in the world. One of the three listed had that all important word behind it, acoustic. Without hesitation I bought the 6minute and 40second song "Untitled". I was elated, I jumped up and down, I did 'the-happy-white-girl-dance' then I synced my pod. I promptly marched into the living room plugged the pod into the stereo, cranked it up and sang along...twice!

I can tell you the story
battles never won
people standing blindly
out of reach of the sun

And I'm telling you
that I am in love woah
I am in love
I am in love
with a girl that
holds me with her eyes

voices surround me
bicker and i shame(?)
I wish with a passion
why can’t she feel the same

and I'm telling you that
I am in love woah
I am in love
I am in love
with a girl that
holds me with her eyes

trying to be a friend
and maybe that it'll be
I know what i feel inside
please see the beauty in me woah
please see the beauty in me woah
please see the beauty in me...

my heart feels empty
soul shakin' pain
I wish I could hold her
man I lose but I gain

and I'm telling you that
I am in love woah
I am in love
I am in love
with a girl that
holds me with her eyes
and I'm telling you that
I am in love woah
I am in love
I am in love
with a girl that
holds me with her eyes woah
holds me with her eyes woah
holds me with her eyes...

Domestic Problems Untitled

My friend Patti and I would sit in her mom's hot tub and sing our favorite songs. This was one of the songs we would sing often times more than once. I don't remember the first time I heard it or how long I've known it, I just feel that I alway have. I sing it in the shower, I sing it when I shovel snow, rake leaves, or while mowing the lawn. I sing it when I am in a hot tub with or without Patti. I, like Patti, write the lyrics on my note pad rather than doodling. This song is a part of me.

A Few Things I've Learned

1. Kayaking is fun

2. Cell phones don't enjoy Kayaking as much as I do. Well, at least not when they are in a plastic grocery bag in a cooler with melting ice.

3. Cell phones that did not enjoy their trip down the river in a plastic bag in a cooler with melting ice rebel and refuse to work. Each in their own way. One may not receive or send calls while the other may refuse to stay on once you open or close it.

4. Kayaking can lead to some NASTY feminine complications.

5. When tween-agers attack your vehicle with shaving cream, silly string, cotton balls, toilet paper and plastic grocery bags it can be funny.

6. The parents of the tweens my not find it as funny and for some reason that makes it more funny (to me).

7. When the tweens apologize for their vandalism in front of their parents don't say, "that's OK, I thought it was funny." Apparently, that sort of statement hinders the discipline process.

To My Friend L

I want to thank you for all of your insight, your encouragement and your strength. Thank you for being blunt and at the same time being gentile. You have a wonderful way of listening and understanding. Thank you for not making me feel foolish, or childish. Thank you for giving me a voice. Thank you for opening my eyes to things I hadn't seen before, I will try not to take those things for granted. I feel that I have found a friend in you, someone I can trust.

Oh, and thanks for the pickles!