I just know that I am one of those foolish virgins. "Oil? What oil? I didn't hear anyone say anything about bringing extra oil! Where is that lamp? I had it in my hand just a minute ago."
So, knowing this about myself and since there is still some daylight shining, what am I doing about it. I say "Carpe diem". I get out my lists. What to buy for a 72 Hour Emergency kit. I make up a shopping list that will deplete Walmart's camping isle.
Then my mind really kicks into gear. I wonder if I should buy backpacks while I am at it. Where are those backpacks the girls used at girl's camp? They even had hip straps and everything. But David and I are getting too feeble to carry all of that water and stuff. I should look at those bike trailer thingys that you can hook on your bike. Someone must be selling one on Craig's list. Before I get on the computer I'd better look at the bikes. I'll bet the bike tires won't even hold air anymore and I know that one of the hand brakes is broken.
The next thing I know, I am in the garage moving all kinds of things so I can get the bikes off of the hooks where they are stored. The lawn mower and tools need to be moved. My quilting boards are in the way so I take them to the attic. And what do I find hiding there? The camping equipment with the missing backpacks. Well, that's a relief!
By the end of the day, I have camping equipment burping out of the attic, a garage that looks like a cyclone hit it, and a crumpled up list for Walmart. I guess I will seize the day TOMORROW.
Mom, I laughed my way through that post. You are so funny ... the other funny thing? I can see that whole thing playing out in my head. Same thing happens here ... I get started on one thing, that reminds me of another thing and so forth. Then with pregnancy brain it's a real trip trying to figure out what I originally set out to do. At least you're getting your 72 hour kit together. Something happens, Lane, the baby and I are getting in the car and coming there.
ReplyDeleteYou are so funny. I have had the same exact day. It started with me thinking that I needed to get the kids' laundry out of my room. But because I do laundry every day I thought it would be good to actually get some kind of containers to put them in regularly. So I came out to the computer to search around and I saw that the kitchen was a mess, so I started to pick that up. Then I went back to the bedroom and noticed Calvin had spilled Fruit Loops all over my bed, so I stripped it down and put that into a pile. Then I remembered the laundry I left in the washer, switched it. And put in another load that was already waiting. Back to the computer to email a friends who had a cute container .... and on and on. The result? It's 1:20. I'm still in PJs. I have laundry all over my room and on my naked bed. I have clean sheets and blankets to put back on staked at the bottom and a laundry room that is overflowing with more stuff to be washed. But darn it all, I need those stinkin' containers that started it all to get the laundry put away!
ReplyDeleteHahaha. Love this family. So much like my own, but we aren't as crafty... yet.
ReplyDeleteYou and my mother are identical twins born years apart. You look alike, you talk a like and you prepare exactly the same way. I wonder, when company is coming do you clean out your pantry and the light bulbs first? I bet you do, because that is exactly what my mother does! You are so funny! Send me your email address and I will invite you to my blog (it is private) beckychatwin@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteSo you in your spare time you post on your blog too? Gail, you are amazing. . .so glad we share grandchildren and I have the privilege to share in your humor, brilliance and forever energy. We need to coordinate our trips so we make it to Dallas at the same time. . but then again, we might just play all the time rather than being the dutiful Grandmas. . .you're wonderful.
ReplyDeleteMy dearest Gail...I feel your...and...my kitchen is so dirty...is that dust in the back vent of my computer?
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