Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Whoopeeeee!!
You can't see me, and it's a good thing, because I have been skipping around my kitchen in a sweaty sports bra and shorts.....this is what the weather guy has in store for us, and I am absolutely GIDDY with excitement!!
I might need a hobby.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Drop it like it's hot
It's that time of year in Texas again. The ground is parched and cracked, and if you listen closely, you can almost hear it begging to be watered. The long grass along the highway, formerly regal and tall, is now brown and leaning plaintively, having surrendered its last drop of moisture to the hot summer sun. Trees are drooping, long fields of grass have gone brown in the heat. Even the swimming pools, which usually provide some cooling relief, are superheated. For more than 20 days this summer, we've been over 100⁰. We had a streak of 100⁰+ days that ran for 18 days in a row
My favorite euphemism for the heat is "hotter than the hinges of hell." Apparently, I've used that phrase a time too often, because my officemate recently sent me an email with these phrases. Nothing else, just these. She made her point.
That's right, folks, I am excited about highs in the high 90s. How damn hot does it have to be to take a screen shot of your weather forecast, especially when temperatures that high would have the majority of the country calling uncle? The answer is...very.
A couple of weeks ago, I was out picking up dinner when a summer storm popped up unexpectedly. Big fat raindrops fell from the sky, and I kid you not, everyone in the lobby went to the window to watch the few drops that made it to the earth. I stepped outside and drank in the smell of fresh rain, if just for a moment. While I was out there, a little girl in a white car rolled her window down about two inches, stuck a tiny hand out and caught raindrops. I envied her because she touched the rain, when I just got to smell it.
I heard on Friday, I think, that summer only lasts for 35 more days. It's a shame I can't just huddle in the dark, curtains drawn and ceiling fans swirling, until the final days of heat pass. But I will get up every day and head into the heat and wait for cooler days ahead.
Soon, the hot days will pass and we'll be looking at a nice mild winter while the rest of you dig out of snow for three months. But for now, my life sucks more than yours.
I'm off to find a slurpee and a hand fan.
My favorite euphemism for the heat is "hotter than the hinges of hell." Apparently, I've used that phrase a time too often, because my officemate recently sent me an email with these phrases. Nothing else, just these. She made her point.
- Hotter than a hen in a wool blanket
- Hotter than a two-dollar pistol
- Hotter'n love in hayin' time
- Hotter than a nanny goat in a pepper patch
- Hotter than a nun's bug
- Hotter than a half-made fox in a forest fire
A couple of weeks ago, I was out picking up dinner when a summer storm popped up unexpectedly. Big fat raindrops fell from the sky, and I kid you not, everyone in the lobby went to the window to watch the few drops that made it to the earth. I stepped outside and drank in the smell of fresh rain, if just for a moment. While I was out there, a little girl in a white car rolled her window down about two inches, stuck a tiny hand out and caught raindrops. I envied her because she touched the rain, when I just got to smell it.
I heard on Friday, I think, that summer only lasts for 35 more days. It's a shame I can't just huddle in the dark, curtains drawn and ceiling fans swirling, until the final days of heat pass. But I will get up every day and head into the heat and wait for cooler days ahead.
Soon, the hot days will pass and we'll be looking at a nice mild winter while the rest of you dig out of snow for three months. But for now, my life sucks more than yours.
I'm off to find a slurpee and a hand fan.
Thursday, August 05, 2010
California Gurls, indeed
2 backpacks...........................................................$40
School supplies.......................................................$56
School uniforms.......................................................$143
New shoes, three times............................................$174.89
Lunches...................................................................$372.50
Watching your mom humiliate you at graduation........priceless
2 women charged in kindergarten graduation brawl
Associated Press
Posted on August 5, 2010 at 9:05 AM
VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) – Two women have been charged with misdemeanors for a fight that led to a brawl during a Southern California kindergarten graduation ceremony.
San Bernardino County investigators say the women were arguing and it got physical in a field near the June ceremony at Puesta del Sol Elementary in Victorville.
Several men got involved and the incident turned into a brawl, forcing school officials to place the school on lockdown until deputies sorted things out. No one was hurt.
Court records show misdemeanor charges have been filed against 31-year-old Queiona Burt and 29-year-old Marina Ruth Vargas.
Prosecutors say they face up to six months in jail if convicted for interference with peaceful conduct at a school and 90 days in jail for unlawful acts committed on school grounds.
I'm from Texas, and we usually reserve our humiliating bar fights for places like bars.
Maybe those Daisy Dukes and bikinis on top are a bit much. Or is it the sand in their stilettos? Way to represent, California!
School supplies.......................................................$56
School uniforms.......................................................$143
New shoes, three times............................................$174.89
Lunches...................................................................$372.50
Watching your mom humiliate you at graduation........priceless
2 women charged in kindergarten graduation brawl
Associated Press
Posted on August 5, 2010 at 9:05 AM
VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) – Two women have been charged with misdemeanors for a fight that led to a brawl during a Southern California kindergarten graduation ceremony.
San Bernardino County investigators say the women were arguing and it got physical in a field near the June ceremony at Puesta del Sol Elementary in Victorville.
Several men got involved and the incident turned into a brawl, forcing school officials to place the school on lockdown until deputies sorted things out. No one was hurt.
Court records show misdemeanor charges have been filed against 31-year-old Queiona Burt and 29-year-old Marina Ruth Vargas.
Prosecutors say they face up to six months in jail if convicted for interference with peaceful conduct at a school and 90 days in jail for unlawful acts committed on school grounds.
I'm from Texas, and we usually reserve our humiliating bar fights for places like bars.
Maybe those Daisy Dukes and bikinis on top are a bit much. Or is it the sand in their stilettos? Way to represent, California!
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