PS. Remember when I wrote about my younger brother, who happens to be 42 years old, having his first child. Well this is her, just two months old, and isn't she the cutest.
So, as you can see there is no photo. Let me give you a description of the photo that didn't get taken.
It snowed last night. WoooHoooo, a White Christmas. Out I went into the cold this morning to shovel the driveway and walk, along with the neighbors driveway and walk. Here I am, 40-something years old, bundled up in my favorite work coat and Dayton's, my middle child and kindred spirit's, gloves (I don't own any of my own). Picture this........
Under all of the warm stuff, the coat and the gloves, I am dressed in my LEI light pajama bottoms, you know the kind you get at Wal-Mart that are thin, so that when you have night sweats you don't just melt and die, but warm enough that after the night sweats, when you start freezing, they will keep you from shivering right out of bed. Then on my cute little toes I am wearing some knock off Uggs, bought at Payless Shoes, quite a few years ago. My sister gave them to me when her daughter told her they were ugly. I was thankful for them and snatched them right off of her feet. I really shouldn't wear them anymore, but I love them and they are so comfy, just not too fashionable. Then on the upper half I am wearing a cute, at least in my eyes, flannel pajama top I got at Wal-Mart. Its red, goes down to just above my knees, so yes it was hanging out real pretty under my coat, and I have searched for a year for just this pajama top. And on the cute morning head there is no beanie, but there is my stringy, yucky, night hair pulled back into a pony tail.
And the label for this wonderful word photo is............
'Winter Workout'
Luckily I decided not to get tailEnd out of bed to take the photo. At least lucky for you. This is not something you would like to see just before Christmas. I am sure it would have ruined the whole season for you. And good thing midMan was at work, he wouldn't have let me out of the house.
Isn't he just the cutest. Such a jokester too. He did not make this easy. Most of the shots were of him having fun. He is not helping me to learn, but then again, maybe he is.
I decided that I probably should have included an explanation with the 'One Word Wednesday' post this week. So here it is.
My midMan loves to look for discarded treasures, whether that be in a camp ground or in a park. My first experience with this was the day I went into labor and delivered our oldest son. It was 4:00AM and we did not want my labor to stop, so here we go, walking and walking and walking. Thankfully we leaved real close to the park so we hiked a few laps around and through. On the first trek through the park we came across a brand new little TONKA truck. The first words out of midMan's mouth were 'Treasure!'. The next few words were, 'We are for sure having a boy.' (no ultrasounds way back then)
So as time goes on we always stop at old camp sites and he wanders and looks and usually is able to find something. Now that something can range from a little bit of rope, a nail, a bloody arrow (from around bow hunt), a single tent stake here or there, maybe even a stretched out hanger for roasting hotdogs, and countless other items. He has 'Treasures' all over the place. His view is that you never know when you may need it.
So this is what we did last weekend, in between all of the hiking in the snow, 'Treasure' hunting. He managed to find some rope and two tent stakes. Not to bad in his mind. The only thing I have to say is that it's a good thing he likes thing to be clean, neat, and in there place, otherwise we could have a serious hoarding issue.
Just a quick side note. Does anyone remember Seinfeld and George's dad screaming 'Serenity now! Serenity now!'? By the end of the show everyone was screaming it. That show just makes me laugh and not take life so seriously.
But when you just whisper it.........isn't this picture just about what would pop into your head?