A Day In The Life: October 2014

After a three hour Auction for my in-laws move, the three of us made a run to the store...strange the things you throw in when you're stressed, tired, & 40 something with a young child.

I'm getting drunken vacuum lessons from my brother in law while my ears are being taken advantage of by Too Short. My interesting evening continues into the next day.

Amazing show by the moon & sun this morning.
http://whotv.com/2014/10/08/this-video-of-the-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse-over-des-moines-is-amazing/

Ava is so lucky to have the best first grade friends. She was a little nervous about going back to school today, but when we got there & every kid in her class yelled her name & squeezed her tight, I saw the worry melt away. I feel so happy for her that she has each of them to make her feel so loved. Thanks to their Mom's for raising such sweet kids for her to have with her along the way.

Child tries to pull prank on Mom, Mom has a bunch of crap going on in her life AND has PMS, child quickly learns she chose the wrong time to pull prank, & Mom sucks!

Message from Adonica Cosgrove...
Conversation that took place about 10 min ago:
Mom: Liar
JJ: Liar, liar, pants on fire.
Me: I see someone's underwear. Might be red, might be blue, might be full of dynamite. Kaboom!...
JJ: Where did you learn that?
Me: I don't know...from when I was like 5.
Mom: From the Harris girls, probably.

As I sit here with my feverish kid (because we haven't had enough going on), I started reminiscing about the year I helped run a bed & breakfast when I was 24. The stories I could tell!!! BUT, my three favorite guests.... The Doctor, who cursed out the window every morning at 4:30am when the birds started their loud summer singing, then he would promptly slam the window down as hard as possible. Hefner, the naked guy under the robe every morning for breakfast. And, The S...creamers. They came for our Valentine Special evening, complete with champagne, chocolate strawberries, & a fire log burning in their private fireplace. The sex those two shared with us had everyone in the hall looking around making sure someone wasn't being murdered...then the wired smoke alarms started going off because a bird nest caught on fire inside the chimney in the screamers room. They came out in sheets, everyone had to leave, then they tried to sue us for smoke damage on their leather jackets.

The memories I have are tainted with these people, but dang, I am laughing really hard to myself right now.

I promptly had to take my IPhone away from Ava when she figured out Siri would find images of a brain to show her & she proceeded to giggle & ask Siri to, "show me a picture of your buttocks."

Sad, I walked outside & thought 49 felt pretty warm.

Sun & blue skies breaking free...goodbye dirty cloudy skies!

Sun & blue skies breaking free...goodbye dirty cloudy skies!

20 Year Class Reunion

I had such a great weekend with friends that go back to kindergarten, & I'm still giggling about our Saturday night. I also got a few hours with my parents hiking some beautiful spots in IL. It was much needed fun for me, & the beauty (& silliness) in those days will always be remembered.

old friends still run together

Nauvoo, IL provided a beautiful fall show

This is how fast one drives in Iowa (on the HWY) during harvest season. ‪#‎slowdownandenjoylife

Let's just say I had a good time today. Last time I was on a horse for a real ride like this, we had a small accident. Today I was a bit nervous, but Blue & I got along just fine...except when he wanted to eat all the leaves off this tree!