CRASH BANG BOOM...

the thunder and lightening may have hit the Carolina's harder than we imagined, that or just dumb luck on my part. Our new computer monitor is so snazzy, and I argued with the kids for an entire evening that it was the same size as our old one, only to find out later that evening with a little giggle from my honey, that he pulled a switcheroo on me, the monitor is larger than the one I thought we were buying, he had the salesperson at BBuy swap boxes when I was elsewhere in the store shopping. All in fun, I really am grateful for the new monitor, and savy brotherinlaw that came over and cleaned up my sluggish system, that was just bleeding memory and catching any bug that blew our way....sluggish system, bleeding memory - sounds like me without my to-do list, I am attempting to keep motivated. After hearing my honey get up and ready for work, my feet hit the floor running, and I was out the door by 7a, like normal people., doggie strapped in for the ride to his shampoo appointment, list in hand, coffee loaded and by noon when I finally stopped, I finished my book club selection, Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas and had myself a good sweaty cry behind my Foster Grants poolside. So the evening is finally over, storms blew through again, and our crepe myrtles (sp) made a gorgeous snowy picture as the winds whipped through, it truly was like seeing Christmas in July,. :) kim

catching lightening bugs...

ok, we have been blessed with loads of sunshine, and afternoon thunderstorms, and household disasters - garage door opener - fried over the fourth, computer monitor - sizzles when you start it up, and screen goes black, lamp in family room- base broke and the lamp now has osteoporosis.
I have found the worst of the household disasters in my bathroom mirror. YES my tummy and thighs, enter the tankini - yes ladies, that Lands End wonder suit, the one that makes you feel as if you still have what you had 20 years ago, nice tight tummy and slender but curvy thighs...however I now have the dreaded tankini tummy - and with the skirt, newly dimpled thighs. The tankini is the kill all of what not to do after 40., once you are in that you have the feeling that you can let it all hang out, and without the constant sucking in exercise you used to do when wearing a real bikini, your tummy muscles take a dive, wide load ahead. So I now have the dreaded inner tube middle and cottage cheese thighs. Instead of spending hours on the couch with a DVD marathon running on our nice 50 some odd inch TV , I need to get out and walk, but its so hot, I sweat before I make it out of the shower to grab a towel, whats a 40+ something wife going to do??? hum, back to the nice air conditioned gym, membership we kept just in case, is now JUST DO IT, in my book - you only have one life to live, and that is how the cookie crumbles, god I hope it wasnt a double stuff Oreo. Now I am hungry....love kim

THE BEACH....

WE HAD SO MUCH FUN IN THE SUN !!! AND SOME HOW A GOOD FAIRY CAME INTO MY COMPUTERS HARD DRIVE, AND RESTORED MY EMAIL ADDRESSES, MY INBOX FOLDERS, AND SAVED FILES.....AND AS SOON AS I CAN GET MY REAR IN GEAR AND RELOAD MY INK I WILL PRINT EVERYTHING AS A BACK UP...YOU NEVER KNOW WITH THESE COMPUTERS..

ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I HAVE UPLOADED BEACH PICTURES, MY LITTLE MANS FIFTH GRADE GRADUATION CEREMONY, MADE PHOTO ALBUMS ONLINE AND STARTED TO RE-PACK FOR THE 4TH....AND I HOPE TO HAVE TIME TO FIND THE FLOOR BOARDS OF MY LITTLE SUV, I HAVE NUMEROUS FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT UNLOAD THEIR PRE-READ MAGAZINES ON ME SO I CAN USE THE CLIPPINGS FOR MY OBESSSION WITH DECOPAGE/ART/JOURNAL PICTURE FRAME MAKING. THE SAD NEWS IS ...I CLIP CLIP CLIP AND THEN I DONT WANT TO USE THE CLIPPINGS, LIKE I AM SAVING THEM FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT PASTE PROJECT, BUT ONCE I START PASTING, I AM ON THE HUNT FOR MORE CLIPPINGS....WEIRD BUT TRUE.

BACK TO REAL LIFE AND LAUNDRY AND YARD WORK I HAVE TONS OF WEEDS TO PULL AND ONE MORE FLAT TO PLANT...I WILL POST PHOTOS SOON. HAVE A BLESSED FOURTH OF JULY!!!!