3-23-10
Since I have thoroughly embarrassed myself by telling you all my stupid secrets, I will now proceed to make fun of others. I have seen and heard many a stupid thing in my life. But this first anecdote is by far my favorite. As told to me by a friend several years ago, I will put the story below. The only thing I will change are the names to protect the innocent and the stupid.
Bob and Jane were avid outdoors people. They enjoyed water skiing, tennis, golf, hiking, and anything in nature's playground. For this occasion, they had rented a houseboat for a long weekend excursion. It was mid-July and very hot out on the lake. On the first day of their vacation, Bob had failed to properly apply sunscreen and had a red ring around his body just above his shorts line. After lamenting his now uneven tan line, he came up with a solution. For the second day of outdoor fun, before leaving the interior of the boat, Bob decided to strip down naked so as to not have a spotty tan line from a misapplication. Jane was the attentive wife and diligently rubbed the sunscreen on all areas to prevent any red rings. She then took her towel and proceeded out the door to soak up the sun on the roof of the boat. She only got three steps out the door when she heard, "OH GOSH!!!" and turned to see her naked husband running back into the boat. Apparently he had forgotten that he was stark naked and was just following Jane out onto the roof of the boat. It wouldn't have been so bad if there hadn't been other boats docked in very visible range. After Jane picked herself up off the floor of the boat from her hysterics of laughter, she checked around to see if Bob had been seen streaking on their boat. There were a few skiers out in the morning water but it was doubtful that they were looking towards Bob and Jane. Needless to say, Bob put on his shorts and they went on about their day. Every once in awhile Jane would giggle and remember the sound of her husband realizing he was completely naked. It will always bring a smile to her face.
And to mine. If you knew Bob, you would laugh hard too.
I hope that you had fun laughing at Jane and Bob. The next story could be about you.
Hope you have a blessed evening and thanked for reading my blog.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Stupid Things #2
3-22-10
Don't be shocked. I know this is the second day in a row that I am blogging. Try and control your excitement and shock.
In continuing my story from yesterday, I must tell you another stupid thing I have done. Ok. Control your shock again. As hard as it was to believe that I did anything stupid, can you believe that I would do more than one stupid thing? Also try to repress your laughter. It hurts my feelings a little.
So, on to Stupid People Tricks #2...
My loving husband surprised me on our anniversary weekend with a ski trip to Maggie Valley. We had a wonderful trip that included skiing and relaxing. There was also a hot tub that we soaked in after a full day of skiing. As much as I love skiing and hot tubs all these activities tend to make the skin very dry. So after I hopped in the shower, I slathered on some lotion to soothe my crackling skin. Later on that day I noticed some red welts popping up on my inner arms. I was a little alarmed but I thought that it was a reaction to the travel lotion that I had packed. As the day wore on the patches of red on my arms began to burn and grow larger. By the end of the night I also had splotches on my legs that were burning as well.
When I showed my husband, he was appalled by the spots and was ready to take me to the hospital. He demanded to see what foreign product had created this massive outbreak on my body. I grabbed the travel lotion bottle and read to him the outside that said "extra moisturizing" and at the bottom in teeny tiny print it said "body wash." WHAT!!!! The body wash got me again. I had put soap all over me and left it on all day!!!!!!! I am so stupid. I immediately washed it off and applied real lotion and began the healing process. Luckily within the week my skin was back to normal and my ego was only slightly worse for the wear.
I leave you with these thoughts. Beware the body wash.
Have a blessed evening and thanks for reading my blog.
Don't be shocked. I know this is the second day in a row that I am blogging. Try and control your excitement and shock.
In continuing my story from yesterday, I must tell you another stupid thing I have done. Ok. Control your shock again. As hard as it was to believe that I did anything stupid, can you believe that I would do more than one stupid thing? Also try to repress your laughter. It hurts my feelings a little.
So, on to Stupid People Tricks #2...
My loving husband surprised me on our anniversary weekend with a ski trip to Maggie Valley. We had a wonderful trip that included skiing and relaxing. There was also a hot tub that we soaked in after a full day of skiing. As much as I love skiing and hot tubs all these activities tend to make the skin very dry. So after I hopped in the shower, I slathered on some lotion to soothe my crackling skin. Later on that day I noticed some red welts popping up on my inner arms. I was a little alarmed but I thought that it was a reaction to the travel lotion that I had packed. As the day wore on the patches of red on my arms began to burn and grow larger. By the end of the night I also had splotches on my legs that were burning as well.
When I showed my husband, he was appalled by the spots and was ready to take me to the hospital. He demanded to see what foreign product had created this massive outbreak on my body. I grabbed the travel lotion bottle and read to him the outside that said "extra moisturizing" and at the bottom in teeny tiny print it said "body wash." WHAT!!!! The body wash got me again. I had put soap all over me and left it on all day!!!!!!! I am so stupid. I immediately washed it off and applied real lotion and began the healing process. Luckily within the week my skin was back to normal and my ego was only slightly worse for the wear.
I leave you with these thoughts. Beware the body wash.
Have a blessed evening and thanks for reading my blog.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Stupid things
3-21-10
Do you ever do stupid things? I like to pretend that I am completely perfect and that at no time in my life have I EVER done anything that resembles stupid or less than perfect. We all know that it isn't true. No one is infallible, albeit some of us are more fallible than others, but I digress.
This morning I was reflecting on some stupid things that I have done which made me feel really dumb but in time I have decided to share because well, to other people it will be hilarious. I guess I am channeling my inner Pioneer Woman, my favorite blogger, to "Keep it Real".
One of the first anedotes that came to mind was an incident that took place in the shower. No, this is not X-rated. I am usually an early riser and generally get up first thing in the morning and jump in the shower. The hot water serves to wake me up and also soothe out any sore muscles I might have. On this particular morning, I washed my hair as usual and then put in the conditioner. I leave the conditioner in and wash it out after completing the other menial tasks I need to do (wash face, shave legs, etc..). After washing out the conditioner I realized that my hair was not the same smooth texture it should be. It was tangly and hard to run my fingers through. Thinking that I had not put enough conditioner in, I went through the process again. I put in the conditioner and this time got a lot into my hair and then promptly rinsed. The same result took place again. I was hesitant to get out of the shower with such a mess in my hair so I once more went to get the conditioner to put it in my hair. It is at this point I should tell you the layout of my shower.
We have a dispenser in our shower that holds our shampoo, conditioner, and body wash (soap for those of you who are boys). All of the little levers are labeled with the appropriate titles and they always remain in the same place. On this particular morning, I guess my brain was not into reading and was more about the colors. Because instead of reaching for the conditioner the third time around I reached for the same item I had put in my hair two times previously, the body wash. Yes, I had thoroughly washed my hair with body wash two times in a row and was reaching for a third time when I finally awakened to the problem. READ the label. Needless to say I was embarrassed and never told the story until now. You may think that it's no big deal but it was a very silly mistake and now can you can relentlessly retell the story and make fun of me. Please change the names to protect my status as a person who NEVER makes any stupid mistakes.
I will continue the sage of the stupid things I have done next time.
I hope that you have a blessed day and thanks for reading my blog!
Do you ever do stupid things? I like to pretend that I am completely perfect and that at no time in my life have I EVER done anything that resembles stupid or less than perfect. We all know that it isn't true. No one is infallible, albeit some of us are more fallible than others, but I digress.
This morning I was reflecting on some stupid things that I have done which made me feel really dumb but in time I have decided to share because well, to other people it will be hilarious. I guess I am channeling my inner Pioneer Woman, my favorite blogger, to "Keep it Real".
One of the first anedotes that came to mind was an incident that took place in the shower. No, this is not X-rated. I am usually an early riser and generally get up first thing in the morning and jump in the shower. The hot water serves to wake me up and also soothe out any sore muscles I might have. On this particular morning, I washed my hair as usual and then put in the conditioner. I leave the conditioner in and wash it out after completing the other menial tasks I need to do (wash face, shave legs, etc..). After washing out the conditioner I realized that my hair was not the same smooth texture it should be. It was tangly and hard to run my fingers through. Thinking that I had not put enough conditioner in, I went through the process again. I put in the conditioner and this time got a lot into my hair and then promptly rinsed. The same result took place again. I was hesitant to get out of the shower with such a mess in my hair so I once more went to get the conditioner to put it in my hair. It is at this point I should tell you the layout of my shower.
We have a dispenser in our shower that holds our shampoo, conditioner, and body wash (soap for those of you who are boys). All of the little levers are labeled with the appropriate titles and they always remain in the same place. On this particular morning, I guess my brain was not into reading and was more about the colors. Because instead of reaching for the conditioner the third time around I reached for the same item I had put in my hair two times previously, the body wash. Yes, I had thoroughly washed my hair with body wash two times in a row and was reaching for a third time when I finally awakened to the problem. READ the label. Needless to say I was embarrassed and never told the story until now. You may think that it's no big deal but it was a very silly mistake and now can you can relentlessly retell the story and make fun of me. Please change the names to protect my status as a person who NEVER makes any stupid mistakes.
I will continue the sage of the stupid things I have done next time.
I hope that you have a blessed day and thanks for reading my blog!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Hello World!
3-2-10
Well, here it is the second day of March and I am at home because it is snowing. What is up with that? Since I am stuck home and hubby is at school I have decided to update this here blog.
So, it was October the last time I wrote here. What has happened since then? Well, Christmas, New Year's Day, Lots of traveling, birthday, Valentine's Day, and lots of SNOW!!!!!!
Here is a picture of the snow for your viewing pleasure...
This is our house at the last snow. Right now, there is as much snow in our yard. YIKES!!!!
In other news, aside from the weather, Michael and I are super busy with the repair shop. There are clarinet re-pads and Bari Sax regulations galore in the basement. I will get to those right after I finish blogging.
My thoughts for the day are not very exciting. But I figure I am just priming the pump (so to speak) for better blogs to come in the near future. I guess this blog hasn't died yet. If you are still out and about checking to see if I will ever write again, be excited!
Have a great day and thanks for reading my blog (I forget which number).
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