Hot enough for ya? My sincere sympathies to all of you Mid-Atlantic folk. I keep hearing about extreme temperatures and power outages - yikes. I'm afraid I've been complaining out here, and we've had highs in the upper 70's/low 80's. I know you hate me. But you must remember that we don't have an air conditioner in our house. And dang it, we're used to weather perfection, so we're spoiled rotten and have become wimps. But anyway, I'll try to keep things nice and cool around here for everybody.
This is my new summer beverage! It is OUTRAGEOUSLY GOOD!
...and lemonade. SO good it's crazy. It's like...an Arnold Palmer with vodka. Incredibly refreshing.
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Jimmy has, at long last, joined the 21st Century. I have purchased him...an iPhone. His old phone was so archaic, that AT&T upgraded him to an iPhone 3GS for only $1! Now I'm trying to teach him how to text. The following was our first text exchange. I think it neatly defines our marriage...
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And while I'm talking iPhone...
I have a new game obsession. Drop 7.
I can't stop playing it! I find myself playing it while I'm driving! Jude keeps yelling at me. It's a strategy/puzzle game that totally sucks you in. Try it!
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Have y'all seen Brave yet? Jude and I went on Sunday, and we both really enjoyed it. In truth, it's not the best of the Pixar films. It doesn't have any truly memorable characters, or songs that you leave the theater humming, but it was really sweet and it's nice to see a mother/daughter storyline. You never see that, do you? And I appreciated that Disney finally has a princess who has no prince!
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Okay, this is all pretty lame stuff. I guess I'm not really in a good writing-funny-stuff mood. Today we had the memorial for Jude's little friend Gus, who died last week from cancer. It was a beautiful, heartbreaking, joyous service - really a celebration of Gus's life. Jude participated with the Cub Scouts. They all marched in in their uniforms and lined the aisle, then the Boy Scout color guard came in with the flags. It was amazingly powerful, seeing all these little guys, so serious in their uniforms. It was sort of the Cub Scout version of a military funeral, seeing off their fallen comrade. So sweet. But there was one thing that I kept staring at through the entire service. After the Boy/Cub Scouts presented the flags, the flag from the Los Angeles Boy Scouts, which was placed right behind Gus's picture, fell in such a way that this is all we could read...
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Go visit Stacy.
Congrats to your hubs for getting onboard with the newest technology - an iPhone! He'll be hooked in no time!
Yep, yep it's been so hot here in the east with temperatures reaching the 100+ degree mark. I'm so ready for fall to arrive. For the past two nights we've gotten some much needed rain and that has brought a little relief, but I'm still ready for autumn.
Oh gosh, my heart goes out to Jude and his friend's family. That's so super sad! My prayers are with each person this young boy's life has crossed. God bless!
Gotta jet happy random Tuesday thoughts!
Posted by: Cathy Kennedy | 07/03/2012 at 05:48 AM
Ha, your husband reminds me of mine...too funny!
Posted by: Alaina | 07/03/2012 at 05:55 AM
I remember when I instructed my husband in texting. It was painful but now I hardly hear his voice on the phone. I've created a monster. And yes, some of our sessions look a lot like yours.
Posted by: Michele | 07/03/2012 at 06:21 AM
Nick has yet to text that way, but he has taken to the whole texting thing like crazy. Of course he has a line into the construction and oil field workers in our great state and he gets all the naughty/nasty picture messages that go around.
So sad about Gus. And so fitting that the flag fell just that way.
Posted by: VandyJ | 07/03/2012 at 07:12 AM
So, I thought the bottle was bbq sauce until I read AND SENT MY HUSBAND A TEXT SAYING GET ME SOME OF THIS TODAY.
Glossed over the game because *shudders* numbers *cringes* numbers *gag* numbers.
Font wars, ha! I'm is a nerd.
We saw Brave last weekend. I LOVED the mother/daughter dialogue. It was wonderful. And yes, no prince was refreshing (I will admit to almost expecting there to be an unexpected dashing boy at the end though; so glad that there wasn't). And no, not one of the best Pixar has offered, but I did enjoy it. Glad I read a few reviews beforehand, though and knew not to take Z. Quite a few people w/smaller kids had to leave b/c of the bears. I wish they'd hinted at that in the previews (or, maybe my 2 yr old is just too babyfied).
The flag made me smile because...of course.
Posted by: Arnebya | 07/03/2012 at 08:29 AM
BTW, I don't have air either. Well, we do have a few window units, but it's 92 in our house and we still haven't pulled them out. They's heavy. I'm sure we'll cave mid-July but until then, tank tops and drawers, kids. And popsicles.
Posted by: Arnebya | 07/03/2012 at 08:39 AM
Still thinking of sweet Gus all the way over here in Florida..
Posted by: Sprite's Keeper | 07/03/2012 at 09:33 AM
I'm seriously debating on what to get first-- a computer, or a pair of iPhones. Of course you have to realize that my last computer is over 12 years old, and we're using my Sister-in-law's old PC that must be around 6 years old. But then both my wife and I have Trak-phones which have none of the cool games and you have to text using the number pad on the phone. Oh, the agony...
Posted by: CaJoh | 07/03/2012 at 01:29 PM