Petunia rambles on and on….

Many things run through my head every day. Most are not worth noting, or would be troublesome in some way if I spoke them out loud.

Still…

• Some people should not wear 2-piece bathing suits. Picture in your head those old movies with the galley ships and the oarsmen. Picture the guy in the back loudly beating a big drum, keeping time for the ones who were rowing. Now picture my husband yesterday, at the pool, making those drumbeat noises as he watched a women about the size of my freezer walk by in a Size 4 (maybe) bikini. Bam, bam, bam as it all went from side to side. Picture me trying to make him be quiet. Picture me trying to hide my laughter.
• I bought a bathing suit tonight. It is a 2-piece suit, but the style is such that essentially, it appears to be a one-piece. The bottom looks like short shorts and the top comes down and over the bottom part so that no belly is showing in the middle. The main difference between this style of swimsuit and a 1-piece swimsuit becomes obvious when you have to pee. The middle of me is not the same Size 4-6 middle that I had for many years that my daughter borrowed and isn’t giving it back and it’s just not that appetizing appropriate to show it anymore.  Those 3 kids that each weighed in at around 9 pounds didn’t do the muscle structure much good and I’ve been using that excuse for a long damn time. The problem is not childbirth; it is ice cream.
• I spent enough in Kohl’s tonight to qualify for $20 of free spending next week – guess I’ll have to go back.
• When the vehicle you are driving is the size of a roller skate, you should not change lanes directly in front of, and almost under, a tractor trailer. Do not believe that old saying about “stop on a dime.” They can’t. The only thing smart about that car, it’s driver and passenger that I saw today was written on the back of it.

• There are good ways to leave a military base. Slowly. Respectfully. As you’re coming through the Main Gate and heading north on the ramp to get onto Route 1, you should be picking up speed to merge onto the highway. I know this because I did it 5 days a week for 13 years of employment, and countless other times I was on base. Today, I realized the wrong way of exiting the base.

This is near the Post Office on Base. It used to be a motor home, until it apparently lost it’s grip on the roadway and careened through the base’s perimeter fence. The AF takes a dim view of “uninvited guests.”

• It messes with their security! And I heard the traffic was backed up through Little Heaven and on down to Frederica. Fortunately, there were only minor injuries.
• I like the flavored “sparkling” waters at Walmart. Currently drinking the strawberry and Pop likes the peach, and we’re buying them by the case.  I just bought a couple of bottles of Black Cherry to try it. But is all this ecologically horrible? All those plastic bottles?
• I would rather knit than do housework.
• It shows.
• Invited to a 4th of July party. Need to bring a covered dish. I’m thinking something easy. May get cucumbers and do them with sour cream like Mom always did. Easier than peeling all those effing potatoes like I did for years and years. Do you know how long it takes to peel and slice 15 lbs of potatoes??????

It started with chores – I was doing laundry at 730a! Just wanted to get it done, get the kitchen in order, find my dining room table which is under a lot of stuff that just gets dumped there. Got most of it all done – there’s still some stuff on the back of that huge table. Decisions need to be made about some of it – should I toss it? Should I keep it, and if so, where? We are pretty full up here on stuff and it’s getting to be a problem. I am not good at parting with things.

I must admit that my Kindle Fire is at least keeping me from adding more books to the storage problem. I’ve actually gotten rid of some of them, some went with Kate and she was told to pass them on rather than return them. Not only is the Kindle saving space and trees – it’s also got me reading more. I’ve been an avid reader since childhood, but during the last few years, I’ve been doing more craftwork. Mostly knitting, some crochet, some small amounts of sewing and quilting (which I did to excess for years). But all these craft things required me to put the books down – and I wasn’t doing the amount of reading that I used to. The early fascination with the newest electronic toy has gotten me back on track, and I’m enjoying it again.

I did sit and knit for awhile today, while waiting for the washer or the dryer to finish their cycles, and by the time Husband got home from work, I was damn tired of being in the house. Had a quick-to-prepare dinner in mind, quickly changed my clothes and just as quick, we were out the door.

Have learned the hard way that I must always bring a bottle of water with me, wherever I go. Dehydration and heat exhaustion are no fun and nothing to play with. Sadly, it took two bouts of dehydration for me to catch on and change my ways. These insulated/covered bottles are great. Sure, it helps to keep it cold but it also helps to contain the “sweat” that comes off a cold bottle of liquid. I take a bottle full of ice and flavored water with me to work every day, and it doesn’t leave a messy puddle of water on my desk.

For all of you that have never experienced dehydration, well, just don’t. Be smarter than me.

Paul gets a package from daughter Kate. Who knows me. And knows what I do. And knows what I WILL do. And also has blogged!

It is a Father’s Day gift – which was sent late because she forgot which Sunday is Father’s Day!! And when she confessed this, I had to admit that I also thought it was the following Sunday.

(She and I are more alike than she is ready to admit! – Remember feeling the same way about my mother often, but not admitting to it!)

She knows me well!