After we got home from the beach we literally did absolutely nothing all day Saturday. Well, that’s not totally true. P had to wash down all the fishing poles and beach canopies and beach chairs. And I had a pile of laundry that actually growled at me at one point.
So I spent Saturday fluctuating between sitting on the couch next to Caroline and switching out loads of laundry until it was finally all finished, folded and put away. And I reflected on my empty laundry room and thought “Don’t let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot”.
It was a fabulous three seconds. And then P threw a t-shirt and three beach towels into the dirty clothes hamper and that was the end of that.
And now that I’ve rambled about my laundry, it’s time to confess that I’m just going to bullet point a few quick things that are on my mind or that I want to share or whatever.
1. My friend Shaun Groves has a new CD coming out called Third World Symphony. Let’s pause for a moment at the brilliance of that title. I am so fond of a great title.
You can listen to all the songs right here. And if you love it (AND YOU WILL), you can pre-order it here.
2. On what could not be a more different note, I was home by myself during the day a few weeks ago and turned on the T.V. Days of Our Lives was on, which happened to be my soap opera of choice way back in the days of Bo and Hope and Peabo Bryson singing “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love For You”, so I thought I’d watch for a few minutes to see how Bo and Hope have aged.
But all I saw were two characters in the middle of a proposal scene and the female character was giving the man her reasons for saying no, “I just found out that my mother was murdered. And the man that did it? He is at large. You are just out of the hospital. Your father has banned me from his house and, oh yeah, you’re married to my sister.”
And I think I have problems.
On the upside, I don’t know that I’ll ever be tempted to watch daytime television again.
3. I may be the last person on the planet to discover Pinterest, but I’ve always excelled at being the last person on a bandwagon.
4. Several of y’all have emailed me about this site promoting hot choffy because I think we all know that I came up with it first.
I assure you they will be hearing from my attorney. And by hearing from my attorney, I mean that they are lucky that they spelled it differently and don’t make it the same and I will sit on my couch and do nothing about it.
5. My friend Jenn heads up Women’s Bible Study at my church and several months ago she gave all the leaders these prayer cards with 31 Biblical Virtues to pray for our kids. I’ve always prayed for Caroline but I love having a specific verse that I pray for her each day of the month.
Anyway, you can find them right here and get a pack of 50 for only $9.99.
This isn’t an ad and I’m not being compensated in any way. I just thought some of y’all might like them since a lot of us are mothers.
6. Last Friday night I watched Friday Night Lights and for some reason I thought it was the very last episode and, y’all, I got so stressed out when I realized there was only fifteen minutes left and could not figure out how they were going to wrap the whole thing up in such a short amount of time.
And then I realized THIS WEEK is the very last episode, so I rejoiced at one more week of Coach and Tami Taylor.
And then I cried because ONE MORE WEEK of Coach and Tami Taylor.
I don’t know how I feel about living in a country that can’t keep a show on the air featuring Coach Taylor and Buddy Garrity, but embraces the cast of Jersey Shore.
7. Gulley and I are embarking on our annual summer road trip with the kids in the near future and are contemplating spending a day in Galveston. Does anyone have any thoughts or preferences about the best public beaches in Galveston or things we should do while we’re there? We kind of just figured we’d grab some Fritos and bean dip and a bucket of chicken, rent an umbrella and rock it old school. No need to get fancy.
But we’re open to suggestions.
I also got tickled because I went on Trip Advisor to get information about beaches in Galveston and several people complained about the man at the water slide being more concerned about smoking his cigarette than the kids’ safety and the dirty restrooms and the inappropriate clothing and all the seaweed and tar. Clearly, they haven’t spent much time on Texas beaches because those are all the things I remember from my childhood.
Those are the very things that make Galveston feel like home. Those are the reasons Gulley and I want our children to experience it for themselves.
God bless Texas.