Just a bunch of nothing because it’s late

It probably comes as no surprise that I stayed up way too late to watch the finale of “The Bachelorette” and, frankly, by the time it was all over I was just relieved to be put out of my misery. It’s like I can’t turn away, yet I find myself wondering if perhaps there’s a better way to spend an hour and fifteen minutes of my life than sitting in front of the T.V. getting sucked in by all the emotional drama that comes with choosing the person you think you want to marry in a two month time period. Because we all know that two months is all the time you need to really know someone.

Also, I’m very confused as to why Reid showed up wearing white shoes with what appeared to be a suit and an untucked shirt. Don’t get me wrong, it’s better than Ed’s penchant for a tank top but I think it could have been the deciding factor for Jillian.

When Jillian and Ed took what had to be the eleventh helicopter ride of the season, I wondered if maybe they were going to pull out any sort of weaponry and open fire on some wild hogs. I guess that would be a different kind of reality show. A reality show that P would actually watch instead of just mocking my taste in television.

For those of you who weren’t sure if I was serious about the helicopter hunting, let me assure you that I wouldn’t joke about such things. Actually, I would joke about it but some things in life just can’t be made up. In South Texas, the hogs tend to take over because they breed like, well, wild hogs. If their numbers aren’t controlled it could become like a plague of locusts, but with pork. What better way to control them than to take to the air in a risky method of transportation with a pilot who is mentally deranged and flies at 120 mph?

On an entirely different note, the color I used on Caroline’s walls (What? Weren’t we just talking about shooting hogs out of helicopters?) is called Dancing Green by Sherwin Williams. I nearly went with Potpourri Green by Benjamin Moore but got irritated that the hardware store didn’t have any of it available in those miniature trial-size samples and decided I’d show them by just taking my business on down to Sherwin Williams. I have no doubt that Benjamin Moore will forever regret losing all $45 of my business.

The furniture actually arrived yesterday and I spent most of the day ironing a bedskirt, duvet cover and shams. Caroline never ceases to be amazed by the iron because she sees it so rarely. It’s a novelty appliance, much like our toaster that can only be used when it decides to work. I finally got everything set up but want to wait on the “after” pictures until it’s completely finished, plus she’s in there asleep right now and if you think I’d wake her up for a picture then you have underestimated how many times I rebuilt the same Lincoln Log structure over and over again yesterday.

In other news that doesn’t relate at all to anything else I’ve written about, I’m getting my hair cut at 11:00 a.m. As usual I am in a quandry over the bangs vs. no bangs vs. maybe some side-swept bangs issue. These are the issues that keep me up at night.

Well, and wondering why Reid decided to wear those white shoes and couldn’t take the time to tuck in his shirt.

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