Phases

I go through phases where I'm a regular blogger.  I take pictures, I write posts.  I see my life through the lens of blogging.  And then there's phases where I just kind of hang out and do my thing and then after a month of no blogging, I can't think of a single thing to write about.  

Oh sure, I've got the requisite cute Turtle stories about how five year olds can be assholes.  Seriously, they can be.  Five year olds can be like dating an emotionally abusive immature boyfriend.  They say horribly mean things such as, "Mommy, if everyone dies then you can be my SECOND favorite person in the world."  Who was her first favorite person?  Sine, who is a mom of one of her preschool friends.  And remember, this is if EVERYONE dies.  Sigh.  They will get angry at you, throw something at your face and then burst into tears telling you how much they love you and they'll never do it again.  

I've also got a few boat stories, like how we had to pay a 'use' tax on our boat and it was based on the boat's value.  So we found contractors to come out and look at the boat to tell us how much it would cost to fix what was wrong with it.  The good news?  The value of the boat went from $150,000 to $2,000 which lowered the use tax significantly.  The bad news?  That means the boat needs $148,000 worth of work.  We could buy this house in Normal, Illinois for the same price. Pretty cute house isn't it?  Of course, then we'd have to live in Normal Illinois...

 

I could also tell you about how my pony placed second place in her very first show after only being in training for 30 days.  I could tell you how she loves to nap and is so adorable you want to snuggle her.  Only she's not as snuggly as she looks because when you try to lift her back feet she loses her mind.  I may not have enough money for massages for me (so decadent!) but tomorrow I'll be shelling out the bucks to get my horse massaged and get her meridians checked out.  Horses like Chinese medicine too.  According to this chart, it is likely that my horse has gall bladder or liver issues.  Which is what my acupuncturist told me *I* have.  Maybe I can share my herbs with my horse.  Six for me and twenty six for her.

So that has been my summer mostly.  It's not the summers of my youth spent enjoying mild summer nights at bonfires and in parking lots.  Yes, parking lots.  I don't know why, but a good portion of my youth was spent hanging out with friends next to our cars in parking lots.  It was probably because we had classic cars and wanted to lounge on them properly so we could look cool.  Which never worked, by the way because someone always brought out the hacky sack.  A good hacky sack match, while incredibly fun, spoils any cool points you might have had by having a classic car.

I hope you are all having a fun summer.  Two and half more weeks here and then school kicks back in.  Know what that means?  A blog post about Turtle and.....KINDERGARTEN.  Does it blow your mind?!  Because it definitely blows mine.  But that's another story for another time.

xoxo

mona

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