"I Live in a Van Down by the River"

We participated in a yard sale today that greatly lightened our load of stuff.  We sold LOTS of stuff as we usually do at these yard sales.  And as far as I'm concerned you just can't beat getting a little bit of money for things you just don't want anymore.  And every time we lighten the load we always start this conversation:  The Hubs, "I really think we've streamlined to the point that it would only take a small box trailer to move us if we just up and decided to go!"  Me, "We could always just get rid of the rest of our stuff and move into an RV, and that would be the end of it!"   

River Transportation

So now I think we're streamlining to the point that we could actually just live in a van down by the river.  So if we could do this then what would our new home look like?  And where would it be?  I love to fantasize about just packing up only a few of the most essential things and heading out.  But to where?  Who knows where  we would go.  I hope we wouldn't stay in one place for too long but long enough to get a comfortable feel for the local things.  The things that make a town tick or maybe just locate the best hangouts.  So while everyone else was enjoying their Saturday at little league games or lazing on the sofa and catching up on some much needed rest, I was peddling my belonging to strangers so that I could fulfill this dream of living in a van down by the river.  And if this is all it takes to make my dreams come true, then I know I'll be one happy girl!

Looks like an excellent hangout!

Man Quotes

I love to laugh!  Laughing is actually beneficial to your health.  This has been proven by medical studies, and I believe it's much better for you than medicine.  So I can't help feeling pretty lucky to have married a man that is pretty doggone funny.  He constantly makes me laugh, and I'm always posting a "Man Quote of the Day" on Facebook.  These quotes are constantly generated by my closet comedian husband.  And the foolishness never seems to end!  Even in the middle of the night, when we're awakened by some weird noise or one of us is flopping like a fish out of the water, there is very often some absurd comment that often has me giggling as I try to fall back to sleep.

"Who Me?  I don't make absurd comments!"
 

I'll be the first to admit that not all of these "Man Quotes" are particularly tasteful or decent enough to share with a broader audience outside of our home.  Like this morning, while the hubs gets his morning cup of coffee he asks, "Is there anything I can get for you?"  My usual response is, "I don't need a thing but you babe!"  (Sappy, I know.  But that's how we roll!)  This morning his reply was, "Well, you've got me.  I'm stuck to you like a bad case of the Clap!!!"  Yep, that "Man Quote" probably won't make it onto my Facebook page, but I think it was hilarious. 
I'm sure my laughter only encourages these "Man Quotes", but I'm easy like that.  At some point very early in our marriage this statement was included in a "Man Quote" too.  The hubs and I were trying to make a decision about something.  Now, I have no idea what that could have been, but my reply was something like, "It doesn't matter to me.  I'm pretty easy."  The comeback to that comment was, "You know it girl.  That's exactly why I married you, 'cause YOU eeeeaaazzzzyyy!"  It's so nice to be called "easy" by your significant other (LOL)!

The Hubs getting to be a cowboy for the day.

Hopefully you have a significant other, friend or family member in your life that makes you laugh.  Laughter can get you through some pretty tough times.  I hope that I have enough years with the hubs to have enough "Man Quotes" to compile them into a book one day.  I may not actually put this book together, but I'm sure it would be one of my favorite reads if only in my mind.

The Hubs showing off the cheese sent to us by dear friends after he had officially "cut the cheese" (his words not mine)..

 

Poopy Pants

It is truly turning into the most wonderful time of the year in the desert.  Well, other than fall.  Fall is without a doubt the most wonderful time of the year in this neck of the woods.  And summer's not too shabby either.  But for now, most of the cold is history!  The cactus are blooming, the hummingbirds are returning, and even the white winged dove that migrates through has stopped to say a quick hello.  The pyroloxia that we have so appropriately named Bacardi (because he is from the cardinal family) has been in to visit and is now traveling on to his next destination.  So spring is officially in full swing. 

But, I also know with the goodness of spring weather there are two things that will return that I dislike more than anything else I can think of.  One I dislike just because it is so inconvenient and so annoying.  It keeps you inside when the sun and warm weather beckon to you to come out.  That thing is the wind.  It is officially our windy season.  But to pat West Texas on the back I must say that so far this season has not been as windy as most!  Am I complaining???  Heck no!!!  A day without wind this time of year is pretty close to winning the weather lottery.  You start to feel very lucky.
But the other thing that will return strikes fear in my heart.  It is a fear so deep that I speak in languages unknown to man.  It is a fear so traumatizing that it has literally (as a grown adult) made me loose control of my bodily functions.  Yep, that bad!  And the fear I have is a fear of rattlesnakes.  Well, let me correct myself.  It's not just a fear of rattlesnakes but a fear of snakes in general with the worst being the rattlesnake.  The first official siting was at work this week by a visitor.  I am thanking my lucky stars it wasn't me that spotted it first.  You see, most people frown on adults with poopy pants!!  But I heard the story, and I know what it means. 

I know this isn't a rattlesnake, but still..........
 

So now, I'm pretty much on the lookout when I head outdoors.  It doesn't seem so long ago (it was probably this time last year) that I went out early one morning in a pair of very thin flippies to feed the birds only to almost step on a coiled rattlesnake at the birds' watering bowl.  Luckily for me it was extremely cool that morning, and he was not up to par.  Had he been conscious he could have bitten me with no trouble thus bringing on my heart attack along with the poopy pants and imminent death.
So, as happy as I am to have this fabulously warm weather I also know that I must be on the lookout.  Along with being on the lookout I will also keep an extra change of undies very close by because poopy pants just aren't cool!