Ok, we have established that its Hot!!
Well, it is Texas, and it is almost July, its gonna be hot.
I love hearing people complaining about the heat, I do it myself. But are you kidding me?. I mean think about where we live. I try to remember all those cold days, and think about when I was shivering on a tennis court, freezing to death, and the wind blowing so hard, I wanted to cry.
I think I’ll take the heat, at least we dont have gale force winds now.
My theory is this, you can figure out how to cool off, but when its cold... its just cold... brrr!!!
Any why do the hot flashes never ever hit when you are freezing to death,? noooo, they always hit when you are already hot and sticky, makes you want to choke someone, anyone.
I love the summer, and with the exception of the bugs... its almost perfect for me. I grew up in West Texas, where its really hot, and as a kid went barefoot most of the summer, those are my hot memories, at least now I have air conditioning, and not one of those air cooler things in the window that blows cool water on you, and you only got to be cool if you had one in your room. We had only one in our house, and that was in the living room, so I am thinking its way better now. just sayin. It just seems like we never knew that it could be better so we didnt know, and I dont remember complaining about the heat or ever thinking, “wah!!!, its hot!!!”
So we are taking a vacation this year, with our best buds, Brent and Donna Cooper.
Going to Hawaii... yay, countdown has already begun, 7 weeks and 5 days until we leave. We have been planning this for a year, can you say ready?
We will split nine days between Kauai, and Maui.
I have been to Kauai once, and Maui twice. This will be our first trip that is not with Oracle, so its not a working trip.
We keep joking that we may not come back.
I want to do all the things we never had time to do on our previous trips. More snorkeling, more hiking, and more relaxing. And more pina coladas :) I am considering not taking my phone.
I tend to absorb other peoples stress, so that could turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
Chuck says I am too accessible, I dont know about that, I just love my family and friends, and I like being there when they need me. It will be hard to leave my phone, but it might be the best thing to do, ... we’ll see :)
I am working hard to get into better shape, I have lost a few pounds, but they always seem to find me again.
Working out regular gets harder every year.
Everything hurts, and I’m always thinking, why am I doing this? I do like the feeling afterwards, but hate every minute of the in between, and especially the cardio. We have our own workout room at home now, so I only go to the gym to do legs mostly. Sometimes arms, I hate free weights, and since I screwed up my elbow with the dumb kettleball, I feel a bit more controlled with the machines.
Donna and I decided to get our swimsuit shopping out of the way, before everything was picked over in the stores....
That is always such a downer. I cannot look like that person in the mirror.
I am way hotter than that. She has jiggly stuff, I dont :)
We had a lot of fun, laughing at each other and ourselves, so it was really much better to do that as a team.
Its just nice to have someone there that isnt as critical of you as you are :)
I have been enjoying spending a lot of time with my four older grandkids that live close to us, I get them some days that their mother works.
I like having them around, and cooking for them, and all that stuff; they think we are cool grandparents, so we try to live up to that :)
My oldest grandaughter is getting her drivers license this week.
Dang where did all the time go?, I remember her as just a little chubby girl, wearing a little mermaid costume just like it was yesterday, and now she is so grown up.
I love them all, they each have their own distinct personality, that most of the time I love, and sometimes makes me crazy, but I wouldnt have it any other way.
I think Melissa has done an awesome job, I dont know how she does it.
So we got to travel to Georgia in May to see Mark, Ashley and the kids... oh my gosh they are getting so big. I love them to pieces, and I was such a crybaby when we left. Its so hard not to get to see them on a regular basis, and seems the time flies when we are there:(
They were going to come to visit this summer, but now plans have changed and they cant make it.
We hope to get to seem them this Christmas.
I am planning a big family get together the first part of August... cant wait to catch up with all the "good stuff", and hang with the brothers, etc...not to mention all the eating that we Lightfoots can do:)
We flew to Palm Springs this spring also, and visited with Chucks parents a few days, it was a nice visit, I love the weather there, cool in the mornings and when we were there, it wasnt too hot in the afternoon yet.
July will be a long month, Melissas kids go to their dads for the month, and that means we dont get to see them. So I will be in big time withdrawal by the end of the month. I do think ( I know), I will finish my quilt during this time, and I am also taking on another project, and that is learning about stock trading. I am excited about this, something I have always wanted to do, and have dabbled a bit here and there, but never gotten serious before now.
I am still writing, and editing, editing editing...
Tennis is good, I have cut back a bit, on the amount of time I play, and I am only doing doubles and mixed doubles....as I am doing more weight training and cardio now. Its just too hot, and I am getting too old to be out in the heat for so long. I am not doing any singles this summer. Maybe will start playing some again this fall.
We have had a lot of drama in our family over the past few months, I am hoping that has started to wind down, I can only hope, and pray...
I cant count the number of times that I shook my phone so hard as though I was choking someone...it was good too, I am a good visualizer... and I choked one person so hard in my mind, they should probably still have some bruises on their neck :) just sayin!! :)
A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Ok, I am just going to gripe about one thing before I close...
Why is it that some people think they can say whatever they want, whenever they want, to whomever they want, without any regard to who they might hurt when they say it?, But if you dare to say what you think back, they are stunned and shocked to the core?
I just dont get this.....
They go around saying stuff with no thought, while the rest of us carefully control what we say (mostly), because we dont like to hurt peoples feelings. Seriously?,
There are just so many dumb people.... Not enough time to choke them all :)
They do not listen to, or hear themselves... its just, blah blah, me, blah blah, me, .. all day long..
There is an old saying that goes like this...
"Its better to keep your mouth closed, and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"!!
Stay cool!!
