Living the Monday Life

Weather... sunny and 63 degrees.

Reading... The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today by Shannon Bream.

Watching... Sons of Thunder on Pure Flix. It's a bad-biker-found-Jesus-now-doing-good kind of story. We're restraining ourselves because there is only one season so far.

The Weekend...

Saturday was the day Tim's old truck went away. Finally. It was quite an adventure and Megan brought the kids over to watch the 12,000 lb. tow truck try to load and then haul away Pappy's 8900 lb. pickup with 1000 lbs. of scrap steel in the bed. At first, the tow truck moved toward the pickup instead of the other way around, but they got the job done. The front wheels might have just barely been making contact with the pavement when they drove away!

We also enjoyed supper and a visit with my mom and stepdad. They treated us to chicken & biscuit dinners from a local church.

On Sunday we didn't do much of anything. I got an email from the church I've been going to letting me know they were shutting down for a couple of weeks due to several members having Covid, so that was out. We just relaxed and watched television most of the morning. 

Colton spent the afternoon with us because Megan and Leah went shopping with a friend and Cody was working. Once Megan got back she and Tim worked on mowing our yard, her yard, and Mom's yard. I watched the kids play on the jungle gym and jump on the trampoline. 

Today...

Megan had enrolled Colton in Head Start last year right after the pandemic started and the world shut down, because they were of a higher income level Colton had to go on a waiting list. They would take kids from lower incomes (and therefore higher risk situations) first. Megan figured they'd never hear from them, but the call came last week. On Friday, Colton's teacher came to the house to meet him and Megan and assess the home situation. He was to start school today.

Colton is not the biggest fan of the idea of school. He has been either ignoring the entire situation or crying that he doesn't want to go. So, I was SHOCKED to find him up, dressed, smiling, and excited this morning when I went over to stay with Leah so Mommy and Daddy could both take him to his first day.

Unfortunately, they were back home within 20 minutes or so and Colton was with them. When they got to the door of the school, the staff met them and told them a family member of one of the students had tested positive for Covid so the school is closed until the 27th. Nice. Colton was a bit confused by the whole thing, but this will give him more time to adjust to the idea of being away from home and Mommy all day, 5 days a week.

And now I am off to the grocery store with Megan and the kids. I need to stock up on veggies and fruits for the week.

Happy Monday, y'all!

Monday Madness: Finish the Sentence

Welcome to Monday Madness! 

Our authors each week are Bud from WTIT: The Blog & Mimi Lenox of Mimi Writes. Thanks for stopping by! We hope you enjoy our questions.

Monday Madness: "The Finish This Sentence" Questions

1. My uncle once... served as a Marine with the Navajo Code Talkers and landed one beach down from Iwo Jima.

2. Never in my life have I... been in trouble with the law. Not so much as a parking ticket on my record.

3. When I was five my parents... owned his and her Mustangs, which they traded for a pickup truck and a station wagon. Sigh. 

4. High school was... okay, neither horrible nor great.

5. I will never forget to... make sure I have my keys in my hand before I lock the car door. Experience is a painful teacher.  

6. Once I met 7... I don't know what to say here. People? Ministers? Friends? 

7. There’s this boy I know... he has my heart and calls me Nana.

8. Once, at a bar, I... wasn't there. I have never gone to bars. 

9. By noon, I’m… starving because I'm doing the whole 16-hour fast thing.

10. Last night I... binge watched a bunch of NCIS episodes.

Monday Madness: Down & Out

Welcome to the of Monday Madness I'm finally back. Judd here!  I was the first host of Sunday Stealing. I also was the host of The Rising Blogger. Our authors each week are Bud from WTIT: The Blog & Mimi Lenox of Mimi Writes.

Monday Madness: The Nobody Loves You When You're Down & Out Questions.

1. When did you last feel down and out?  Hmm...I don't know. Obviously, it's been a very long time.

2. What do you do to feel sexy?  I think sexy is more of an attitude than anything. That said, we all have that outfit that makes us feel bulletproof...add getting our hair done up nicely and make up and I think you get sexy because we feel that way.

3. If you could be somewhere else, where would you be and why?  Is there anywhere in the world where it's autumn all year round? That's where I'd want to be. Perfect weather, gorgeous colors, yummy foods!

4. What have you always wanted to do?  See the middle east. Sadly, it's not going to happen in this lifetime. Far too dangerous for me!

5.  What do you appreciate the most about your life at this time?  Finally being comfortable in my own skin and not really caring/worrying what others think of me.

6. If you could be someone else, who would you be and why?  I have no desire to be anyone else. Everyone has their troubles and problems, we just don't always see them. I'll stick with my life and the known problems. You know what they say...the grass isn't always greener.

7. Have you ever made a fool of yourself? If yes, spill.  When I was a youth leader I was well known for doing whatever it took to connect and get through to the kids and often that meant acting really goofy. It was embarrassing at first, but I got over it since it was for a good cause. Now I make a fool of myself all the time to delight my grandchildren.

8. What have you always wanted to do but haven't?  Isn't this the same question as #4?

9. What do you think about the talk about traveling to Mars?  I don't really think about it. It's interesting and it would be very cool, but there are so many problems here on earth that all those billions going into the space program could go a long way toward solving.

10.  If you could bring back someone who has passed, who would it be?  My brother-in-law. I don't particularly miss him, but I know my husband misses his brother very much.

Presenting Monday Madness

This morning I'm happy to be linking up to a brand new meme, Monday Madness. MM is the result of a partnership between Bud and Mimi. It's an easy 10 questions per week and they promise not to ask yes/no questions or silly questions like what are you wearing. So, here we go...

1. You are at a party in a very bad mood. There is an obnoxious guest with a camera snapping pictures of everyone in sight. Do you allow the photographs or ask them to stop?  It would depend on how obnoxious they were and how bad my mood was. I can usually ignore things like that so both things would have to be really bad for me to say something.

2. You are on your way to a formal affair and running late. You are the guest speaker at this event and everyone is waiting for you. A police officer pulls you over for speeding. Do you make up a wild excuse or truthfully tell him where you are going and try to talk your way out of the citation? Tell us your tall tale!  I would apologize for my reckless driving and admit the truth. Past experience tells me that would get me done and on my way again much sooner...and sometimes it puts the officer in a good enough mood to let you go with a warning.

3. When you drive down memory lane for the last two years of your life and look in the rear-view mirror, do you see a happy journey or a bumpy ride?  The last 2 years? It was mainly a happy journey...at least until March when the whole world got turned upside down.

4. Who makes you laugh when no one else can?  My grandchildren. They can pull me right out of the foulest of moods and as they get older their personalities are emerging. They are gifted comedians at times.

5. What are your superpowers?  Just call me Captain Procrastination!

6. What is the last thing you memorized?  My new Wi-Fi password.

7. Tell us something you once took that you wish you could give back?  All the years of controlling and criticizing I took from my adopted dad. It took a long time to overcome the mess in my head from it.

8. The iPhone just gave birth to the next generation of phones. What would you name them?   How about the idon't-really-need-a-new-phone-but-Apple-says-I-do?

9. How much mystery should be in a relationship? Is it a good thing or not?  I think there should be a little mystery just to keep things interesting, but not too much or you risk trust issues. I do have to say that after 36 years of marriage there isn't a lot of mystery left.

10. What is your weekend blogging routine?  Until recently, I posted Saturday 9 on Friday night and then did my visiting and commenting Saturday morning. Saturday night I would post Sunday Stealing and then visit on Sunday morning. I just recently decided to give up Sunday Stealing to give myself a day off...and also because the questions were often weird, dumb or repetitive.