Randomness

The weather has finally broken here. I woke up yesterday morning and went outside to an actual coolness in the air. The weatherman said we could finally open our windows at night instead of having the air conditioner on, but it was still kind of hot in here, and this morning the dog behind us is barking away so I don't know about having the window open after all. That dog hasn't been doing too much barking lately because it was just too hot, but apparently he is enjoying the cooler morning too.

We've been watching the Olympics here and there, not that we are really into sports that much, but since it only happens once every four years, you kind of feel like you should pay attention. We were watching the womens marathon and wondering why people would even want to run for over two hours in the first place. At least with the 100 meter runs or whatever lengths they are, it's over with in just a few seconds, not two and a half hours. The marathon runners did NOT look like they were having fun, and then the woman who won still had to run around the stadium. I'm sure she got an extra burst of adrenaline at winning, but good lord, you'd think all she'd want to do is sit down, not run around the stadium some more.

Since about all they've shown on the Olympics in the evenings has been swimming, running, and gymnastics, that's what I've watched. The poor girl last night who was a sure thing to win the hurdles and then tripped over one and there went her gold. When they showed it in slow motion, it was pretty easy to read her lips: OH F**K!!!.

Then there was the little Chinese gymnast who messed up on whatever it was she was doing and was just crying her little eyes out...awwww.

We were watching one of our local TV channels the other day, the one that plays all the commercials for local businesses, most of which are really low budget and show it, when a commercial came on for Liberty Bail Bonds. They even have a PLAY AREA FOR THE KIDS at Liberty Bail Bonds! How handy!!

We went down to BJ's last night for dinner since neither one of us felt like cooking (what else is new?) and there were some young couples and a baby having dinner. Apparently it was the baby's first birthday since he was wearing a first birthday crown. He was tired of being there and was getting cranky and didn't want to eat his pizzookie. And then when the baby's parents were trying to pay for dinner, not one, but two of their credit cards were declined. Then all of them had to start digging in their wallets for some real money. How embarrassing! Not a memory I'd want to have of baby's first birthday-sorry, honey, we're way over extended and can't even cover dinner with our credit cards!

For those 'not in the know' a pizzookie is a wonderful concoction of a warm cookie-your choice of flavors-with ice cream and chocolate syrup on top. A pizza cookie-how clever and delicious!

Oh, and Keith did get all of the gravel to the back yard last weekend. He made like a little gravel corral out there and rounded it all up.

This is what he's doing with all of the gravel. He's been building planter boxes and then putting these pavers in between. The little square is for a future plant. And the black thing behind the broken fence post is:

Our friend, the barking dog Cujo. I don't know what his real name is but we call him Cujo. This poor dog is stuck in the back yard all day with a very uninvolved owner. He gets really bored and barks. A lot.

Another 'Duh' Moment

We stayed up until midnight Friday night watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics and realized that we are pretty dumb when it comes to world geography. There were so many countries that we had never heard of and had no idea where they were and we were looking at each other with what I am sure were very dumb looks on our faces when after about 10 countries we noticed the little globe on the screen that showed us where these countries were located. Duh...

What amazed me were the little tiny countries, like some of the islands in the South Pacific where the total population of the entire country is like 12,000 people. Can you imagine coming from a country where everybody knows everybody else? Not just small town living but small country living!

And, speaking of the Olympics, our own local Olympian, Larsen Jensen, took the Bronze in the 400 meter freestyle. Yay!!

This morning we made our own Rootie Tootie Fresh and Fruity breakfast instead of going out to eat.

We had some fresh peaches and pluots-a new fruit that is 3/4 plum and 1/4 apricot. The ones we had were kind of blah but the peaches were good.

Keith's big hairy arm cooked the scrambled eggs.