Meandering Thoughts

I'm So Lucky!!

God who is always there for me

Husband who Loves me

Wonderful family

Lots of Love to Share

My Health

My Favorite Season is Starting

I am Blessed!!

Halloween!!!

The Taylor boys with mom, Debbie
Harry and Megan, Good catch Megan!

Riesa & Justin, Gotcha!

The Taylor Mariachi Band

Megan & Riesa, We're comin' to getcha!

Megan, Scott & Steve, All Business protecting our borders!

Taylor Halloween Party

Went as US Border Patrol with Scott & Megan

Caught us the Taylor Mariachi Band

Lots of Fun

30 Year Class Reunion!!!

I can't believe it has been 30 years!! Went to my class reunion with my best friend from high school Maureen. I was soooo nervous!! I don't know why. We looked at each other and said "What do we have to be nervous about? We're still alive, have good lives, and are nice people!" So we made our way into the hotel. "Who are all these old people? Certainly this can't be our class reunion!!" Wrong!! As we looked at the name tags a glimmer of recognition started. What to say? So original "So, do you live around here?, Do you have children?, What do you do for a living?" then there is always this awkward silence as you try to conjure up some fun memory from the past to re-link you together. I did get to see my friend Doug who was my neighbor and our class president. He and I walked together at graduation, and my friend Karen who has MS and is now in a wheel chair. I wished I could see a lot of these people more often because sharing those growing up years is a bigger part of your life than you realize. Well, I am going to make a very big effort to get together with my friends and make new memories together!!

BEAUTIFUL CHUCKANUT DRIVE

WENT ON A MOTORCYCLE CRUISE SUNDAY ON CHUCKANUT DRIVE. NOTHING TO SAY BUT GORGEOUS!!

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO REBUILD A DIESEL?

Oh my Gosh!!

I've just escaped from another well-meaning customer after and hour of diesel engine talk. Nice guy about 400 pounds with 2 teeth in his head and glasses that hand down on his nose. "Do you know how to seat the rings in a diesel engine? Well I'll tell ya, you can't line 'em up straight or they won't seat right. Had a friend, got him an engine for 100 bucks. Thing smoked like crazy, turns out the rings were lined up straight, soes he just gives em all a turn, now he's got him an engine runs great for a hundred bucks! Whatcha think about that?" "Burp!" " Sorry I just had a coffee", He says. "Huh, that worked out well for him", I say. Hey you wanna buy a Hummer? I know a guy can put in a diesel engine for ya! You'll get 450 horsepower with 650 pounds of torque! Whatcha think about that? "Burp!" I know it's not the coffee it's those 2 banana's I had before I left the house! Where's my rolaids, I always got a roll on me.

I'm having a hormonal day, If I don't get away soon I think I may burst out in sobs of frustration!!!

"How come you're closed this weekend?" "I need a little break" I say. "How's about you stay open Saturday and I'll bring some Jack Daniels and we can get drunk as skunks?"

OMG!!! "I don't think my husband would be too pleased, we want to go camping."

IS IT FRIDAY YET????

I'm at work today, as usual. I've had my daily schooling from a nice old fellow who feels the need to explain every size and caliber of bullet ever made and the kind of guns they go to. As usual I go into my bobble-head mrs. nice person customer service mode. Nodding and smiling as he explains " This here 22 shell only fits the 1903 model Heh, Heh, Heh. You know there's only one place in the country you can get these, (raises his eyebrows while waiting for me to ask where) It's in California. But, I got me a box of 'em Heh, Heh, Heh." As he is rambling on and on my mind starts to wander thinking "What should I make for Dinner?" "I wonder how long that sale is on at Macy's?" "Is it time to go home yet?" Pay attention. I figure I better say something "That bullet must be more powerful since it's bigger" I say. Stupid!! Here comes the full explanation of the distance and power of the ammo. Oh no!! I spot Gus coming out of the back. SAVED!! "Gus, come here! You need to go back in the office, it's not time to go home yet!" Gus looks at me with that "Are you kidding, where do you thing I'm running off to?" look. Off to the office where I can watch the security cameras until the coast is clear. You'd think I'd retain at least some of this info, but it just goes right out of my head. This must be what it's like to have dementia. I can see Steve snickering through this whole thing. I'd love to take him to the make-up counter sometime and watch him learn about moisturizers and toners. He'd be smart enough to walk away and pretend he couldn't hear. That's it, I feel a hearing problem starting!

Great Party!

We had so much fun! It was great to see so many family and friends. We are very lucky. We be-bopped, hula hooped, and ate our way through the evening.

Steve is 50 Today!

Getting ready for the big birthday bash this weekend. Will post pictures after. Can't wait to see everyone!!

WE HAVE EDIBLE CROPS!!

We actually have something from the garden we can eat! We may have to hire a harvesting crew soon!

Ocean Shores 4th of July

Taylor's

Murphy's

Harris's

Johnson's

SUN, SAND, SURF, WIND, RAIN,FUN!!!

We're Farmers!!

We have success in the garden! All our seeds have come up. We are so excited. Does this say something about our lives? What's next? A quilting bee? Help!!!

SUNSHINE AT LAST!!

What a beautiful weekend. We planted our first garden ever! We were both holding our backs by the time we finished. I have always heard how relaxing gardening is. Didn't seem that way to us. I told Steve maybe you aren't supposed to do it all at once. We are excited to see if we can actually grow something. I love my family, we had a great time being together, even though "The Bickersons" always make an appearance. Ha! Ha!

Hot Flashes

Went to see the musical comedy HotFlashes, with Megan and Jenny. Boy did that hit home on a lot of points. It's scary getting older. But, what other choice do we have? I am trying very hard to choose to be happy and enjoy the life God gave me, sometimes when the hormones kick in I have to make the choice several times a day. Anyway it was fun to spend time with the girls although they were the youngest ones there, they might have felt out of place but were good sports about it. I wish I could have taken a picture of the sea of gray headed ladies. They have already been through raising kids, menopause, sorrow, and happiness, and they could still laugh at it all. I like that.

The Fashionista

After all the advertising for the Sex in the City movie, I started thinking how fun it would be to wear stylish clothes all of the time. I can just picture myself at work. "Sir, just bring that chainsaw out here so I can fire it up and see how she sounds" Of course being dressed like SJP in the picture might produce quite the attraction.

Hmmmm, this could be a new marketing plan.

Do I live in Bizzarro World?

This story is to good not to share. I am at work at the pawnshop when one of our more colorful customers comes in. She is really a kick in the pants and has lived quite an interesting life. Unfortunately she is going through a messy divorce and is pawning items to make her rent until the divorce is final. She has only been a customer for about a month. She comes in hauling two huge leather duffle bags full of silver heirlooms. She has been in the day before and got a loan already. "Come here Riesa, I have to tell you something" she says giggling. So, we go around the corner off the showroom floor. She says "I have to tell you how I gave the money you loaned me to my boyfriend. Keep in mind she is in her early 60's with long gray hair, Drew Carey glasses and weighs about 95 pounds. All of a sudden she undoes her jeans and pulls down her pants to show me her black lace boyshort underwear with matching camisole. I'm caught off guard. "Oh! " I laugh nervously as she is explaining how she put the money in the waistband of her panties. Next thing I know she is coming at me showing me how her boyfriend took the money out of her camisole with his teeth. I switch over to sex education mode (Keeping a calm exterior presence while inside screaming "I can't believe this is happening!" as your children ask you embarrasing questions.) I say "Maybe you should pull up your pants before someone sees." As I am thinking what must this look like, an aging woman with her pants around her ankles and her head at my chest. Luckily no one saw. I go on with processing her loan. Later the more I think about this, the more I think "DO I LIVE IN A BIZARRO WORLD?" All you can do is laugh, she really is very sweet, she just adds more interest to the world.