Here are my observations for June.
June 26, 2008
My husband calls mosquito abatement.
June 25, 2008
I hear a ruckus in the front yard. I discretely look out through the blinds to see a man clad only in running shorts coming out from the woods behind my house. My dog is barking and threatening to attack him. The man is afraid but tries gamely to hide his fear and pass the dog. I hate my dog. Eventually, I call the dog into the house.
June 22
The stake president spoke in our ward and it was NOT ward conference. I couldn’t even pay attention to his talk because I kept thinking, “Why is he here? Are we the worst ward? What did we do to deserve this? Does he know about those flip flops I wore 2 weeks ago?”
June 21
Christian and I take everything out of our garage and then we put it back in. We also did this in November.
June 17 (My Birthday Eve)
There was a huge boat and truck parked in front of our house all day. When I return from Target at 10:30 PM where I bought everything my kids picked out for me (a watch, a cardigan, the new Neil Diamond CD, and a straw hat) my neighbor seems to be cavorting with the boat owners. She breaks away to give me a birthday present. It was a candle. I make a mental note to remember her birthday next year (February 28).
June 14
My neighbor spent the morning with his family constructing a beaver dam in the woods behind our house. Later that day, my kids tear it down. After that and unknowingly, my neighbor asks my husband (who taught the kids to dismantle beaver dams because they create pools of stagnant water) excitedly, “Want to see the Father’s Day project I worked on with my family!” Later still, my kids rebuild the beaver dam.
June 11
My in-laws got two new rocking chairs from Cracker Barrel for their front porch. You might be wondering if the chairs are made of cheese. They aren’t.
June 8
My neighbor had his missionary farewell and a get-together after church. They served nachos! I ran into him on his way to get set apart as an Elder a few days later. I yelled “No more hugging!” out the car window because now that they’ve raised the bar, I don’t have any reservations enforcing it.
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Kristy says: Observations from my neighborhood this morning - neighbor on corner has reconciled with wife and appears to be moving back in. House across the street from him was graffiti'd sometime last night between 11pm and 3am. Looks like somebody was a "snitch".
Lisa says: Nachos at the missionary farewell?!~ They certainly HAVE raised the bar. . .