First of all, I got to leave work at noon, that alone made my day. Then we went to my favorite restaurant. I parked in the Pick-up Only spot because that was the original plan, but everyone else was so hungry that we decided to stay. I drove there from work, my sisters came straight there from driving from the other side of the state. When we were walking in the door (I was holding it open for everyone) Francie says to me 'do you want to move your car'? I reply 'no, it's not that busy, it's almost 2, no one will notice or care'. Then Rachael walks in right behind Francie, she says to me 'shouldn't you move your car', I gave her the same reply. Then right behind her walks in Lori, 'hey, you should move your car I think that's 'to go' only.' Wow, my sisters are very much alike...deaf to what others are saying around them, and very much concerned for parkers getting take out. Then we painted pottery. Well...THEY painted pottery. I TRIED to paint pottery. It went sort of like this:
Rach: do you have water so that I can rinse off my brush?
Lori: I need some inspiration.
Francie: Do you have any new vinyls?
Lori: these aren't pottery idea books, these are scrapbook idea books. I need pottery idea books
Rach: I need a chair, don't you have chairs (we got a new table, but the chairs were too expensive, we'll get them later or find cheaper ones)
Lori: I need a plate to put my paint on, can you get me a plate or something?
Francie: does this look straight? I think it's crooked. I need a new piece of vinyl.
Lori: OK, I painted the inside blue, what should I do now?
Francie: I don't think this looks good, can you fix it later after we leave?
Kristen: Can you scoop the rest of this paint back into the bottle for me?
Lori: How do I separate the vinyl?
Rach: Can you find me the perfect paint brush, I want to be able to write words with it.
Lori: Will you help me peel the vinyl off, how do I do it? Is it dry, should I put another coat on it?
Rach: This looks terrible, I hate it, how do I fix this? I don't want to do this anymore, can you just do it for me? I'm horrible at this.
Me: Lets just go tubing, this is too much work.
So we went tubing, but the only rush in it was that I was afraid we would run out of gas. Rach was driving, Lori was spotting. The spotter neglected to translate to the driver that we were giving the thumbs up. Kristen didn't get enough tubing time, so we decided she would stay with us for Friday and Saturday and we would take her home Saturday so that she could get in some good tubing. But that meant she had to go to work with us. We start work at 6:30 in the morning. But she didn't seem to mind. Kristen and Walter played all day at work. Walter has 5 tennis balls at work, Kristen threw one after the other all day. Walter was so tired, he had to go lay down. Kristen thought he was sick, but I think he was just wore out. He even lost a toe nail. You know how soft his feet are, I made Kristen give Walter a break to take a nap because I was afraid he would play to the point of hurting himself like he always does and not realize it until it was too late.
Kristen insisted on sleeping with Walter, and I was fine with that. He takes up a lot of space in the bed. Kristen kept calling him her fuzzy man.
Walter is so funny, he has really taken a liking to his tennis balls. He will lay down with them and chew them like bubble gum.
Kristen's only complaint... Walter drools too much. His arms were soaking wet and so was the seat she had to sit next to.
The concert was a lot of fun too! Rach, Lori and Francie had to drive back that night and get up and go to work in the morning. I guess they were pretty tired the next day.
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Why is it that I can visualize the whole time you guys were together and I wasn't even there? Too bad I wasn't. I really miss you guys.
How was the American Idol concert? Did you like it enough to look forward to the new season? I don't watch a whole lot of TV but I must confess, I love AI.
I think that was one of the funniest posts I've ever read! To the point of crying!
Oh, I remember someone asking you why YOU weren't painting anything and you were like, "um, 'cause I'm helping you guys!"
It was fun, though!
I laughed so hard I cried when I read that post. Then I tried to read it out loud to Derrick and I couldn't, because I couldn't stop laughing.
You left out the part about sending us out tubing on an empty tank of gas though!
Walter sure looks so cute in bed with Kristen. Lots of fun.
That was so funny, I didn't know we all said the same thing about you parking in the to go space. Too funny, I was cracking up lauging reading this post. I didn't really realize how much work it is for you when we paint pottery, but it is really fun, and if it weren't for you helping us, it wouldn't be fun at all.
We have to do it again soon.
That is the best story I have read in a long time. It made me wish I had been there with you.
Walter is so cute. Kind of makes me want another dog....ummmm...no...I better not.
So glad you are close to your sisters. I bet your mother would have loved being there too.
This is too funny! By the way, did you move your car? Kristen is so sweet. I love it when she comes to visit. She's my little girl. This summer when she was here we talked about going on a road trip together again. Maybe next summer.
Oh my goodness. Hilarious. Sounds like my home when I try to eat supper with my children. Y'all crack me up. Wish I were there too. Love ya girls. So cute. By the way hello Shannon if you remember me. Francie I'm glad you remembered my blog. You enjoyed my dedication more than Nat.
Hello is there any one out there in Mich. ?
I also laughed cause is sounds like when the Woolfs and Canadas come to paint. By the way, have you finished my little ornament yet that I started how many months ago? Ha Ha. I was also waiting to hear if you got a parking ticket.
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