To Wax or Not To Wax, That Is the Question.

A weird question, given the company it was brought up in.  Namely at work with my coworkers and our boss, (who is totally awesome).

Not actually sure how it came up, but it did.  And it's funny because I have been mulling over the question and the ouch factor for the past few weeks.

Should I?  Shouldn't I?  If I do, I'll look like a prepubescent kid.  Do I want Husband to be thinking about 12 year olds?!  But Goooooood, it's like a jungle!  Husband needs a machete to get in there!  Like Clan of the Cavewoman!  And then OUCH.....

Yeah, that's pretty much it.  I'm thinking I should, 12 year olds be damned.....

Oh.  And another thing- Day 18 of the 30 Day Challenge- What I like best about each member of my family.  Ok.

Husband

I love that he's terribly fun to be around and likes to just go where the wind will take us.  I also love some things that I probably shouldn't disclose to anyone but him (wink, wink, nudge, nudge- Say no more!)

Oldest

Oldest is terribly smart, and is the only person in our family who at her age really knows what she wants and is going out to get it.

Youngest (and soon to be Son-in-law)

Youngest I love because she has hidden inner strength for the times she needs it- like having a baby!

Grandson

I obviously love him for his ability to eat tables because he brings such joy to all of us!

Now, my family also has a few extra members that aren't full-fledged family, but I consider them family nonetheless:

Future Son in Law 1 and Future Grandaughter

Future son in law 1 has persevered through having a kid and having the mom scag off on them, and that takes guts.  Future Granddaughter has a pretty big imagination, despite her mom.

Future Son in Law 2

The father of my grandson, Future son in law 2 I love because he sticks through with what he decides to do, even if it's hard.  Like being in the Army, which he was for 4 years, in Iraq twice.

And no family thingy would be complete without this guy:

My Dad (in the hat)

My Dad is extremely eccentric, but he is so very smart, it usually blow people away.

Ok.  That's them, and that's why I love them!




Remember, it's just a ride.

Here's the first one for my sister...(AKA Don't Mess With Bungee Cords)

So, last post I put up a picture of me looking disturbingly like Marilyn Manson.  I'd like to report that the eye is no longer dilated, but the vision is still not good, even with steroid drops.

This whole episode is reminding me of why I should never be allowed to play with bungee cords.  They are dangerous, dangerous things, and you can take your eye out with one.

Which, in 2005, is what I basically did.  Are you curious?  Ok, here's the story:

Once upon a time, when banks would loan outrageous sums of money to everyone, there was a family that bought a vineyard in Western Colorado:

One day early on when the grapes turned color and needed to be netted so the birds wouldn't eat them, the family bought bird netting.  Unbeknownst to the family, the netting would come on a 500 pound roll with 5000 feet of netting on it.  The family didn't have any way of getting the netting off the roll, and so Husband, after leaving for work, asked the Wife to try and get it off the roll.

Wife tried everything from unrolling the roll down a hill to get long sheets, to trying to pull off short pieces.  The roll was so heavy that moving it, even on a hill, was difficult.

Now, Wife had a temper, and with each failed attempt, was getting angrier.  So, she finally gave up and loaded the roll onto the bucket of their tractor.  But the roll kept falling off!  So, more pissed than ever, Wife ran into the garage to get anything, anything that would hold the roll on the tractor.

And then she spied the bungee cord sitting all innocent-like on a pile of wood:

 

Wife was so mad, she didn't even think, she just grabbed the cord and pulled, expecting it to come with her.

But it didn't.

Instead, it hooked onto a board until it was stretched tight, and when Wife turned around to see what the deelio was, POW!  Bungee cord let go.  It bounced off of wife's cheek and deflected into her eye.  She had to have stitches in her cheek!  Her cornea was lacerated!

Insult to injury- yes I'm wearing braces!

Her 16 year old daughter with parking lot only driving experience had to drive her on a highway into town to get her medicines!  Strangers looked at her like Husband was probably a wife beater, maybe even an axe murderer!  Wife had to keep the eye dilated for two months!

The moral of the story?

Don't fuck with the Bungee, man.


Remember, it's just a ride.