Random Thoughts X (The 9th Regeneration)

[coolerifyoudid]

Yesterday, we spent 5 hours outside doing yard work and planting. About 3.5 hours into it, our neighbor to the north came over and asked if we wanted some impatiens and begonias. She had bought them and didn't want them now. I was like, sure, that works. Flowers aren't cheap. She brings over 24 of each. I was thinking we were getting maybe 6 or so, but ok. I offer her money, and she refuses.

About 45 minutes later, our neighbor to the south comes over. She's got 4 bags of hostas and wants to know if we wanted a bag. Again, I was like, sure, that works.

So what could have been about 3.5 hours worth of yard work ended up being closer to 5 hours by the time we were done. I was grateful for the plants, but my back somehow aged 15 years. If only I had a three-day weekend to recover from my three day weekend.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

HAH! You'd be hooting like an ape since you are a pongid! You're getting tricky on a Monday am feeling Tuesday am, aren't you?

 

[CloneLawman]

Lots of fresh-faced young folk wandering around campus today, in various combinations with moms, dads & siblings. Makes me smile.

They get younger every year, it seems.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

They get younger every year, it seems.

Oh, yeah.....

 

[jcyclonee]

They get younger every year, it seems.

Not according to David Wooderson.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Not according to David Wooderson.

I feel like you knew you would get a gold medal rating from me by posting this, but I'm still more than happy to oblige.

 

[jcyclonee]

I feel like you knew you would get a gold medal rating from me by posting this, but I'm still more than happy to oblige.

Wasn't much doubt about that.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

I just swallowed a cherry pit

 

[jcyclonee]

I just swallowed a cherry pit

Trying to make a knot with the stem?

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Trying to make a knot with the stem?

I'm trying to figure out if I'm going to die or just have a cherry tree grow in my belly like mom warned me about.

 

[jcyclonee]

I'm trying to figure out if I'm going to die or just have a cherry tree grow in my belly like mom warned me about.

We could just plant you where George Washington chopped that one down. They've been looking for a replacement for almost 300 years.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I just swallowed a cherry pit

yer ded

 

[mdk2isu]

yer ded

Is this were we start claiming @coolerifyoudid's stuff?

 

[jcyclonee]

Is this were we start claiming @coolerifyoudid's stuff?

I'll take the hostas and the discounted long-haul rates.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Is this were we start claiming @coolerifyoudid's stuff?

I've got a Kirby Puckett rookie card and some of the original transformers. Basically everything else I've acquired after the age of 11 is fodder for Good Will.

 

[wxman1]

Going to the South Point to hopefully not donate too much money. If available I am going to put a couple of bucks on ISU over UNI and Iowa. Maybe even the Cubs to win a game for once.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Is this were we start claiming @coolerifyoudid's stuff?

I'm not sure of the appropriate regulations - we might have to see what his family wants first...

 

[SaraV]

Other cool stuff my mom showed me this weekend...

- My grandma's 3rd grade primer from 1926, with her handwriting in it. Now I know where I got my handwriting. Looked/looks a lot like mine.
- A small quilted blanket my great-grandmother made for my mother when she was a baby.
- A dishtowel with a note attached in my grandmother's handwriting "Your ole [sic] mom handstitched this when she was a teenager." It's just a simple border, but very well done.

I "claimed" the primer when my mom passes away.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Bite mark looks the same as it did this morning.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Bite mark looks the same as it did this morning.

Since neither of us will likely last the week, I'll start looking around for some good 2-for-1 funeral deals.