A Memory from High School...

I had this huge crush on this guy in my Art History class. I was a senior and he was a junior. He was cute, cool and smart. Girls threw themselves at him daily. One girl in our class... EVERYDAY... would stand in front of him and bend over 'looking for a book' she could never find. It was shameless. In his junior year of High School he had gotten an SAT score high enough to be offered a full scholarship to UCLA. He always got straight A's on tests but would tell people he got a C (I caught him doing that once and asked him about it, he said it was so people didn't classify him as a nerd).

Anyhow, we always got into these meaningless arguments. I thought of this one today while I made myself a sandwich:

Him: I had a really good samwich at lunch.
Me: Ummm, did you just say samwich?
Him: Yeah, so?
Me: Trying to be cute or something?
Him: What? What are you talking about?
Me: Usually when people say samwich it's to be cute...and I've only heard girls do it.
Him: Ummmmm... how do YOU say it?
Me: (wide eyed stare, than slowly) Sandwich...
Him: Hahaha, SANDWICH? As in Sand... like at a beach??? Hahahahahaha!
Me: (giving him an incredulous look)Are you being serious?
Him: Yeah, are you?
Me: (for a split second I second guess my knowledge on this trivial debate. Than realize that he really doesn't know it's Sandwich) Hahahaha! IT IS pronounced SANDwich. Who taught you it was samwich? Hahhahaahahaha!
Him: (narrowing his eyes) What?? It's pronounced samwich!
Me: (laughing harder, I call the teacher over...she was so laid back...) Mrs. (so and so) is it pronounced SANDWICH or SAMWICH?
Teacher: Sandwich...
Me: hahaahahahaha! Told yoU!!!

I was just thinking how sad/funny it is that because he was so cute and smart I second guessed myself for half a second. Oh well, I was right! No wonder we never dated! LOL.

Rain, Rain, I love You.

Too bad too much rain is not good. And I am grateful I don't have to drive in it... and I pray all that do are safe (especially David!).

But when we moved to Texas it was sooo much fun playing in the rain because it wasn't freezing cold. It felt soooo good. We used to go jogging in the rain... keep in mind I was 16 haha, not too cool to jog in the rain. We (brothers and sisters) would run to the neighborhood park that was guaranteed to be empty and slide down extra slippery slides, splash in puddles and swing on the swings.

So naturally I let my kids play in it as well. David is actually okay with it...only because I have them use umbrellas...and sometimes rain boots...hehe... I just need to buy a bigger pair for Liam and pass his on to Violet.

I have them use umbrellas because I remember being fascinated with umbrellas when I was a kid, and always kind of sad when it rained and I didn't have one. NOW, now I can't stand using an umbrella...It is soooo cumbersome to me... especially trying to load in kids and sometimes groceries while attempting to wield an umbrella effectively...not fun... and NEVER effective (for me anyway).

The kids LOVE them, and they love splashing in the rain with their boots. I love how hard Texas rain can come down. You can be standing there with your umbrellas and it's like you are under a waterfall. You can sing and scream and your voice gets muffled by the downpour so it's not loud for anyone else. And the next time it 'safely' floods the streets I think I'm going to take a page from my mom and sister mo's book and get out an air mattress...or pool float... or canoe if you have one...to float down the street on. If you live in Texas, I think, you should attempt it at least once in your life.

Lists

TO DO LIST:
Finish Family Home Evening lesson for exchange! Sheeesssh, it's taking me over 4 months to finish this thing.

Finish Logo for Diann!

Finish at LEAST 5 illustrations for Janice (of 17)... I think she has been waiting a few years for these! Ahhhh!!!

Finish Dining Room paintings (What I want to work on the most but need to put at the bottom of the list).

Garden Pillow.

Quiet Book... going to do a Bible Stories one... my own design of course.

Make a bench cusion for Dining Room bench.

Fix Dining Room curtains.

FINISH PUMPKIN PATCH!!! I only have a few days left before I NEED To plant the seeds.

Okay I'm going to stop before I get so overwhelmed I continue to not finish anything.