Long Weekends…

 I love a good long weekend. 

So, let’s be transparent, whatcha think?

This and that….

 I have a new granddaughter. Will-ow Par-ker. The name was chosen from the movie of the same name, Willow and that’s ok, I actually like Willow but to show the maturity of my son and his wife who dress alike in Disney clothes and have a Disney outfit for every single holiday no matter how trivial plus are AVID superhero movie fans… The middle name is after Spider Man’s Peter Parker. I am literally face palming myself.

And for those that are curious, no, my son has not told us nor will he. My YM tells us these things.

This birth is not bothering me nearly as much as the OM’s . Jo-ry taught me long ago how to let go of him.  It’s so much easier the second time. 

The OM will be coming to my home Sunday. She’ll be dropping the youngest off as he’s going to the Falls to spend time with YM and meet the Om’s baby. Then a week later she’ll be here again to pick up the YM after she flies in from a trip to California. My stomach feels very twisty about that, she’ll be outside in view of us for the first time in about 2 years. Makes me shake thinking about it. 

New animals on the island? Yes! First my husband has ran into and over two cottonmouth’s this week. Love me a good deadly snake…… It looks like the Nutria have been… Uh, let’s say, re-homed, because they aren’t here anymore BUT!! They’re remodeling the “green” area on the island which is surrounded by shops and restaurants, the stream flows through it, picnic blankets are a requirement and bands play outside every week of every month when it’s not too cold or too hot. It’s next to a huge treehouse so lots of families, anyway, the new owners are changing things up a bit and it’s made the bunnies scatter. That’s brought vultures up to about three ft in height who are sitting on our balconies. Ya, between that and the massive owls it feels a little like the Hunger Games when walking outside with a pet! I’ll try and put a pic down below of one of the smaller ones. 

It’s dangerous in the Southern states. In Washington my biggest problem was sometimes finding a black widow. It’s crazy how used you can get to dangerous weather and animals. 

We’re going to a wedding Sunday. My dress is so pretty!! I’ll try and out a pic of that below too. I bought a white sun hat with a blue ribbon around the head to go with it.  So cute! 

For some reason my brother in law was in Casa Grande, where we lived in Arizona and he went to our old house. He sent us a picture, hey! Maybe I’ll put that below too! But if you’ve seen one brown house you’ve seen them all, am I right?

I’m so stressed about that missing submarine. My God. It combines my fears of deep water and suffocating and for good measure claustrophobia! I’m panicking for those people. 

Thank you to a bear for a great picture 😚

Luvs, me 

Pics below :

Monday

 Middle of June and not “too” hot yet. This makes me happy! On the other hand we’ve had several nights of tornado warnings which include tonight. We must get out of June! 

Last night I was painting when the sirens went off. I must officially live in Texas because I wiped my hands off, picked up my phone, chose a radar app and became a meteorologist. Nope, just gonna miss us. I continued to paint.

We live on the border of three other cities, Plano, Frisco and McKinney so we get alerts for all four cities. I always check though. There’s a LOT of glass in our living room so we’d definitely need to get into the hallway by our elevator. That portion is reinforced with steel and concrete and zero glass. 

It’s fun. 

Had a great weekend. Never left the island and did some shopping went to our coffee shop and then across the path to Mexican food for dinner. It sprinkled just a tiny bit. I wore a black empire waist shirt with puffy sleeves, my new jeans that I picked up from J. Crew, straight leg, light denim wash, cargo style pockets on the kegs, my new sandals that I got for Mother’s Day, a chunky pink necklace, chunky black ring, pink bucket hat. I was super cute. Got several compliments on my outfit and my YOU perfume. There was a band playing 70’s-89’s rock in front of our British pub. Lots of kids and visitors shopping. Happy. Saw the.most.beautiful cranberry red Corvette. I had to stop myself from reaching out and touching her. My heart skipped a beat. 

I really don’t feel like unpacking Robb. Yes, we’re “fine” now. Probably feels totally normal to him. I’ll try to next time I post. 

To be honest, I’m doggy paddling in life at the moment. Just want to be in the moment and do my art, play my music, dance and look up at the sun letting it warm me through my body. Candles burning, fairy lights lit. Reading books, Fuzzy socks and Land’s End PJs. Hot coffee ( decaf), listening to the thunder. I bought some lilacs, my favorite flower and scent. Takes me back in time. Calms my soul. Just back float. 

To the bear, no pics again? 

Goodnight luvs!

Tracy

Sunday

Monday

 Why no pictures, Bear. 

My husband took our dog to the creek which feeds the bayou and she likes to lay down in the water. First part of June, my Dudes, and a fucking water moccasin was in the water already. First, I thought they only swam in lakes and oceans? Did he lose his way out of the bayou? And do you even know how fucked up that would have made me? Ya, you do,, think back to my Louisiana bayou experience and you’ll know that white noise would have taken over my brain and I would have been running like Forrest Gump on crack. That is the kind of situation that my fight, flight or freeze goes into flight. My husband…. Walked the dog the other way, you know, towards the bayou….. He says it’s safe in the daylight because all the things are nocturnal… Um, water moccasin…. Daylight. 

It’s fun here.