Who wants a frog?

For years we have been laughing at Bob about the tree frogs.  They show up near my pool in early May.  They are very verbal on hot, humid nights or when it is raining.  They would call, we would tell Bob and out he went with his camera.  We have thousands of feet of footage of tree frogs croaking, day or night.  It really turned to be quite funny. 

Every year he would ask if he could get rid of the pool and dig a frog pond.  The answer was always the same, "NO!"  There have been years that the pool lid was off and they laid eggs in the water but none ever survived.  He would take the eggs out ant put them elsewhere but it never worked - till now.

We haven't taken the lid off the pool yet.  Warm weather started early this year and so did the frogs.  He isn't taking pictures this year either.  Surprise, surprise.  He was gone away the other day and I was out near the pool and noticed these black things on the pool lid.  They look like small fish.  I bet they are tadpoles.  Upon his arrival home, I let him know about these little black things on the lid.  As soon as I saw his face I knew he thought the same as me - tadpoles.  Sure enough, that is what they are.  There are hundreds of them.  Now I am not allowed to take the cover off until they leave in 3 to 4 weeks.  This should be a great picture of all these frogs leaving the pool at the same time.  Might even make a good movie.  The frog pond now exists in my backyard.  Frogs for sale!

Email

Now everyone knows my computer skills.  I ran into a good one today.  I feel like I am in the movie "Groundhog Day."  I have just spent about 30 minutes trying to delete old emails I don't want.  I follow the directions, the button does say delete, and then I go back to another section of my email.  When I an done cleaning one out I go back to the trash, and the same emails reappear.  I have done this a few times thinking it was just my imagination, but I return again and they have come back.  I shut it down.  Now I know later when I return they will be there to haunt me.  How I love computers!

Money in the Meter?

Going to the big city today.  Must see a new Doctor for my eyes.  Bob of course was able to get the day off.  All the kids are in school.  He drove, I gave directions.  Right, left, he actually didn't give me too much guff.  We are going to park at a meter.  I gave him the quarters but didn't look up for a minute or two.  When I did, the words were, " How much have you put in that meter?"  "At least five quarters. Why?"  "Well I hope you saved some quarters for our meter since you just put them in the wrong meter."  We both blamed it on me not watching him carefully enough.  Wonder what the other person thought when they came out and saw all the time on their meter. 

I need some peace and quiet!

To begin with Happy Mother's Day to my readers.  Yes, I know I'm late.  I have had a few unbelievable days.  people think once the kids are grown and gone that life gets easier.  Most days it is. 

It all started with the rain we started to get on Sunday. Monday, Tuesday too.  By Tuesday we had enough of it.  I needed to wash just one sheet for the dogs.  Not much water.  Yes, Bob had already said easy on the water.  The drain field was getting full.  Like I said, just one little load.  I set it and forgot it, until Bob yelled, "There is water on the floor!"  Oh no!  I went to look and it was in the laundry room.  I know the cause of it.  That one little load did it and only half the water was drained.  At least it was clean.  Bob went and got the new carpet cleaner I just bought.  It cleans up bare floors too.  It did a great job.  Now to let it dry.  We also set the fan to help it along.  No more laundry till it stops raining.  I do know better.  The floor was nice and clean!

Wednesday morning I hear this yell, "Water is on the floor."  Aw, come on, let me sleep.  Yep, I bounced out of bed and ran down the stairs.  Sure enough there is the water.  The septic needs to be drained.  I got them to come right out and proceeded to start cleaning the laundry room again.  The floor cleaner works good.  Glad I bought it.  On with the fan again.  They came out and drained the tank and as soon as I ran water in the pipe it came right out.  UGH!  A blocked pipe.  Making another call I got someone to come and clean the pipe, but not until after 3:30.  We were going out to dinner with friends, not now.  Sorry.  The guy got there and had the pipe opened in minutes.  Now we must clean up the mess he made.  Now the floor is really clean.  I have had enough.

After eating a quick supper it was time to clean up and get dressed to go out.  We were going out to see Frankie Vallie & the Four Seasons.  It at least made us both smile.  We had a great night I just wish it lasted longer.....

What doesn't work?

I was sitting here working on my computer and was called away for a little while.  Upon returning to the room, Stacy said the DSL isn't working.  Okay, what is that and why does it affect me?  It's the thing that gives you the Internet service.  "Well don't just sit there, go fix it."  She tried her best before she called the phone company.  They said they will deliver a new box within 24 hours.  "WHAT?"  I need it now.  Okay I guess I have to wait.  One, two, three, the hours went by.  Yes, I did check to see if maybe by some luck it came on by it's self.  I was going into withdrawal!  I was sweating and shaking every time I thought of my Blogs and other things that I check on a daily basis.  People might think something has happened to me.  Will they ever forgive me for ignoring them for 24 hours? 

23 hours later there is a knock at the door.  Yes, they are here with a new box in hand.  "We will have it fixed in a few minutes."  They found out it wasn't the box, it was something someplace else that knocked it off.  Out they went.  Then they called wanting to know if the modem was working?  What's a modem?  The guy laughed and said he will return to check it out and to be sure we have Internet.  Guess he didn't believe me.  I did tell him I was computer illiterate.  Sometimes that is fun. 

They did fix it.  It does work and now my computer is attached again.  Yea!!!!!  I'm back!.... 

Peace and Quiet

All the dishes are done, baths given, snacks eaten and now it is time for bed.  Everyone is tucked in and settled down for the night.  Now we can relax.  Sitting on the swing outside, enjoying the star lite night, listening to the quietness is something we don't get to do often because of working different shifts.  This is really nice.  All of a sudden out of nowhere, we hear the scream, "Mommy!"  Okay there goes the peaceful night.  They couldn't find me and thought I got lost somewhere.  No I was just outside trying to enjoy some peace and quiet.  Yea, maybe next time.......

I was once 16

Why do our own children think that we haven't done what they are trying to do at the same age?  Do they think we went from 15 straight to 21?  We have done the same things at the same age, and our parents wouldn't let us do it either.  You are 16 and want to go out with your friends, that is okay.  You forgot to tell me you want to leave the house at 10:30 at night to go out.  I don't think so.  Not at that hour.  All you will be doing is getting in trouble. 

Do these words sound familiar?  Yes, these are words that came out of our child's mouth, our mouth, our parents mouth, need I go any further?   Just remember smarty, I was also 16 at one time in my life.  I didn't do it and neither are you!...... 

Chickens!

We let the chickens out of their coup during the day.  We have two roosters and of course one is nice and the other only wants to attack!  He is protecting his women.  If you want to go in the yard be sure to have a hat in your hand so you can swat him if he gets close.  It is kind of funny to see this chicken who is only 12 inches high go after someone who is almost 6 feet tall!  Where is an owl when you need one?.....