Water, Water, Everywhere

Though it is raining out, I was referencing the graphics, not any flooding at my house.  You all know how much I love to make water move and I just couldn't resist.  I had to play with these and share:)  I love they way they came out.

 

I want to, once again, thank you all for the support and nominations of my journals for the Vivi's.  I haven't made the rounds completely to the other nominees, but I will.  So many great picks.  Just wish there was a way to have everyone be nominated and win, you are all winners!

 

The normal Sunday morning silence was broken a short time ago.  As I sat and read about the shake up with the Philadelphia Flyers (their coach was fired and the GM resigned - which really isn't surprising), I heard the scratch of metal and the roar of motors running.  When I looked out the window there were several dump trucks, claw and bucket/scoop trucks (or whatever the hell they are called! lol).  There in the rain, workers are cleaning up the debris in my area.  Yeah!  All the limbs, trees, and branches are off my front lawn!  It's still a mess with leaves that were left behind, but I can see the street and when the rain stops we can rake up the last of it.  It's almost back to normal in my neck of the woods, but I hear some are still without power.  I'd have long since lost mind if I had to go without power for over a week!!

 

Some other noise around my house is my son.  Not sure if I even wrote about this, but he and his buddies decided to move someplace bigger.  They will be moving in Nov 1.  Turns out the month to month lease at the old place was up on the 15th and to avoid any further rent there, they all moved home temporarily.  This was obviously in the works but to hell with telling me.  Oh the joy!!  Actually, I love it.  I've missed him not being here, and though he isn't here a whole helluva lot anyway, it's nice to have him around.  The other night he and his friends went to a haunted house.  He told us the story and laughed all the way through it. I won't do the story justice, but behind them in line was a large, very built man.  He went on to say he looked like he could have been a football player, and had a very gruff voice.  He was last in the line of his buddies so this man was behind him.  It wasn't far into the house that he felt these large hands grab him by the shoulders and a voice squeal.    The man was so scared he was directing my son by the shoulders as to where to go and how fast.  It took him several minutes to break free after asking the man to stop on several occasions.  Now his buddy was last and the man grabbed him too.  At one point they were in a room with sheets hanging and the chainsaw going.  The man about had a heart attack, my son said.  He was actually pushing his friend and using him as a shield to protect himself.  By the end of the story my son was in tears.  Guess it's true, the bigger they are the harder they fall!  Then a bit later this morning he let out a gasp 'Mom, kill it'  When I turned and looked he was laying on the couch almost in the fetal position.  Blanket pulled right up to his chin as he stared at a huge hairy spider walking on the floor, closer to me mind you!  I grabbed my camera thinking I could get a picture and use it as part of a Halloween graphic but he then went into 'sailor' mode and cursed up a storm for me to just kill the damn thing.  As I went to get a shoe he screamed, 'hurry!'  Like it was going to get to him before I could get the shoe.  What did he want me to do, pick it up with my bare hands?  Stomp on it in bare feet?  I grab a shoe and he yells at me not to use his.  ROFL!!!  I'm gonna kill the spider with the bottom, not put it in your shoe.  He didn't care, he wanted me to use another one, I grabbed mine.  I wonder what he did when he was in a house with his buddies???  LOL   Oh I have missed him!!!  And yes, the bigger they are the harder they fall!

 

Well, I'm off to watch the Bills get throttled by the Pat's, will be back later no doubt.  I hope everyone has a great Sunday! 

hugs

~d