Well kids, don't get all worked up like you even noticed The Antics were missing this week and pretty close to not getting written all together. I had to get it together and get them out so not to disappoint my faithful readers...you know, there are about three of you. Here's what I've got...
1. Fun fact…Sue Miller isn’t the only one who needs a lock box for her spare keys…looks like the Bentley grad needs one too…how many Bentley grads does it take to hang a curtain? Apparently not as many as it takes to break into their house when they lock themselves out.
2. In the event I buy a home and use it to rent as an AirBNB, I can assure you that I will not house chickens at that home and then expect those renting that home to feed them in my absence, while they’re spending their good money to stay there as my guest. Call me crazy, but that's just weird.
3. Sister of the year…I am unable to officially identify this sister because she has a very special gift. If we were to officially expose her identity, those who are moving and require furniture construction assistance may come from far and wide in attempts to contact her for help, and she's got no time for that. The gift of being able to construct any item, at any time, doesn’t matter how many screws, bolts, nails, levers or missing pieces this construction may involve, she'll get it done in record time. She may actually be an architect of some sort, or perhaps has a side hustle as a furniture- putter-together-er for Ikea because she is a mastermind. Give her a 37-page book of instructions, a butter knife, and all the crap that requires building, and she’ll get it done. For $50 an hour and direct access to the AC, we may be able to convince her to put your entire kitchen together. Exhibit 1, the sister who shall not be named…p.s. she’s not a Kap kid, you saw in last week's Antics what kind of help those two are in a move.
4. Took a day trip to the beach this week with Sharon and Diane. Sharon has a keen eye and super-power in her ability to spot a piece of sea glass under any kind of weather conditions, Diane and I are not. It was a perfect beach day, not too hot, not too chilly. Sun was just right. Water temp perfect, wave conditions exceptional. What did Diane and I find? Rocks and rocks and more rocks of all shapes, colors and sizes, spread out on the sand for all to see - and that's all Diane and I saw, sand and rocks. We were unsuccessful in our attempts at finding sea glass while this show off picked up at least 20 pieces like she was shooting fish in a barrel. When picking up what I thought was sea glass all I heard was, rock... rock...Miller that’s a rock put it back...that is not sea glass, rock again...ok so that's not sea glass now, maybe it will be some day, but not today, drop it...Diane and I smarten up and start following Sharon around matching her step for step and still, no sea glass for us, but she'd find some right where we'd been standing. We asked her for tips and tricks, she tried to help us, she really did, still nothing. I finally decided I knew what was wrong and it was clearly out of my control. Growing up and living in the Woo, my eyes have become so accustomed to seeing trash and broken glass on our city streets, they're certainly not now going to think the broken glass they spy in the sand is worth picking up...doesn't matter what all that tumbling in the ocean may have done to it. Exhibit 2, my awesome pile of rocks.
5. As if you haven't been able to feel the ripple coming our way, we have a full moon coming up kids, August 19th. Thanks to one of our only readers, Sue Burns, she reminded me that there is a full moon coming and provided me with all sorts of fun facts. This is not just any moon, but a blue moon. What makes it a blue moon you ask? When a season has four full moons, traditionally the third full moon in that season is called the blue moon. This will be the biggest and brightest full moon of the year, appearing 14% larger and 30% brighter than the average moon that shows up to mess with us. So, get up off your couches Monday night people and take a stroll outside to take a peek because this full blue moon is rare, and we won't see another one until 2037.
6. Drove up Mill Street today. Just when you think it can’t become any more ridiculous, it does. Anyone see this? I’m not even sure what to say about these appendages sticking up out of the ground all up and down Mill Street other than, well never mind, we try to keep it clean here…Exhibit 3 more upgrades to Mill Street.
7. I saw this thing on Instagram. It was a video of a woman with a newer car with a remote. She showed if you click the unlock button three times, it puts your automatic windows down. I was unable to try this because the battle wagon’s remote is broken and the jeep doesn’t have automatic windows…so I got Sam to try it for me. Results are in…that chick is a liar because it doesn’t work. Sam sent me the video evidence to prove it. Exhibit 4, debunking of instagram nonsense
8. Casey was in Maine this week and found herself in a plant store, go figure. While there, she came upon what she thought was an interesting looking bug, but it was actually a hummingbird. She did what any lover of nature would do and decided to snap a picture of it. Exhibit 5, what she was trying to get....
Exhibit 6, this is what she got. Killer hummingbird, going right at her. She's lucky to be alive. This little guy looks like he was out to get her.
9. For you long time readers, you may remember past Antics in which I may have talked about the sock basket. The dreaded basket where all unmatched socks go to die. They tend to build up, because you know and I know as soon as you throw the lonely pairless sock away, the other turns up, and so the infamous sock basket is born. A few weeks back my plant shelf fell down, and unknown to me, some of the dirt from one of the plants that fell made its way into the sock basket. I tried cleaning it all out and the thoughts of washing a basket full of pair less socks I said forget it, and off to the trash I went. Arriving at the bin, I had second thoughts and decide I should go through them. What does every good mother do when met with this conundrum? I get a kid to do it for me and that's where the youngest Kap kid comes in. She went through the socks, paired up what she wanted saving, and in the midst of the sock task she discovered this little guy, a piece of my cactus I had been trying to save, look at him go. Not only did he survive this traumatic event and live his not so best life at the bottom of the basket, but he managed thrive and grow a new appendage while he was at it. Exhibit 7, the little lone cactus survivor. (que Destiny Child's I'm a Survivor theme music...)
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10. Here's my yearly public service announcement that you've got one full week left until school starts which means all the school busses will be back on the road. Plan accordingly and don't drive like a bunch of jerks. When you're aggravated in traffic, just remember it could be worse. You could be the one driving the bus full of kids.
And last but not least. Enjoy this great weather and what we have left of the summer!
Have a great weekend!
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