. . . pass/fail . . .

. . . the good news is i

passed

my defensive driving class . . .

{thanks to alex p munoz - teacher extraordinaire} . . . the bad news is that my car

failed

to start when class ended . . .

{thanks to my brother-in-law, rob, for picking me up at the cracker barrel}

. . . pi·o·neer . . .

. . . [pahy-uh-neer] . . .
. . .being the earliest,
original,
first of a particular kind . . .

. . . pretty sure

this special order

qualifies . . .

. . . seriously? . . .

. . . happy [pahy-uh-neer] day . . .

. . . testing, testing, one, two . . .

. . . today is another big day . . .

. . . two additional electronic leads

will be placed

on a trial basis . . .

. . . only to be removed on friday . . .

. . . if they prove to be effective,

permanent implantation

will take place at a later date . . .

. . . if they prove to be effective,

i may be required to sit through

The Dark Knight

sometime before friday. . .

. . . it's a sacrifice i'm willing to make . . .

. . . yo ho yo ho . . .

. . . for nikki . . . . . . and her hardcore baby . . .
. . . {i'm not sold yet} . . .

. . . oops! summer edition . . .

. . . since i can't go anywhere . . .

. . . what with the

no wearing makeup and all . . .

. . . might as well sew, right? . . .

. . . i needed to fill some orders,

with a couple of special requests . . .

. . . black and light pink . . .

. . . hot pink/60s-ish . . .
. . . look carefully . . .

. . . i know the camo one's hard to see . . .. . . after lots of requests and

searching high and low . . .

. . . i finally found

some camo ribbon i like . . .

{most of it is truly ugly!}

. . . camo gear on little boys

is a stretch for me . . .

. . . after all, this was how

i dressed my little boy . . .

. . . next up . . .

. . . skull and crossbones . . .

. . . maybe . . .

. . . blepharitis . . .

. . . one of the more common eye problems

in OLDER adults is a skin condition called

blepharitis . . .
. . . the cause of blepharitis is unknown . . .
. . . it is more common in people who have

dandruff {i don't},

skin allergies {i don't}, or

eczema {i did when i was a kid} . . .
. . . the problem is often chronic . . .
. . . if you have blepharitis,

you are more likely to get styes . . .
. . . hey, at least there's

something to look forward to . . .

. . . giving credit . . .

. . . where credit is due . . .

. . . thanks for the

extreme makeover {blog edition}

compliments . . .

. . . i only wish i were

creative/technologically savvy enough

to come up with this myself . . .

. . . alas, i am pretty good at finding

{read: blog stalking}

assistance . . .

. . . lyndsay is my new blog friend . . .

. . . it only took ten hours

from the time i first contacted her

until she had created

several banners

for me to choose from . . .

. . . it's not easy to get that kind of

customer service these days . . .

. . . bonus for me is that

she wants to trade for oops! . . .

. . . i'm just saying . . .

. . . hypothetical question . . .

. . . say you had just exited

the superstition freeway and

were driving north bound

on rural road in tempe, arizona . . .

. . . what would you say

the speed limit is there? ** . . .

. . . and say you were

approaching broadway,

where the light was red and

you were going to be the

third person waiting in line . . .

. . . i'd say it looks like

defensive driving school

is in my near future . . .

** did you say 45 mph?

yeah, i did too,

but nice mr. motorcycle cop

said it's 35 mph . . .

. . . he was also happy to say

that i was going 52 mph . . .

{however, it is interesting to note that

as soon as you turn right/east onto broadway

it's 45 mph . . . go figure}

. . . it's independence day . . .

. . . wishing you all a very

happy/festive/safe/cool

{is that possible?}. . . . . . fourth of july. . .

. . . and count your blessings . . .

hint: just stay home & watch

"a capitol fourth"

or

"boston pops fireworks spectacular"

on television

while drinking something {aka diet coke w/ sonic ice} really cold

those folks sure know what they're doing

& the music's fabulous

. . . three/twenty-one . . .

. . . to mark the three month anniversary

of the start of

elder romney's

adventures in méxico,

let me introduce you

to his companion,

elder vérbica . . .

. . . he's the one on the far right . . . . . . his name is really elder verbica,

but he had a new name tag printed

in order to "fit in" better . . .

. . . we hope he's teaching

all sorts of cool things

to our son . . .

. . . and his mom/family is/are

my new best friend/s . . .
{i thank them for these photos!}