Posterchild for "Old Folks"

                                 Hello Nice People,

               It's 5 in the morning.  What am I  doing up this early.  Actually, I am always up early.  this morning I woke up a 4, then got up at 4:30.  I guess its habit from when I am working during the winter months.  And,  I enjoy the early morning hours.  Hubby, he gets up to head to the bathroom and just shakes his head in disbelief.  You'd think he would know me after all these years.  I like to go out and get the paper......can't wait to see what's in the news for a new day.  Turn on channel 6 and listen to what they have to say about a new day.  Hmmmm,  some hostages were rescued from Columbia.  Uh oh, lightning struck one of those tall cranes that jut up into the air when they are building a new tall structure.  Those cranes amaze me.  I have been wanting to go over to AC and take a few pictures of them.  2 workers standing on the ground were taken to the hospital. 

         Not too much happening in this early July summer.  I have not been outside for 2 days.  I HATE this air conditioning.  If hubby were not here, I would turn it off and open all the windows.  Everything is closed up and you don't even know whats going on outside.  Well, thats not exactly true.  Melody and the kids came in last nite an we went out on the deck and had watermelon.  I think I will go out today and do some shopping for the Fourth.  I keep asking Dominic if they have any plans for the Fourth.  If not, we will have a little BarBQue.  He just says, "Don't put that kind of pressure on me."  I think that means  Ok unless something better comes along.

     Did you ever feel like a posterchild for "OLD FOLKS?"  Monday,  I went to get my nails done.  Yeh, I started this a year ago when we were going to a wedding in Virginia,  and I have kept it up eversince.  Its kind of nice to have decent looking nails and they last about 6 weeks before you have to go back and get a fill.  All these nail shops are Viet Namese.  And about half are little Viet Namese men.  The little guy that did my nails insisted on calling me "MOM."   I thought that was kind of cute but it also was a wake up that I am now in the winter of my life and thats how I am perceived by the rest of the world.  "You off today, Mom."  "You get Pedicure, Mom?'  "You like this color. Mom?"   All finished......., and what does "MOM" do?  Stood up to go over to the drier and brushed the right hand on the back of the chair.  Smudged 3 fingers on the right hand.  "Thats OK Mom, we fix."  Whereas he sat back down and repaired his smeared handiwork.  "You no worry Mom,  we fix."  All done,  Mom gets up and smears the left hand on the chair next to me.  Now, his nice work is all over the black leather on THAT chair.    My face is red and I feel like  he is thinking,  why did I get this OLD broad instead of that good looking chick over there.  He took off all the smeared polish and redid, now both hands.  "You be careful, Mom,  I get your purse, Mom you no fall,"  OMG, when does the little bus come to take me back to the Home?"

        Something nice on the news this morning:  There are two people in Philadelphia that play Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross for the tourists at the Liberty Bell site and other Philadelphia tourist spots.  They have had these jobs for many years and are often on the news.  They are probably in their sixties and seventies.  Well, they have fallen in love and are getting married.  Isn't that some nice news?  Betsy Ross and Ben Franklin a happy couple.

                  I am going to get my coffee and yogurt,  sit down and read the morning paper.......hmmmm, out side on the deck with the birds singing.  A good start to a new day.

                                                                 Talkatchalater,  Marlene

 

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