“The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.”
Robert Brault
TIME: 9:14 PM
PLACE: Home
SUBJECT: Pencil erasers
HH brought home all of these pencils for the kids. He said he never wants to hear them utter the phrase “I can’t find a pencil!” during the upcoming school year. Want to bet they still do?
“A commuter tie-up consists of you - and people who for some reason won't use public transit.”
~Robert Brault
TIME: 4:09 PM
PLACE: Highway 270, looking south to Manchester Road
SUBJECT: Traffic
DramaQueen had a doctor’s appointment at 3:15pm at an office a way west of the city of St. Louis. When the appointment was over, I knew that the drive home would be a challenge. Mix up the normal rush hour congestion with lots of rain and you have yourself a nice little traffic jam. Luckily, we didn’t stay in one spot for for long; there were mainly a lot of break lights with stop and go traffic. I did managed to snap off a quick picture while we were at one of the standstills.
“A commuter tie-up consists of you - and people who for some reason won't use public transit.”
Robert Brault (American, free-lance writer who has contributed to magazines and newspapers in the USA for over 40 years)
TIME: 8:27 PM
PLACE: Outside the mall
SUBJECT: Traffic
After going to StellaDella’s orientation (no, I did not ask about the 8 sticks of glue…because I forgot to bring her school supplies with me…d’oh!), the DramaQueen, SD and I went to the dreaded mall for a few new clothing items for DQ. She picked out 2-pairs of jeans, a t-shirt, socks and - the new “in-thing” - a rubber bracelet. You don’t want to know how much it all cost. Gah! I hate going to the mall to begin with…the traffic stinks and the prices that I end up paying rubs salt into the wound. I joke that the rest of us shop at Goodwill just so we can afford DQ’s clothes. And I’m not putting down the “Will” by any means. I find great stuff there and am more than satisfied with the value I get for my money.
“We labor to make a house a home, then every time we're expecting visitors, we rush to turn it back into a house.”
Robert Brault (American, freelance writer).
TIME: 8:28 PM
PLACE: Dining room table
SUBJECT: Pledge & Endust furniture polish
Sometimes it seems as if the only time my house gets cleaned is when we have guests. I guess we need to have guests more often!
“Do I rue a life wasted doing crosswords? Yes, but I do know the three-letter-word for regret.”
Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
TIME: 9:30 PM
PLACE: Kitchen
SUBJECT: Newspaper
Sometimes you just gotta exercise your brain. And it’s a nice change of pace from doing the laundry.
“It pleases me to take amateur photographs of my garden, and it pleases my garden to make my photographs look professional.”
Robert Brault (American, free-lance writer)
TIME: 8:05 PM
PLACE: Front yard
SUBJECT: Landmark Sunrise Rose Lantana
I finally filled my concrete planters with flowers this weekend. I put these Lantana flowers, along with some pink geraniums and pink petunias in them. They are all bright and candy-colored and make me happy. I filled some hanging baskets with more petunias (they were only 98 cents for a 4” pot at the Home Depot); pinks in one and purples in another. Then I splurged at my local gardening center and bought a 14” pre-made patriotic planter with red geraniums, red and white striped petunias, white verbena and blue salvia. U.S.A! U.S.A! I still have to fill a large cauldron that sits in my side flower bed and another hanging planter, then I should be done with annuals – If I don’t kill them all. Maybe this will be the year where I consistently water my container plants and don’t let them die of thirst…just maybe. *crosses fingers*
