Do you remember this video I posted several years ago of Chad and his duck call?  His bedroom was right off my sewing room and I heard the duck call non-stop when he was in there.

Nicole posted this video the other day of Addie:

Isn’t that funny?

Sometimes you just have to laugh at the conversations around here.  We have an ongoing  joke about potatoes . . how are you going to cook them tonight because we have so many in the garden. Yesterday at lunch, Vince said “How are you fixing the potatoes tonight?” and I said “mashed, with gravy”.

On his way back to work, he took one of the drawer fronts to get paint matched and they tried several times and were having a hard time getting it right so he told them he would come back and get it after work.  He called me and told me that they couldn’t get it right so he had to go back there after work.  Fine.

We have to go to Abilene this week and over the weekend, Vince was looking online for restaurant recommendations.  We don’t go there enough to know the good places to eat.  He found a Chinese restaurant.  I said “I don’t really like Chinese”  (which he should know by now!).  He found another Chinese restaurant.  I said “I would rather eat somewhere besides Chinese.”  He found the third Chinese restaurant and I said “Whatever you want is fine with me!”

So, yesterday afternoon, he came home from work just as I was putting sourdough bread in the oven to bake and was peeling the potatoes for dinner.

Vince:  You ready?
Me:  Ready?
Vince:  We have to go to Sherwin-Williams.
Me:  I thought you were going after work.
Vince:  This is after work!
Me:  No . . I thought you were going straight there from work.
Vince:  No, I thought we would go eat Chinese (which is in the same shopping area as Sherwin-Williams).
Me:  Vince!  You have to tell me these things ahead of time.  I just put bread in the oven!
Vince:  I did tell you ahead of time.

Really?

Last night, we did not go to Sherwin-Williams.  We did not go eat Chinese.

This morning Vince called about the phone/internet (internet is working great — phone, not so much!) and he said “Do you want to meet me at the Chinese restaurant at 11:15?”  NO!  Not really!  But, I said “yes . . you you there!”  I can assure you that by the time you read this blog post, Vince and I will have had a conversation very similar to this:

Vince:  It’s never as good as I think it’s going to be.
Me:  Yep.
Vince:  I’m not going back there again.
Me:  Yep!

I will want to say “You said that last time too” but I will not say it.

My husband . . gotta love him.  He cannot pass up something that’s marked down and something that’s free . . it’s definitely coming home with us, whether we need it or not.

You know by now that we enjoy life around here and most of the time we’re laughing and giggling and having a great time.  You also know that I’m pretty prepared for whatever comes our way . . solar oven, solar powered well, extra propane tank, lots of food and supplies.

As I was closing out my email last night, I saw where “my” Kindle orders were available for download.  Vince and I share an account . . not good!  The first book he ordered was this:

365 Days of Happiness

I said “365 Days of Happiness?”  He said . . I got that for you.  OK.  If I get much happier, people are going to start to wonder about me.

The very next book he ordered was this:

Survive Infinite Dangers

I looked at him and asked “Survive Infinite Dangers?”  He said “I got that for you!”  Really?

My husband is a funny man!

This might be one of those times that you had to be here . . or it could be one of those times when you might need to spit out anything you’re drinking so as not to spew liquid on the computer screen.

Vince was going to take a shower and I asked him to get me a glass of water.  Then I asked him to close the blinds on the door because moths land on the glass door because of the inside lights and then when we go to let Speck out, the moths come in the house.  After asking him to do two things, he said “What else would you like for me to do?  Jump up and down?”  I said “Sure, but I don’t think you can jump very high!”

Oh, my!  It was hilarious.  I took two or three pictures and was laughing so hard, the camera was shaking.

With his approval, I’m sharing this picture of my 60 year old husband jumping up and down.

Vince Jumping

Anyone in central Texas thinking we’re having an earthquake, it’s just my husband jumping up and down!  Funny, funny Vince!  And, he’s such a good sport.  I think I’ll keep him!

Look at his expression.  He’s trying so hard to jump as high as he can.