Something about Saturday...

Don't you just LOVE Saturdays? I think they're great. You can either spend the entire day in your p.j.'s reading, watching movies or playing with your kids. Or, if it's a nice day, you can get outside and enjoy it. Today I did a little of both. I stayed in my p.j.'s till almost noon, reading, sippin' my coffee and just piddlin' around the house, and then I decided not to waste any more of this beautiful day inside. The weather here was gorgeous today! I dressed the girls up and we went outside for a photo shoot. I wasn't satisfied with the backgrounds in my own yard so we ventured to the park down the street and got some good pictures there. You can view the slide show of the pictures I took by clicking here.

I was surprised but the girls did really well and let me take lots of pictures of them. Generally when I decide to photograph them with posed shots it's a huge fiasco that ends with me losing every ounce of patience I had to begin with (and also my temper!) and the girls whining and crying and falling out in the floor or on the ground. It's SO MUCH FUN! ;-)

I don't have too much to write about tonight, but before I go, I have to tell you about this strange lady I ran into at Walgreen's this afternoon. I was standing at the counter waiting to ask the pharmacist a question when this older Hispanic lady walks up talking to I guess whoever was around to listen to her. Since I was the only one standing there, I became the ears that she needed. She asked if the "two little bambinos" sitting in the chairs were mine. "Yes, they are. " "OH, dey are byoooteeful! Dey look like you." "Oh, thanks. " "Look at dat! Dee wan has dee brown eyes and dee udder has dee blue. Isn't dat something." "Yes, yes. " I can tell by how fast she keeps talking to me that we may be there for a while. She just kept on...one thing after another. But, since I was still waiting to speak to the pharmacist I was glad to have someone humor me for a minute. Next she tells me "My bambinos have dee green eyes like my fadder. Excep for my daughter, and she come out ugly. But what can you do?" I wanted to crack up now after hearing her say that her daughter "came out ugly"!! But I couldn't because she was serious as a heart attack! She said "My sons, dey dee ones dat got the green eyes." All I could think was "her poor daughter". I just wonder if she's had to put up with being the ugly one her whole life because as you know, if you've ever been around Hispanics, they tell it like it is. There is no lying or beating around the bush to spare feelings or anything else. They are brutally honest and right to your face! And there's something to be said for that, though...they don't lie about what they think. They tell you straight up. Much different from a lot of us who tell "little white lies" to keep things running smoothly and people happy. Which I found out this past Tuesday in Bible study, is WRONG! According to scripture we're to be completely honest at all times, while doing it in a godly, loving way. I'll be honest, that was a most uncomfortable and difficult lesson for me. One that I've not mastered. I mean, I know that it's wrong to out and out lie, but I've really never thought much about the little white lies that I tell. I don't even think of them as lies, rather, just being nice! It is so much easier for me to just be cordial and not say what I really think. But starting last Tuesday after class, I am trying harder to be completely truthful and avoid even the little white lies. Whoa! I didn't mean to get off on that tangent...just sort of came out.

As we were leaving the store we passed by an older black lady and she had stopped to ask a store employee where to find something. She said "S'cuse me, where you pottin' sole at?" (I didn't know that Walgreen's even carried potting soil! Seems a little odd, don't you think??) Too bad for her because the employee was Hispanic and apparently didn't speak much English. He just smiled really big and pointed to the bottom shelf of household cleaners. The lady looked at him confused and louder this time (because we all know that if someone doesn't understand English, it helps if you yell in English at them) "NO! WHERE YO' DIRT AT?"

I had gotten two laughs (at other's expenses) in a matter of 10 minutes. I seriously considered moseying around the store for little while longer to see what else might happen. But my girls, who were in tow, reminded me that I no longer get to mosey around stores, leisurely looking at things and taking my time. So we hurried to make our purchases and got out of there.

Well, I have to get off here now. I sat down to simply upload my pictures and I decided to blog a little, while I waited for them to finish. An hour later and I'm still up here, secluded from the husband and kids. Apparently the husband has decided to be finished with his turn entertaining the girls because he has sent them up here to me now. "WHO'S READY FOR BED?!!"
Hope you have a great rest of the weekend!
Talk to you again soon!