weather report

Ok, I know some of you are sweltering.  But here, now, at 3:50 PM, it is 68 degrees.  And thats only because it warmed up!  Earlier today it was just downright cold.  I keep opening the windows when I get up and then our furnace turns on.  Every day except yesterday.  For some reason yesterday was 93 degrees.  But the day before it was 70-ish, and the day before that.  And so on.  It looks like it will be in the 80's Friday through Monday, but who knows.  

speaking of flirting

I have it on good authority that all a woman has to do is speak to a man she doesn't know and she is flirting.

One time at the gym I saw a guy on a contraption that I hadn't seen before.  It wasn't a guy I was admiring; lets just get that straight from the beginning.  I asked him something about the machine -- how it worked or something, I don't remember.  He told me what I wanted to know, but he mentioned his wife like three times in the process.  It made me feel kinda weird, like I was some kind of female letch or something.  

So when I got home I told my husband about it and he said it was because I was flirting with him. I said, "I Was Not!"  And he said, "You talked to him didn't you?"  That's when it was explained to me that speaking politely to a male is flirting.  I have since then confirmed this information with a male friend of ours and my own dear dad.  Yes, they agree, initiating conversation with a man is indeed flirting.

I am a BIG Ol' Flirt then.  I had no idea!  So, for those of you who think you have forgotten how to flirt...I don't think so.  Apparently it takes very little skill.

Men, what do you say?  

Ladies?  Are you as shocked and appalled as I was, or did you know this already?

man oh man

My grandma had a fine tuned sense of appreciation for a good looking man.  She never lost that.  It was inborn.  It is in my mother and my sister and me as well.  My sister even developed an internal radar.

I'm not saying (I can only speak for myself, of course) that my tongue hangs out and I think dirty thoughts.  I just look and appreciate.  I've heard people say that if you're married you shouldn't look.  No, if you're married -- or not, for that matter -- you shouldn't LUST, nothing wrong with looking.  And I personally don't stare, or flirt.  My grandma on the other hand...  Ok, she's not here to defend herself, but it's the truth.

I was thinking and between the ages of 10 and 20 I had at least 15 crushes.  That's only counting people I actually knew.  That doesn't include the totally unattainable like Donny Osmond and Eric Estrada, other stars, and the occasional gospel quartet that passed through.

There is no point to this post.  Don't bother looking for one

Another contest

Go here, to this blog, The Write Word For Women to enter a contest to win a free book!  Hurry!  Go now!  It is Megan DiMaria's book Searching For Spice.

contest!

I won a prize from Lauri at Lauri's Reflections and the deal is a pay it forward kind of thing.  So, I have to give away three prizes.  If you win one of my prizes, you will need to give away three prizes on your blog.  Lauri had won a critique, you can look here to see what I won from her.  I think I got the white one...

So, to you three or so fellas who read my blog, my apologies.  I know this prize isn't really up your alley, but you could still win and give it to a lady you care about. 

I am giving away these cute little notebooks.  They have magnetic closure devices and inside they each have pretty unlined paper.  They are the perfect size for a purse or to keep by your bed for when sudden inspiration hits.

If you want a chance to win one of these notebooks and a pen, then leave a comment and I will draw names to choose three winners!  

* edited to add - I will choose the winner on Friday the 13th!

how you can tell its summer with your eyes closed

smells:

fresh mown grass

fertilizer, chemical and otherwise

wet soil

cantaloup

peaches

roses

watermelon

cotton fabric in the sun

koolaid, popsicles, etc

grills

fireworks

sounds:

sprinklers

lawnmowers

kids

hummingbirds

doves

meadowlarks

various other birds

fireworks

crickets

locusts

wind in the leaves

bees and other buzzers

sensations:

the sun burning skin

mosquito bites

sweat

comfortable warmness if you're in the shade

Did I forget anything?

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