SATURDAY JULY 25, 2015

Good afternoon. Ha ha. I stayed up very late, er, very early, watching Ancient Aliens. It's the beginning of Season 9!  Wowsa! Great stuff! DNA testing has come along way since its development in the 1950s. That's all I'm going to say…

So, after going to bed at 4:30 in the morning, I didn't get up until nearly 10. No, that's not enough sleep, but I just wake up coughing with this darn asthma & bronchitis attack. This too shall end. Hey, I wonder if that's where the phrase "I died laughing!" came into being. I very nearly did die laughing last night. We had so much fun ... I could not get air out or in, everything just seized up. Both Randy and Mark have had it happen before. Dawn hasn't. She looked horrified. (Sorry about that, Dawn.)

Mark had to make his daily trip to the Home Depot. LOL. Our lawn man came by and couldn't cut the grass in one area because we have a sod worm. So, Mark was off to buy the right stuff to fix the problem. Meanwhile, Dawn called to say they were cooking chicken pot pie and we're  invited. Yummy!

I puttered around making a few items for eBay sales until 230 when I attempted a nap. Unfortunately, as soon as I lay down, I start coughing. No nap today! Drat. 

An afternoon thunderstorm rolled in just as we were getting to leave for RanDawn's at 5 o'clock. We waited a few minutes, then chased the storm all the way over there. It was perfect timing, as we arrived just as the storm quit and we sat on the patio to enjoy appetizers. 

Can YOU see the snail climbing on the screen? (Hint ... the wine bottle!)

Life is good. Randy's homemade chicken pot pie was really delicious ... along with garlic toast and apple crumb pie for dessert. Lucky us! Dawn had the table nicely set and the wine glasses ready. Haha. Perfect. 

After dinner, we started a round of 10,000. Randy won the first game, hands-down. 

Randy's winning straight. Cool. 

We decided to play another round, this time each throwing one dollar into the pot. It was hilarious. Once money was in the pot, the dice changed rapidly. Mark ended up the big winner and scooped the $4 pot. Haha. What fun. 

Home by 1030, we found a black cat in our driveway. Unfortunately, he's been spraying our hose bib area, and the tires on the trucks. Tomorrow, I must phone my neighbors who have cats and see if it's one of their little dears. Meanwhile, it's a stinky mess in our driveway! 

So, that's it for today. Mark is going to bed as he is working with Randy tomorrow for another round of tree removal. Ta ta. I hope you had a great Saturday!