My June emails

Drawing by Helen Kritzler aka Haiku Helen

Wednesday June 5th

Quelle beauty! Today is so pretty the blue sky is tinged with violet. It is the prettiest day I have ever seen. The crystal clarity of the light turns it into a day in paradise. And there is a light happy vibe to go with it. 

Wishing you all a happy day and happy evening.

Love Annie

Sunday afternoon June 9th

It is Sunday afternoon, the heat is great but the breezes make it bearable.

The beauty makes it a joy to look at out my open window

I swam at noon and then came home and watched the Perry Mason marathon for the rest of the afternoon. It is now 5 pm. LOL the morning doves announced it and the first of them is arriving in my yard.

It's not that my life has stopped exactly since the big heat arrived several days ago.

But my life sure has down sized or minimized. My driving lessons have stopped, I am down to swimming and that's all.

I have stopped my projects on the computer too, the most I do is go on FaceBook. When there is nothing to watch on TV, I spend a lot of time on FaceBook, but with the Perry Mason marathon this weekend, I haven't been on it at all.

Maybe it is just a time-out

I didn't know that life provides time-outs, but I see now it does.

I was fine all day yesterday till late in the evening when suddenly I got bummed out by the emptiness of my life

LOL I actually cried

But I woke up this morning fine.

Jim imitated my driving yesterday morning when he took me to Mac's Indian Jewelry store to buy myself a new Navajo ring because I lost one of mine.

Even tho I was laughing at his imitation, it was so familiar to me everything he was doing, I recognized my own driving.

It was such a horrible bumpy jostling, effort filled, nerve wracking ride.

I had no idea I put Jim thru that each time I drive.

When he drives it is always smooth as silk

I laughed the whole time he did it, which I guess encouraged him to keep it up.

But secretly I was dismayed and discouraged. I have never driven with a terrible driver before, it makes for such an awful ride.

I had no idea I was that bad!

Love and kisses, Annie
Tuesday June 11 night

LOL maybe my mind has finished its time-out

The dull stupor I was in from the heat has lifted

This evening I watched some TV. Then came in and found wonderful emails from my girlfriends and emailed with them the rest of the evening.

It's almost time for the Burns and Allen show now. That Gracie is sure fun!!!

I told Jim in the car yesterday that George said "Gracie takes such good care of our car. Every night she goes to the garage to let the air out of the tires, so in the morning they can have fresh air."

Jim turned to me in all seriousness and said "If you do that I'll murder you."

I was so surprised, I never realized Jim thinks I am a nitwit.

Well almost time for Gracie

Sweet dreams

Love Annie
The next day
I email to the little group of gals I am on email with
Subject: a few mistakes while driving this morning...
Hi Jean, Hi Peggy, Hi Helen, Hi Casey, Hi Pat

This morning I drove around my neighborhood again for first time since serious heat arrived

I decided to stop at one of the stop signs just the way the examiner will want me to do it on the road test. A little behind the sign instead of in front of it.

“How’s that?” I asked Jim, “perfect, right?” I said

“Except you're on the curb” he said

“I am??” I said.

“Yes” he said

“No problem”  I said

Since I was on tiny hill I simply let my foot off the brake and clutch and let it roll back slowly off the curb.

“Well whaddya know it worked” I said,  “perfect, right?” I said.

“Except when you’re letting the car roll backwards, you’re supposed to look to see that there is no other car right behind you.”

“Ooops!” I said.
The gals email back to me and to each other

Re: a few mistakes while driving this morning...

from Casey:

hee hee. so much to remember!

i wouldn't want to be learning to drive in a truck, tho....I could hardly drive ours and I've been driving for over 50 years...

from Peggy:

I still drive up on curbs and fail to turn around to check.  Of course, I still have an accident from time to time

from Jean:

Oh hell I roll over curbs all the time, clutch or no clutch. They're just there to slow you down!

from Casey:

I roll over curbs, too...

hard on the vehicle, tho...

from Helen:

I did it so much that I had to buy entirely new rims for the car