This month has FLOWN by, and we haven't been home much---3 camping trips since my last blog post! Whew! A lot of people don't get the appeal of RVing; they'd rather go on a cruise or fly somewhere to stay at a nice resort. I get that, but if you don't try RVing at least ONCE in your life, you are truly missing out.
I actually had a fun essay published in AARP this week, extolling the virtues of RV life (for the non-believers). It was an honor to get this assignment,
and I hope you get a chance to read it HERE ( I think you have to subscribe to AARP "Members Edition" online to be able to read my stuff over there--but hey, it's
only $12 a year. C'mon!)
only $12 a year. C'mon!)
"This game sucks. The rules are too confusing, I quit!"
"It's SCRABBLE. Everyone loves this game! And besides, it says that it's for children ages 8 and up"
"I must be at the cut-off point. Let's just use the squares for firewood in the camp stove tonight." 
"I don't get why teenagers today are so lazy and entitled."
"It's because schools no longer make students wear humiliating uniforms in gym class or force them to play dodgeball---the game that taught us how not to die."
"Why won't you try Bunjee jumping?"
"Are you kidding? I won't even jump off our one-story roof!"
"Why is there no more fat-free creamer?"
"They ran out of fat-free cows."
"You forgot to add to that list an expired jar of pickle relish in the pantry and medicine bottles from 1995."
"I hate it when you pull out your phone everytime I tell you somethng interesting."
"I have trust issues, so I have to use Google to see whether or not you're telling me the truth about living parasites on our eyelashes or fecal particles stuck on toothbrushes stored near the toilet."
"I'm surprised you didn't Google fat-free cows...."
"I used to be a poo-poo perfectionist. Never missed a day. Now, I'm irregular, and I hate it."
"That means you're just a poo-poo pretender."
"Listen to that sound...don't you love hearing the summer cicadas?"
"No, I have tinnitus--I hear the hum of cicadas all day long in my ears."
"At least you don't have to listen to the mooing of fat-free cows in the fridge."
"FINE! I'll go buy the damn fat-free creamer!!"
"I thought you were trying to declutter your closet. Why do you have so many pairs of jeans?"
"I have to keep different sizes. One pile is what I'm using now. Another pile is saved in case I gain more weight--or eat a really big holiday meal. It used to be a larger collection."
"What happened to the others?"
"I ate too many big meals this year."
"Then what's that really big pile for?"
"That's my regret pile---the jeans I don't have a snowball's chance in hell of EVER fitting into."
Since I can no longer fit into my jeans, I might as well go fatten up those cows so I can at least enjoy some creamer with my coffee.....
***WANT MORE MENO MAMA??" As mentioned above, one of my favorite essays is featured this week at AARP/Members Edition, which you can read HERE. If you have trouble finding it or the link doesn't take you directly to it, the title to put in the search bar is "How RVing Revived Our 42-Year Marriage." Over at AARP/The Girlfriend, I had several pieces published (yay!!). The first is an article on how to whiten your teeth naturally HERE plus and Mother's Day gift ideas HERE and
Hop on over to Karen and Diane's house to see what the nosy fly has been up to at their place!!
Baking In A Tornado https://www.BakingInATornado.com
On the Border https://dlt-lifeontheranch.blogspot.com/
I have a dream... It's to live and travel in an RV while I write a novel I've been toying with... a vampire story about a mom/daughter duo and I'd be travelling the same route that they are - in real time.
ReplyDeleteThat's a really cool idea! Do it!
DeleteI think you need to start taking mission based trips, go near and far in search of those fat free cows (and if you find them, let me know).
ReplyDeleteStill looking...but I'll let you know how the creamer is!
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