Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day...

Ah yes, time. The most expensive and important commodity ever. This was a really fantastic weekend at the Crumerosa. As usual it was action-packed, but unlike most weekends, there were down periods. And as the Kev-head said, when we were sitting on the deck on Sunday afternoon, it's times like this when he remembers why we moved out to the boonies to begin with.

Friday night found Owen on a lawn mower right after school. His friend Noah called to see if he could come over and play. I informed Noah that Owen was mowing the grass and that he would call him when he was finished. (*remember this for later) Owen called Noah, but there was no answer at the house, so Owen and I went to the Lincoln Elementary Talent Show. Ahhh, the memories. Me, dressed up like Michael Jackson, complete with sequined glove, red jacket, black floods with white socks and of course, sunglasses. I wore my hair curly. I danced on the stage to "Thriller", complete with moonwalk, knee slides and standing on my toes. It was BRILLIANT in my head. I can remember Doreen Biggs, who was performing a tap dance number, telling me what a great dancer I was. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? I had no choreography. It was me, out there, by myself, gyrating and sliding and moonwalking all over, recalling any moves I could from the infamous video. And this was in the 7th grade, people. I was BEYOND old enough to know better. Looking back, I'm sure the parents in the audience wanted to light themselves on fire. I will dig up pictures of this and post them sometime. I was a sight to see.

This talent show featured kids I know through scouts and little league...and a couple of Owen's classmates. Most of it was hilarious, as you would expect. One of Owen's friends was in a group dance number. They actually had choreography...there were 6 girls and 2 boys out there doing their thing. It was ab fab. Lots of singers, the highlight of which was a little boy on Owen's baseball team...Alec Long. Love this kid. He sang a Toby Keith number in a cowboy hat and boots selling it all the way. And his voice was actually pretty darn good, especially considering he's SEVEN! I found out later that his mother totally bribed him with money to go out there and do his thing. Classic. One boy performed feats of double-jointedness to music. There's little Brandon, a first grader, just standing there as some hip-hop song starts, chewing his finger nails and then BAM! He jumps and lands in a double splits... and then he BAM! whips is one leg up and over his head and around his neck while stretching the other leg behind him. You could hear every man in the audience yelling "ohhhhhhhh!" with every move. He contorted himself about 10 different ways and then calmly stood up and took a bow. OMG.

*So Saturday morning at the baseball field I run into Noah's mother.
Noah's mom: So I have to tell you, Noah thinks you're totally confused.
Me: Confused about what?
NM: Well, he thought that you thought he wanted Kevin to come over and play.
M: Huh?
NM: He didn't think there was anyway Owen was mowing the lawn, so he thought you were confused when you said he couldn't come over. I assured him that you weren't confused, and that it was Owen mowing the lawn.

That's hilarious, right there, I don't care who y'are. Apparently they won't let Noah mow yet, he's quite small for the 3rd grade...plus she said he's way to high-strung to be driving anything, least of all something with BLADES. So Noah was amazed that Owen would be out there doing it. Good stuff.

Saturday's game was a close one...we only lost by one. Owen had another great game. No one can believe it's his first year ever playing. To tell you the truth, I can't believe it either! He really looks like a natural out there, but more importantly, he loves it. Absolutely loves it.

We managed to attend the talent show, Owen's game, Kevin fixed a tractor with a friend, I shopped for perennials, we went out to dinner on Saturday night, shopped for trees on Sunday, had some deck time, planted stuff, grilled out, caught up on some laundry...overall a great weekend.

International BBQ Fest coming up this weekend. My official start to "food from a booth" season...and I think we ALL know how much that means to me. Grills so big they have to apply BBQ sauce with a mop. This is my kind of festival, y'all. Can't wait to see my girl Jen and that baby boy of hers.