have more fun

Lunch with a friend from school. Talked a little shop, caught up on family things, bemoaned the economy. She’s care-taking her mom and knows I understand. I’m having a busy week.

Went to the driving range with my brother and my 8 year old niece. Never thought I’d ever pick up a golf club as I have more “alternative’ recreational tendencies, historically – but – I had such a good time. It was really fun, and my brother was so nice and patient -giving me the golf pointers, and encouraging my efforts. He told me he thought I had a lot of potential. I had so much fun hanging out with his kids – they really are the best thing ever.

She has standard things she likes to do when here. She plays with dominoes. We have a reading lesson. We have snacks. We play with “babies.” Add to that her hunt for the “white hairs” on my head! She loves playing with other people’s hair and one day while playing with mine she said, “Granbean! You have a white hair!” I told her all my hair would be white if I didn’t color it. Her eyes got wide and she asked, “You paint your hair Granbean?” I told her I used special hair paint but it didn’t get all the white hair so she could look to see if she could find more. Now she triumphantly announces when she finds one. She’s such a little laugh bucket!

Yeah, reading over my last dozen entries, I really need this goal on my list right now.

“Coffee Shop” being built in my neighborhood. So, I stuck my head in the door, and chatted with the two owners, that are still desperately attempting to complete this project before the Grand Opening in July. The Coffee Shop, is quite sheek, with it’s totally black walls, low lighting..something you would see in New York..
I had to smile, when the owner offered his view, about the kind of customer would be drawn to his establishment..
”....No sports talk of any kind, just intelligent conversation, about art, literature, politics..”
I could not help but ask “Are you going to be busing in these customers?”
He looked at me for a moment, and than we both started laughing, thankfully, he told me, his wife told him the very same thing….

I just saw Star Trek and it was great fun! I’m no Trekkie or anything so I don’t care if liberties were taken. It was just fun, good story, great characters, exciting. My SO is a sweetie to have insisted we go.

Is taking me to the movies this afternoon! Yay! Actual fun!

I wanted to have her repaint this knife holder her mom painted for me decades ago. I thought she could give it to her mom for her birthday later this month. But she couldn’t come play today. So I went to the crafts store and bought pink paint and a bunch of stickers. I cleaned up my old tape/CD player/radio that was in the studio, painted parts of it pink and blinged it up good. She loves music and asked for a player in her room. So I did that today and it was fun.

While at the crafts store I saw an inexpensive package of pastels. I used to use pastels, many years ago. I’m so frustrated that I can’t make pots I thought maybe a little drawing with pastels would be fun. It was. It is. I’m not any good at it but it is fun. And they’re so much lighter than clay, to lift I mean.

I got to hang out with my daughter some and got to play with the granbeanie. At one point the little one started to say something, “Gran, Ma, , Oh!” she said, “I said Granma!” We laughed, I asked, “Am I Granma now?” “No! That would be silly!” she said. So then we had a reading lesson and we played with marbles. It was good to have fun instead of mucking with my incompetent bosses!

But I am trying to fit a little fun in anyway. I got three books by some of my favorite authors from the library. I’m planning on keeping the granbeanie on Thursday while my poor dog has his surgery. And I feel like baking something. I wish I could do a little more in the garden, but it will have to wait until my pain abates a little.