Unfortunately I arrived at the dentist’s
office today and didn’t find the door locked as I did on Wednesday. I think
dentists and their assistant hygienists sometimes forget there’s person
attached to the teeth. They were in the midst of excavating and using, by my
count, five separate implements, all of which were using my lips as a fulcrum.
I’ll have to warn my Favorite Panamanian off from her usual enthusiastic welcome
home until the bruised lips heal up. Never mind – It’s First Friday, that
should mollify any pain involved.
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| Two Jacks on the Front Lawn |
Halloween last night was semi-uneventful
since there was a serious rain and wind storm ongoing. I have to credit the
neighborhood kids that did get out – testament to their toughness. Since we
didn’t think we’d get a lot of customers we were handing out literal handfuls
of candy to each which should make us popular with the younger crowd over the
coming year. It was fortunate we emptied the huge bowl of candy because the
siren call of 3 Musketeers and Milky Way was certainly having its way with me. Unfortunately,
as feared, the extremely high winds put a real dent in the autumnal foliage but
my hilltop lawn as swept clean of all leaves that did fall. Against all odds
the dead tree behind the house remained upright although one further back in
the tree line was blown down.
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| FBR Transformed |
The BRS was thoroughly entertaining
last night. She was getting fussy until she realized she could get her abuela
to react every time she gestured towards the IPad screen. She thought this was
high comedy and her abuela reveled in the game. We didn’t speak with the FBR as
she was out socializing with her fellow trick or treaters. We received these startling
photos where the angelic (at least in photographs I hasten to add) FBR was
transformed into a scary demon child, tributing her new fave Jack Skellington. It’s interesting to see the transformation
from the Princess Elsa costume and her school photos from earlier in the day to
the scary fiend in the later ones. Waxing philosophic, these photos demonstrate
what life is like with a toddler – the good and the challenging. Whatever the
case, the FBR is definitely a character.
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| So Cute in her Elsa Costume |
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| And School Photos |
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| Yikes!!! |
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| Consider Myself Haunted |
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RECURRING
CHARACTERS
BRS
- Blog Reader the Sequel
- second granddaughter; FBR - First Blog
Reader - first granddaughter, ABFA –
Amazing Best Family Athlete = my daughter in law; Wingman – my son in law; Keene
Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene,
NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great Aunt = my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend – friend since
grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to
attract women; Pittsburgh College
Roommate – high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two
close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3rd musquetera
(musketeer); Riggins - also known as
the Grandpuppy, son's dog, surrogate grandchild while awaiting arrival of the
BRS; PanaGals – female
relatives/friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin
Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we
have lived & their spouses; Neighborhood
Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia member, Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of
course); First Friday – celebrations
to mark the First Friday of the Week; Deckzilla
Dude – senior citizen carpenter/contractor; Voices of Inappropriate Worth - members of public who come to every
Worcester public meeting to complain, all are on public assistance along with
demeanor issues
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