I like to think I have a Ph.D. degree in reading my wife but then she
always proves she can take to another level, leaving me in eating dust with a quizzical
look on my face. She was thrilled with the replacement screens I put in all of
the windows during her recent absence. She followed that up with a remark that
she couldn’t truly appreciate them because the windows were still dirty from
the ubiquitous pollen. That meant I was washing windows last evening after
returning from work. She knows I won’t allow her to do this because she has a
very sordid history with window and window treatments.
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| FBR - Puzzle Master |
We lived in 13 different houses, usually rented or on base, during my
military career. She always been a neat freak so she would always endeavor to
get the windows and blinds excruciatingly clean. Inevitably and without trying
(at least that’s her story), she would damage something. For that reason window
washing evolved to be my exclusive province as I do not want her pulling the windows
in and resetting them. At any rate I’ll finish up the windows tonight and
remain marveled at her ability to escort me to a desired resolution. At least
she’ll be able to fully appreciate the screens now. I guess I’m just easy.
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| Master at Work |
We had our usual very entertaining call with the FBR last night, which
rescued me from window washing for a spell. She always asks to see what kind of
progress I’m making on the latest jigsaw puzzle because it is a pastime we both
enjoy. From her early days she’s shown a real proclivity, ahead of her years,
for puzzles. She’s also mastered a true panorama of facial expressions. I always
ask how her day was. I usually get the answer from Wingman, her quarantine
partner, but now I can tell as soon as I ask the question because she’ll don an
impish grin if there was malfeasance on her part involved. She is a true character.
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| Also a Talented Chalk Artiste |
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RECURRING
CHARACTERS
BR3
– granddaughter #3, 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; 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; Curbside Girls – close friends of my daughter acquired during her
single days in Brooklyn
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