Warning........This is a pretty random post.

What an exciting day........I thought for sure I was back in the 1970's when I walked down the mall.  As I neared the food court, the noise got louder and louder.  I remembered thinking that it was really noisy even with the high school lunch crowd and as I got nearer I realized why it was so loud........I saw a white streak running down the food court, weaving in and out of all the kids.........really, it couldn't be.......but it WAS!  Yes, it definitely WAS!  It was a skinny, long haired, blond male (carefully holding his hand in front of his "nether" lands (is that really a word?).......very strategically, holding that hand, and he was running, sprinting actually, through all those now enlightened teens.........).Ummmm....the roar was like a wave.......a roar of laughter and incredulousness.........it was actually a "streaker!"  Gosh, I lived through the 70's (or was it the 80's, now I don't remember!) without seeing one streaker and here I was an old lady...........seeing my first streaker!  (Hmm....it wasn't really that exciting, I have to admit....)   It's only taken  20 -30 years for "streaking" to catch on in our little old cowpoke town......  Hopefully, it won't catch on too much......one skinny little butt streaking through the food court was enough to make me thankful I hadn't spent money on my  lunch there!

The other exciting part of the day was that I went to Walden Books.  Today is their last day of being in business and even though I went in for a cookbook, I came out with anything but a cookbook.  The cookbooks were all gone.........So, thinking of the next few months and hopefully having lots of time to read, I bought these books.  See if you can make ANY sense out of my choices (other than they were cheap!).....Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom; Have a New Kid by Friday by Dr. Kevin Leman; Cherries in Winter by Susan Colon; The gift of an ordinary day by Katrina Kenison; The Gospel According to COCO Chanel by Karen Karbo; Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich; Coop by Michael Perry; and A Breeze Swept Through by Luci Tapahonso.   Any one want to guess why I was interested in these books?    (Besides the fact that I can't pass up a good deal, I am looking forward to reading these).

Here is a question I've been thinking of lately.....why are companies so mis-managed?  I am not a "rocket scientist" and don't even have an MBA, but I'll bet I could use common sense and manage some companies better than some of these nitwits.......I mean really, a work day without scheduled lunch breaks or "breaks" in general..........I mean that's not even legal!  And don't tell me it doesn't happen, cause I know it does.....

Jonathan's 3rd birthday was a "hat raising" success!  Yes, the BIG birthday boy received 11 hats for his birthday.  My friend Mary (in the red hat) found a children's book called "The hat book" held by Doyle, and it inspired her gift and mine...........HATS!  As Jonathan picked each hat out of the gift bag he ran around the room and had each person put it on.  I gave my hat to his other grandma, "Nana" so I could take some pictures.  We expect he will have many fun hours trying on his many different hat personalities. 

And for those who don't know Jonathan, the picture of  himself with his birthday hat on (Thomas the Train, wouldn't ya know?) is very "typical" of a Jonathan pose.  When he grows up, he will smile......for the camera, he promises!    Until then, he's just "not old enough" yet!