Really Kinda Random

I'm linking up with Cindy's Really Random Thursday again.  Thought I should start posting her icon at the top of these posts as a signal.  :-)

Let's see....where should I start?

Well, how about this?  You know that my birthday was a couple of weeks ago.  Here was a gift I received from a friend.

I love it when people take the time to do extra special little things like tie up a bottle with some special ribbon.  What a nice touch.

But what was inside really made me laugh.  How great is this?!  Guess which one I opened first?

Here was a birthday card I received from another friend....

I seriously snorted when I read this one.  Haven't laughed so hard in a long, long time.

She signed it like this....

And here was the gift.

So, do you want the back story?  C'mon.  You know you do.

Okay, so this friend (let's call her Fancy Nancy), Papa Pea, and I used to bowl together all winter long in a league.  One night, I shared with Fancy Nancy....a video my mom had sent me online.  Let me go see if I can find it for you.....

Ah, yes.  Here it is.  Ya' gotta watch the whole thing....

Fancy Nancy and I just roared at this.  And, we started talking about "monkey spank" as a phrase and got a real hoot out of that.

At Christmas that year, there was a little brown box on my desk at work.  (Fancy Nancy and I used to work together.)  No note....nuthin'.  I opened it.  There was a very small (like tree ornament sized) sock monkey in it.  There was a post-it note on it that just said, "Monkey Spank."

Well, that started it.  Now, I've moved away.  The two of us will send each other a little box now and then.  No note.  No signature.  Just something monkey related.  And a note saying "Monkey Spank."  It's pretty fun.  Some days, I really miss Fancy Nancy.  She is a very dear friend.

Incidentally...remember the pad of paper I blogged in my last random post?  The one that said, "I try to live simply, but drama just keeps following me around."   Well, she's the friend that pad is going to.  Even though it doesn't have anything to do with monkeys, I thought it was very "her."  Drama kinda likes her.  So, I just wrote "Monkey Spank" on the pad and sent it to her.  Hope she likes it.

Oh!  Speaking of boobs hanging low, and at the risk of a major TMI:

I bought two new bras this week.  I have several somewhat random things to say about that:

1. I decided to get them at Victoria's Secret, because I love Body by Victora bras and undies.  They are so comfy.  It was Sweet Pea's first time in a Victoria's Secret.  It literally blew her mind.  She was pretty fascinated.
2. She wanted me to get the leopard print bra.  I really liked it, but I told her it wasn't practical.  She said, "Mom!  Who cares about practical?!  It's pretty!"  That's my girl.
3. She kept saying to me, "So, Mom, are you going to get some tightie whities?"  I was like, "Where have you heard that phrase?!"  (We never use that phrase!)  And I made the mistake of laughing when I asked that.  She realized I thought that was funny, so she had to ask me that about 15 more times until I said, "Enough already!"  This kid.  I tell ya'!
4. Why are bras so blasted expensive?!  Do you know how much fabric I could have gotten for the cost of these two bras?
5. I've said when I changed my rotary cutting blade:  "Every time I change my blade, I feel like I do when I get new underwear.  I hate to spend the money on it, but when I finally do it, I ask myself why I waited so long."  I'll say it again.  "Getting a new bra is like getting a new cutting blade in my rotary cutter!"  Awesome.  I haven't been this comfortable in a while.  Since I lost weight, none of my bras fit anymore!  It was definitely time.
6. Victoria's Secret has really pretty dressing rooms.  Why don't all stores take such care with their dressing rooms?

I thought I was a real champ on my birthday.  Sweet Pea wanted to have a friend overnight that night...and I let her.  The next day, she wanted to have a lemonade stand.  Papa Pea helped her build this.  Pretty awesome, huh?  He's a champ, too.

So, she and her little friend set up in our front yard.  How do you like their get ups?  These are some stylin' little girls!  (Grass was mostly still dead due to lack of rain, although a little rain started to green things up again!)

They sat in their chairs, drank lemonade, and waved at cars as they went by.  I was not optimistic for them.  Our road is a county road, and traffic goes by pretty fast (55 mph).  Don't worry, they were set back off the road a safe distance.  But, our kind neighbors came over, a nice farmer stopped by as he drove past, one of their school friends happened to drive by and stopped, and a few bicyclists stopped.  (We have a lot of cyclists on our road.  That was the only hope I thought they had.)  In two hours, they made $4-5.  Not bad!  They were awfully cute.

The dragonflies have been just HUGE this year, with all the hot dry weather.  I've never seen anything like it.  When I went on the bust [sic; I had to leave that typo in....I thought it was too funny of a typo to delete and fix, given my bra photo above!] trip to Stitches Midwest, the shop that organized the bus trip gave each of us a goodie bag.  Inside it was this cute little hank of yarn, twisted up and with these wings stapled on it.

Isn't it adorable?  I love it.  I won't have the heart to open this for a while.

I had some other great photos I wanted to show you, but they must be randomly in my picture file, because I couldn't find them.  And I was too lazy to get a photo of the little giftie Shelly sent me.  So, you'll have to wait until next week for that.  This was getting too long anyway.  :-)

Hope you enjoyed this randomness.  And that I didn't scare you off with the bra photo!  LOL.

Have a wonderful day!  Maybe on these Random Thursdays, we should all make a point to do a Random Act of Kindness for someone.  What do you think?  I think I like it and will look for an opportunity to do so.  How about you?  Let's go make the world a better place for someone today.

Until next time,

Comments

[funthreads]

LOL.Totally agree with the thought on new bras #4. LOL

[jenclair]

Wild Girl - you opened that one first! Love those labels!

Such a great post, Stephie. Full of all kind of great randomness!

[Shelly]

OK, that was really random. Hilarious video! And I'm with you on Victoria's Secret. They have the MOST awesome stuff, and as high as it is, it's still worth the price. It's comfy and it lasts. The girls with their lemonade stand are so adorable! I'm glad they got a few customers.

[Carla]

Very cute post and I love the Thursday Random Acts of Kindness idea!

[liveacolorfullife]

A++++++++++ (thought that would appeal to the "teacher" side of you...

Hilarious. Mark wanted to comment about the bra shopping but didn't want to sound too weird so he wanted me to tell you that he enjoyed this post immensely.

I love it when you have inside jokes with friends. So much fun!

[PegVan]

OMG, I forgot about that video - too, too funny!! Loved it, and loved this post. Tell Little Pea hi from me. Try Soma for bras some time. They're not as much as VS, very nice, very pretty, and very comfy and sexy too. Gotta love them!

[PegVan]

Oooops! Sweet Pea will probably get mad at me for calling her "Little Pea," but she's so darned cute and little, I couldn't help myself! ;-)

[Linda in Calif.]

Only a quilter would connect with a new blade with a new bra! LOL After losing my weight having a new bra was the best. Sooo much more comfy. Happy Belated Birthday. Cute labels on the wine. I hope they taste as good as they are cute.

[Jana]

I'm glad your boobs got a little pick-me-up. I love the girl's hats. So stinkin' cute.

[Thimbleanna]

Oh My Gosh. So, this is going to be my afternoon: "Do your boobs hang low .... " running through my head. You're too funny. I HATE HATE HATE bra shopping. What a waste of good money LOL!

[Catherine]

Love your Victoria's secret story!

[Marit]

Great random post! Love that monkey butt powder - where would you even find something like that?

[Melissa]

I love random Thursdays!

[Maureen]

Your random is how my brain bounces each day! You will have to come to retreat. We found "his fault" wine :)

[Michelle]

Great post!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE your birthday card ;-)

[Terri]

I LOVE VC bras! I bought 3 (yes 3!) Very Sexy Push Up Bras about 6 years ago and wore them out in about 4 years. Maidenform (bought at Costco) has a bra with practically the same fit...very comfortable. Love them now! But if I ever lose as much weight as you did, I'm going to reward myself with a new VC bra. Sweet Pea is adorable...so 80s Madonna!

[Allie]

Haha - love these random posts! That card with the lady on the front cracked me UP. And the monkey spank granny. You're just too funny! I haven't bought a new bra in so long, I forget how. Am I supposed to measure something? *G*

[Lynn]

Those hats are fabulous!

I bought new underwear this week too! Must be a start of school thing.

[Donna]

Too cute! I need new underwear too! Bras are just too expensive but a girls gotta have them and my "girls" need them :)
Love the lemonade girls!
Hugs
Donna

[Maggie Szafranski]

Too cute!!!

[Flo@butterflyquilting]

I found this blog by accident......from pinterest, looking for a pinwheel quilt.....but laughed so hard that I think I will stay awhile !! Thank you!!

[Allison]

this is one very awesome, very funny post - thanks for the laugh :)

[Jackie]

I can't believe you put your bras on a post! That is soo funny, and so worth it, as the team probably will throw you off for Lude photos=) Kidding... it was hilarious!

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