Friday Is Here And Time To Relax!

It’s a perfect morning, and the wind has finally gone! I could finally open the curtains without feeling like I was in a scene from a disaster movie. Honestly, the last time I saw the wind, it looked like it was auditioning for “America’s Next Top Model” – blowing my hair in directions  I didn’t even know were possible!

Leaves everywhere! We’ve got piles of leaves from all our neighbors—it’s like we’ve won the Leaf Lottery! If our gardener doesn’t show up this week, I might have to channel my inner Ghostbuster and vacuum them up. Just imagine me in a ghostbuster suit, shouting, “Who you gonna call,  Leaf Busters!” ??

Robin, Mary, and Vicky were huddled on the phone making my surprise birthday arrangements; I was asked to leave the room when someone said something about a “tan dinosaur)!

Poof!!  The closest thing I have to a “Man Cave” and I was thrown out.

We had absolutely nothing planned until 3:00 pm, so Mary decided to embrace her inner Picasso and went to The Loft to unleash her creative genius. I assume she painted a masterpiece!

Mary gave me a “one time only” pass to follow her upstairs!

To my delight, she was already splashing paint around like the paint counter at Home Depot!  It is obvious she needs a bidet to wear when she is painting because all the artists wear bidets!   Oops, I think I meant “beret”!

Busy as a bee!

She put the finishing touches on last week’s assignment this afternoon.  A few more leaves were added to the trees, and the rocks on the right were finished!   The lady has hidden talents!

Move over Mona Lisa and make room for real art!!

Robin requested that some fall pumpkins be painted, and Mary created the image below. I tried to assist, and when Mary asked me to take pictures of maple leaves, I got excited, raced to my trusty iMac, and printed out her request.  I did model for the two fat pumpkins on the left thanks to my tummy being of similar size ands shape!

She mentioned a Light Box would be helpful, so what will be in her hands tomorrow morning?

Mary will have a standup multipurpose lightbox courtesy of Amazon!

One must study the colors carefully!  I am studying her ergometrics  (I bet you didn’t know girls have ergometrics!).  I am adjusting accordingly.  The portable roll-around “nightstand” I had at the old house would be perfect for housing other painting media, plus it would be another flat spot for holding things she is painting.

M-m-m-m-m-m: What color should I use?

The smile means a perfect color match was achieved!  She smiles a lot.

Ah Ha… That’s it!

Now we are off to the club for “Dueling Pianos.”  We are going with Charlotte and Nita, longtime friends! Dinner and music—what could be better? The club had a dance floor set up for the crowd, which was indeed used.

The dance floor was ready!

Oh my, I was surrounded by beautiful ladies!  We are in the large rooms used for weddings and special events.  We had four of the five rooms as a wedding in the next room had just ended in the complex’s east end.

Ladies, enjoy the evening.

Notice Marty dressed me in a piano shirt to match the evening. They had a buffet set up, and it was pretty good. I filled my plate the first time through, and in an attempt to control my waistline, I only went through it six times!

Just us.

After a wonderful dinner, the music started, and we went off and danced.  The floor was packed, but the music was generally “wiggle and jump around” music, which was not so much really danceable.

Girls gone wild.

Mary and Charlotte stood out among the other dancers. They danced in color, while the rest were only in black and white!

Girls gone wild!

Go, Charlotte, go!  She was a dance teacher for many years and enjoyed getting up and moving—mostly because she was always one step away from stepping on a student’s foot! Who knew that “the chicken dance” could also double as a self-defense move?  She does every ballroom dance known to man and a few others only beings from other planets have seen!

Yes, they did the chicken dance this evening!

Go, Charlotte, Go!

There were some line dances, and everyone (but me) was up and moving. I was sitting there like a confused penguin at a salsa party, wondering if I accidentally wandered into a dance-off or a fitness class for octopuses!

Ready to dance?

Mary and I got to dance a few dances during the evening!  We whirled and twirled with the best of them!

We showed them how it was supposed to be done!

Line dancing began, and Mary went up and went to town.  I took a video until the camera flashed two warnings.  The first was “adults only,” and the second was “overheating!”

We headed home a little early as the sound level kept increasing and the wiggling got more violent as the alcohol level increased.  We had a good visit with Charlotte and Nita.

We were home by 9:30 pm and hit the sack.  I was so full of antihistamines in my attempt to control my allergies that I was ready to crash!