The Man Purse!

Well I have finally figured it out! Men constantly complain about everything we ladies carry in our purses. Yes, we carry everything. You never know when you are going to need most of those things and of course, if you have kids, you are going to need them at the spur of the moment. What will you find in mine? Well lets take a look. The obvious of course would be a check register. A check register only because I no longer write checks thanks to the awesomeness of debit cards. My drivers license, library card, health insurance cards, sams card that expired a year ago, a receipt from sonic where evidently i bought something good to eat one day last month. A full bottle of Advil liquid gels, paint samples (muted gold and red fox), a recipe for Spicy buffalo beer dip (come to think of it, I'm kinda hungry), used napkin, a paper from a straw (probably sonic), two tubes of lipstick (couldn't tell you what shade due to the sticker on bottom being too worn out to tell), three tubes of chap stick, a set of car keys that i am not sure what vehicle they go to and how long i have actually been carrying them. I also have a handy dandy day planner to keep track of all my appointments and events in my busy little life and 20 more receipts from lord knows when and what I bought and why i have kept them all this time. A nail file is always a necessity for a woman so I carry one in my purse. I also have a small bottle of vitamins that i placed there 6 months ago so I would never be without a healthy dose at any given day. No, I do not take vitamins on a daily basis, but you never know when you may need one. Hand sanitizer!!! How does anyone ever go without that is beyond my understanding. It must be carried at all times these days.

I have told you all this to come to one point. How in the world do men not carry a purse? Where in the the world do they keep all the important things that you need within reach at any instant? Today I have discovered the answer that has eluded me for many years. Men don't carry a purse because they carry all their crap in their trucks. Yes my blogger friends, you heard it here first. Have you ever seen a man's truck? They carry everything in the world on wheels. Just today my brother bought a new truck. He had to dump everything from his "old" truck in my driveway so he could trade it for his new truck. You should see the stuff they carry. Some contraption on a pole that allows you to spray paint the ground while standing up. And I didn't even know you ever needed to do that. Twenty pair of gloves, 5 hammers, an ungodly amount of drill bits, sockets, nails, screws, screwdrivers, pliers, pipe wrenches, jumper cables, ropes, bungee cords, zip ties, chains, wire brushes, oil, brake fluid, WD40 and more gloves. All that just in the bed. So what do you find in the cab you ask? Well ladies, let me tell you. Receipts and lots of them. For $2 to $5 at a time. Hey, they needed a coke and a burrito. Oh, and of course the burrito wrappers. Old news papers and more gloves will always be found because you never know when they will come in handy(no pun intended). Manuals for any and everything, cheese and peanut butter crackers that I am sure were purchased sometime in 2007 but still use full when a hunger pain hits. Ten pair of safety glasses and caps from every oil field company with in a 100 mile radius. Half empty Dr. Pepper bottles and a dozen completely empty cigarette packets. Pens, pens, and more pens.

Now you know the real truth as to why men don't carry a purse. All I ask is you NEVER look inside my truck. LOL!

Awwwwww

What a beautiful day. Even with it a little chilly outside the sun is shining and my family is all together. Brad Mark and I celebrated our anniversary yesterday with friend, family, and food. Just can't get any better than that. Now im sitting here at the table with my hubby drinking coffee thinking about all the things i need to do for the next three days that i am off work. I have always wanted to write a book and my friends tell me, "write it, you can do it"! Not sure when i could actually find the time. Hmmm, maybe between midnight and 5 am when i am doing absolutely nothing else...LOL. Like for instance right now, i am typing this blog in little segments because laundgry needs to be done, kids are hungry, cartoons are not on the correct channel, the dog needs out to pee, and i am out of creamer for my coffee and the world is going to end! But somewhere in all the madness, i manage to get things done. I must help my oldest with his taxes this morning, my teenage daughter is after me to pay her cell phone bill so it won't get shut off (not sure i should) and the house is a wreck. We are currently in the middle of remodeling. Awww, home remodeling! The tv shows all lie. It's not that simple or cheap and there is no way it can be done in ONE weekend. Ok, maybe if you have a team of 200 people and an endless supply of money, but I currently know of no one in that situation. I have yet to meet Donald Trump! My living room has turned into a workshop...built in work bench and all. "At least we can find all the tools and nails", says Brad Mark. "But I hadn't really considered tools as a theme for my living room", I say. Brad Mark's reply, "but this is only temporary". How long is temporary anyway? At least I can still get to my coffee. Thank you Lord for inventing coffee. The breakfast of champions I say!

Anniversary

Well tomorrow will be my 2 year anniversary! Brad Mark and I have been married a entire two years. And to think it all started with a weekend at the Annual Rattlesnake roundup and ended with a trip to the Justice of the Peace and a reception at the local leaky roof bar. Darts or Pool was the entertainment of choice. However, after a few beers, who needs entertainment. Two years later, we can't recall what we did for our first anniversary and building a new porch for our house is all the entertainment we can handle. What do you expect with 3 teenagers, a 5 year old, and a very spoiled dog? We have learned a lot in the last two years. The most recent, it's just too dang hard to start over with someone else-LOL. We have worked hard for the last two years to figure all this out, why give up now. Well, we now know you must make an effort every day to wake up with the other person in mind and be willing to serve them just for that day. Courtesy and respect! One day at a time! Honor and cherish! Trust and friendship! Well all the advice that the "older" generation gives you turns out to be true. I learn to love my husband every day, one day at a time.

What will we be doing a year from now? Who knows, but we may have a deck by then. Or maybe siding on the house. Well for now, I will be happy with the new porch made from scraps in the back yard. Today was a good day!