Weed or Read?

Life's pretty simple these days as I have settled into my retirement routine.

Retirement routine?

Oxymoronic?

"Retirement Routine" makes me feel like holding a baton aloft and waiting for the high school band to cue up a rounding version of The Ventures' Hawaii Five O theme song.




BTW: Don't you love these guys? All plugged in -- in the desert.

By 1971, every high school band knew that theme song, and every majorette and drill team member had a routine for that song.

I was on the drill team, known as the Bear-o-nettes [our mascot was the Golden Bears]. During football season, we accompanied the band to the field at half-time and performed routines to the songs as they played. Bad routines, I might add, since we choreographed them ourselves and were limited to -- well, our expertise.

*chuckles*

I know. Lame. What can I say -- it was a lame time.

*tap, shuffle, kick*

My high school band in 1971 knew about four tunes ---- they played over and over and over and over and over -- that tune by the Ventures, "Be True to Your School" by the Beach Boys, and "Light My Fire" by The Doors. LOL --- I can still bust a move to those songs.

*erases visual*

But, all that is for another blog.

So, what I think about each morning as part of my "retirement routine" is whether I want to read or weed?

*puts finger on chin*

What a dilemma!

*ponders*

Yesterday morning, I politely asked David to help me decide:

Me: Hmm. Do I want to read or weed today?
David: You talking to me?
Me: Yes.
David: You're talking to me, out loud, aren't you?
Me: Yes. I need some help with these major decisions. Do I want to take a book to the deck or do I want to weed the front bed?
David: You so need to go back to work.
Me: *channels some EnVogue*

{blog readers -- please insert "my workin'" in place of "my lovin'" even though either kind of works. Bwha}



Weed or Read? Friends?

Brendan: "Quit braggin' about being retired."
Marilyn: "Ain't it grand? Retirement?"
Nan: "I won't live that long." *sighs* then *pouts*
Laura: "You deserve such a choice."

So, on that note. I think I will read. Tomorrow? I might weed.

*tee hee*