Fellow Queens,
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
I extend a personal invitation for you to attend the 7th annual Margaritas and Majesty party on Monday August 11th from 7-9 pm at Tony’s located at 10233 E Northwest Hwy Dallas, TX 75238. Please feel free to pass this along to all the Queens you know. And you know you can name 10 of them off the top of your head. I hope to see you there!
This week I heard from the backseat, “Mom! There are ants all over back here!” Yes, just what every mom wants to hear while driving the boys around to their summertime activities. (Driving is right, I swear I have trucker butt.)
“Oh, I see where they are coming from,” says Prince Matthew. “They are crawling from the empty carton of chocolate milk.” I can not believe I couldn’t smell that overlooked garbage before the ants used it for a condo. “Okay,” I said while silently laughing at the sight of the boys swatting themselves. “You guys can clean out the car when we get home.” “Oh, wait, they’re not that bad.” You can count on grossness winning out over a chore any day of the week
Uninvited critters in cars remind me of one of my favorite boy stories. This one is from Queen Laura of Leetonia, Ohio
Last spring my little 3 year old twins found a baby turtle, baby meaning size of a quarter. They immediately named her "Myron." It was decided that all 5 princes and I would go to the pond to release her. I placed Myron on the dash board cup holder as I put 4 out of the 5 princes in car seats (that is a 1/2 hour in mom time.) When I turned back around, Myron had crawled into the DASHBOARD VENT! Horror set in and all five of them started screaming "Get her out! Get her out!" I unstrapped the boys, got several screwdrivers and the phone to call the local car shop. After hearing four grown mechanics laugh and ask "Are you serious?" I was on my own. Five hours later, after going through three boxes of Kleenex and all of us eating lunch in the van; Myron was left to escape on her own. Since the van has no air conditioning I thought about the potential dead Myron smell and bought FeBreze by the case.
Fast forward 6 months. This morning we all piled into the van to go to school. I was able to strap in the boys, their book bags and lunches -all before my morning coffee. I turned on the heater and out shot a tiny Myron shell from the vent and into the center of the van floor. Tears flowed as we all headed to McDonalds to smooth over the morning. Services are tonight from 6 to 7 behind the barn. In lieu of flowers feel free to donate to my coffee fund.
Reign On!
Queen Linda
