Author: boomingbanter

As expected I had to endure the entire Trooping before being taken for a trot.

I was close to desperate when the red arrows flew past.

By this time it was wicked warm outside and very humid so with the nieces tongue hitting the pavement after we got round the small loop we came home.

I was a bit miffed because I was very compliant during the entire Royal roadshow.

I didn’t bark more than thrice.

Did you like my use of that oldie worldie word?

Goes well with bearskins and brigades don’t you think.

Anyway it was a “jolly good show”.

Ma and me aren’t biased at all but we think we know who had the best party!!!

Blessing#2439-Brits

Today if you’re a Brit like Ma you should be glued to the TV or present in person to watch Trooping the Colour ( please note we have adopted the proper English spelling for this occasion)!

We of course will have SKY news on and partake of our brekkie as the King does his thing.

This year he has a little competition for press coverage as there is a big parade happening this side of the pond too.

Officially it’s for a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the US Army.

It’s also the Presidents birthday!

Now this gets confusing because it really is the Presidents birthday but it’s not really the Kings birthday it’s his OFFICIAL BIRTHDAY.

Is it any wonder the world is in such a confusing state?

Really I feel totally jet lagged.

Fortunately though there is five hours difference between GMT and EST so we don’t need a split screen.

Pomp and Circumstance to y’all!!!

Blessing#2438-Décalage Horaire

Precious Peeps it’s PITS as always PERFECT here to make sure that your weekend gets off to a great start with some good vibrations.

I’m in that Beach Boy mood because I’ve heard so much of their music these past twenty four hours.

I think I’d have fitted in well in the sixties.

Sun, sand, surf is just my cup of tea.

Speaking of which Granny made some gluten free peanut butter cookies yesterday that cooked to the consistency of concrete so we have to rush now to make some more.

I don’t understand her need to do everything at breakneck speed.

I keep telling her to chill and slow down but you know what she won’t listen.

So her loss is my gain because my teeth can handle the toughest trauma.

Be like me and take a great big chunk of happiness out of every occasion!!!

Blessing#2437-Dietary Restrictions

So yesterday we learned that a Beach Boy has gone to surf the big ocean in the sky.

Ma was jigging around the living room as we listened to the news of Brian Wilson’s passing.

Not because she was happy but because she says no one can sit still when his tunes are played.

Always a big fan of the band she became a groupie after she saw them play live on the Mall at DC on July 4th 1980.

That was many strawberry moons ago but made a loving and lasting impression.

Such a talent and such a wonderful musical influence on so many.

Blessing#2436-God Only Knows

Precious Peeps it’s me your favorite Pitty Person to propel you over the humpty at breakneck speed.

Well maybe not quite that fast.

Granny is taking us for longer walks these past two days as weather is somewhat improving.

This means I have difficulty keeping my peepers open when we get back home.

That’s why today I am planning on making this humpty a restful one.

If you don’t have to go to work I’d encourage you to kick back and be like me.

It’s so important to stretch and snooze as much as possible.

It stops the wrinkles as it’s hard to be horrid when you’re horizontal.

Be like me and you won’t need to be part of the Botox bandwagon!

Blessing#2435-Relax

Another wet Monday but no deterrent for us.

At our usual time we hit the big loop.

We met another regular walker who predicted that we’d get very wet before we got home but we motored on.

It got darker and darker but we were only drizzled on. Nothing more than a mist.

Here’s the punch line though.

When the heavens opened we had just that second stepped into our garage.

Now if that isn’t a good vibe for the whole week I don’t know what is!!!

Blessing#2434-Lucky Start.

Sometimes you have to ask yourself if you have been living on another planet.

How did we not know all there is to know about the great Sinner?

He is world number one but somehow managed to escape our radar but now he’s definitely on our map.

We knew his name but had to wiki him as we watched the Roland Garrows final to find out that even though he is an Italian national his mother tongue is German.

Did you know that?

He also was a great skier and soccer player as a kid

We thought he’d won when he was ahead in the fourth set but Alcaraz took it.

It was the longest final ever in the history of them French Open! How did they do that without a pee!!!

Tie breaker after five hours!!!

As John McEnroe rightly said EPIC!

Sinner was superb but in the end Alcaraz was awesome!

Blessing#2433-Match Points

Ma can get mad.

You’d think to see her that she’s just a sweet old lady but she ain’t. Take this epic tale she told us yesterday evening about one of her tantrums.

On her way home from the prison she went to Walmart to buy vitamins, melatonin and donuts. Now that is a bit of a mind blower in itself.

She thought she’d struck gold when she happened on Dad’s melatonin marked clearance $5.

When she rang it up it was $9.98.

So back she goes to the area and the person on the floor tells her that she has to go and tell a cashier about the discrepancy so off she goes to do that.

The cashier tells her he can’t help as it’s pharmacy and she needs to go to the pharmacist.

So she does that.

The pharmacist assistant says she can’t do anything about it but Ma by then is getting hot under the collar and says she would like her to take a look at the display.

The pharmacist says she will handle it and goes to with Ma to look at the display.

The pharmacist agrees that it is very deceptive to the customer to have a huge sign saying $5 when it’s really twice the price so Ma has her remove the sign.

Fortunately the pharmacist was the size of a giraffe so she could get it off.

Ma had a judge Judy moment and felt she has thwarted a giant.

She also walked about five miles in the process that is better than any multivit!!!

Blessing#2432-Taking Staps

What a start to the day.

Ma was carrying the overflowing recycling rubbish bin from the kitchen to the garage to dump it in the big recycling bin when what should happen but the carton at the top fell out and when she bent to get it out popped a wine bottle and smashed all over the floor where her car was parked.

So of course she had to sweep it all up lest our tootsies or her new tires get injured.

While she was so doing her porridge was in the microwave and boiled over so she had to clean that up too.

I told her “Ma you should have listened to me and stayed in bed”

Now she is wondering what the rest of the day may hold.

I reassured her that they launch great ships by tossing champagne at them so she’ll be OK in ARETHA even if that was an empty she was hit with.

Blessing#2431-Smashing Start

Precious Peeps it’s PITS your perfect princess here to propel you at great speed into a stupendous weekend.

I trust you have plans that are a tad more exciting than mine.

Will you walk on a beach or sip cocktails by a pool or maybe even have a little sail around a bay somewhere?

Those are the things I dream of and know someday soon I’ll meet my frog and when I smack him a great big one on the lips we will be transported to paradise.

In the meantime there is nothing else for it but to chase the stinking Gizz around the dining table until we collapse and chew on a Nyla.

It could be worse. I could be Granny whose greatest excitement in the days to come will be selecting sinks.

Be like me remain ever hopeful of the promise another day brings.

Blessing#2430-Joy in the Morning