Growing Up - SSS- May

Your “Secret Subject” is:

When you were little what did you want to be when you grew up? Did it come true?

It was submitted by: https://wanderingwebdesigner.com/blog

It has been a while but I have talked about this before, on more than one occasion. I do believe it was on my other blog Spatulas On Parade.

More than once I think. Here and here. Similar post HERE

So since I feel I've covered this subject, sorry Rena, I'm going to do a new take on it. My kids dreams. My oldest had no plans. None. Nothing. But a few years after graduation he decided he wanted to be a law enforcement officer. He began college and after his second semester his then gf was having a baby and he needed to work "now" so he quit. He has done all sorts of jobs since then but recently he became a fire fighter and is loving it. He has a real passion and drive to be the best. I'm proud of him, and 32 is not too late.
My middle son dreamed of being a musician. He was with a band, played all the local pubs, and even was signed, toured and then they quit. The road is not glamorous or fun, it's hard and they decided it wasn't worth it to them. He recently started a new job and is dong really well.
My youngest was going to UTI to become a NASCAR mechanic and two weeks before time to start he told us he changed his mind and was joining the military. It has been 7 years and he loves it. Currently he is an instructor at his tech school. He loves it and is advancing quickly.
I'm proud of them all. They are all different and have taken tangled twisted roads to get where they are but they are all doing well, have not quit and have found their careers, at least for now.

Welcome to a Secret Subject Swap. This week 9 brave bloggers picked a secret subject for someone else and were assigned a secret subject to interpret in their own style. Today we are all simultaneously divulging our topics and submitting our posts. 

Here are links to all the sites now featuring Secret Subject Swap posts.  Sit back, grab a cup, and check them all out. See you there:

Baking In A Tornado                        https://www.BakingInATornado.com

Wandering Web Designer                 https://wanderingwebdesigner.com/blog

Cognitive Script                               https://cognitivescript.blogspot.com   

The Bergham Chronicles                   https://berghamchronicles.blogspot.com/  

Never Ever Give Up Hope                  https://batteredhope.blogspot.com 

Bookworm in the Kitchen                   https://www.bookwormkitchen.com/   

Part-time Working Hockey Mom          https://thethreegerbers.blogspot.ch/

Climaxed                                   https://climaxedtheblog.blogspot.com  

Oh To My Surprise - April SSS

I had just settled down and gotten all cozy in bed when I heard a banging noise. Must be the wind I thought. So I rolled over. Again with the banging, it kept getting louder and louder. Reaching over for my phone, because I was comfortable, I texted my husband. He was downstairs working on a project. Hearing his phone vibrate I realized it was plugged in on  the nightstand. Well dang it. I'd have to get up and go ask him to see what the noise was.

Getting up and donning my slippers and robe I head down the hall. BANG BANG BANG and a moaning sound. Oh dear lord what is that??? I panicked and called 911.

Hello, this is 911, what is your emergency?

I keep hearing a loud banging noise in my house and now I hear moaning! PLEASE I can't find my husband, send someone over!!! NOW!

Operator: ma'am, you say your husband is missing?

Worry about that later! SEND SOMEONE NOW I think someone is breaking in my house!
All the while, the banging continued, the moaning and I swear I heard my name.
After giving my address and promising to stay upstairs, yeah like i'm going down there, I waited.
Where was Bruce anyway? OH NO what if he encountered the burglar and was hurt!! OH NO my mind was frantic and I saw the lights flashing through the curtains.
Oh yes! The cops are here. So glad. I peeked out the curtains, of course, now all the neighbors are gathering outside. How embarrassing.
It took hours, well, actually more like 15 minutes and there stood my husband. Soaking wet, shivering and from the look on his face mad as hell.
There was an officer right behind him. "Ma'am, are you Mrs. Jenson?" 
Yes I am.
"And is this your husband?"
Yes it is.
The officer laughed, okay folks, have a nice evening. He turned to walk away and I hear rolls of laughter, there must be a dozen cops in my hallway.
WAIT! What is going on? I yelled.
The cop, trying to keep a straight face, said "Ma'am, the moaning was your husband you was about frozen outside in his shorts. The sprinkler was on and it is 20 degrees out side. The banging was him, he was locked outside. Without his phone and keys." more laughter.
I was so embarrassed.
OMG how had I forgotten, he took the trashcans to the curb. I didn't realize he was locked out, AND the sprinklers came on. Oh good grief. I know the neighbors will have a field day.
Sheepishly I got off the end of the bed, grabbed a towel and handed it to my husband.
I'm sorry?!
He looked at me. Walked into the bathroom and slammed the door.
 THAT is how I woke up. The slamming of a door. I about jumped clean off the bed.BRUCE? I yelled.
From the bathroom I hear, "wait a minute".
When he came out and just looked at me. "What?" I said.
Really? That's all you have to say? "what?" all innocent like? he was clearly miffed.
Bruce, please, what is wrong. I was asleep and had the weirdest dream.
Please tell me all about it, he said in a very sarcastic tone.
I began telling him and he starts laughing.
I said, "wait, why are you laughing? Aren't you mad that in my dream I locked you out, sort of?"
No. I'm laughing because you were moaning and saying "officer please come now"!
OH MY WORD... where did his mind go?

Thanks Karen for the prompt. 

Welcome to a Secret Subject Swap. This week 10 brave bloggers picked a secret subject for someone else and were assigned a secret subject to interpret in their own style. Today we are all simultaneously divulging our topics and submitting our posts. 

Here are links to all the sites now featuring Secret Subject Swap posts.  Sit back, grab a cup, and check them all out. See you there:

Baking In A Tornado                           https://www.BakingInATornado.com

Never Ever Give Up Hope             https://batteredhope.blogspot.com

Wandering Web Designer              https://wanderingwebdesigner.com/my-dream-car-one-that-runs-secret-subject-swap

Cognitive Script                           https://cognitivescript.blogspot.com   

The Bergham Chronicles               https://berghamchronicles.blogspot.com/

The Crazy Mama Llama                  https://www.thecrazymamallama.com/

Climaxed                                      https://climaxedtheblog.blogspot.com/        

Southern Belle Charm                    https://www.southernbellecharm.com  

Bookworm in the Kitchen                 https://www.bookwormkitchen.com/ 

Stacy Sews and Schools                   https://stacysewsandschools.blogspot.com/  

You are home alone and just went to bed.  Suddenly you hear loud bangs coming from inside your home. You call the police and they investigate. When they finally knock on your bedroom door, they are laughing at you. When they show you what it is you are so embarrassed.

It was submitted by: https://www.bookwormkitchen.com/

Pitiful Pauly and his plight - uyw

Today’s post is a writing challenge. This is how it works: participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words or short phrases for someone else to craft into a post. All words must be used at least once and all the posts will be unique as each writer has received their own set of words. That’s the challenge, here’s a fun twist; no one who’s participating knows who got their words and in what direction the writer will take them. Until now.

At the end of this post you’ll find links to the other blogs featuring this challenge. Check them all out, see what words they got and how they used them. 

  

Poor Pauly stepped up to the plate, it was a pity he was present today. His past performance was pitiful. Just as he stepped up, a plane flew overhead and he thought, "man if I could just fly away" and just like that he was gone.
The coach who wasn't paying much attention to anything except the orange he was peeling, bit down. Eww too pithy and that's when he heard the gasp and screams.
Pauly was gone. His shoes and bat were on the plate but he was gone.
Everyone looked around, called his name and some began to cry.

Pauly looked around, whoa, what, wait, what the...where was he? OMGosh, he was IN the plane! He looked out the window but all he could see were clouds. Was he dreaming? Maybe. Maybe not and if not, where was he headed? What would he do when he got there and who would take care of him.
Poor little guy began to cry and the drops of tears on his pillow woke him up.
He sat up, looked around and said "whew! there's NO WAY I'm going to the game today." He rolled over and went back to sleep.

Links to the other “Use Your Words” posts:

Baking In A Tornado                      http://www.bakinginatornado.com

Bookworm in the Kitchen                  http://www.bookwormkitchen.com/

On the Border                               https://dlt-lifeontheranch.blogspot.com/ 

The Bergham Chronicles                        https://berghamchronicles.blogspot.com    

Southern Belle Charm                        http://www.southernbellecharm.com  

The Blogging 911                            http://theblogging911.com/blog    

Part-Time Working Hockey Mom         https://thethreegerbers.blogspot.ch/  

Climaxed                                          https://climaxedtheblog.blogspot.com       

plate ~ plane ~ pity ~ pithy ~ present ~ past

It was submitted by: http://www.southernbellecharm.com