Not As Smart As My Phone

I'm finally moving into the twenty-first century with the rest of the world, though I've been so happy with my secondhand slide phone.  You've heard that ignorance is bliss?  Here's an example.  While society communicates primarily via emojis, all I receive on my secondhand slide phone are little squares.
Me: "You're invited to my party!  I'm inviting Jeremy Renner too!"
My sister-in-law Lovesme: "   ⃣    ⃣   "
My sister-in-law Hatesme: "   ⃣    ⃣   "
So I'm thinking, how sweet, they probably sent me heart emojis.  With a smiley face!  When in reality, I probably got a middle finger emoji, and a poop.
I lost my contacts in the move; even my children's numbers.  The only phone number I still have is Grandma's, because it's been the same my whole life and I had it memorized from back in the late 1900's when we still had to actually dial.
Text me your number at 509-398-5304.  For real.

Angel Spreads Its Wings

What kind of parent drops its child at an international airport and just walks away from it?  But we did.  Angel Doll has wanted to be an exchange student since she was only half a pint.  And I was like, "No!  You're only half a pint."  But now she's three quarters of a pint, and a well known fact about three-quarter pints is that they're unstoppable.
So I was trying to be all tough and cool about sending her off, but when we got to the airport security checkpoint and she turned to hug us all goodbye, and there might have been a little angel-tear in her little angel-eye, it was a real killer to keep my face from raining.  But I put on my Jeremy Renner pants, and Angel Doll did too (not the same pair; she has her own pair), and Europe gets to be her family for the rest of July.

Renner/Wilson 2016

Hillary Clinton?  Donald Trump?  I vote Jeremy Renner for president.  I'll be his veep.
Renner/Wilson 2016!

Hunneypunkin's Log

The plan: Pull out of Thunder Drive at 8:00 Friday night with Chevrolet Mama en route to our first camping destination in Winthrop, Washington, and make things up as we go from there until Tuesday.
What actually happened:
Day 1
8:00 P.M.: Leave Thunder Drive to fill up with gas.
8:20 P.M.: Angel Doll tows us back home with Lefty's truck from the gas station.
9:30 P.M.: Finally come in from the shop after draining the suburban's gas tank and dropping the fuel tank due to fuel pump failure.
Day 2
Awake at 5:00 A.M..
6:20 A.M.: At Napa.  Shout out to David at Quincy Auto Parts https://www.napaonline.com/napa/en/wa/quincy/store/26342/ for being open early and having the right parts in stock.
8:00 A.M.  "Lefty, tell Mama to finish re-packing."  Fuel pump installed.  Take a shower.  On the road by 9:00 A.M.
Day 3
Say hello to the Pacific Ocean.
Day 4
Say goodbye to the Pacific Ocean.
Day 5
Tour the entire Pacific Northwest.
4:00 P.M. Return to Thunder Drive.
Not even Jeremy Renner could pull that off.