Comments | kelly_swails: yardwork blows

kelly_swails

yardwork blows

Sep 01, 2007 18:55

Today Ken and I dissassembled the raised garden, broke up the dirt, and burned some wood. Yeah, I did it without sunscreen. I'm such a dumbass. For those of you who haven't seen me in the flesh, I'm fair-skinned. Quite fair. Northern-european-heritage fair. And I never go outside for more than half an hour without seeking a bottle of SPF 45 ( Read more... )

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kelly_swails September 2 2007, 15:18:30 UTC

True dat.

matt_betts September 2 2007, 01:31:55 UTC

I had the same lapse in my normal sunblock slathering today, though it sounds like I fared better than you did.

On the bright side, you'll get writing time because of it!

kelly_swails September 2 2007, 15:19:19 UTC

Ah, yes. The silver lining in the cloud. :)

antonstrout September 2 2007, 03:45:33 UTC

So I should look for the scorched pink man beast come November...

kelly_swails September 2 2007, 15:20:24 UTC

Yep. I look par-boiled.

And that would be "scorched pink WOMAN beast," mister.

malkatsheva September 2 2007, 21:03:01 UTC

Well, next time you foolishly wander out into the yard, maybe you might think about planting a few shade trees. My yard is very shady, which I hate when I'm trying to buy some annuals to spruce it up, but I love it when the hot weather comes on and my yard is still all cool and green.

And yay to the haircut! I am getting one soon too, after I spend a few hours reading those trashy HAIR STYLE magazines at the grocery.

kelly_swails September 3 2007, 01:36:28 UTC

Ah, shade trees. Yeah, we discussed that as we slathered Noxema all over ourselves. What a concept, huh? :)

Those trashy hair magazines always crack me up. Especially the pictures in the back submitted by various salons: is anyone actually going to do any of that with their hair every frickin' day?

malkatsheva September 4 2007, 13:54:13 UTC

I'll tell you what -- every day I walk my kids up to the local public cattle corral public school, and I see plenty of moms who really did do that to their hair.

They do their hair like nobody's business, and their makeup, and match their shoes to their handbags.

What's more, they do their kids' hair just like in the hair magazines and make sure their kids' clothes match.

At first I was a little scornful. But now I have come to feel a certain awe at the level of effort this all represents.

I feel completely pleased with myself if I manage to get some concealer on my zits!