Shocking Randoms!

1. Living in Tucson is a SHOCKING experience!  It is definitely DRY here...my hands feel like I'm wearing lizard skin gloves, and no amount of lotion seems to help!  But that isn't the shocking part.  Every time I touch a light switch, control button on an appliance or even another person, I get SHOCKED!  It's like slow torture, and It's getting old, I can tell you!  And it doesn't happen to anyone else in my family for some reason!  If I develop a tick and start blinking and jumping uncontrollably, you will all know why! :-)

2. Helping our grandson with his math homework has been another form of torture.  Math isn't my strong suit anyway, but even my husband who flew fighter jets has his moments.  We know Common Core has been implemented for various nefarious reasons, but I couldn't understand why, if we're "dumbing down" everything, that the math is more complicated than it used to be!  Ahhhh....now I understand!  We are not alone in our pain!

3. I don't care what ANYBODY says, I love Dancing With the Stars.  Our daughter used to be a ballet dancer, and she is about to start flamenco lessons.

Yvonne as the Sugar Plum Fairy with the Tidewater Ballet, Norfolk, Va.

Our world revolved around the ballet for many years.  We miss it.

She was a beautiful, regal dancer....and about to go to the  Hartford Ballet to train when she decided she had to give up dancing.  It was a difficult, painful decision.

She and I watch the show faithfully and text back and forth...did you see that!?  Yes, it is too sexy sometimes.  As a Christian, I understand why new contestant Candace Cameron Bure (sister of Kirk Cameron and D.J. in Full House as a child) who is a strong Christian, is having some trouble with some of the sexier dances.  BUT, I love dance, and I can't help it!  My favorite dances are the Latin dances.  I wish I could take flamenco with my daughter, but hey, I'd last all of five minutes and I'd be done! :-)  Anyway, to my "shock" (keeping with the theme)--in the contestant list was Danica McKellar!  Getting back to math, when the year started we bought three math books written by this excellent mathematician who appeals to kids on their level, so we could help our grandson more.  The books have definitely helped in many ways.  You may remember Danica from The Wonder Years where she played Winnie. 

4. Shocking Pink!

Gorgeous jewels of the desert!

 5.  And finally there is always the shocking light show of lightning during the monsoons....just around the corner for us! (Not my photo)

All very shocking, indeed!

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