Well today it was supposed to get extremely hot and i decided that i was not going to spend yet another day inside. It is summer.. and i wanted to enjoy it. Of course.. i do believe today was the hottest day of the year so far. The heat index was supposed to get around 104-105. Now i don't know about where you live but here in Missouri we have humidity that will knock you over in an instant. Let me tell you today was no exception. So i had this really bright idea.. My mom and stepdad have a pool.. They live out in the middle of nowhere.. They weren't going to be home today.. *ding, ding, ding...* i could tan without fear of tan lines.. Not, that i think i am an exhibitionist.. at least not like the people going for a bike ride in Andy On's blog. Shy, no.. Wanting to put on a show.. not yet in this life.. So i think wow.. what a wonderful idea.. (or so i thought) lol
Well first of all, i go outside only to be dive bombed by hummingbirds. Yes, i know what you are thinking.. Hummingbirds are itty bitty birds.. they are cute.. they in no way could be violent.. Let me say, if you are walking outside naked.. and things start flying at you with long sharp beaks... ya move.. i have parts of my body i have in no way desire to be pecked at.. At least not by them. lol Hummingbirds are fierce!! My mom has like 3 hummingbird feeders on the back porch and i think there were probably at least 8-10 of them around. (Like i was standing still trying to count them) But there they were.. chirping like nuts and coming right at me.. lol i ran for the pool. I was somewhat grateful i was already naked. Here is a pic of some of them (from inside the house) lol i didn't want to take any chances with them clothed either. In all fairness they attack each other.... so at least it wasn't anything personal.. Well to me anyway.

lol they weren't cooperating and staying still so i could try and get a bunch of them at one time.. but let me tell you they are leathal!!

There were more in the picture when i orginally clicked on the camera.. lol but before the camera processed it (yeah, it's a cheap one) they flew away.

Well, i get in the pool and i think oh good.. i should be safe here.. and i was from the hummingbirds anyway. But in all the excitement i forgot to do one important thing that everyone should do if they are going to spend anytime out in the sun.. PUT ON SUN SCREEN!!! And i was going to be really good.. i had a bottle of SPF45.. i should be good, right? lol Well funny thing... that only helps IF you put it on.. So after i swim in the pool relaxing and enjoy myself.. (i tell ya, there is nothing like skinny dipping!) After about 30-45 mins i decide.. i'm gonna go ahead and get out. So i get out, reach for my towel, knock out the sun screen from my towel when i realize.. Whoops!! i forgot to put that on.. i look down and guess what? I am burnt to a crisp!!!! I got burnt in places i didn't even realize one could get burnt.

This is a view of the backyard.. (again taken from inside) Would you want to go outside with killer hummingbirds on the lose if you didn't have to? One of the reasons i felt pretty secure in skinny dipping is because the back yard is surrounded by 20 acres of 10-12 feet tall stalks of corn.. Aint nothin' going to be seen through that. My stepdad farms about 400 acres i believe but luckily on that land it's corn.. I don't exactly feel that secure say if it is soy that is planted around the house. lol I have family that gets a lil unnerved because it reminds them of the movie Children of the corn.. but it doesn't bother me.. i love it!
Well about the time i get out of the shower and put aloe vera lotion all over my body.. my mom calls me.. Would i please be a dear and run to the store and get ice.. Being the dutiful daughter that i am.. After hanging up.. sobbing hysterically cause this means i'm gonna have to put on a bra. (no tan lines remember?) I very carefully get dressed and drive to the store.. pick up ice and take it to the fire department where my mom and stepdad are working a "tractor pull" with their lions club. For those that don't know the lions club is an organization that raises money for charities.. The one their club supports the most is the St Jude's Hospital which helps especially children with diseases when a lot of the time the families don't have money to pay for hospitial bills. Being that my parents live in the middle of nowhere.. my stepdad is a farmer.. Well the community they live around is mostly a community of farmers.. Nice, honest, hardworking farmers.. But it did dawn on me exactly why i was still single. Midwest farmers daughter (quoting David Lee Roth) maybe make you feel alright.. But their looks do not come from the men in the family!! lol I looked around the room as i ate my cheeseburger and drank my sweet tea.. i so wanted to take a picture cause i know you all wont believe me.. but here sat all these men. Either a straw hat or a baseball cap on.. tshirts and overall's!! There was this cute lil old man there i really wanted to take a picture of.. Now when you are 80.. the look is adoreable.. when you are my age.. HELL NO! lol But the little old man was so cute.. He had this bright orange straw hat on.. short sleeve shirt and striped overall's.. He also had this really long grey beard that went down just a lil below his chest. I so wanted to take a picture of him but my mom wouldn't let me. So i told her if i couldn't take any pics of anyone else.. i'd have to take a picture of her. So here it is.. that is my stepdad sitting behind her.

See jugger.. my mom does not look elegant all of the time.. lol in fact.. it is only a very small portion of the time she looks elegant.. However.. she is the bestest mother in the world and i'd be really lost without her so i wont pick on her too much. Just keep in mind.. she is a farmer's wife. :) Not too many reasons to dress up elegant.
Well that is about it.. I'm gonna stay out here for a few days and just relax.. (yeah.. i don't want to have to put on a bra, so i'm staying put) I get back.. and go to the office and here is a wasp.. i am deathly afraid of wasps.. *sigh* i get to dj in 45 mins.. i'm hoping the wasp has found another room to roam or this show might get interesting. lol
TTFN