taking it all out on the bricks.....

ok, so i devoted my entire sunday afternoon to watch zidane play in his last world cup.......and was startled to see him headbutt an italian player whilst in the act of walking down the pitch deep in trash talk....i am supposing the trash talk.....which could be construed as a reason to head-butt somebody in front of a live and television audience of 1 billion folks........and so he was red-carded and thrown out......and france's game went downhill....and then they lost in the p.k. round......maybe if the poor fellow had been taking impulse-control meds he would only have thought about the head-butt, but would not have acted on it......if i were queen, i would have poor president putin on such pharmaceutical control as well.....some things should never go beyond the contemplation point......we had a similar conversation while we were sweeping the mortar between bricks just a little while ago......for some reason our daughter opted to come out and help......something that never, ever happens........we got to talking about the last time i had doen the walk...she remembered the big pile of sand in the driveway...for the layer under the bricks......she has fond memories of making water volcanos with stephan in that pile of sand.....i do have that episode on film, btw.......and it was quite pleasant to talk about her memories of living with us from the beginning.....but then she got to talking about how that was about the last time she saw her half-brother 'bubby'....and how when she ever sees his new parents again she will beat them up......oooops.......my spouse and i went into major counselor-mode......reminding her that her brother would likely defend the only parents he knows...and that the way she sees things with regards to his adoption is not the same way he would see them........for the record, these folks left town and changed his name as to avoid having to deal with birth parents....an option that did cross our minds.......but only in the contemplation stage......and i am grateful that we did not need meds to come to that conclusion.......as of this blog i have only 3 sections of walkway to re-do.....one long section from the boxwoods to the trellis.....then the short stretch from the trellis to the quince.....and lastly from the driveway to the porch.....yeah.,.......i could redo the parts in the back....especially the part where the chimney fell down and smashed part of that section of walk.......but i can not think about that right now......like scarlett said....'i'll think about that tomorrow'....or was it...'tomorrow is another day'........