Repeat Post Week

I've got a crazy week this week so I'm going to republish some posts from waaaaaaay back in my blogging career... posts that probably went up before anyone was even around to read them. 

Up first... little gifts along the way... originally posted 11/10/06

There's a new show on ABC this fall called, Men In Trees. While I have not seen the show, the ads and previews for it make me smile because I have indeed seen men in trees!!!

Back during the end of my second pregnancy, we were still living on the second floor of a two-flat in Chicago. I was in my 8th month and anyone who has been pregnant knows that the 8th month juxtaposes a heightened libido with feelings of being a narcoleptic penguin. I don't know if nature is just a wise guy or what, but every man looks good and you are in no position to act on it... you can still enjoy the view though...

One day while I was busy click-clacking away at the computer, my eldest daughter told me that there were men outside... there were men in the trees. She had a really active imagination so I told her that was nice. I assumed it a was the usual tree-trimming crew that regularly went by to clear branches from power lines. I went back to work.

A few minutes later she said again, "NO, MOM! There are lots of men out there in the trees!!!"

Okay, okay, I can play this game. She was obviously tired of me directing my attention to the computer and wanted me to play with her so I got up, waddled over to the windows, ready to do my best, "Oh! You're RIGHT! Look at that one! He's purple!! And look at that one! He's 9 feet tall!" But what I saw nearly knocked me on my pregnant behind...

The trees were filled with men!!! Lots and lots of MEN! I'm not certain, but I believe somewhere, somehow, someone cued "It's Raining Men" by The Weathergirls...

There they were, wearing their hardhats, Levi's and aviator sunglasses... dangling from the trees. I had to open the window and see what was going on... plus, I had to say hello. Well, it seems that we were right in the middle of the Asian Longhorn Beetle scare and these daring men of forestry were out making sure our hardwood maples were safe. Plus, they were giving me a sight that would carry me through the rest of my pregnancy and probably through the rest of my life... manly men dangling from trees, making their work look effortless...

I didn't want to appear overly obsessed so I slowly pulled myself from the window, wiping away the steam and slipped back into the shadows where, with a smile on my face, I watched the men in trees...

Comments

[Dan Leo]

Ha -- "Men in Trees" -- I think I saw about two minutes of that show and then it suddenly dawned on me that men weren't "supposed" to watch that show!

[ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©]

Manatees?

No!

So this was what that post was about. I could see the title at work, but typepad ist verboten until I get home.
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[herr doktor bimler]

It's a man-in-tree my dear Watson.

[zombie rotten mcdonald]

It's not a repeat if I don't remember it.

"I'm afraid you've got a pretty severe forester infestation, ma'am. we're gonna have to spray. "

[Jennifer]

It's not a repeat if I don't remember it.

Well hell's bells... then I could put up one from last week!

Thundra- I'd be smiling with glee if there were a bounty of manatees outside!

hdb- not to be confused with the element tree...

[zombie rotten mcdonald]

o I remember last week.

It was the Bestest Week Ever!!

Wasn't it? Isn't this the Really Small Fish Diner? Is it Thursday?

[Brando]

It's just men in trees, handling their wood.