Tarnished Texan

I hate coloring.
I kind of always have, even when I was little, so the idea of adult coloring books is kind of a "really?" thing for me but okay.
#YouDoYou #NotJust4Kids #BreakingTheRules
Two of my 4 adult kids love it! For me, never really my thing though.

I liked the idea of coloring.

I loooooved the 64 count crayon box, which, when I was little,
was the epitome of all coloring boxes.

I even loved looking through the coloring books, picking out the one with the perfect pictures that had the most intricate designs because
the largest open spaces were soooo boring.

Especially when you'd start that big space nice & neat but it kept going on & on so your coloring would get fainter & less precise & then
FAB.U.LOUS!

Now the entire thing looks horrible so why even finish it at all??
[My first signs of perfectionism showing much, Bren?]

So, pick the coloring books with the fanciest designs
please & thank you!

Here's the thing about me & coloring though:
I'd get on the floor with the coffee table as my artistic space, turn on the cartoons & choose my page I've honored be my masterpiece

[you're welcome, you lucky little kitty cat, you]

but within minutes, I'd be bored out of my ever lovin' mind

unless someone was sitting next to me.
#socialbutterfly #jabberjaw #whatever

And for the love, do not point out if I colored outside the lines!
Worse yet, don't tell me that my bird can't be orange
or that a tree can't be blue.
Honnnnneeey, this is my imagination:
it can be whatever I deem it to be.
Whatever I think, I can create.

My Mind = My Rules
thankyouverymuch

Someone once told me that I'd change how I felt about a lot of things as I got older, but since I'll be sliding into 51 here in less than 2 weeks, I think that if that were to happen, I'd have happened by now. Here are the truths I believe:

1. You can only truly control one thing in your life:
your personal credibility, so guard it well
2. Respect is earned:
try not to mess it up but if you do, fess up & apologize.
3. Rules are made to be challenged:
Wear white after Labor Day & for the love, color outside the lines!
4. Well behaved women rarely make history.
5. Betty White will outlive us all.
#GoldenGirlsForever