PEARL IS A JEWEL

Some of you know I work shift work

at a hospital.

Sometimes I miss exciting adventures

when I work the 11am to 7:30pm shift.

Sometimes I am happy
that I have missed

an adventure.

Case in point....

Can you guess what MyHero purchased

whilst I was working?

Yep! Geez! How did you guess?

The behemoth pictured below is now my own!

Somedays I just don't know how I can

ever truly

Thank God enough

for having MyHero share my life.

Yessireee...I love all the

little surprises that he

brings to brighten up my day.

Some of them are right up there

with the dead mice

my cat used to bring me..

At least those I could
dig a hole for and bury.

But this...

this is

THE PEARL

and I think it would take a whole

lotta digging to bury this baby!

My daughter, Mimi came to visit

to see The Pearl..

cuz she didn't really believe that

I got A Pearl for my

anniversary.

Was it what you were expecting, honey?

To showcase the masterpiece

MyHero invited

the grandkids,

MamasBoy & TheSecretAgent,

Mimi & BabyE to take

her on her maiden voyage.

Destination?

Frosty Tip in Dyckesville.

Yes! That's right!

I said DYCKESVILLE!

About 10 miles from home.

Here we are...

At the top of the ramp off the highway..

Wait! Wait! What's that spluttering noise?

Oooooppps!

PEARL has gasped and

died because

SOMEONE,

who shall remain nameless..

Forgot to give her a drink!

And I'm thinking PEARL

LIKES TO DRINK!

I'm thinking she is one

expensive date.

Now me? I'm a cheap date

because I don't drink much..

Guess we'll see how much MyHero

likes supporting his new girlfriend's

drinking habit!

Back to the road trip here...

Hmmm...we can see the

little town ahead...

Only a mile away..

MamasBoy thinks (and says)
We can coast 'er in.

Kids are all excited..

Hey Papa! How come we're going so slow?
Coast...coast...coast...

Coasting past the sign.

Coast....coast...coast...
You would not believe the assortment

of people that you see

standing in front of this sign

having their picture taken.

Yeah...most of them have
out-of-state license plates...

and that's all I'm saying about that!

Look, Papa, Look!I can see the sign now...

It is straighway ahead...off in the distance...but poor PEARL
has s-l-o-w-e-d to a stop!

MyHero to the rescue...

He & MamasBoy & TheSecretAgent

jump out and proceed to

PUSH PEARL!
All of a sudden..Lulu starts shouting

out the window..

Stop! Papa! Stop!

We're here! There's the Frosty Tip!But Papa keeps going!

Lulu sadly waves good-bye to

FrostyTrip.

SweetCheeks uses her newest line...

I hate this wurhld!

Papa doesn't care what anyone thinks

because PEARL needs a drink

BEFORE

there are any ice cream treats.

Ahhhh....So Good!

Gas for one~

and finally....

Ice Cream for all.

All except Ria who was staying

overnight at a friend's house.

The next morning when she

came over she told

Lulu that she wanted to take

a ride in the

orange PLANE too!

Lulu said...it is NOT a plane, Ria..

It's a bus!

It's not a bus, Lulu..it's a PLANE
cuz Nana said that

Papa was FLYING solo

until he painted that thing!

Just as she finishes her conversation

the doorbell rings.

It is the next door neighbor..

She says that they can

smell diesel oil

and it appears to be coming from...

Yep! You guessed it

THE PEARL.

I rush around to the back garage

to check her out..

She looks okay

(well-as okay as she CAN look)

from the front..

But wait...

WHAT IS THAT?

WHAT IS THAT LIQUID

COMING OUT OF HER BEHIND?

Hmmm...looks like OIL to me..

Do you suppose

The Pearl

will be visiting

The Pearly Gates soon?

.....to be continued......