Sum-sum-sum-Summertime!

This week's ceremony is brought to you by the bounty of summer! Which may not, if you are Amy, be as bountiful at the so-called Farmer's Market as one would hope. Still, we Pixies are well known for pressing on in the face of adversity, and passing the refreshments.

Dr. Jenevieve wins the Doctor, Doctor, Give Me the News Award, being able to use that title now that she has graduated! WooHoo! And Jeni also earns the Marathon Woman Award for -- in the same week -- moving way the hell across an ocean and then a continent, with toddler, and arriving reasonably intact!

The idea of moving even someplace closer makes us feel a little faint. Pixies worldwide, therefore, are thrilled to award KLee the Miracle at the Schoolhouse Medal, for the terrific news that she is not being transferred to a new location!

The Old Skool Award goes this week to Esperanza, who has a very attractive and useful wart on her foot, conveniently located next to a toe so that no way, no how can those adhesive wart-be-gone products stay where they are needed. Sue is runner-up with a related whine about said products not working even when used in more convenient bodily locations; "2 years" is definitely not what one wants to hear about efforts to eradicate warts. The Pixie Consumer Product Cluesticking Commission is looking into these outrageous product failures.

Amy wins the coveted Elevated Risk of Mullet Award for the Lost Whine: "Good grief. I had a whine I'd been saving up all day to write, but now that I've written my little happy story, I seem to have forgotten my whine. Hm. Must have been about my husband. O_o" As is so often the case, whining worked and what was lost was found -- she meant to whine about the "Farmer's Market" that appeared to have products shoplifted directly from the local supermarket. I'm pretty sure Liz would send over some fresh berries off the vine, if MM hadn't eaten them all...

Blogger gets a cluesticking this week. Madeleine wins the Stupid Blogthing Award for never, ever, being able to login on the first try.

There's a good amount of workplace angst in the air, and all Pixies thus afflicted are hereby awarded a Silver Star for effort, plus beverages of choice. But Liz wins the Best W/AW Combo Award for her heartfelt submission:

Whine: I really, really, really do not like my job. At all.
Anti-whine: I really, really, really do like my co-workers. A lot.

KLee wins the Recipient of Teen Drama Award, for her daughter's excellent and very dramatic demonstration against the tyranny of keeping the A/C use to a moderate level. Instead of just dialing the temp up from "meat locker" in her room, she unplugged everything and sulked in the dark with only a small flashlight between her and imminent death by boredom. We think she should go visit grandma for a while -- they need one another.

Sarah wins the Good News in the Battle of the Thermostat Award, for her report that her parents, who live with them and previously set the A/C on "arctic," have now come around to more moderate temps.

No News Is Good News Award to Days, who reports she hasn't gotten a phone call to pick someone up from summer camp. But Days also wins the No News Stinks Award, on accounta she's not feeling great, is behind on stuff, and is waiting around for tests to come back. Bleah. As Sue said, "be good to yourself."

Sue's hubby wins the Lord of the Weather Award, for grilling steaks and thus inviting rain for exactly the time it took to BBQ, on an otherwise perfect day, weather-wise.

Angst and Reconciliation Awards, and lots of hugs, to Esperanza and to JenR. These are very different family situations, but both incredibly painful on several levels. We love you both, admire your strength and caring, and will be here for you. xoxoxo

And speaking of LOVE, this week's proceedings are notable for the many and various reports of the devotion of loved ones, including but not limited to -- Esperanza's beloved's "I know, and you know", not to mention grandma's potty training efforts; Days' beloved's uncomplaining picking up of slack, and how he once reconditioned a bike just to her specifications; Liz and her BIL's strawberry jam; and Amy's beloved's impulsive gift of mega-memory for her phone.

See you next week, when the terrific Madeleine will host!