Kermit the Frog, here

As a kiddo, I loved the Muppets. I remember even having a favorite glass to drink out of that had The Muppets. I rarely was allowed to order Happy Meals at McDonald's (tragic, I know) but one time I was allowed to AND got to get the collectible glass featuring The Great Muppet Caper. I can still picture the glass, even though I'm sure it's laying shattered in a landfill somewhere.

Update: I think it is intact and someone is selling it on eBay...


Remember the cartoon, Muppet Babies? Watched that one too. But the cartoon couldn't hold a candle to the great variety of Muppets in the movies. I loved the old men in the balcony, the French chef with the lobster, Beeker, and of course, Ker-meee. I had a little record player growing up that played the small records, the ones with that you had to put a little yellow plastic star in the middle in order for it to play. I loved to listen to Kermit singing "It's Not Easy, Being Green". I don't think I have the record any more. I do still have two of my 8-tracks though. Sesame Street and Snoopy's Christmas, yep, they're in my cedar chest. Why I'm saving them, I don't know.

So what brought on this trip to Memory Lane? I finally finished painting our bathroom last night. What a beast of burden it has been. Since we have such cheapy, chalky builder's paint, it shows even the slightest mark on it. It's also so cheap that you can't rub off any marks, otherwise the paint will come off. I hope to have the whole house painted someday, but for now, it's one room at a time. I thought the bathroom would be a cinch, even thinking that it would be done in an afternoon with a quart of paint. Three days and one full gallon later, it is complete, except for the touch-ups. Thankfully, the spare bath should be a cinch compared to it. I'm just ready for both of them to be done. I must have been exceptionally careless last night, because I had green paint all over me. All over my shorts, shirt, arms, and hands. I have been scrubbing all day, to no avail. I'm still pretty green. And it's not easy.