did your momma teach you this one?

May 6, 2024

The experiences, lessons, and influences we encounter in our formative years significantly shape our perspectives, beliefs, and behaviors as we grow older. Therefore, how you approach just about everything you’ll encounter in life begins when you’re young.

If you’re going to do it, do it right!

That was one of my Momma’s favorites. Experience has taught me that lesson was a good one. If you do things right the first time — it will save you time down the road. Before the really cold and windy days of winter, I took care of the hot tub knowing we wouldn’t use it during that time. It opened looking like this:

clean hot tub

Perry took care of the pool — closing it for the winter. It opened like this:

faulty pool cover

It’s not his Momma’s fault — and it’s partly not his fault either.

The pool cover blew off and he put it back multiple times. In the dead of winter, Perry couldn’t go out there and totally rework how it was secured, but that doesn’t change the fact that at this point, there’s a ton of work to get it ready for swimming.

Perry has a bajillion amazing qualities… but he doesn’t always care about doing things right the first time — he often concentrates on simply getting it done. He’s also not the best at putting things back after using them. 😏

skimmer left out by a green pool

Now you know: When “Star Wars” officially debuted in theatres on May 25th, 1977, George Lucas was so busy approving the film’s advertising campaigns that he forgot the film opened that day. That same evening, he went out for dinner in L.A. with his wife and saw crowds lining up to see the movie.