Cranky~~Attracted to Red~~A Theory

The week started out so calm and innocently......a nice lunch outside at the Bay.....

 Finishing up a few sewing projects......

 Trying a new pesto, goat cheese, phyllo dough appetizer......

 Then on or around August 5th....the heat was on.....we had the AC cranking and fans everywhere....

 My mom persevered and baked - chocolate cupcakes and pumpkin pie on the hottest days of the year for her little charmer.....

 We tried cooking outside for some relief!  Sacrificial chicken on beer can.....

 ....and then it worsened......Rocky was zapped like kryptonite hit him.....

Red things appeared everywhere.....our Christmas plant bloomed in August.....

 Everything I bought was red.....this red velvet smocked dress for a friends daughter.....

 This red radio flyer for the boys.....

 and I got Cranky....very Cranky.....first I thought it was because my mom has been here 31 days and we have had big dinners with friends and family for 27 of those days.....but I believe the more the merrier...
.....then I thought it was because when I wrote out my Things to Do list I realized I would have to live to 140 to complete it.....but I like being busy.....
then at work I was asked to drop what I am working on to take on more critical projects 3 times in one week....but my job is always like that.....
then I thought  it was that if I don't take my allergy medicine I have itchy eyes and I sneeze non-stop and if I take it I am a low functioning Zombie....but that is August in SD...
then I thought it was because I was facilitating a meeting in my office on my land line, while on my cell phone attending another meeting with incoming txt and 3 instant messages going off at once....but that is also what I call Tuesday.....
Then it really hit me when my high strung husband appeared to be the calm one next to me....so I thought and thought and gathered evidence and enjoyed Dylan showing my mom our secret treasure - the giant trains at the nursery we go to.....

 and I got lost in these big brown eyes eating some corn on the cob.....

 and then it hit me.....all the bad JuJu started when Curosity landed on Mars (the RED planet)!

Some things are better left alone!