The Boys Of Summer: The Playboy Thieves

Cocaine Princess here.

The Boys of Summer have gone back to Houston.The cheeky gang left midweek. I feel as if my heart has been torn to pieces. Honestly I didn’t think I would miss them so much but I do. It was tough watching them leave. The person who took it the toughest was Squirt. The Dutch~Icicle was under the impression my house was his new permanent residence. It wasn’t until Wednesday he was told he was going back to Texas. Sister broke the news while they shared a bowl of ice~cream. He didn’t take the news very well and began crying. It was indeed a pleasure having them stay with us and what an incredible amount of joy they brought. I only wish the summer could have lasted longer.


Not only do I miss them but it’s so frigging quiet in the house that one can actually hear a pin drop. There’s no one running around commando and asking for ice cream nor is there anybody running in the house with their shoes on. Housekeeper is no longer scolding me for waking up the baby in the middle of the night. No more stepping on Mr. Potato Head’s eyes or ears which is quite painful on barefeet. Those parts are quite sharp. The fridge is no longer filled with Fanta bottles or milk bottles and the pantry is free of baby food, although there is still a box of Arrowroot cookies which are delicious with a glass of milk. Nobody is making fun of the movies I like or the music I listen to, however, one morning while working out to music.....

♫ There's a place I know
If you're looking for a show.
Where they go hardcore
And there's glitter on the floor. ♫

The 12 year old inquired who I was listening to?


ME: Ke$ha. It’s her latest song.  

12 Year Old: I like it a lot.

Followed by:

12 Year Old: But don’t tell my brothers I told you that.

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We all collect things, right? One of the things I like collecting are Playboy items. It started back when my mom was a member of The Playboy Club back in the day. Slowly I began collecting memorabilia. I have accumulated so many items we have one room in the house filled with nothing but Playboy memorabilia and in that room is where we kept the crib for the baby. Each night Baby Butterball was surrounded by the warmth of bunnies. I called the room, The Playboy Nursery.


Everyday when I would go into the nursery I began noticing things were missing. Hmm, where were the items disappearing to? More importantly who was stealing the items? The mystery was easy to solve because the suspect list was short. It consisted of 3 individuals: Twin teens and a 12 year old.

The boys began slowly “taking” things out of the room and were re~locating them into their rooms. For instance, items such as my “Bunny~Bedding.” According to them they felt more comfortable sleeping on bunny sheets, pillows and blankets as opposed to non~bunny bedding. They eventually cleared out the nursery. The only things that remained were items they weren’t interested in: my bunny stilettos collection, handbags, jackets, a compact: in other words girly things. I figured what harm was there if they wanted to decorate their room with all things Playboy during their stay.


This past Monday the guys were busy packing their belongings and I assumed they would be returning the items back to the nursery.

Oh boy I was totally wrong in that assumption. Instead they put all the items in the middle of one of the beds.


Freckled Twin: We picked out a couple of things we wanted. So may we have these?

A couple?! A couple?! A couple to me equals 2. Their interpretation of a couple equaled 20!! His non freckled twin {NFT} then asked if it was possible I ship the items to Texas?


NFT: American Airlines has strict rules how many bags a passenger can check in.

I walked over to the bed and looked at some of items they jacked: Alarm clock, bunny bedding including a mink throw, a stem~ware set, a dart board, playing cards, luggage tags and can you believe they took possession of my bunny umbrella and even my cell phone charm that was still unopened in the package? I didn’t mind parting with those items but there were several other items that were near and dear to me and had considerable sentimental value. Part of Monday was spent negotiating with the Houston brothers on what they could and couldn’t take. One of the things I couldn’t bear to part with was a very special lamp. Not only did they beg for the lamp but they pleaded I give it to them and because I am such a generous Princess with a soft heart I gave in and said yes. I should have taken a picture but I’ll describe it as best as I can. The base of the lamp is a mini replica version of Mr. Hefner’s Mansion and when you plug it in all the mini windows in the mansion light up. The lamp~shade has a pic of a famous Playboy Bunny. I searched online to see if perhaps there was a picture of the lamp but couldn't find one but I did find a picture of the Playboy Bunny who is on the lamp~shade.

Can any of my lovelies recognize who this cutie is?

HINTS:


1} She is the lead singer of a group formed in the 1970's.
 
2} She is also an actress appearing in several movies and TV shows.

3} One of her songs was featured in a very famous movie shot in the oh so fabulous city of Miami. A movie with a very popular quote.

4} Her current age is 65.

I’ll post the answer in next week’s post unless someone guesses the answer before that.

The lamp was a limited edition item and each was given a specific number. I warned the boys that if I ever saw MY LAMP for sale on Ebay or anywhere else there would be extreme hell to pay......Okay, okay, I may not have uttered those exact words but they understood what I meant and promised me it would remain in their possession and they would take well care of it. 

Ahh, I miss my lamp but as the saying goes: “Tis better to give than receive.”

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My loyal and dear readers it’s finally Friday. 

It’s the start of the Labor Day Long weekend or as it’s known up here: The Last Blast of Summer. School begins next week and sister will be back in the classroom teaching a new crop of eager little lambs and I myself am preparing for the new fashion season. This past week temperatures have soared to +40C and here’s to hoping it stays that way through the Fall~Winter months. I doubt it though. Our east coast is under a severe storm watch as they too are preparing for nasty Hurricane Earl. Stay safe my peeps. 

Whatever your plans are have a super and safe long weekend.~x

XOXOXOXO,
Cocaine Princess