Shopping for Mom

I spent a couple of hours this morning with two special kids. We were in the dressing room at Kohl's calling each other on the cell phone from booth to booth, crawling under doors, eating goldfish, climbing out of the buggies, getting run over by carts and just total and general chaos. Should be good until Mom's birthday shopping next year. Just kidding!

Every convenience!

A toilet in the kitchen you say? How long is it appropriate for the receptacle to sit next to the kitchen table? ... I say today is long enough. My grandson lifted the seat, pulled off his shorts and was working on his diaper as he said poop! I believe in potty training but keeping it this handy is ridiculous!

to work or not to work

When you have to rely on others to finish things so the next thing can get done - irritating. Especially when they don't get things done on time. Remodeling a bathroom, lets just say -no more large jobs for a while I can't deal with the mess for extended periods of time. I've stumbled into the dusty empty bathroom several times in the past few days, especially in the middle of the night, only to find dust, tools, and a light bulb hanging on a wire. I think I've found the paint color. I still need to find the perfect faucet! Humpf! Let's see who shows up tomorrow. Right now all three workman are supposed to be here. The room isn't that big, but I refuse to say no. Guess they will just have to work around each other.

How to eat an elephant

Did you ever have a day, well two or three days in a row where everything seems to go not quite right? Then they pile on top of each other and everything else seems to overwhelm until you seem to be buried by a mountain of rubble. True most of it is of your own creation and response to things that are happening around you. My advice to others and I should listen to myself is to take small bites and eat slow. That is how to eat an elephant, one bite at a time. Hard to remember that tip when you are surrounded by a buffet of issues.

Past time

Hey I just tried something new. I was introduced to Family Search Indexing by my visiting teacher. Curious, I decided to check into it. I got all signed up, did the tutorials (I didn't print off my certificate of completion, where would I put it?) then I did my first set of names. Can I just tell you - addicting! Now for some reason I can't get back in there, I'm waiting for my resident (well closest living) computer expert to show up today and help me figure it out. They have scan documents that are on the millions of rolls of microfilm and people are entering the info online for ease in genealogy work. I guess I can work on my genealogy! Then by going to familysearch.org, you can research ancestors. A whole new past time when TV sucks as it so usually does as of late.

Fashion plate?

What is a fashion plate? Is it a plate that is fashionable? I've heard this term used many times to describe someone who dresses well. Is it good to be a "fashion plate"? Aspiration or no no?

Extreme Home Makeover!

Extreme home makeover....when they demo the house on TV that has to be pretty emotional. I had my bathroom gutted this week. My stomach has been weird ever since Sunday night when I had the realization the workman was coming the next day. He threw a board over the joists so you couldn't see the ground under the house. I'm experiencing some trauma over this. What if I stumble into the bathroom in the middle of the night? The four foot drop would definitely wake me up. How about turning on the light switch hanging on a bare wire? Whew! Like I said it makes for some internal turmoil. I shut the door when he leaves so I can pretend it doesn't look so bad. He made two trips to the dump yesterday, I guess it is too late to change my mind. OOPS!

Gumm or ice cream?

I love my grandbabies! The stuff life is made of: their energy, imagination, unconditional love and their unending zest for life. That jabbering in the other end of the phone line...precious. Cute pictures and videos of stuffing things in their faces, noses, ears; jumping up and down and spinning around and around until they fall down; climbing, throwing, screaming, whining; yes all of it is precious. Who would of thought I would have answered to being called "Gumm"? The day you can sit down with a toy and pretend it is driving the house is truly amazing, of course all of the balls have to stay in it or you stop. It's kind of like making ice cream on the wheel of a hot cycle with a stick????

Chill pill......

I've never had so much time on my hands and accomplished so little. I'm used to being busy and accomplished. Surgery recovery is not my choice of vacation. I was talking to someone today that actually gets to take vacations. What a life! My advice to my kids is take them once in awhile, it is bonding and a lot of fun. We did different things than costly vacations: visited family, joined the pool and swam a lot and everyday. We had good and fun times just not "vacations". I don't mind that we didn't, I just find it hard to relax, chill and do nothing. Time for a chill pill.................

Home cookin'

Beware of restaurant food. Tonight my sweet husband and I headed to our favorite restaurant for a luscious chicken salad, O'Charley's (we have a gift certificate, thank you kids). Much to our dismay, there was a very large red C on the door. We did a 180 and headed for the car. We headed for a much healthier A type restaurant. Did you ever think what might be in the local restaurant you frequent, other than the food? EW, yuck! The options are endless and awful. We'll give O'Charley's a chance to clean up the place. Until then I think we'll eat some home cooking. Time to break out some healthy recipes and start eating things we know the contents of. My kitchen isn't grade C for sure!

DC

Why do Diet Cokes taste different? Isn't diet coke, diet coke? I find myself driving out of my way to find a diet coke that tastes good. My favorite Diet Coke comes from Sonic, the ice is pretty good too. However, some fountain diet cokes taste like something they should have drained out of the machine before filling it. Do other fountain drinks have such inconsistant flavors? I know, I know...stop drinking it.

Give a Hoot!

How much nature is too much nature? A couple of nights ago we were considering letting our small dog out in the backyard, the sun was going down but it was not dark. I was standing in front of the sliding door looking out and an owl swoops down and rests on the rail of the deck. Ok, is he looking for a friend or food? My daughter has already nicknamed our dog "Owl Bait". Just as another owl was ready to join the first, we made motions to discourage them both. We are not Steve Irwin so why all the attention from the owl kingdom? I believe they may have gotten the squirrel population under control however, do you know another wizard like Harry Potter that might need his mail delivered?

Lounging is a state of mind

Good day for lounging. Yeah I decided not to fight it. Today instead of not being able to do much, I'm lounging. Then when people say I'm looking good, I can answer I'm working at it. "Goal accomplished." When the six week recovery is over, everyone is going to expect me to jump up and get to work so for now I'm trying to be content. I think when 6 weeks gets here I'll feel better but not 100% and that is the part I won't like. Some things people take for granted like good health, comfortable living situation, friends and yummy treats; well lets say, you don't necessary appreciate them until they are gone. Enjoy each day like it was your last. Last what? Good question!

Go for the goal!@#*!?

I feel a little blue today! I was feeling quite perky recovering and yesterday I took a few steps back. I am one that likes forward progress, others slip and it's OK, but not for me. Goal oriented and hard worker, I consider myself one of the worker bees, work hard so the queens (in this case the divas) look good. Guess I'm going to have to make some blogger friends, I've finished reading all of the Harry Potter books and find myself twiddling my thumbs. I want to get back to sewing but don't feel quite up to it yet. I'm at the point in my life when I need to realize some new goals! I know how to make them and accomplish them, just not sure the direction I want to go. Guess I'll wait until I feel better.

4 weeks out

Hey it has been four weeks since my surgery. Do I feel better you ask? Well most of the time, which makes things frustrating. Feeling good enough to go shopping only to find out when you get there you really need a place to sit down. I guess working at home will be the perfect answer-sitting and being close to the bed. I finished reading all of the Harry Potter books, couldn't put them down towards the end. Now what to do? What do you do when you feel fairly good but not really? Don't feel like eating, cooking,exercising, and pretty much anything else I can think of.