High Five for Friday!

Fridays sure come around quickly! This is my time to let you know the five highlights of my week:

1. The high school band director has put the new uniform order on hold.

I think I would've grown to like them... but they are just not fantastic. When you are spending nearly $100,000 on them they should be a bit more spectacular... just sayin'. 

2. I bought a transport chair for my dad. 

a. It weights about 1/3 as much as his wheelchair.
b. This will be great when we travel or go to the Farmers' Market.
c. I bought it on Craigslist and wasn't murdered in the process, so that's always a plus.

3. I was fortunate to be able to spend some time w/someone I love to spend time with.... ME!

Oh, Happy Hour... I love you.

I got around the metro area before rush hour on Wednesday... so I killed some time at a fun Happy Hour with just myself... and my computer. Thoroughly enjoyable!

4. I went to my monthly cooking class on Thursday & already made two of the items for supper!

Salad w/Chicken & Blueberry Vinaigrette Dressing                                        Cinnamon Won Ton Cups with
                                                                                                                               Blueberry Fluff or Ice Cream filling

5. I survived hours and hours and hours of the Angsty Teen's horn practice this week.

Icing her sore lips with a popsicle for breakfast...

a. She couldn't find the music stand that is upstairs so she practiced right here in the living room
b. She left her horn in my car when I went to the Twin Cities for cooking class Wednesday... so she couldn't practice.
c. She woke up and was ready to go to school by 5:00 am Thursday... so she could practice her horn for two hours... at home... before she left... in the living room... near my bedroom. Damn.
d. She said her audition for Symphonic Band went very well on Thursday.
e. I suppose it was worth it... maybe.

That was my week in a nutshell... It was a pretty good week.

Now I'm just trying to figure out weekend plans. I hope you enjoy your Memorial Day weekend!

Throwback Thursday

Okay, in honor of Throwback Thursday... I'm gonna hunt up a picture of my mom from days gone by....

This picture was from about 13 years ago... the Angsty Teen looks to be about 3 years old... that means Kati is about 11 years old...

My mom? Well, I actually have a lot of pictures with her eyes closed. I've finally figured out that it's best to count to three... but take the picture on "two" so her eyes are still open.

And, to go along with that, I'm gonna give you a couple funny things she has said lately...

We were talking about Greek food earlier this week. They had Greek Chicken on the menu for lunch... but since it was the menu option that was brought over from the adjoining nursing home I was pretty sure it wasn't worth ordering...

As we were talking about Greek food... my mom brought this up:

Mom: What was the name of that Greek restaurant we liked before we started going to Zorba's?
I was pretty sure she meant the name of the place she liked before she started going to Nupa... and that place was Zorba's.
Me: I think you mean...Zorba's?
Mom: Yeah, that's it... Zorba's!

A week or so ago when it was a warm morning... and going to be in the 80s in the afternoon, I lowered the temp on her air conditioner.
Me: I lowered the temp on your air conditioner to 70.
Mom: Oh, good. What did you lower it to?

This is pretty common. I've kind of figured out she only hears the first main phrase of any sentence. Prepositional phrases, be damned... or not heard... same thing.

Like...

Me: The Angsty Teen has tryouts for band today with her French horn.
Mom: What instrument will she use?

Or...

Me: I brought you some grilled chicken with sautéed vegetables for you to heat up for supper.
Mom: What's in the container with the chicken?

Oh, well... I am used to repeating things... Maybe I should just learn to speak in shorter sentences...

Wait, that doesn't always work either...

When I left her place the other day I said, "See you later, alligator!"
To which she cheerfully responded, "After 'while cock-a-deeky!"

Not sure what a cock-a-deeky is... sounds a bit risqué!

Go, mom!

Turn Your Head and Cough

I'm trying to type this... it's TUesday night... I keep coiughing and coughin g and coughin... and I know I'm typing htis all wrong... but I'm trying to type it quickly before i have to cough again... and sometimes when I cought I hit the wrong keys and type all goofly.

I cought all day... and i've coughed all night the past gfew night... but not enough to make me get up and take serious drugs... just enoughto keep me form sleeping wheel.

Sipping liquids helps... well, not sipping water or tea... those didn't help at all... but sipping a glass of wine seemed to help a little ... and look... the more I talk about sipping wine, the better I seem to be typing. I was born to drink wine.

Really.

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THis is a time for some serious medicine apparently. (Yea for spell checker... it has correctec a multeitude of errors... well, not every one, apparently.)

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As bedtime approaches I'm starting to get sleepy and starting to cough mroe and more...  NyQuil? Benedryl? I'm not sure wat tto take.... maaybe just another glass of wine... but really.

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I know alcohol can't solve my problems... but...

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Confident Idiots

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About two weeks ago I finally went and got a pedicure. It wasn't fantastic... I definitely won't go back to the person... mostly because she made me two of my toes bleed. Dang.

While I was in this salon that was marketing itself as kind of an upscale place... which means that everyone there spoke English... which I initially thought would be a good thing... I overheard a couple of conversations. These conversations made me rethink the idea that being in a salon where English was the first language spoken was a positive thing...

The first conversation was between a salon employee and her client who was getting a pedicure:

Employee: I'm so sick of being sick. (As she's coughing up a lung and spreading germs everywhere...)
Client: You were sick when I was here a month ago... Haven't you gotten over it?
Employee: No, I've been sick pretty much the whole time.
Client: Last time you said you had gotten some antibiotics. Didn't that help?
Employee: Well, they started to help... so then I stopped taking them. Pretty soon I was sick again. Those things didn't work.

First of all... Who has time or money to get pedicures every month???

And... really? You STOPPED taking your antibiotics before the prescriptions was gone??? I'm pretty sure everyone who can read a label knows not to do that... Such an idiot.

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Employee 2 to Employee 1: I can't come to your party this weekend. I'm hoping to be hanging out with my boyfriend.
Employee 1:Are you two back together?
Employee 2: Yep...

Employee 2 (to her client): Well, I mean we never really dated before... We just met up for two months at different bars. Then he stopped seeing me because that level of commitment freaked him out. So now we've started texting each other again. I think he's ready to get back together.

You never were a couple. He is afraid of that "level of commitment"? That's not any level of commitment. He's an idiot... move on. You are nearly 30 years old... it's time to figure this out.

To quote Greg Behrendt, author of He's Just Not that Into You:

“If he’s not calling you, it’s because you are not on his mind. If he creates expectations for you, and then doesn’t follow through on little things, he will do same for big things. Be aware of this and realize that he’s okay with disappointing you. Don’t be with someone who doesn’t do what they say they’re going to do. If he’s choosing not to make a simple effort that would put you at ease and bring harmony to a recurring fight, then he doesn’t respect your feelings and needs..."

Yep, that's definitely right. And, also...

"If the guy you’re dating doesn’t seem to be completely into you, or you feel the need to start ‘figuring him out,’ please consider the glorious thought that he might just not be that into you. And then free yourself to go find someone that is.” 

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So, my advice in life? Don't be an idiot. And to all you single ladies?

Don't settle. Enjoy the season of your life you are in. Take your time and find someone that is totally into you... and don't waste time on someone who isn't totally into you... because chances are... you're the spectacular one in the relationship.

That's my advice... the advice of an old married lady. Thoughts?

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

I'm linking up with Kati and Kate to tell you about my weekend.

We are now getting more than our fair share of rain... but things are really greening up!

The Good: My favorite thing to do is sit on the porch...

The Bad: I spent a portion of the weekend not feeling well... maybe allergies... Who knows?

The Ugly: I also had some food poisoning-type symptoms... nasty. 
No one else felt that way though, so that's good... because we all (the Stern German, the Angsty Teen, her friend, my parents, and I) ate the same food... that I had made!!!


The Good: I found The Kit!

The Bad: It was in a bag in the trunk of my parents' car... so close all the time.

The Ugly: I had made a temporary one... but the original is perfectly sized to hold everything.
I'd traced all our steps... we really only go to the PT department at the hospital and to WalMart... but no one had seen it. I always kept this box of gloves close at hand... haha... but really.

The Good: We survived the last band concert of the year.

The Bad: There is one more concert... a choir concert this Friday night... yay...

The Ugly: They showed us the new marching band uniforms for next year. 
Maybe they're not ugly... but they definitely make me think of the Jetsons! I'm sure they'll be fine...

Well, maybe not as much as I thought...

That pretty much sums up my weekend. It was pretty good in between bouts of disease and pestilence.

Hope you had a good weekend!

High Five for Friday!

The weekend is nearly here! This is the day when I link up to tell you the five highlights of my week:

1. On Monday I had the littlest Grand Boy all day... his brothers joined us for the evening.

The cute, little guy on the right? He has his big brother's cap. 

Behind him? That's his big brother coming up the slide to get his cap!

He looks mischievous!

We had a good day.

2. We didn't have any award nights OR track meets this week!!!!
But tonight we have a band concert...

3. With fewer activities, we've been able to spend a lot of time on yard work.
We are on the three year plan for a graduation open house!

See all those weeds at the top of the pic? They are history!

4. The stuff I ordered last week arrived!
Two new bras from... Zappos. (Who knew?) and a diaper bag from Land's End:

Mine doesn't say "Hannah"... in fact, I didn't get anything on it
because I didn't know what to get.

This bag is summery and cute... and it will fit perfectly on the back of my dad's wheelchair... and hold lots of stuff! Hopefully I won't ever need to use the changing pad...

5. Supper last night? Pizza and beer.

Well, the Angsty Teen didn't have beer... But that's a combination I really like. 

We spent all our time working in the yard to take out weeds and put down Preen before it rained last night... and this was our fantastic supper. So good. 

Tonight is the band concert I mentioned... yay. After this we just have one more concert left...

Join me on Monday when I link up with Kati and Kate to bring you:

Throwback Thursday

Years ago... I think when Kati was in junior high, or thereabouts, and the Angsty Teen was maybe in kindergarten... the girls, the Stern German, and I went on a trip to Austria. (No, not the place with the kangaroos, mate.)

While we were there we didn't frolic near the mountains....

 We didn't dress up in old curtains and tip over a boat...

Note: The Stern German wouldn't have worn those outfits anyway... plus if we had gone in a boat with the Stern German there's no way it would've tipped over.... "Safety first!" is his motto.

The Stern German and I didn't embrace in the gazebo... although that would've been a great picture... 

I did get a picture of the girls in front of the gazebo...

The gazebo wasn't nearly as big as it looked in the movie. Trick photography, I guess.

Throughout the trip we did a lot of normal things... like playing in the park... We were just trying to keep everyone happy. Well, that's not true. We were trying to keep the kindergartener from being cantankerous.

It worked...

Amused...

Well, it worked... sometimes.

Unamused...

I actually have a lot of pictures of the Angsty Teen being unhappy... from that trip... and... from life in general.

Oh, Angsty Teen... when she was good, she was very, very good... but when she was bad...

... well, this is why I drink...