Tonight the girls and I had dinner at California Pizza Kitchen. They don't serve Coke products. Only Pepsi. Who does that? Made me think of that old Saturday Night Live skit with Jim Belushi. Monday, May 20, 2013
Who Does That?
Tonight the girls and I had dinner at California Pizza Kitchen. They don't serve Coke products. Only Pepsi. Who does that? Made me think of that old Saturday Night Live skit with Jim Belushi. 
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Sneaky Spot
T and I cleaned the Sneaky Spot yesterday while KJ was whooping it up at Six Flags. I guess I should back up a minute and explain what the Sneaky Spot actually is.
T was not quite 5 years old when we moved to Birmingham. We were taking the tour with the realtor when we opened a door at the top of the stairs which lead to a little office/study. T took one look at it and said, "Ooooohhh! A Sneaky Spot!" And the name stuck. It's a really neat little space / bonus room with built in shelving, an angled ceiling and a parquet floor. When the girls were little they used it as a playroom and had the Little Tykes kitchen set up there, they played dress up, read books while relaxing on the beanbag chair, colored, etc. Then, as the girls got older and outgrew the Sneaky Spot, it became a bit of a junk room. If you didn't know where something belonged, "just throw it in the Sneaky Spot; no one goes in there any more." I tried to take it over as my office at one point and Cosmo installed a counter for me to do scrapbooking, etc. It just never took hold. So, the Sneaky Spot became more of a Catchall Corner over the years.
We tore that room up yesterday and I'm happy to say we have a nice, clean, organized Sneaky Spot once again. I keep all of our photo albums up there and T and I had a lot of laughs over some old photos. KJ was a beautiful baby and toddler but had the worst smile. It was more like a grimace. We used to have to bribe her to smile in photos. Even now it's a bit of a struggle to get her to smile in photo but she's kind of learned if she just gives a quick grin, I'll snap the photo and leave her alone. As long as she doesn't do a bunch of those awful duck-face "selfies" I'm OK with it.
T was not quite 5 years old when we moved to Birmingham. We were taking the tour with the realtor when we opened a door at the top of the stairs which lead to a little office/study. T took one look at it and said, "Ooooohhh! A Sneaky Spot!" And the name stuck. It's a really neat little space / bonus room with built in shelving, an angled ceiling and a parquet floor. When the girls were little they used it as a playroom and had the Little Tykes kitchen set up there, they played dress up, read books while relaxing on the beanbag chair, colored, etc. Then, as the girls got older and outgrew the Sneaky Spot, it became a bit of a junk room. If you didn't know where something belonged, "just throw it in the Sneaky Spot; no one goes in there any more." I tried to take it over as my office at one point and Cosmo installed a counter for me to do scrapbooking, etc. It just never took hold. So, the Sneaky Spot became more of a Catchall Corner over the years.
We tore that room up yesterday and I'm happy to say we have a nice, clean, organized Sneaky Spot once again. I keep all of our photo albums up there and T and I had a lot of laughs over some old photos. KJ was a beautiful baby and toddler but had the worst smile. It was more like a grimace. We used to have to bribe her to smile in photos. Even now it's a bit of a struggle to get her to smile in photo but she's kind of learned if she just gives a quick grin, I'll snap the photo and leave her alone. As long as she doesn't do a bunch of those awful duck-face "selfies" I'm OK with it.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Chicks !!!
Fathers, be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
So mothers, be good to your daughters too
(John Mayer)
So happy to have "all my chicks in the nest!" (So dorky but that's one of my favorite sayings!).
I drove out to Oxford Friday morning and pulled up in front of T's dorm around 12 noon. Her car was already packed and ready to go so we took my car and had a nice leisurely lunch on the Square, did some shopping, she returned a couple of textbooks, re-newed her mail box, etc. We had my nephew's Flat Stanley with us and took some photos of Flat Stanley at the Grove, the Walk of Champions, in front of T's sorority house, on the field at the Vaught, etc.
T was so organized for move-out it was crazy scary. She is one of the most organized people I have ever met in my life. I don't know where she gets it from. I'm organized but she takes it to a whole different level. The only thing left in her room were her mini-fridge and a garment bag w/ cocktail dresses. Other than those two items, she had her car totally and completely packed. She swept out her room, called her RA check her out, we slid the mini-fridge in my backseat and off we went. Basically, I drove out to Oxford to pick up a fridge.
Love having T-bone home; she's such a big help to me! This morning KJ had to be at school early so T drove her (I heard some type of yelling in the garage before they left --KJ was wearing a pair of T's shoes w/out asking), the girls have menu planed, grocery shopped and plan to cook every night this week and they've even played tennis a couple of times. T starts her internship tomorrow morning and has to be at the studio at Zero Dark Thirty.
I drove out to Oxford Friday morning and pulled up in front of T's dorm around 12 noon. Her car was already packed and ready to go so we took my car and had a nice leisurely lunch on the Square, did some shopping, she returned a couple of textbooks, re-newed her mail box, etc. We had my nephew's Flat Stanley with us and took some photos of Flat Stanley at the Grove, the Walk of Champions, in front of T's sorority house, on the field at the Vaught, etc.
T was so organized for move-out it was crazy scary. She is one of the most organized people I have ever met in my life. I don't know where she gets it from. I'm organized but she takes it to a whole different level. The only thing left in her room were her mini-fridge and a garment bag w/ cocktail dresses. Other than those two items, she had her car totally and completely packed. She swept out her room, called her RA check her out, we slid the mini-fridge in my backseat and off we went. Basically, I drove out to Oxford to pick up a fridge.
Love having T-bone home; she's such a big help to me! This morning KJ had to be at school early so T drove her (I heard some type of yelling in the garage before they left --KJ was wearing a pair of T's shoes w/out asking), the girls have menu planed, grocery shopped and plan to cook every night this week and they've even played tennis a couple of times. T starts her internship tomorrow morning and has to be at the studio at Zero Dark Thirty.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Summer Shows
When I was a kid, summer was for re-runs. There was never anything good on TV which was fine because we were usually outside playing until quite late at night (we played kickball and dodge ball until the street lights came on and then played flashlight tag until our moms yelled for us to come in -- we must have gone through hundreds of D batteries a summer!).
Nowadays, most networks have summer replacement shows or start their viewing season a little later in the year so that it carries over to the summer. For example, Walking Dead season 3 premiered in February, Game of Thrones aired March 31, Long Island Medium aired last night and Breaking Bad Season 5 airs mid-July. True Blood season 6 starts in June and I also think a Bachelorette is starting soon. A couple of my favorite shows will be starting back up this summer and I can't wait! Necessary Roughness (USA Network) airs on June 12 with John Stamos joining the cast (whoop! whoop! that Uncle Jesse sure is cute!) http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/02/necessary-roughness-john-stamos/. Falling Skies (TNT) has a big 2-hour season premier on June 9 http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/04/falling-skies-capetown-film-festival/
and HBO's Newsroom returns July 14. My favorite neurotic house flipper returns on July 9 on Bravo (Interior Therapy With Jeff Lewis). USA is also airing a new show called Graceland on June 6 (it has nothing to do with Elvis); looks pretty good and I'll probably set the DVR. And finally, my husband's favorite show, Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family) season 4 premieres June 11 (just kidding! One night he walked in the door and asked if the girls and I were watching "Pretty Little Housewives Say Yes to the Dress").
The summer is also a great time to catch up on shows or episodes you might have missed (via Hulu or Netflix, something like that). Summer is actually when I started watching Lost. I had really wanted to watch when it first aired but missed a couple of shows and thought I'd be too far behind. ABC re-ran the show, in order, over the summer and we were hooked.
Nowadays, most networks have summer replacement shows or start their viewing season a little later in the year so that it carries over to the summer. For example, Walking Dead season 3 premiered in February, Game of Thrones aired March 31, Long Island Medium aired last night and Breaking Bad Season 5 airs mid-July. True Blood season 6 starts in June and I also think a Bachelorette is starting soon. A couple of my favorite shows will be starting back up this summer and I can't wait! Necessary Roughness (USA Network) airs on June 12 with John Stamos joining the cast (whoop! whoop! that Uncle Jesse sure is cute!) http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/02/necessary-roughness-john-stamos/. Falling Skies (TNT) has a big 2-hour season premier on June 9 http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/04/falling-skies-capetown-film-festival/
and HBO's Newsroom returns July 14. My favorite neurotic house flipper returns on July 9 on Bravo (Interior Therapy With Jeff Lewis). USA is also airing a new show called Graceland on June 6 (it has nothing to do with Elvis); looks pretty good and I'll probably set the DVR. And finally, my husband's favorite show, Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family) season 4 premieres June 11 (just kidding! One night he walked in the door and asked if the girls and I were watching "Pretty Little Housewives Say Yes to the Dress").
The summer is also a great time to catch up on shows or episodes you might have missed (via Hulu or Netflix, something like that). Summer is actually when I started watching Lost. I had really wanted to watch when it first aired but missed a couple of shows and thought I'd be too far behind. ABC re-ran the show, in order, over the summer and we were hooked.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Tale from a Garage Sale
Today was our annual neighborhood yard sale. We've lived here almost 15 years and have only been able to participate once or twice. It's always on a Saturday when we've had softball or lacrosse or something else.
Earlier in the week KJ and I started to gather up some stuff -- games, outgrown clothes, etc.and threw away a lot of stuff, too. By 7 AM this morning we could hear the early birds cruising around our cul-de-sac and the minute we put out a table, people were running up the drive way.
Some people were just out browsing, some were looking for specific items (one lady asked KJ if we had any iPads we wanted to sell and another lady asked if we had a Belgain waffle maker).
We ended up getting rid of KJ's old fish tank, a really nice fishing tackle box thing that one of Champs vendor's had given him years ago and still had the tags on it, a chair and ottoman that have been in our attic for at least 10 years, a bike, a lawn spreader thing, a pair of wiper blades, a box full of Polly Pockets, a couple of Bratz dolls, some Littlest Pet Shop stuff, the Easy Bake oven, a couple of old ski jackets, a couple of soccer balls that needed air, a ton of books, some naked Barbie's, an old microwave and the mini-fridge from under our bar area that hasn't worked in couple of years. I don't know why we still had the fridge but the guy who bought it said he could use the parts. Then, a local charity came buy and asked if they could come back in the afternoon and pick-up donations. Smart move. We weren't about to lug all that stuff back into the garage so we piled everything up and they took it all off our hands.
Earlier in the week KJ and I started to gather up some stuff -- games, outgrown clothes, etc.and threw away a lot of stuff, too. By 7 AM this morning we could hear the early birds cruising around our cul-de-sac and the minute we put out a table, people were running up the drive way.
Some people were just out browsing, some were looking for specific items (one lady asked KJ if we had any iPads we wanted to sell and another lady asked if we had a Belgain waffle maker).
We ended up getting rid of KJ's old fish tank, a really nice fishing tackle box thing that one of Champs vendor's had given him years ago and still had the tags on it, a chair and ottoman that have been in our attic for at least 10 years, a bike, a lawn spreader thing, a pair of wiper blades, a box full of Polly Pockets, a couple of Bratz dolls, some Littlest Pet Shop stuff, the Easy Bake oven, a couple of old ski jackets, a couple of soccer balls that needed air, a ton of books, some naked Barbie's, an old microwave and the mini-fridge from under our bar area that hasn't worked in couple of years. I don't know why we still had the fridge but the guy who bought it said he could use the parts. Then, a local charity came buy and asked if they could come back in the afternoon and pick-up donations. Smart move. We weren't about to lug all that stuff back into the garage so we piled everything up and they took it all off our hands.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
It's OK Thursday
Another week, another "It's OK Thursday!"
It's OK . . .
...that my daughter has officiallly, successfully completed her freshman year of college!
...I haven't watched this much hockey / New York Rangers in years.
...that I have admitted defeat and hired a housekeeper.
...to be really, really looking forward to my annual "Mother's Day French Toast in Bed" this weekend!
...to be happy the hockey-playing brothers won Amazing Race! I intensely disliked the smug newlyweds. He was a total putz.
...to love when my husband travels and he comes home bearing gifts!!
...that I saw the craziest thing the other day while driving to work! A car was drifting in and out of my lane. I immediately thought the driver was texting. Nope. She had her eyes shut tight and was spraying hairspray!
...to love when my husband travels and he comes home bearing gifts!!
...that I saw the craziest thing the other day while driving to work! A car was drifting in and out of my lane. I immediately thought the driver was texting. Nope. She had her eyes shut tight and was spraying hairspray!
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Yes, But I'll Have Nice Teeth
Flashback to Spring Break 2008. We're all on the beach in Fort Meyers, FL enjoying the sunshine and the kids are frolicking in the waves. KJ comes rushing out of the water holding her mouth. She somehow got hit in the head by a wave and broke her front tooth. That June she got a veneer. Over the years her mouth has changed and her teeth have shifted and the veneer has popped off a couple of times. Easy fix though, the dentist just pops it back on.
Well, the night before Champ & KJ headed out to Baltimore, the veneer popped off and we had to make an emergency visit to the dentist. This past weekend she bit into a sandwich, the veneer popped off and she almost swallowed it. Another quick trip to the dentist today. Except this time we decided it's time for a brand new veneer. $900. Cash. Insurance doesn't cover it because it's considered "cosmetic," Other than my engagement and wedding rings, I told KJ I don't own anything that costs $900. I have some great designer handbags, some good jewelry, some expensive shoes but not one single item that comes close to costing $900. My wedding gown wasn't even $900 way back in 1982. And now my child has a tooth that cost $900. I told her she's got to take care of the temporary veneer until the new one comes in because I can't keep taking off from work to get her to the dentist. I teasingly told her I'm probably going to get fired. She said, "Yeah but I'll have really nice teeth." Smart Ass.
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