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| No blood this time, Kari. If you look close enough you will see the flap of skin that was once part of my thumb that is standing up waiting to get gross and fall off. |
learn to use them without injuring myself!
2. Fridays off
3. The occasional warm
fall day to trick me into thinking summer is still lingering (so I wrote this weeks ago - still those days make me happy)
4. Nothing bundt cakes
gluten-free cakes. Thank you sweet Jesus for this
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| So good, I cannot even wait to get a photo before I dive in. |
6. A really good foot
massage. I enjoy these more than ever because I am a) old and b) I run or
walk about 5 miles a day and my feet are not always happy about that.
7. Getting comments on
my blog. Yep, this just makes my day, so take a minute and leave a
comment
8. A good night sleep -
rare but love it when it happens
9. When my kids play
Irish music together. I have been trying to get Reg to take his
concertina playing a bit more serious. Mini knows lots about the notes
and she has more experience playing Irish tunes for longer than he has. I
have been urging her to share some of her expertise with Reg. Curly has been jumping in with her
fiddle. She tries to play a tune here and there. Mini gets mad at her though because Reg goofs
off and Curly laughs and Mini pulls her hair out trying to get them to be
serious. I should not laugh, but it is just non-screen-time related fun. Mini is on my case to ban Curly from the music
sessions. I told them last night that
first Mini offers Reg instruction and then for 10 minutes they invite Curly in
so she can try to play a tune or two with them. Tank has yet to grab his
wooden flute and play along. He seems to
be taking his studies somewhat seriously at the moment. We think maybe someone stole his identity or
his ‘I don’t care’ attitude. Not a bad
thing.
10. Saying ‘obvie’ to my
high school kids when something is obvious. It makes them crazy, like I
think I am so hip. In reality, they do
brainless stuff sometimes and I like to call them out on it and ‘obvie’ is just
a great short cut. In my world of teenagers who like to tune me out, it
is GLORIOUS to catch their attention - without even swearing.
11. I thought of another
one! I hate driving all over the place especially Route 83 - which is
currently under major construction making it impossible to get to dancing on
time. The bright spot: Curly is my
secretary. I constantly invite her to
take a dictation and have her text people for me, which is very handy.
12 comments:
I thought I'd comment just to let you know that I read your blog faithfully, but have never commented (a lurker I guess). I have 4 grown kids and LOVE how open you are about some of the ridiculous, frustrating things our kids do - and we still love them?? the pic of how your college kids left their room brought back a memory. We have so many grown kids come and go and in the chaos of sending them off, I'd forget to check the room. I've spent many full days bagging garbage, cleaning up dishes and other crap and thinking about how they are NEVER coming back if I have my way. But of course I change my mind. I once had a 5 year old hide an un-eaten sandwich from lunch between his mattress and box spring in the spring - I found it late summer. Apparently I didn't flip mattresses too frequently. Thank goodness it was in a plastic bag. Laughed at their excitement about a restaurant meal in Vancouver; I was a single parent of 4 so definitely not too many dinners out. Keep sharing!
I love your LOVE list.
Sharp knives are so much safer than dull ones for me. I tend to do better with sharp ones....but yes, keep your eyes on the digits. :)
The little cake looks great-just the right size too. I'm always shocked when I remember all my security questions too-we've still got it. Well, we've still got that at least.
Comments really make me happy too!!
The kids playing Irish music together sounds so wonderful, you know for obvie reasons.
Happy Friday!
OMG - You just MAKE my day - that simple. Day made. Thanks for the comment, Pat. Glad to know you are out there, even if you prefer to lurk. :) Laddie once took a package of lunchmeat to his room and left it there for God knows how long. We could not walk into his room without gagging, but COULD NOT find the source. I did not know that old lunchmeat smells like dirty socks. Finally we found it in his desk drawer. Pop cans are the thing - no smell, but we are always amazed - like, why not just put them in the recycling bin where no one will notice? At least not if you bury them under the newspapers. We never have pop in the house unless we have just hosted a party. Coach went to finish the basement like 8 years ago and when he moved the white ceiling tiles it rained empty pop cans. Sigh. My kids are excellent sources of blog material!
Not sure if you have Nothing Bundt Cakes in Florida, but they are divine. Most have gluten but the one version that doesn't is void of that gluten free after taste that I detest. I have quite a few knives stories forthcoming about those new knives I bought. I do love the kids playing Irish music together but I fear that Reggie got such a late start, that he will drop it in high school. I keep reminding him that his sister got to travel to Ireland to play to try to keep him involved in it. Just a great thing to do that is not very mainstream, so you meet different people and encounter different experiences. Don't get me started on how delighted I would be if Curly gave up dancing and just did fiddle. No wigs or leg tanning or $$$ dresses in Irish music. Mini and I are headed back to my alma matre for a literary fest tomorrow - so excited! Enjoy your weekend!
I say "beastin'" to my kids because it's something they say and honestly, it sounds absolutely ridiculous coming from a middle-aged mom. Also "yolo" because hey, YOLO! Love the love list.
What a trip to hear you mention Route 83 -- I used to live in Illinois, from birth until 2014 -- and I drove that road MANY times! (I grew up in Addison, lived in Bensenville and Villa Park and for about 25 years in Glendale Heights). I'm in Michigan now, in a small town near Lake Michigan, so traffic is a very rare occurrence and I don't miss it, lol
My son (away at college) is fun to annoy with slang, but my daughter is so sweet that she doesn't want to make me feel bad, so she refuses to mock me for it - annoying, right? I thought Nothing Bundt Cakes was a typo, he - I don't think we have them in Canada. Six kids playing music together is so freaking cool - once Eve played Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel on her clarinet and Angus danced - that's as close as I'm ever getting.
I love this list. I keep a list of things I love in my phone's notes so when I am having a really crappy day, I can look at it.
Ha! I love 'misbehaving' in their eyes by doing something they always do. Still, I could never bring myself to leaving dirty socks EVERYWHERE.
WOW! We were practically neighbors. My uncle lived in an apartment in Bensenville for years when I was a kid. We used to go to his pool and watch people fish in the adjacent pond. The dancing classes I drive to around 4 nights a week are in Villa Park. I am 25 minutes south of there- with no traffic. The construction just wrapped up on 83 and I almost wept!
My youngest is super sweet and when I swear she gets bent out of shape. I gotta clean thst up.
Nothing Bundt is the bomb! Both regular and gluten free cakes.
I fear Reg will quit concertina once he hits high school next year. Heartbreaking because it is super fun when they all play.
That is a great idea. To think, when I am having a bad day- I eat my weight in ice cream.
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