Java Junkie

This Weekend

Yesterday we journeyed to the big city in search of new jeans for T-Boy.  Seems most of his jeans either have a hole in the knee...probably due to the amount of stain remover I have to rub into said jeans weekly...or they are way.too.short.  The boy's been growing.  I remember when I was younger how much fun my Mom had taking us shopping, especially if she had the pleasure of taking both Michael and I along.  It is probably why she has an aversion to shopping still.  I would like to take a moment to say...I totally understand now why she loved those trips so much.   Shopping with a boy, at least the boys in my family is not much fun (I'm sure I was a pleasure to shop with).  That may possibly be an understatement.  The day was not a total loss though...we did find the necessary articles of clothing so I don't have to wash jeans mid-week.  Because honestly, I don't remember to wash jeans mid-week...so lately, Friday morning about 15 minutes before he needs to be walking out the door, T-Boy will yell from his room "Mom, I don't have any jeans to wear."  I still haven't figured out how I'm supposed to rectify that problem in that amount of time, but most of the time my answer has been, "Then you'll have to wear your cleanest dirtiest pair."  Clearly I'm right near the top in the running for mother-of-the-year.  Hopefully there are other mothers out there who understand "cleanest dirtiest pair". 

Perhaps the best part of yesterday was this place

 
We ate dinner here while we were in the Big City...we had never tried it before.  The pasta was fantastic, but we ordered dessert (which we don't normally do) becuase on the menu was Tiramusu.  It was worth every.last.calorie.

Today was filled with our normal Sunday morning activities, a dinner of Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, and Creamed Peas, a few loads of laundry, a mid-afternoon nap (me), a bit of friend time (t-boy),  a lot of homework (mike), and homemade chicken alfrado for supper.

 
We finished off this beautiful fall weekend with a musical performance! 

Wishing the weekend could last a bit longer...

Kris

Randomness

Wow--it's been awhile since I've blogged...I chalk it up to summer being busy.  Also, the object of most of my thoughts, that boy with such a sweet face in the picture above was gone for awhile (like a week and two days).  A few random bits of useless information

*This is the face I'm apt to get when I pull out the camera--obviously his version of a nice picture face and mine are different.

*It's been HOT here for the past week.  I love hot weather--so much better than cold.  However, I don't much care for humidity.  Someone please remind me I said that in the middle of winter when I'm freezing.

*It's so cold him my house right now I could use a sweatshirt and socks--my dear hubby and I don't always agree on what temperature our thermostat should be set at.  In the summer, he usually wins.  

*We have a 5 hour drive ahead of us today--we've made this drive 5 times in the past three months--I don't like driving.

*I do like seeing family, which makes the drive worthwhile

*School starts here in two weeks--I'm ready, he's not

*On my nightstand right now are "The Time Travelers Wife" and "Eat Pray Love".  I've not been able to get past the first three pages of the first, but have almost devoured the last.  I think I must see the movie "Eat Pray Love" when it comes to our remote area of the country.

Well, that's enough randomness for today...I must go get ready before someone who shall remain nameless gets crabby.  And I need to get some socks on before my toes freeze off.

Stay warm cool

Kris
 

Bits and Pieces

Wednesday January 28, 2009

So, maybe if I want to be a real blogger I should try to post a bit more often. And invite people to read my blog...oh well, can't have it all together. It's cold here in the frozen northland we call home. I noticed in my last post that it was fall and I was threating to move to New Mexico then. 50 inches of snow later (no joke), and one of the coldest winters I can remember (we now think 2 above zero is T-shirt weather), and I think New Mexico may not be far enough south. The Caribbean may be better...where the chance of snow is EXTREMLY unlikely. Since that move is unlikely to happen...I best go shopping...for ankle length down parkas!