weekend junk
Pretty good weekend overall.
I got to go to the crafts fair with my brother and his family. We couldn't stay very long because his knee ended up bothering him pretty badly. We saw architect1172, her hubby and their out of town guest Danny there for a bit. We both showed off our purchases. I got some nifty ceramics. A new coffee mug and a big utensil holder. Tres pretty. She got a nifty anklet.
Then we went back to the apartment to hang for a while. I will insert intense sounds of displeasure at Debi here. Debi (aka my brothers wife... who I normally think is cool) was not watching their baby. The girls are old enough that generally they get the idea when you say no and for the most part are good. Bobby... oye... Bobby. He is adorable. Really really cute. He is walking (aka.. running all over the place) now. Debi... DOES NOT WATCH HIM. She tells the girls to. Stephanie is a teenager and Katie is in 2nd or 3rd grade. Neither of them have the attention span to watch a baby. He was constantly getting into stuff. He tried to eat my little bottle of sunscreen. He got so far as to open it with his mouth. He was playing with pens. He put almost everything in his mouth. He went straight for the ferret litter pan to play try to play in it. Not to mention putting his paws all over the new TV screen, trying to turn off the TV, trying to play with the laptop, turning off Reggie's computer, getting into the kitchen.. into the pantry and almost pulling a glass bottle of alfredo sauce onto his head, making a B-line to the bathroom to try and play with the toilet... need I go on? I could. I really could. During all of this she sat there. Now.. I was showing her some stuff on the laptop. But that was when the girls were supposed to be watching him. I gave up on that quickly.
I am very glad we have a baby gate to block off the kitchen. Useful for ferrets and children alike. Who knew!?!?!
It was stressful. I was trying to watch him.. but it is impossible and I don't really think it is my responsibility since.. he isn't my baby.
This is why I don't want kids. I don't want all that. I don't want the responsibility. I applaud those that have them and can manage to take care of them. I am amazed by you. But... she was driving me nuts.
My mom even said something to me. Her silk throw pillows are now ruined. One african violet is no more and another had a close call. He was playing in the dogs food and water dish. Trying to pull her door screen down. Banging the wooden door into the wall. Hitting her piano with stuff. ETC. Yeah. She was a nervous wreck by the end of this weekend.
The baby is 18 months old now and he still carries his bottle around. (my mom is particularly peeved about this because she sees sooooooo many babies at her work that have to have their teeth pulled because they rotted out because they were allowed to carry their bottles around) It isn't the bottle that is the big deal. It is the milk. If you let the baby carry the bottle around.. put water in it. Yes, they need milk.. but they need teeth too.
She was trying to say stuff to them about it without being critical (which with my mom is pretty impossible) but it did not go over too well. My mom was mostly upset because she never would have dreamed of letting either my brother or me do that. She was always right next to us making sure we did not ruin people's stuff when we were visiting people. If we did manage to get into something, mom would apologize. If we managed to break something, she would have replaced it. Debi did neither. She got in a huff because "heh. I wasn't watching him!"
No. No you weren't.
/end rant.
enough of that.
They went home and we had a few moments of peace before getting ready for dinner that night. architect1172 was awesome to get peeps together for dinner to make the whole engagement official. Lots of peeps were there. We went to Seki Sui. It was wonderful. There was a minor snafu because mom and Doug couldn't sit on the floor (we had the room that has the seating on the floor with the low tables). They ate at a table just outside the room. Much fun was had though. I think everyone enjoyed their selves. :)
Mom, Doug, and family went home. The rest of us went back to the apartment to hang out. Unfortunately on the way out, as I was stepping off of the curb to tell Eileen that I would ride back with her so she wouldn't get lost.. I twisted my ankle. Loverly uneven concrete. ~_~
Chocolate martini's helped me to ignore my ankle for a bit. Then people left and much sleep was had.
Sunday I woke up with a hella sinus headache. It was nasty. I hate not having medicine. I guess I should bug mom for more. sigh. I played WoW for a bit before getting ready for Jesse's wedding.
Eileen and I drove there and were marginally late. meep. But it was all good. It was a nice ceremony. I got to see several peeps I haven't seen in a while. I was so glad to see Archer and Tammy. :) I am glad that her health is more stable now. I was worried about her. I also ran into sm_elmo there. Blast from the past indeed. There were others, but those were the highlights.
It was nice seeing his family again too. I am glad that they are all doing well.
I am sure that Jesse and Maya will be quite happy together. I wish them all the happiness in the world. ^_^
We finally had to leave because Eileen still had to drive all the way back to Knoxville. Looong drive. So we scampered off.
Reg and I played more WoW. Unfortunately he seems to have caught a cold. :-/ So he was all sneezy and sniffly like. It was very pitiful. I wish I could have stayed home today and taken care of him. Although, he did seem to be feeling better this morning. He stayed home to make sure that he stayed rested. That way he will get better faster.
In WoW the two of us managed to go through the deadmines alone. He was in his paladin which was around level 26 or 27. I was in my level 29 warrior. We duo'd Mr. Smite and survived. Cookie was not hard at all. We even managed to kill Van Cleef and all of the buddies he calls... and Live! I was very impressed. I had a sliver of health left and no rage at all. Reg's pally was down to a sliver of health and no mana as well. But we made it through. I was surprised. I did not expect to live. ^_^
ok.. that is all for now. heh.. as if that was short. But anyway.. back to work.
Did I mention that it is Monday and I hate Monday's. It was also dark when I got up this morning. I hate that. I so did not want to get out of bed.
I got to go to the crafts fair with my brother and his family. We couldn't stay very long because his knee ended up bothering him pretty badly. We saw architect1172, her hubby and their out of town guest Danny there for a bit. We both showed off our purchases. I got some nifty ceramics. A new coffee mug and a big utensil holder. Tres pretty. She got a nifty anklet.
Then we went back to the apartment to hang for a while. I will insert intense sounds of displeasure at Debi here. Debi (aka my brothers wife... who I normally think is cool) was not watching their baby. The girls are old enough that generally they get the idea when you say no and for the most part are good. Bobby... oye... Bobby. He is adorable. Really really cute. He is walking (aka.. running all over the place) now. Debi... DOES NOT WATCH HIM. She tells the girls to. Stephanie is a teenager and Katie is in 2nd or 3rd grade. Neither of them have the attention span to watch a baby. He was constantly getting into stuff. He tried to eat my little bottle of sunscreen. He got so far as to open it with his mouth. He was playing with pens. He put almost everything in his mouth. He went straight for the ferret litter pan to play try to play in it. Not to mention putting his paws all over the new TV screen, trying to turn off the TV, trying to play with the laptop, turning off Reggie's computer, getting into the kitchen.. into the pantry and almost pulling a glass bottle of alfredo sauce onto his head, making a B-line to the bathroom to try and play with the toilet... need I go on? I could. I really could. During all of this she sat there. Now.. I was showing her some stuff on the laptop. But that was when the girls were supposed to be watching him. I gave up on that quickly.
I am very glad we have a baby gate to block off the kitchen. Useful for ferrets and children alike. Who knew!?!?!
It was stressful. I was trying to watch him.. but it is impossible and I don't really think it is my responsibility since.. he isn't my baby.
This is why I don't want kids. I don't want all that. I don't want the responsibility. I applaud those that have them and can manage to take care of them. I am amazed by you. But... she was driving me nuts.
My mom even said something to me. Her silk throw pillows are now ruined. One african violet is no more and another had a close call. He was playing in the dogs food and water dish. Trying to pull her door screen down. Banging the wooden door into the wall. Hitting her piano with stuff. ETC. Yeah. She was a nervous wreck by the end of this weekend.
The baby is 18 months old now and he still carries his bottle around. (my mom is particularly peeved about this because she sees sooooooo many babies at her work that have to have their teeth pulled because they rotted out because they were allowed to carry their bottles around) It isn't the bottle that is the big deal. It is the milk. If you let the baby carry the bottle around.. put water in it. Yes, they need milk.. but they need teeth too.
She was trying to say stuff to them about it without being critical (which with my mom is pretty impossible) but it did not go over too well. My mom was mostly upset because she never would have dreamed of letting either my brother or me do that. She was always right next to us making sure we did not ruin people's stuff when we were visiting people. If we did manage to get into something, mom would apologize. If we managed to break something, she would have replaced it. Debi did neither. She got in a huff because "heh. I wasn't watching him!"
No. No you weren't.
/end rant.
enough of that.
They went home and we had a few moments of peace before getting ready for dinner that night. architect1172 was awesome to get peeps together for dinner to make the whole engagement official. Lots of peeps were there. We went to Seki Sui. It was wonderful. There was a minor snafu because mom and Doug couldn't sit on the floor (we had the room that has the seating on the floor with the low tables). They ate at a table just outside the room. Much fun was had though. I think everyone enjoyed their selves. :)
Mom, Doug, and family went home. The rest of us went back to the apartment to hang out. Unfortunately on the way out, as I was stepping off of the curb to tell Eileen that I would ride back with her so she wouldn't get lost.. I twisted my ankle. Loverly uneven concrete. ~_~
Chocolate martini's helped me to ignore my ankle for a bit. Then people left and much sleep was had.
Sunday I woke up with a hella sinus headache. It was nasty. I hate not having medicine. I guess I should bug mom for more. sigh. I played WoW for a bit before getting ready for Jesse's wedding.
Eileen and I drove there and were marginally late. meep. But it was all good. It was a nice ceremony. I got to see several peeps I haven't seen in a while. I was so glad to see Archer and Tammy. :) I am glad that her health is more stable now. I was worried about her. I also ran into sm_elmo there. Blast from the past indeed. There were others, but those were the highlights.
It was nice seeing his family again too. I am glad that they are all doing well.
I am sure that Jesse and Maya will be quite happy together. I wish them all the happiness in the world. ^_^
We finally had to leave because Eileen still had to drive all the way back to Knoxville. Looong drive. So we scampered off.
Reg and I played more WoW. Unfortunately he seems to have caught a cold. :-/ So he was all sneezy and sniffly like. It was very pitiful. I wish I could have stayed home today and taken care of him. Although, he did seem to be feeling better this morning. He stayed home to make sure that he stayed rested. That way he will get better faster.
In WoW the two of us managed to go through the deadmines alone. He was in his paladin which was around level 26 or 27. I was in my level 29 warrior. We duo'd Mr. Smite and survived. Cookie was not hard at all. We even managed to kill Van Cleef and all of the buddies he calls... and Live! I was very impressed. I had a sliver of health left and no rage at all. Reg's pally was down to a sliver of health and no mana as well. But we made it through. I was surprised. I did not expect to live. ^_^
ok.. that is all for now. heh.. as if that was short. But anyway.. back to work.
Did I mention that it is Monday and I hate Monday's. It was also dark when I got up this morning. I hate that. I so did not want to get out of bed.