Last week my mom bought two bookcases at the thrift shop and asked me if we wanted them. I talked it over with Jimmy and we decided that we had nowhere to put them, so we declined. He added that I should tell her that since we apparently can't stop her from buying stuff "for us," to ask her in the future that it at least be consumable. Thinking ( Read more... )

My mom, sister, and niece are on their way here. Nora's going to stay with Jimmy and the kids while Ma, Jenn and I go see Brokeback Mountain. I don't really care too much about seeing the movie - just at the moment I'm more in a King Kong mood - but MY FAMILY IS VISITING. Yay! I wanted to see them and spent the morning baking presents and ( Read more... )

She brought me a wreath, Command fasteners to attach it to the wall above the fireplace, some fake greenery garlands with colored lights attached, and some very beautiful candleholders. She also brought the makings for balloon animals and made the youngest each a little pet. And she bought me and all the kids a snack at Carl's Jr. I probably ( Read more... )

When Jimmy and I talked about this some weeks back, I told him that I had no problem with the kids spending Halloween with their mom's extended family - they always seem to have big parties, etc, and we don't like to deprive the kids of participating in all that - I'd like to keep the kids on the Friday before Halloween. I was envisioning a small ( Read more... )

"Everything's a fuckin' travesty with you, man!" -- The Dude, The Big LebowskiMy mom just came and tracked me down here at the library to ask me to come with her to this thing she has to do for her workman's comp case. They want her to come down to the store where she works, and show them exactly how she tripped over the box that she tripped over ( Read more... )

I am such a scatterbrain today. I forgot to mention the part of Saturday where my mom cut off all her hair so that it is approx. 1 1/2 inches long all over her head, and dyed it platinum. Not platinum blonde, platinum metal.

Have I mentioned that my mom's hair is orange? I mentioned some time back how she wanted to dye her hair red, then bleach it out, then shave it off. Well, we did it red a couple of times, then she decided to go for the blonde. Where she had natural roots, her hair turned white. The part that had been red, turned orange. We repeated the process ( Read more... )

Watched A Knight's Tale last night. Ma had been after me to watch it for quite awhile. Then this weekend it was mentioned, and I decided what the heck. It was much better than I'd expected. Though the plot was fairly predictable, there were a lot of funny lines and the cast brought a lot of verve to their performances. (Huh-huh, I said "verve ( Read more... )

Today has been somewhat less than wonderful. Last night I dreamed I was making out with Carrot Top. In addition to that, it's just too damn HOT. It's been in the low 90's since 8:30 a.m. Did I mention that we do NOT have air conditioning? And that part of Nana's personal mission in life is to make sure that the house is sealed up like a tomb ( Read more... )