Today has just been a lazy day.
Except for the part where I make the bed and do laundry.
As usual.
Typically there is just this one spot on the bed that the cat favors.
This one. Riiiiiight up next to the pillow.
But I was doing laundry. So…
You can forget about the pillow business when there’s LAUNDRY around. Zzzzzzzzzz
Don’t let me bother ya, cat.
So last night I made this little breakfast casserole thingy. It’s good. It has bell pepper, onion, potato, (turkey) bacon and egg (beaters, in my case). Of course, you have to mix all of that stuff together in order for it to, ya know… taste good.
Everybody in my family claims to like it so every once in a while when I’m feeling lazy, we’ll have it since it’s so easy to throw together. Nice little breakfast casserole and a bowl of fruit really isn’t a bad dinner.
The only problem is… my husband doesn’t like green peppers. So his plate ends up looking a little bit like this when he is finished.
And Miss Boo can’t stand potatoes, so her plate ends up looking a little bit like this when she is finished.
And then there’s my plate.
At least *I* liked all of it.
I wrote this Tuesday, but I’m just now getting around to posting it.
We knew today was coming and we’ve tried to make light of it with Miss Boo. But we found out recently that she has a vitamin deficiency and would be in need of some injectables to get herself back in line. Not a big thing, so no worries. It sounds much worse than it is. That’s not even really what this post is about, though.
It’s more about the ugly flashback that came along with it. I can’t believe I’m giving another child shots now! I can’t believe I’m talking it all up to her about how it’s not a big deal and all that jazz. And I’m having to remember how to give a little arm a shot. (She’s a very petite little thang.) I can’t believe I’m moving things in the frig for shots again. It just feels all too familiar and it makes me a little sick. But as I said, this isn’t a big deal and I’m just going to stay with that thought and we’ll all move forward.
I gave her first shot right after we opened the box…at her request… to just get it over with. And this is what we’ll be doing every other day for sixty days. One down, 29 more to go…..
Whether we like it or not!
Here we go… it’s Random Dozen time again! : )
1. Candy corn: Your thoughts? We loooove candy corn! We look forward to Halloween so we can buy it! For a while, our grocery store carried it all year long and sometimes when hubby ran to the store for me, some of it would “mysteriously” hop into the cart. We only like Brach’s brand.. none of that weird Target brand junk! : p
2. Briefly, what was the first conversation you ever had with your spouse? (or best friend, if you're not married.) (Or someone significant, like your librarian.) Well that is a tricky question because we knew each other from singles group at church. So we had talked to each other before we were going out or whatever. We talked some on a singles retreat… but we barely knew each other then. Mostly it was retreat stuff. Although I was glad he chose to sit by me.
3. Could you ever become a vegetarian? Yes! I did that for a while years ago and liked it. In my mind I could do it all over again, although I don’t think my bod would cooperate with me at this age, if you know what I mean.
4. Have you ever dressed up your pet in a costume? We had a real laid back dog when I was a kid and we used to put clothes and glasses and what-not on him. We have not dressed our current pet, a cat. We like our fingers all attached, thankyouverymuch!
5. Name something about childhood that you miss (like Clark Bars, Teaberry Gum, Malibu Barbie, cracking fake eggs on people's heads with your fist and "It's the Great Pumpkin" airing only once a year). Cloves gum… my grandmother used to chew it and the smell of it reminds me of her. Eating raw dough… cookie dough, before we thought raw eggs could kill us.. and pie crust dough too. YUM! On a more serious note…is that allowed???… would be just the carefree nature of not knowing much about life yet. As you get older, life gets ‘heavier’ and sometimes I miss the days of not really realizing that yet.
6. Have you ever won a trophy? If not, what do you deserve a trophy for? Nope. But I am always saying things about my “Mom of the Year” trophy…mostly that it’s getting bigger and bigger every time I do something stupid silly as a parent! As of right now, we should build on an addition to our house so it can have it’s own room. With a vaulted ceiling. Ahem. : )
7. When do you think is the appropriate time to begin playing Christmas music each year? Well a lot of radio stations here probably start playing it before Thanksgiving. I would say after Thanksgiving. Although I totally cheated this year and listened to a new Chris Tomlin Christmas cd I found on sale at Mardel the other day. I love it… big shout out to a Christian artist that doesn’t feel like he has to sing Jingle Bells or White Christmas on their cd. Thank you!
8. What's your favorite board game? I had a game called Payday when I was a kid. If you landed on certain spots on the board, you got to draw ‘mail’ and they were really cleverly written. We always laughed when we read those aloud. I liked spinning the spinner on Life… more than playing the game itself. I bought my daughter the newer version of it and it totally doesn’t have the same spinner. What a rip!
9. How do you feel about surprises (receiving, not giving)? Depends.
10. Is it easy for you to say, "I'm sorry?" Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
11. What is your favorite candle scent? Back when ‘craft malls’ were all the rage…at least in this part of the country… there was a craft mall near us that had a booth that sold homemade candles and there was a ‘flavor’ called FRESH CAKE. Oh my word! The most delicious smelling candle ever. I always compare other candles to that one… oh sorry, that doesn’t smell as good as fresh cake.
12. October is traditionally "open house" time in public schools. If you had a literal open house in your home (like a reception) what light snacks would you serve visitors and what would you show them (as in art projects, graded papers) that would uniquely represent you? I have no idea what I’d serve. I haven’t had a ‘party’ in forevah! I dunno.. maybe something on toast points… you can pick it up and carry it around and gobble it down in one bite. I have no idea what you mean about showing them stuff… do you mean the things around my house that are me? Well I guess I would show them my scrapbooks, pics of both my kids, different things I’ve made etc. I don’t know of much of anything I’d be dragging people around to see, to be honest.
Well there’s another Random Dozen. Hope you had fun. For more random stuff, go visit Linda at 2nd Cup.
There is a lot of buzz about fancy coffees of late. "You Know Who" seems to be all the rave right now. I look at this and I just don’t get it. For one thing, I’m not even a coffee drinker. But even if I were, it’s expensive. Does this little fact escape people or what? Are we unable to brew our own pot at home and flavor it any way we wish? Or is it more about the status of the to-go cup it comes in, which seems to almost be a fashion accessory these days?
And I’m not just saying that because my drink of choice (other than water, of course) is tea. Cold tea. And hot tea. I love me a little healthy sweetener too! I just can’t figure out what the fascination is with Fancy Coffee when there are hundreds of products on the shelves at the grocery store that will give you a yummy, custom made cup of flavored drink. And at a fraction of the price. There has to be a better way!
Today was grocery day and so I did a little price comparative… not of coffee because I don’t even know where to begin. But of the hot tea I drank for breakfast this morning. I wondered how much it cost per cup, since I’ve never sat down to figure that out.
The cinnamon tea I had this morning runs $2.28 per box and there are 20 tea bags in each box. That brings the total for one serving to 11 cents.
The wonderful Sun Crystals that sweeten my tea run $4.97 per box and there are 100 sugar packets in each box. I put one in my hot tea and that is a total of 5 cents.
So 11+5= 16. Are you still with me? My morning cup of deliciousness runs me a grand total of….. sixteen cents.
Tell me again how much a grande frappy whappy whatever costs at the Fancy Place? A lot more than 16 cents! But they don’t give the fancy, nostalgic Chili’s kid cup to-go cups there, do they?
I am just so cool.
No offense to ‘old ladies’, but that is what I think every day when I chew up one of these after taking a nasty tasting vitamin. The candy! Old lady candy.
I look at this every time I stand at the kitchen sink. I’ve had this little spiral book thing for many years and it has many favorite verses in it. This is my newest. It reminds me that I really am nothing. But God, in His great kindness, is willing to live in one so sinful and unworthy.
Anything that I do or say or write that is of any good or value is Him. He is the Great Treasure…the Light shining in my heart.
I’m the fragile clay jar.
