U - Underwear... this is my go-to for U, I used it last time as well, pretty hard to imagine a no-underwear life.
I can totally imagine it! It's the non-Disney version of "going commando!" But like going commando around the parks, it's kind of a young person's game... gravity is starting to win these days...
So cute! I'd love to have chickens some day, but right now cats are more than enough to keep me busy.
Chickens are a lot like cats, actually, only stupider and more destructive! My grandparents worked jobs, but farmed their land for sustenance as well, so my mother grew up HATING chickens because they didn't do anything with them except feed them scraps and steal their eggs, which made them unfriendly, go figure. She calls them "mean vegetables with legs" because the ones she had seemed mean and stupid to her... (you should hear her talk about turkeys!!!) I always wanted them she wouldn't get any... but now I'm an adult and I can do what I want mwahahahaha!!!
Okay got some good news on the sister front this morning... NOT cancer ... she has Graves Disease (involves the thyroid) and gotten a rare effect of Graves Ophthalmopathy - she has to see an endocrinologist now to see what happens next, medication, possible surgery and possibly still some radiation treatment on the eye. She has to give up smoking it makes the Graves worse and she has to be closely monitored as it can increase risk of cancer in the future. Phew - we agreed we aren't even telling mum she was being tested for cancer.
Glad to hear it's not the worst-case scenario. Hopefully the "smoking makes it worse" threat will be the nudge your sister needs to break her lifelong habit. Tell her the princesses, godmothers, and even a villain or two are all pulling for her!
Wahoo DH got me a really cute Disney cookie jar. It is something I have absolutely no use for, but he's sweet. I think I will take it to work and put the not so secret stash of chocolates in it.
Wahoo work today wasn't quite as stressful as yesterday. DS2 called from NYC and chatted so we were off schedule. Wahoo for Jimmy John's unwich.
My cookie jar doesn't get much use, either, but it is a souvenir from our impromptu (stranded in Cali on the way home to Maryland during Snomageddon 10 years ago)
Disneyland day, so I treasure it and leave it out of the counter. Even if I take the time to fill it, it's usually empty within hours.
I am thankful to be off today.
I am thankful my kids have neighborhood kids that they like to hang out with so they can allow me some space (I love my kids dearly, but these teenage years are starting off a little rough...especially between my daughter and me. So its nice that she can get out of the house with her friends and I can get some stuff done around the house without us being in each others way
THIS!!! DD11 has a friend she's been hanging out with a lot lately. She's pretty responsible and has a phone, so I don't worry if they want to go out wandering together. (Now, when they're both HERE and DD15 is interacting too.... that's like every chipmunks movie EVER all being played at the same time in a single room...)
J is for jewelry. I admit I love a pretty ring or bracelet. And I have some things from my grandmother and my mother I treasure.
L is for love! Yesterday was our 39th anniversary!
Congrats on the anniversary and still calling it love after 39 years!!!! I like jewelry, too, though oddly I don't really wear much, I just like looking at it, not even necessarily owning it, oddly enough! (I could spend all day in the jewelry room at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum!!! Empress Alexandra's emeralds are my favorites. I think the Hope Diamond looks *SO* much better since they've re-set it, but still, I'd never wear it, and there's always a crowd in that room...
Oh, and a total second on the crab legs, but not just for summer! Snow crab legs are available all year 'round, but blue crabs... I am *SO* looking forward to those coming back into season soon! We don't have any real seafood markets left in the area anymore, but a local grocery store does crabs in the summer, steamed/bagged/semi-affordable... they even sell rolls of the brown paper and extra hammers in case you need them!!! Can't wait!!!
For the first time in ages, we are
not going to MIL's. She's away on a cruise, so I'll be making a slightly simplified Easter dinner here. I got one of those mini hams, and for sides I plan to do DS's favorite homemade mac 'n cheese and DH's favorite holiday peas. (They're done with cream of mushroom soup and French fried onions, just like green bean casserole, but it's waaaay better with peas!!) I also bought a can of awful-for-you-but-oh-so-delicious biscuits.
If we still want dessert after all that, we'll probably just make Easter candy sundaes.
ETA: Scratch that - DS just realized this Sunday is Easter, and requested marble cake for dessert.
And no, other than using the "healthy request" version of the cream of mushroom soup (and the fact that I normally sneak a little flax seed in to my mac 'n cheese topping) I'm not going to worry about keeping things healthy and sensible; it
is a holiday, after all!
ETA: In light of the cake (which, unlike sundaes, we'll keep eating for the next couple of days) maybe I will skip the biscuits.
I LO.. marble cake... (I LOVE the half that is chocolate, the rest of it goes to the chickens!!!) But yes, holidays, like Disney park days, are special exceptions!!!