Rather than sitting around and driving myself crazy with parental worrying, I’m going to finish removing the wallpaper paste from the first floor walls, while listening to talk radio. And then I’m going to start peeling off the rest of the wallpaper from the stairway up and into and all around the second floor hallway. And if time permits, I’m going to start painting.
I’m doubting that time will permit.
But I need to get this wallpaper crap behind me. Our home remodelling/redecorating has been at a standstill for a long time now. Kind of died about the same time we caught onto our son’s tomfoolery. What, two years now?
I was kind of hoping Ricky Nugget would get back to it and thereby motivate me to get back to it. But Ricky Nugget is as stuck as I am. Hell, I can’t even get him to swap out a toilet seat or put up some new outdoor lights I purchased this week. He actually asked me to return them so they wouldn’t be looming at him, causing him to feel overwhelmed.
That was the straw.
We can’t sit here and wait for everything to get right anymore. We need to get up, dust ourselves off and finish this mothertrucking remodelling and redecorating. At least that way, when we decide to run away from our children, the house will be market-ready!
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Thing 1 has a Driving Jones. That kid came to me last night at 9:30 and said “let’s drive!” And so we drove for an hour. I took him over to an office park with lots of parking lots and a little quiet road between. Then that little mofo took off out of the parking lots and little quiet road, onto the regular streets and into a Burger King drive-thru. Most interesting drive-thru window pull-up ever. Even the Burger King employee was cracking up.
I had to trick him out of the driver’s seat so I could finally go home. That kid does not like to drive in a straight line. He likes to turn and turn and turn some more. I was starting to feel sick to my stomach. Near-menopausal women cannot go in circles. There’s something that starts after the birth of their child, throwing strong stomachs off-kilter. It begins with the swingset. Swinging is no longer fun, it’s sickening. And by the time they approach menopause, spinning in circles is over.
Or maybe it’s just me.
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I have a horseradish Jones. I started Weight Watchers (again) and am in need of new and exciting food that will fill me and help me lose the fat. I picked up some light white bread (don’t lecture me, I love the white bread), some deli meats and a little bottle of smoky horseradish sauce.
I’ve never eaten horseradish sauce. But I thought, hey, I like wasabi, how’s about I try some horseradish and some roast beef?
Loved it so much that I had a sandwich for lunch and a sandwich for dinner and then another sandwich for breakfast.
I suspect that I will repeat this process until I’m damn sick of it, at which time I will hope to have a replacement low-fat food obsession.
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The girlfriend trip to Atlanta has been postponed. We’re working on a fall date. Which makes a lot more sense, if you ask me. Who goes to Atlanta in July on purpose?
But don’t you worry about me not having a good girlfriend getaway. Plans are in the workings for a few days in New York.
I can handle summer in New York! I can handle just about any weather in New York!
Kathy – how about a walk on Monday night? I hear you. This is tough. No book of answers. Maybe a walk – and some venting for both of us. Let me know…….
Boy… I will feel sorry for you when winter comes and Thing 2 discovers the fun in spinning donuts in the snow…..
Maybe I shouldn’t do this to you, KLo… but you may want to check this out… (http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/06/horseradish-potato-salad/). NOM. I have a hankering to make it myself…
So you like horseradish (a good substitute for Allerest). I didn’t know you were one of us.
My Dad used to not only make his own horseradish, but he grew it in the backyard as well. Boy, would that stuff burn the hair right off the inside of your nose.
Best comment of the day – “near-menopausal women shouldn’t go in circles.” I think that will be my new philosophy. Thanks!
My fave low/good fat sandwich that I just can’t live without:
Tuna Gwok
Drain a can of tuna. Take a half of an avocado and smush it together with the tuna. Add some garlic powder and roasted red pepper flakes (or any kind of pepper flakes), a splash of lime and some oregano or basil. Spread some of this on a piece of 12 grain bread (it’s sooooo much more filling than white bread!) and instead of another piece of bread (otherwise, it’s too heavy/bready…is that a word?), top it with some large iceburg lettuce leaves. Cut it in half Enjoy.
Seriously, this is amazing. And filling. And healthy. I’ve lost 66 pounds (yay me!) and being heavy for forever – I like to pass on healthy Yummy things.
I too am done with circles which really limits choices at amusement parks. I think you are right about the sequence of events that lead up to the loss of circle comfort.