It's Prom Night, the day we've been planning for since January. We went dress shopping in Jan/Feb, hairdo appt made in Feb & still too late to get the best time, spent all of March/April tanning, got the nails done last night and Indy & I went to the mall for last minute dohickeys and makeup. There's a group of them that planned to go to a restaurant together. All that said to set up the fact that this one boy only had to rent a tux and make restaurant reservations. Yep, you guessed it. He waited until Thursday and by then everyplace they wanted to go was booked. Argh!!! Deep breathing.....
So, I find out last night, our house is now the restaurant, the Butcher Block down the street which has the most fantastic steaks outside of a steakhouse I've ever had is the grocer (and I'm a-hopin they have enough steaks on hand), and I guess Mike and I are the chefs. I would have organized it differently, but Indy took control and didn't ask, so I'm letting her run with it. So I'm trying to just keep my mouth shut, not to develop a facial tic, and see how it plays out. My eyes just kept getting bigger as I hear her leave messages for everyone asking for their orders! Now I can see planning on 2 different veggies, sides, salads, etc., but just saying basically phone it in?! I can handle steak, chicken, and salmon on the grill, it's the rest that has me concerned. I could use some family in town! My mom is gone all day on a church retreat, so no help there either. Oh well, if the menu isn't too outrageous, I can handle dinner for 15. I know weekends aren't usually blog time for alot of you, but I'm hoping somebody takes a look and can send me a word of advice! I think most of you have had a Prom dinner at your home before, right? I NEED your long distance help! Tell me what you did, what worked, didn't work, suggestions, whatever you know that I need to know!!! Quick!
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Super Freaks
Well, Steph has a GREAT idea, and it appears that there are enough freaks in the friends & family circle to form a Freakish Superhero ensemble. So, name yourselves!!
Chrissie - Freakishly Cool
Chrissie - Freakishly Cool
wearing cool shades w/cute little rhinestone C's
Steph - Freakishly Strong
Will - Freakishly Weird
wearing a big W on his chest
(wow, did you notice that we all start with the same letter as our names - how freaky!!!)
(wow, did you notice that we all start with the same letter as our names - how freaky!!!)
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Fruity Mentos...Who Knew?
Was I alone in not knowing how yummy fruity Mentos were? I bought a box from Costco for the kids' backpacks and for TCAP testing this week. Holy Guacamole!! They are outrageously addictive. Much better than Skittles. Except I can't arrange them by color and see how many of each came in the package, line them up and reduce the color grid one by one. Oh well, I am old enough now that I don't have to play with my food. Besides, I'm finding the whole flick one out of the tube kinda fun too.
Anyway, onto more significant news. Indy returned home from Chattanooga. I realize that is news to you. This is because in that last post A Change of Plans, I was working my way to that news, but there was this change of plans see, and it didn't happen. So she was in Chattanooga the past three days on a high school Quiz Bowl competition that several area schools went to. She went with 4 other guys from her high school and a Coach & his wife. Story of our life...Indy only does things with boys; there are hardly any girlfriends. Don't know if that was the case for any of ya'll or why that is, but I had the same problem. I haven't heard all the details yet, but Indy was quite pleased with herself for being the first to click in on a "Religious" question. It had something to do with in this instance, a word association, Bible + Friday = Good Friday. So they came in 4th out of 8 teams, which is pretty good considering I do believe the whole point in going was to get out of school and have a good time. They did that!!!
I guess it's official...Taryn likes the New Scary Nick. That's what I'm calling him. She talked him out of wearing all black and he wore jeans today. It must be love. But New Scary Nick really isn't that bad. Mike saw him today. Dad volunteered for pick up duty...hmmm, wonder why? New Scary Nick has too much of a baby face originally that the cute factor still factors in. But, Indy had the original Scary Nick friend, so the name just comes naturally. Indy says he's an OK kid. She gives him a hard time and he thinks that means she doesn't like him. Taryn had to tell him that if we don't talk to you, tease or insult you, that means we don't like you. So it's a good thing. New Scary Nick says I'm awesome and cool because I didn't freak out or give him a dirty look. Excuse me - doesn't he know I'm Freakishly Cool?! Last night, for a second there, I thought Indy was home last night but I knew she wasn't, but it sure sounded like her voice...so I go upstairs and it was Taryn chattering away with New Scary Nick in the exact same tone Indy uses when she talks to Joe. How funny! It must be a sister thing.
More gardening news for the blog. Oh yay! I'm sure ya'll are enthralled. But, unless I'm seeing double from too much sun, which is a distinct possibility, I count 19 new plants that my mom & I dug holes for and planted today. I would just say "planted", but that just skips over the truly monumental effort all that "planting" took. First you gotta scope out the spot, scrape the pine straw back, dig thru the clay, put it in a bucket, dig some more, pop out the plant from its container, loosen its roots, put organic crap in the hole (really, it's manure), position the plant just so, carefully repack the soil/clay/mud around the plant, replace the pine straw, tamp down all around the plant, carry the extra soil to the forest and pitch it, clean up the buckets, carry the bag of manure, shovel and whatever to the next hole to be dug. Whew! Can you believe I have the energy to blog?! And we put up solar lights too. Needless to say, we were out there for at least 4 hours toiling away. There are still, gosh, I don't know, about 7 or 8 more shrubs we didn't get to for the hill, and a bunch of flower pots to do. And we're going back to the nursery tomorrow. I know 10 more shrubs is on the list for the back hedge, and I'd be surprised if we didn't end up getting another half dozen perennials. That'll be the case from now until... until... until... Oh, my aching back. Tomorrow, the wrought iron railing guy comes to put up the custom stair railing for mom. We can't wait to see what he designed for us.
Totally unrelated, both garage doors broke. One for the second time. That guy is coming tomorrow too to fix them. The warranty that came with the house expires tomorrow. We weren't going to renew it, but decided today that we'd better. We sure have used it alot this past year and were really glad we had it! Never buy a home without one! And the Volvo should be done tomorrow. I'M ONLY ONE PERSON! I think I'm gonna have the Volvo delivered. With a pizza. Wait, I don't want it to smell up the new car smell. I'll send Mike out for pizzas.
Anyway, onto more significant news. Indy returned home from Chattanooga. I realize that is news to you. This is because in that last post A Change of Plans, I was working my way to that news, but there was this change of plans see, and it didn't happen. So she was in Chattanooga the past three days on a high school Quiz Bowl competition that several area schools went to. She went with 4 other guys from her high school and a Coach & his wife. Story of our life...Indy only does things with boys; there are hardly any girlfriends. Don't know if that was the case for any of ya'll or why that is, but I had the same problem. I haven't heard all the details yet, but Indy was quite pleased with herself for being the first to click in on a "Religious" question. It had something to do with in this instance, a word association, Bible + Friday = Good Friday. So they came in 4th out of 8 teams, which is pretty good considering I do believe the whole point in going was to get out of school and have a good time. They did that!!!
I guess it's official...Taryn likes the New Scary Nick. That's what I'm calling him. She talked him out of wearing all black and he wore jeans today. It must be love. But New Scary Nick really isn't that bad. Mike saw him today. Dad volunteered for pick up duty...hmmm, wonder why? New Scary Nick has too much of a baby face originally that the cute factor still factors in. But, Indy had the original Scary Nick friend, so the name just comes naturally. Indy says he's an OK kid. She gives him a hard time and he thinks that means she doesn't like him. Taryn had to tell him that if we don't talk to you, tease or insult you, that means we don't like you. So it's a good thing. New Scary Nick says I'm awesome and cool because I didn't freak out or give him a dirty look. Excuse me - doesn't he know I'm Freakishly Cool?! Last night, for a second there, I thought Indy was home last night but I knew she wasn't, but it sure sounded like her voice...so I go upstairs and it was Taryn chattering away with New Scary Nick in the exact same tone Indy uses when she talks to Joe. How funny! It must be a sister thing.
More gardening news for the blog. Oh yay! I'm sure ya'll are enthralled. But, unless I'm seeing double from too much sun, which is a distinct possibility, I count 19 new plants that my mom & I dug holes for and planted today. I would just say "planted", but that just skips over the truly monumental effort all that "planting" took. First you gotta scope out the spot, scrape the pine straw back, dig thru the clay, put it in a bucket, dig some more, pop out the plant from its container, loosen its roots, put organic crap in the hole (really, it's manure), position the plant just so, carefully repack the soil/clay/mud around the plant, replace the pine straw, tamp down all around the plant, carry the extra soil to the forest and pitch it, clean up the buckets, carry the bag of manure, shovel and whatever to the next hole to be dug. Whew! Can you believe I have the energy to blog?! And we put up solar lights too. Needless to say, we were out there for at least 4 hours toiling away. There are still, gosh, I don't know, about 7 or 8 more shrubs we didn't get to for the hill, and a bunch of flower pots to do. And we're going back to the nursery tomorrow. I know 10 more shrubs is on the list for the back hedge, and I'd be surprised if we didn't end up getting another half dozen perennials. That'll be the case from now until... until... until... Oh, my aching back. Tomorrow, the wrought iron railing guy comes to put up the custom stair railing for mom. We can't wait to see what he designed for us.
Totally unrelated, both garage doors broke. One for the second time. That guy is coming tomorrow too to fix them. The warranty that came with the house expires tomorrow. We weren't going to renew it, but decided today that we'd better. We sure have used it alot this past year and were really glad we had it! Never buy a home without one! And the Volvo should be done tomorrow. I'M ONLY ONE PERSON! I think I'm gonna have the Volvo delivered. With a pizza. Wait, I don't want it to smell up the new car smell. I'll send Mike out for pizzas.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
More Daffodils
Here's another patch of daffodils. These grew from bulbs from my Uncle Steve's yard in Kentucky. They had a very late start - we only got them in the ground about a month or two ago. We've got 'em popping up everywhere, but they probably won't all flower this year. That's OK - It's Spring and it's GREEN in Tennessee!!Daffodil Dig
Here's some photos of Project Daffodil Dig. We went to a friend's house and divided alot of her plants and transplanted into our yard. We got lots of stuff, but the daffodils are my favorite. This one above I planted last week. These below are the ones I dashed off to do today. They're a little flat right now, but they'll pop back up. And next spring, they'll be gorgeous!!
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