I am in a bad mood. I have a sales guy breathing down my neck at work to run his (stupid) press releases in my weekly newsletter, we're having trouble at BooBerry's daycare (read: those bitches work for ME. I can take my $7,000 ELSEWHERE), the Ebola rash is better but still annoying on my hip, I didn't understand three-quarters of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and the squirrels keep getting in my bird feeders.
On the other hand, life doesn't completely suck in that my totally awesome cousin Michelle got Bill and I IMPOSSIBLE tickets to see WICKED in NYC next month. Don't ask how -- it's bitchin', BTW -- but we have HOUSE SEATS. So cool. I love my new-found city cousins. And the fact that I can visit Uniqlo (Japan's answer to the Gap) in SoHo and eat REAL sushi -- all on the company's dime. We're staying at the Hotel on Rivington (www.hotelonrivington.com) at $395/ night (holy cow in the pasture!) so there won't be any extra night stays.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Single parents.
Anybody here a SINGLE PARENT?
'cuz wow. Just wow. How do you do it?
Bill is in Las Vegas. He left Monday, and the poor thing's plane is delayed until midnight tonight. Hopefuly, he will get home at 1:50 a.m...
And I AM ABOUT TO LOSE IT. Between BooBerry's gymnastics, swim class, dinner, baths, then bedtime... I'm already exhausted.
THEN, there's the dishes, laundry (if it's lucky) -- and oh, wait, the dog has to go out -- wiping down the kitchen, cleaning up the myriad of toys.
Seriously. Y'all are the Super Moms. The rest of us are just scrubs. It's no wonder Bree drank.
'cuz wow. Just wow. How do you do it?
Bill is in Las Vegas. He left Monday, and the poor thing's plane is delayed until midnight tonight. Hopefuly, he will get home at 1:50 a.m...
And I AM ABOUT TO LOSE IT. Between BooBerry's gymnastics, swim class, dinner, baths, then bedtime... I'm already exhausted.
THEN, there's the dishes, laundry (if it's lucky) -- and oh, wait, the dog has to go out -- wiping down the kitchen, cleaning up the myriad of toys.
Seriously. Y'all are the Super Moms. The rest of us are just scrubs. It's no wonder Bree drank.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Going for the Gold
I got a gold Kentucky Derby pin, which I promptly took to Sam Swope Honda World and signed up for the grand prize drawing. My instant prize was a Kern's Derby Pie (valued at $10) so I scored on that, BUT...
I've won nothing in the grand prize drawing yet. (Insert sad smilie here). I'm pretty sure the Festival folks are just waiting to hand me the grand prize drawing (a Honda minivan. I'll totally fit in at BooBerry's gymnastics school then!!).
Wouldn't THAT be ironic. I finance my first brand new car (my first car in 7 years) and then win another new car.
Oh, and BTW -- Karma, I'm totally down with that if you wanna go ahead and let me win the minivan.
I've won nothing in the grand prize drawing yet. (Insert sad smilie here). I'm pretty sure the Festival folks are just waiting to hand me the grand prize drawing (a Honda minivan. I'll totally fit in at BooBerry's gymnastics school then!!).
Wouldn't THAT be ironic. I finance my first brand new car (my first car in 7 years) and then win another new car.
Oh, and BTW -- Karma, I'm totally down with that if you wanna go ahead and let me win the minivan.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
A Gushing Account of the Tucson Affair, or, Old people can totally kick it.
So the wedding was RIPE. It was so much fun ... not only was my great aunt a serious hottie in her cream-colored chiffon pantsuit, but her fiancee was so adorable in his pressed suit. They looked so happy, so sweet together. And I've never seen a more beautiful setting –– they had it at the Tanque Verde Guest Ranch in Tucson, with a reception afterward and then dinner and dancing. BEAUTIFUL. I totally want a do-over on my own wedding. My mother (who up until then had always said my wedding was the most beautiful wedding she'd ever been to) even said I'd been trumped.
But c'mon. We're in freakin' KENTUCKY. We can't compete with mountains and cacti. We're lucky to have Starbucks and a Sephora (which, by the way, about made me pee in my pants when I found out it was coming to our local mall. Seriously. There must be a rift in the social order or something.)
My daughter, by the way, is a machine when it comes to dancing. The little cyborg should have passed out until the table using somebody's jacket as a pillow well into the reception. SHE TOTALLY CLOSED THE PLACE DOWN. And she didn't want to dance with anybody -- just by herself. She didn't even want me on the dance floor with her -- just sitting at the closest table.
Did I mention she's three and a half?
The groom stopped by our table at the brunch the next day to compliment her, and to tell us that his legs were totally cramping from dancing with BooBerry.
On a side note, total props to the following:
• Southwest, who even though they completely lost our carseat (twice. Twice! They flew it from Phoenix to San Diego to Tucson since there's no direct flight from Phonix to Tucson. BUT, they called me back after telling me they'd found it and sent it to Cali just to tell me it hadn't made the connecting flight in San Diego. WTH? Was it having a drink in a bar somewhere and lost track of time? Using the loo?) had a loaner for us to use until ours made its Tucson debut.
• The Ramada Foothills Suites. FAB-U-LOUS. We had a suite with a microwave, a fridge and separate living room. Breakfast every morning and a social hour in the afternoon helloooo boxed wine!).
• The Dakota Cafe at Trail Dust Town (adorable). I had the Prickly Pear Barbeque Brisket Sandwich with Dakota fries at $8.49 and it was sweet, tender and I inhaled EVERY BITE (shut up). Mom had the White Chicken Enchilada Casserole ($8.29) and although I didn't try it she said it was wonderful. BooBerry had a kid's quesadilla of which she ate about two bites (food's not really her thing right now). My aunt met us there and she got the special Lavosh Pizza (vegetarian -- it was $7.99). Of course, we splurged and got this HUGE chocolate cake/pie/mousse thing to share and BooBerry DUG IN like a starving little Somalian. I swear I feed her, people.
• Creative Ventures in the trendy Fourth Ave. area (http://www.tucson-creative-ventures.com) where I picked up some lovely silver and turquoise jewelry and some pottery. Great prices and really friendly. (If you're in the area, Magpie's Pizza right across the street is a Best of Tucson winner. I featured them in an article last October and they're great).
But c'mon. We're in freakin' KENTUCKY. We can't compete with mountains and cacti. We're lucky to have Starbucks and a Sephora (which, by the way, about made me pee in my pants when I found out it was coming to our local mall. Seriously. There must be a rift in the social order or something.)
My daughter, by the way, is a machine when it comes to dancing. The little cyborg should have passed out until the table using somebody's jacket as a pillow well into the reception. SHE TOTALLY CLOSED THE PLACE DOWN. And she didn't want to dance with anybody -- just by herself. She didn't even want me on the dance floor with her -- just sitting at the closest table.
Did I mention she's three and a half?
The groom stopped by our table at the brunch the next day to compliment her, and to tell us that his legs were totally cramping from dancing with BooBerry.
On a side note, total props to the following:
• Southwest, who even though they completely lost our carseat (twice. Twice! They flew it from Phoenix to San Diego to Tucson since there's no direct flight from Phonix to Tucson. BUT, they called me back after telling me they'd found it and sent it to Cali just to tell me it hadn't made the connecting flight in San Diego. WTH? Was it having a drink in a bar somewhere and lost track of time? Using the loo?) had a loaner for us to use until ours made its Tucson debut.
• The Ramada Foothills Suites. FAB-U-LOUS. We had a suite with a microwave, a fridge and separate living room. Breakfast every morning and a social hour in the afternoon helloooo boxed wine!).
• The Dakota Cafe at Trail Dust Town (adorable). I had the Prickly Pear Barbeque Brisket Sandwich with Dakota fries at $8.49 and it was sweet, tender and I inhaled EVERY BITE (shut up). Mom had the White Chicken Enchilada Casserole ($8.29) and although I didn't try it she said it was wonderful. BooBerry had a kid's quesadilla of which she ate about two bites (food's not really her thing right now). My aunt met us there and she got the special Lavosh Pizza (vegetarian -- it was $7.99). Of course, we splurged and got this HUGE chocolate cake/pie/mousse thing to share and BooBerry DUG IN like a starving little Somalian. I swear I feed her, people.
• Creative Ventures in the trendy Fourth Ave. area (http://www.tucson-creative-ventures.com) where I picked up some lovely silver and turquoise jewelry and some pottery. Great prices and really friendly. (If you're in the area, Magpie's Pizza right across the street is a Best of Tucson winner. I featured them in an article last October and they're great).
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
