Apparently the daughter is having second thoughts about mom and dad being so boring. With only 55 min. left of 2009, she and her friends are sitting on the couch, at a friend's house and bored. Could we run over the fireworks left over from the fourth?
No, actually, we're not getting back out on the road this late at night (just returned from dinner and a movie, which we invited them to, but was declined).
Moooom! No. Sorry, you had your chance to spend the countdown with us. We're not getting back in the car.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Why not!!
Because the rental car (when Gary got rear ended last week) is not ours and you're not supposed to be driving it.
Insert sulk here.
Unf. Gary got an automatic and J's practically drooling over the fact she might be able to drive it. Not today, and certainly not in the dark on wet roads.
They just to go to jamba juice and she's still sulking.
Insert sulk here.
Unf. Gary got an automatic and J's practically drooling over the fact she might be able to drive it. Not today, and certainly not in the dark on wet roads.
They just to go to jamba juice and she's still sulking.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
So can we get a new kittie?
That was the second words out of my daughter's mouth, after we mourned the fact that Oscar, AKA spawn of satan, hasn't shown up yet.
He's been gone since Sunday, when we went up to mom's for a belated x-mas.
Sooo, I'm off to search for the cat again, which has no collar, and is just as inclined to bite a would be rescuer as purr.
Damn cat.
He's been gone since Sunday, when we went up to mom's for a belated x-mas.
Sooo, I'm off to search for the cat again, which has no collar, and is just as inclined to bite a would be rescuer as purr.
Damn cat.
Stop playing like that
That order came from my mother on Sunday, as we gathered to celebrate a belated christmas at her house.
My daughter and I sometimes wrestle and poke and even faux slap at each other, and yes, sometimes throw food at each other, laughing all the while. But it obv. bothered my mom, who told us to knock it off. The final time, I could tell it really did bother her...so we looked at each other and then stopped.
"It really did bother her," jennifer said later. I agree, and I have no idea why. Sometimes my dad and I would wrestle like that, laughing all the while. Until he started using some military style moves on me, where I'd just say forget it, and run.
But we were both laughing all the while. I guess in some ways, mom was not the playful sort.
My daughter and I sometimes wrestle and poke and even faux slap at each other, and yes, sometimes throw food at each other, laughing all the while. But it obv. bothered my mom, who told us to knock it off. The final time, I could tell it really did bother her...so we looked at each other and then stopped.
"It really did bother her," jennifer said later. I agree, and I have no idea why. Sometimes my dad and I would wrestle like that, laughing all the while. Until he started using some military style moves on me, where I'd just say forget it, and run.
But we were both laughing all the while. I guess in some ways, mom was not the playful sort.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Why does this always happen to us?
On Christmas eve, Jennifer insisted on making a last ditch effort to buy the rest of the gifts (I'd banned her from the mall, to no avail) and just as we were leaving, 5 cop cars rush by, a police helicopter starts buzzing overhead as we pick our way into the TJ Maxx parking lot (we were gonig to Trader Joes in Federal WAy).
The police locked down the TJ Maxx and people started coming out of the store with their hands up, and inside, we could see the police, guns drawn at the front of the store, with other officers searching the aisles, and the guys, one by one.
Apparently, 6 kids got in a fight at the food court across the street, ran out through sears and into this store. Eventually they got them all, but not before alot of excitement.
"Why does this always happen to us," says daughter who insisted we go and investigate. The events always happen around us, but never "to" us, thankfully.
We were in the same mall 16 Christmases ago, and Jennifer started to fuss, badly, so we left. 15 minutes later, bullets were flying in the place gary and I were standing.
"See" J smirked. "i saved your life."
The police locked down the TJ Maxx and people started coming out of the store with their hands up, and inside, we could see the police, guns drawn at the front of the store, with other officers searching the aisles, and the guys, one by one.
Apparently, 6 kids got in a fight at the food court across the street, ran out through sears and into this store. Eventually they got them all, but not before alot of excitement.
"Why does this always happen to us," says daughter who insisted we go and investigate. The events always happen around us, but never "to" us, thankfully.
We were in the same mall 16 Christmases ago, and Jennifer started to fuss, badly, so we left. 15 minutes later, bullets were flying in the place gary and I were standing.
"See" J smirked. "i saved your life."
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Presents under the tree
Or in this case, cars.
Three of Jennifer's quite well-off friends are getting beamers for x-mas. One's outside now, showing it to her. I'm about ready to tell her to get herself back inside so we can finish watching West Side Story AND remind her : she's not getting a beamer as her first car. Even if we had the cash, and we don't, I think it's a mistake to give a kid a car where one will fuss over every scratch.
Three of Jennifer's quite well-off friends are getting beamers for x-mas. One's outside now, showing it to her. I'm about ready to tell her to get herself back inside so we can finish watching West Side Story AND remind her : she's not getting a beamer as her first car. Even if we had the cash, and we don't, I think it's a mistake to give a kid a car where one will fuss over every scratch.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Finally x-mas break
And finally time to decorate the tree. Jennifer's notion of cleaning the living room was throwing all the clothes on our bed. Not quite what I had in mind.
We have the tree in the house, just no lights and the only decorations are stuffed marine-life animals, with an octopus I threw on the top in place of the angel. My family doesn't approve. But as usual, Christmas comes, ready or not, and it turns out alright.
We have the tree in the house, just no lights and the only decorations are stuffed marine-life animals, with an octopus I threw on the top in place of the angel. My family doesn't approve. But as usual, Christmas comes, ready or not, and it turns out alright.
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