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I feel like such a grown up!
And my husband does too. After 10 years of marriage he finally got a night stand, and I finally bought a Tiffany (style) lamp. The night stand took about 10 minutes to pick out, the lamp was another story. I think that if someone would have given me any of the lamps I was trying to choose from I would have been happy. However, put me in charge of making a decision that will sit in my family room until I die? That’s going to take time. Zoe picked out a lamp immediately. My husband picked out about a few that he liked, then said the decision was all mine and that he was going to bathroom. He never returned … I later found him playing a video game in the kids corral. The lamp I finally decided on was the one that Zoe picked out the very second we stepped in the lamp department. I think I’m going to put her in charge of all my decisions from now on….
I’m envisioning a lot of pink things with rainbows, clouds, flowers, birds, and big smiley faces.
Okay, maybe not.
Either way, the lamp looks fantastic and matches perfectly!
The nightstand is being delivered on Tuesday, along with a coffee table, two ends tables and a sofa table. Hey I had to put the lamp on something!!! And after 10 years of marriage I think we’ve officially outgrown the tv trays that we’ve been using. What can I say? The tv trays have been very handy throughout the years serving as end tables and a night stand.
Back on the treadmill
How long does it take to get back into a routine? I hope not too long, since I’m trying to get back into the routine of running regularly. Remember when I used to get up at 5 a.m. every day and run 5 miles? It seems so long ago, but I think it was actually earlier this year when I was doing it without even thinking about it. Then we went to Disney …. and no, we never used that jogging trail that the was the winning reason why we stayed at that hotel rather than the one with the beauty salon and day spa….. Then we moved, and then moved again. And somewhere in there I started grad school. And about a month ago my husband broke the treadmill and it needed service.
There seems to be something about not being able to run that makes me want to run.
The treadmill is now (kinda) repaired (we are still waiting for Nordic Track to send out a few parts that have to do with the cushioning system, however it’s up and running) and I’ve put 12.25 miles on it so far this week. Go me!
Have you watched the OK Go video yet? I can’t help but think about setting up our older treadmill (yes, we have two of them) so that I can do the choreography from the Here It Goes Again video …….
Dungarees
Bribery
I bribed my daughter at dinner tonight. One bite of the stuffed peppers that I made for my husband and myself, and then she could go directly to Target and buy any toy that she wanted for $10.
Deal? Or No Deal?
She cried about it, then took the deal. She didn’t die after eating the one bite of stuffed peppers. All that was on the fork was ground beef and some rice, but good god was there the tears.
For the record, stuffed peppers is my specialty. I use my mom’s recipe, and it rocks. However, Zoe said she didn’t like it.
Whatever. She ate something new — even though I had to bribe her to do so.
She is the most stubborn kid I know. It probably doesn’t help that her mother and father are just like her…. except we eat more things than she does. I don’t know what else to do to get her to try new things? She’s completely opposed to the idea of eating something new. She’s been like this for as long as I can remember. What do you do with your kids?
A sign?
It’s wine club!
Get our your wine glasses folks, tonight is wine club night! Tonight is a little different because we are drinking wine from Spanish speaking countries only. I’m looking forward to wines from Chile, Argentina, Spain, and Portugal. I love Chilean merlot, and the malbec is very good too. Then there is carmenere, I wonder if anyone will bring carmenere?
While I was in Door County over the weekend, we went to this silly Door County dinner tradition thing that they call a fish boil. It’s really not all that exciting, but people flock to it. Anyhow, they boil potatoes and fish over a huge campfire in a big cauldron. I’m sure the folks on Survivor would think it’s to die for, but honestly, this is my last fish boil ever. Thank God.
The last time we went to a Door County fish boil, we inadvertently made reservations at a restaurant that was located in a dry town. Dry town? Yes, dry town. No wine, no beer, no rubbing alcohol. Okay, so I really don’t know about the rubbing alcohol, I wasn’t that desperate.
This year we went to The White Gull Inn in Fish Creek, and the way it works is that you sit outside by fire, watch the boil occur, they take the food off the fire, and we all go inside and eat. Because everyone is outside for about 15-45 minutes prior to dinner, there is a bar outside on the patio. My husband ordered a beer, and I ordered a glass of cabernet. I was horrified to see that all the red wine was sitting outside, and was outdoor temperature. What the hell??? Everyone knows that most red wines are served at room temperature. Then the bozo filled my glass to the rim. To the rim! What’s up with that? How can I swirl my glass to warm up my freezing cold wine so I can taste it with my glass so full? I finally took my glass inside and set it at my table, so I could warm up. That one glass of wine lasted me for 1 hour because it took so long to warm up.
So there you have it, straight from the diary of a wine snob.
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