fellow foodies

Anthony Bourdain has a Christmas special on Monday night travel channel 10 p.m.(I think-check your local listings kids). Oddly enough Queens of the Stone Age will be playing so be sure to tune in!

I hate kids

ok not all kids. and maybe I don't really hate them per se some of them just bug me! manners are they truly that difficult to teach? C is not perfect not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but I expect him to behave when we are out shopping, no running, shouting, grabbing things, knocking into people, running into to them with the cart and no wheelies or heelies whatever they are called-mainly because we won't buy him a pair but if he had them he would not be able to use them in a store!

yuck

it is just rainy cold & gross out there today in k-town. blah! I was going to head out and do some shopping, run a few errands & get the grocery shop done but I think I am going to make a pot of coffee and settle down in front of the tv & watch a trashy movie! The boys are about to head out for haircut, wings & a movie I wonder if they could get away with bringing the dog along...

not a morning person

not a night owl either-maybe a mid-afternoon lark? that's another post for another day perhaps.
yesterday I started my day late having set my alarm clock for p.m. instead of a.m. I woke up with a start at 6.20 there was no way C was going to make a 6.50 bus but we rushed around and got him to school by 7.15. You want to get on the drop off line before the school actually opens otherwise you get stuck in long lines just trying to turn into the school parking lot-it is amazing what a huge difference 5 minutes makes in traffic patterns..
This morning all was timed well, I must admit in the cold weather I do drive him down to the bus stop. So we head out the door at 7.45 and as we got to the car we could see the bus drive up-5 minutes early? what is up with that? I guess he knew he was early because he sat and waited while we drove down and the neighbors next door drove down as well. I felt bad for all of the cars that had to sit and wait I know they were sitting there cursing us out but it was the bus driver not us if you were delayed in wilds of Farragut this morning!

yipee

last class was today! I have survived my first semester back in school, pretty sure I am getting an A
yay for me!

cookie exchange

clearly it's too late at this point to organize one hell we can't even get an evening organized with friends but next year I want to do a cookie exchange. You know take say 5 people each bakes 5 dozen cookie then you get together for an afternoon maybe a tea or a dinner then exchange cookies so each person goes home with 5 dozen different cookies. fun huh? My sister-in-law has done these and evidently the PTA is doing this for the teacher's at C's school so I am jumping on the band wagon late but just a warning to my friends this will happen next year and I'm forcing you to participate!!!!
Speaking of a tea D has found a proper English tea house in Chattanooga as part of my birthday celebrations next weekend we are going to take a jaunt down to check it out.

Crabbygrump Rascalnose

we watched the Grinch last night, still one of my favorites!

confession

so C is having his first penance this evening at the advent services at church. It is meant as sort of a family thing but as D is not catholic and I am not dragging him along to this- it's not a biggie in the whole sacraments sort of thing so no need to make him suffer more than necessary. He'll get stuck going to first communion and the odd sunday or 2 when C talks him in to joining us. Anyway my problem is actually going to confession myself. I have not been since oh hell high school maybe? Seriously at this point I would be in there for HOURS...
How much of a hypocrite am I? Should I just go and give the highlights? start at a previous decade and tell him I'll be back next week?

on a happier note

my brother's ship is headed home! they should be back just in time for christmas!

more funeral talk

the grandfather of a friend passed away last week so I went to the wake yesterday evening. Are they not called wakes anymore? family receiving friends, visitation hours-is wake just a catholic thing or a northern thing or a catholic northern thing? No idea but I went anyway he was in his nineties poor health so it was one of those "it was a blessing" "it was quick at the end" **
sort of wakes however they still just creep me out a little ok a lot. My parents have always had a large network of friends, acquaintances, co-workers etc so it seemed like my brother & I were dragged to a whole lotta wakes as kids. Quite frankly an inordinate amount of wakes if you ask me and I always hate them they are like cocktail parties without the cocktails and oh yeah a DEAD body up front yuck, when I go I want cocktails to actually be served.
**note to my brother I did manage to work it in :)