Welcome to Friday! We made it! The weekend is upon us!
I’ll stop shouting now. Sorry.
Good stuff this week… ummm… let’s see…
I had some busy days at work this week. I know, I know. It’s called work and it’s supposed to keep you busy, but trust me when I tell you that is not always the case these days. So I was thrilled to be invited to participate in a particular project and have something to pass the hours a little more easily.
I had a good workout on Wednesday. I know it was good because I was sore the next day. Kacey’s winter volleyball team is holding weekly team workouts at the gym and she is showing me some of the exercises she’s learned. With any luck, I’ll beef up these spaghetti arms just a bit and prevent the dreaded bat-wing effect.
What else…?
I had a great birthday. There were tons of birthday wishes from friends and family and a couple of wonderful gifts and cards. And I got one of my wishes, a call from my oldest in the morning. The conversation went something like this:
Ring-Ring (Actually, my phone doesn’t go ring-ring. It goes We will find you acting on your best behavior. Turn your back on mother nature. Everybody wants to rule the world…) What? I like Tears for Fears!
Sorry. I digressed again.. so, back to the phone call:
Me: “Hello?”
Brad: “Happy Birthday, ya old geezer!”
Me: “!”
Brad: “Heh-heh.”
Me: “You’re lucky I love you.”
Brad: “I’m just teasing ya, Mama. You know I love you and you’re not an old geezer.”
In other good kinds of stuff, Jake went out and did some social things this week with other people his age. This was a very good thing. He’s a great kid and I love him to death, but sometimes I worry about his home-body tendencies. Did you ever see that movie, The Sandlot, where the mom tells her son, “Go out. Get dirty. Get in trouble… Not a lot of trouble, but some trouble.” That’s what I often want to say to Jake. I’m happy to see him expanding his horizons a bit.
Plans for the weekend? There’s still a mountain of laundry to tackle and groceries to be purchased before we all starve to death. I am possibly bowling in a tournament on Saturday. (I know. You’re surprised, aren’t you?) I am definitely getting together with my sister.
Life is good… except maybe for the mountainous laundry and bare cupboards… but other than that, life is good!
territerri
17 Comments
November 13, 2009 at 5:22 am
Good luck building up the spaghetti arms – my arms refuse to get any bigger!
Old geezer? I think that is something to be saved and payed back later!
Laundry – you would think that there would be a cure for that by now. Well I guess there is naturism, but not in a Minnesota winter!
November 13, 2009 at 7:46 am
I wonder if there is anything like a young geezer?
November 13, 2009 at 8:00 am
Bare cupboards and mountains of laundry sounds like the beginning of a old nursery rhymes.
Old geezer? I hope you reminded him that you brought him into this world. Children are God’s little gifts for being good (or bad).
There’s a solution to spaghetti arms. Doughnuts. Lots & lots of doughnuts. And cake, too!
November 13, 2009 at 9:48 am
Sounds like an awesome week. Glad you had a good birthday. My mom always get excited when I call too.
You should pull the, “it’s my birthday week” card and see if your family will do the laundry for you.
November 13, 2009 at 10:52 am
I’m glad you’re thirty thirteen, I’m forty twelve. I started counting this way when I turned forty ten. I’m glad you are so forward thinking. It all adds up the same.
November 13, 2009 at 11:34 am
Happy day after your thirty-thirteenth birthday! Ah, a fellow Scorpio, shoulda known!
Enjoy your weekend, don’t get too mired in laundry and other housewifery – Go out. Get dirty. Get in trouble…
November 13, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Happy Friday, Terri. Yes, we did make it…ill and all! Your post today made me chuckle and smile…needed that. Thank you!! Hugs!!
November 13, 2009 at 7:54 pm
I am glad you had a happy birthday, Terri, and that you were celebrated by your loved ones. That’s as it should be. I love the humor! I haven’t been here in a while, and I miss reading you.
November 13, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Hey, happy Birthday! Never mind the shopping. Eat out all week!!
November 14, 2009 at 12:28 am
SIGH… Alas.. I feel this way about my son. He’s just too good for his own good! LOL!! Listen to me complaining about my kid who’s never given me one minute of trouble!!
November 14, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Hi Terri, good luck with the bat arms!
I recently did some research on introverts for a blog. Your ‘homebody’ might just be an introvert. Take some time and do some research on how to best interact with him. I wish the internet had been around when I was growing up! Happy Birthday. Attic Annie
November 15, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Happy belated Birthday!
Love the Sandlot quote… I might have to use that one on my ‘homebody’ too.
November 15, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Happy Birthday! I know you had a great weekend full of fun surprises! ( working my way backwards!)
November 16, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Geezer is a matter of perspective – usually, it means someone at least 10 years older than you! At 58, I don’t think I’m a geezer just yet. Close, but not there.
But a 30, I thought anyone over 50 was a geezer. Happy Birthday!
November 17, 2009 at 11:26 pm
It’s so much fun to read your blogs and read the excitement in your words. I think I just got a little bit happier! lol
November 18, 2009 at 2:00 am
Helo ! A very Happy B’day to you although belated! You are full of life and youthfulness!
Quiz your self on the birthdays and birth places of US presidents.
http://www.3smartcubes.com/pages/tests/przbdays/przbdays_instructions.asp
November 18, 2009 at 6:56 am
Belated happy birthday! Good to know you had a blast! You’re a cool mom
It’s rare to have a parent who wants to tell their children to be in some trouble. Well, I guess you are very good in your parenting. You raise your children very well 