although

in an awww shucks window on D our first mother's day as a married couple he gave me a present "because someday you will be some one's mom"
I should leave it at that but of course I won't
He gave me a pepper spray key chain to ward off bad guys. nice sweet ok except for the fact he decided to test it in the apartment. just a word to the wise don't try that at home folks.. I guess I should be grateful he didn't spray me with the stuff
now as far as tomorrow I know C made me something at school and I know D made an appointment for me at Oasis day spa for the end of the month for a massage mani & pedicure and rumor has him cooking dinner for me and the MIL so we'll see......

what I really want for mother's day

I want......
to sleep in-really sleep in like 9am not sleep in for me which is what 7.30
breakfast in bed-eggs benedict, fresh strawberries, a pot of coffee.
the paper unread delivered first to me
flowers nothing fancy something simple from the grocery store
a card my son has picked out or made on his own
a gift my son has picked out nothing expensive or fancy just a mug or frame or something silly he picked out on his own
a warm sunny day
maybe a family trip to the park or to play putt putt
a nice long phone chat with my mommy
a nice dinner for myself and my MIL cooked by my dear hubby who is a fantastic cook when I can get him to cook
I know D & C love and appreciate me but I suspect my mother's day will look nothing like this however a girl can dream can't she....

are red lights optional before 7 on the weekends?

because some moron in an SUV turning onto Lovell Road seemed to think so! I just wanted to know if I had missed a memo or something?
and what was I doing out before 7 on a Saturday morning you ask? why coming into work for a couple of hours of course. The idiot at tech support failed to call me back on Thursday to let me know to run a program on Friday before we needed to to use the database so here I am early Saturday before we need to use the database running whatever it is I am running-like I know anything about computers really come on! We could be computing pi to the million place for all I know....

knoxville mini-blogher

alright alright so it was just a lunch not quite an event. Retro-Moderns, House of Flying Monkeys & Curiously Kaylea and yours truly enjoyed a fab lunch at the Crown & Goose a must new eatery if you live in K-town. And since you 3 are probably the only 3 reading you already know we had fun and I hope to make this a regular thing. The odd but infinitely cool thing about the whole blogosphere was we might not have met before but we already knew each other and were quite frankly friends before we even sat down.
Next time I hopefully won't have to dash off and drag C to the dentist and miss out on Magpies not that anyone keeps rubbing that in or anything.....

support local radio

if you still listen to the radio check out WUTK or if you prefer you can check it out online I am pretty sure they stream live. It truly is college radio at it's finest plus program director is Benny Smith Knoxville's best unsung hero in my estimation, he is truly a force on the local music scene and has been since I've known him. Also check out the Metro Pulse this week for a great story about him!
and if you have a couple grand to endow all the better

so I about kissed the dental hygienist yesterday

I though C had a broken adult tooth turned out to still be a baby tooth! happy days for a change!
D felt like he had found a grand in the budget
I pointed out that no no this meant we did not have to find a grand in the budget.
when do you stop losing baby teeth? I know the obvious answer but I really can't recall when it finally stopped for me.

bermuda triangle of food

so Tuesday I ran into the grocery store and got 5 things didn't bother with a cart or basket I had 5 things, got home to discover no peanut butter which was the first thing I picked up and in fact the main reason for the trip to the grocery store. I was going to head back to the store and bitch but I looked at the receipt and in fact was not charged for pb so where in the high holy hell did it go? I know I brought it to the register...
Fast forward to this morning I was going to throw dinner together for tonight and stick it in the crock pot-carnitas easy & delish-open the fridge no pork roast to be found anywhere. In a pre-coffee haze I started to search the kitchen because oh no it would not have started to smell or anything by now. Then I panicked thinking there was a pork roast slowly rotting away in D's car, again because he would not have noticed that smell or anything by now but no not there either. I have no flipping idea where this thing is!
I did use some plastic bags as packing material for my mother's day box to my mother I am really hoping it didn't make into that!!!! I'm thinking not such a good gift...

rediscovering an old friend

Masterpiece Theatre!
PBS fell off my radar but I found Pride & Prejudice several weeks back-the BBC one, the good one thank you very much, the one with Colin Firth. nuff said!
Who knew it was still around? now that we have 90 million channels poor 'ol PBS.
P & P was followed by Sense & Sensibility which I had not seen and then this past Sunday Cranford began based on several novels by Elizabeth Gaskell. I missed a bunch of other Jane Austen adaptations along the way and I believe they move on to Dickens next...

update your gift guide

so 12th anniversary was silk or linen.
well no more it is henceforth the car repair anniversary
Mother's Day flowers? spa package? jewelry?
no no dental repair for your son....

full day already

so D worked overnight last night which generally means I do not sleep so well.
Found myself up at 4 am
did 2 loads of laundry
made dinner for tonight
cleaned up kitchen and started dishwasher
made pot of coffee and had breakfast
got lunches around for C & myself
watched the rest of a show I had DVR'd
I was about ready to go back to bed but oh no had to get C up and the 2 of us out the door for school and work blah...

ZZ Top

clearly I have underestimated their draw. Thee has been a guy out front since before 7 a.m waiting to purchase tickets. The store opens at 9 and he and his wife are currently standing at the front counter until 10 when tix actually go on sale

the pajama pant

I have several pairs and enjoy wearing them-around the house not out to the store.
Yes I am judging.
for God's sake throw on a pair of jeans if you need something at wally-world. seriously.
I have no idea why it irks me so but it does so there it is...
That being said I broke first rule of pajama pants last weekend after camping yes I wore my pants to the pancake house I am bad people.
Somehow we lucked into an absolutely do nothing day on Saturday a do nothing wear my pajama pants all day sort of day. It was a good day.