saturday breakfast

growing up we would always go out to breakfast on Saturdays and I miss that! We would go to the diner-and boy do I miss those living in the South-my brother I would sit on either side on the booth and feed quarters into the jukebox courtesy of our grandmother and enjoy our pancakes or french toast. When we got older my parents found a new haunt(and yes Chris you guys should go next time you are in Dbury)where you can still find them each and every Saturday. It is always a highlight of the trip up North although I wonder if is more family tradition than anything else because while my brother & I will always get up & drag kids along our spouses always prefer to sleep in. For years now poor C always tries to order biscuits, he does not understand the North/South divide just yet.
I keep thinking we need to start getting up and going to breakfast but for some reason on the weeks we have nothing going on we are very lazy on Saturdays and breakfast is pretty far from an organized event. Maybe next weekend...

christmas cards

not only have they been ordered, they arrived on my doorstep yesterday! No expedited shipping costs or mailing them out on December 23rd hell I even have the holiday stamps in my possession. Can I really be that organized this year? It is really a wonder we still get Christmas cards at all as last year was the first time in 4 years I had sent them out. I finally just gave in and send out the photo cards, honestly people just want to see how much the boy has grown since last year and who needs idle chit chat on a card? Personally I am a huge fan of the Christmas letter. I love them! I used to pour over the ones my parents & grandmother received whether or not I knew the sender because they are just hysterical.It must be a generational thing because we only get maybe 1 a year and only from a friend of my folks. My own father apparently did a letter several times, he might still I can never get a hold of one to read it!

what is up with fall break?

now you are going to change it? I have been a critic of fall break being a full week off in October since they started it two years ago. For my student is has been disruptive academically. And quite frankly it means I have to pay for childcare for a week in October, we don't have the money to jet off someplace for a week in October or for that matter in March but I suppose they can't do away with spring break as well what would the Florida economy do?
That being said David & I decided to start saving for a proper vacation. Not that I don't enjoy visiting family for vacation but it would be nice just once to do something touristy. Maybe involving libations with little umbrellas for a change. Anyway the plan was to go to Disney next fall break.
For a week.
Fall break has been reduced to 2 days. Could they not wait just 1 more year to change the schedule?

Twilight

do I give into the hype? I suppose I should at least give the books a try. Hell I still need to read the Harry Potter series. Seen all of the movies but not read any of the books as of yet. hmmmm that might be a great Christmas idea for a certain young man that I know and that way Mommy can borrow them when he is finished.

just do not like his music

Tom Petty
and while I am at it not all that keen on Bob Dylan. Oh and The Beach Boys, Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd sooo do not get them either.
So there it is then it's all I got tonight....
I really need XM radio.

no feminism around here this morning

it is the man's job to clean up the dead mouse

some sort of goldfish moment?

My crazy little boy..okay so he is not sooo little good grief he gets bigger every day I think. Anyway..we popped in to the grocery store yesterday and the lovely new mega-mart Kroger has toys yay what a faboo idea folks. Like an idiot I left him in the toy aisle and when I returned he was trying to talk me into some nerf gun thingy and he "would pay me back when we got home" I of course reminded him that his money was restricted for the time being and besides Christmas was coming really soon, maybe he should consider a list of things he was interested in receiving. Okay fine until literally a foot down the aisle Star Wars action figures appear he "really needs Commander Gree" and the conversation from just seconds ago is regurgitated almost verbatim.