does Hallmark have a card for that too?

welcome to menopause..I believe I had my first hot flash this morning. Little disturbing and I will say I am not a huge fan of this especially in the middle of summer maybe we could hold off on more of those till winter...

and an hour later I am still double checking symptoms because it would seem a heart attack has similar symptoms (no I don't really think it is a heart attack but still little freaky)

menopause crikey I mean I knew it was looming out there and it's not like we were planning on another kid or anything but wow still odd

Happy Father's Day

I always wish we lived closer to my parents but more so on holidays

so PC I don't even know what it means

there were some nice gents out in front of wally world the other morning taking donations for the intellectually disabled...my first very non-PC thoughts wandering to some folks I know that are socially retarded but I don't think that would exactly qualify them for funding

what is in a name??

Sunday paper had an article about women keeping their maiden name which is something I wanted to do originally way back when 14 years ago. I like my maiden name not too many people floating around with it I was also kinda use to it and all. My one mention of not taking David's surname was not well received and I dropped it ultimately not so important to me and having a kid it is easier all having the same last name...in this day and age of blended families I am not sure why I find that important but I do. Yet I still find myself looking around for my MIL when when I am called Mrs So & So

birthday traditions

we follow the typical ones birthday boy gets to choose dinner and I cooked a special breakfast. Basic stuff but the one tradition I started when C turned 1 and quite frankly it may not even interest him but it interests me so good enough for me. I am each year saving a copy of our local paper on his birthday. I have always loved history and old magazines & newspapers and I thought this was a simple yet really neat thing he could look back on someday. Of course I missed the day of his birth and quite frankly I think I may have missed last year but I need to double check that. I remembered this year it's a Sunday paper..it will be missing it's coupons

in the blink of an eye

Happy Birthday C

my Monday in the waiting room

how old is too old for a Chuck E party?

C had a few parties at the Chuckster's back in the day and of course we made it to an email list at some point so we get special offers & coupons from time to time, almost always around the birthday wanting us to book a party. C is going to be 10 this year and his last party with the big rat was 5 years ago so my question is when is it exactly they stop offering to book a party for him....when he is 30?

Meatfest 2010

our annual ode to all things meat was yesterday and we served up ribs, chicken, hotdogs, hamburgers, chicken & bbq pork to around 35 peoples ranging from a mere 11 weeks old to 40 somethingish. Tons of food and delish beer from Heinzelmannchen Brewery in NC and good time was had by one and all...well I had fun I hope everyone else did too. A sign of the times would be the party clearing out before 9 now that we are all grown up with kids that have bedtimes the parties do not go in the wee hours of the night like they use to although Pete did fire the grill up again around 9 for one more round of burgers & hotdogs. We know some really great people that I wish we saw more regularly and most definitely more than once a year!

beer run

Pete and I sojourned to NC today to fetch a keg of beer for Sunday's Meatfest festivities. I was reluctant to give up a good portion of party prep time but it turned out to be productive trip as in the course of our travels came across a bakery thrift store to buy buns & chips then we hit Sams on the way home then with one rather quick trip to the grocery the party was properly supplied. It was a beautiful day which made the trip very enjoyable we are already talking of heading over with David & C and making a day of it later in the summer. All that is left is cleaning the diaster that is my house..hope no one brings their white glove we might fail that test....