Happy Birthday Month!
Happy Friday Fragment Time!
*I'm trying really hard not to complain about the breath-sucking heat, but we sure are making up for the nearly COLD temps of last summer. Last year it was so unseasonably cool and very rainy that local pools lost money. I'm sure they're making up the difference now, except maybe it's too hot to even think about enduring the heat to get to the pool? The guy who invented air conditioning is a super star in my world, that's for sure!
*My dorky youngest brother is finally safe and sound back on American soil after a six month deployment to the Mid East. YAY! Now we're trying to coordinate a time when we can travel to the west coast to spread dad's ashes. Our conversations are nearly comical as neither one of us is very good at planning anything. We've spent our entire lives just showing up. I think that happens when your mother is a AAA Trip Tik Goddess. Yes, we are quite used to having trips pre-planned and every second scheduled right down to when and where is a good place to stop to pee. My trip planning is dictated by days I can take off work and when I can land the cheapest flights (weekdays, non-holidays). Everything else just sort of falls into place. Magically. It's clear my brothers operate under the same guidelines and my poor sister-in-law is on the verge of stabbing each of us in our eyes, but then there would be much blood and whining about sightlessness so she restrains herself. Y'all, take pity on SIL for marrying into this family.
*A co-worker and I brought our sons into work this week. Watching the two boys take over the office is pretty funny. My observation of them was that boys bond like puppies. Chew on that idea for a moment and get back with me.
*My other two kids are gearing up for a big move next week. My ex's mom is moving and will rent the house to my daughter with my son subleasing. This will, of course, include their significant others. It's pretty exciting but I'm nervous about everyone's financial ability to take on this huge obligation. Remember moving into your first place? How it was a conglomeration of hand-me-downs from every relative imaginable? When my Grandma was downsized from her apartment, I kept reminding my mom to hold on for about a year before getting rid of any furniture. Here it is nine months later and right on cue, the kids are needing practically everything in my mom's basement and garage. I held onto several pieces of extra furniture as well when I remarried, but it looks like my grandma's stuff is in better condition so mine was just unloaded on The Husband's brother who is in need of furnishing a new apartment.
*Now that my basement has been emptied it's time to clean out the boxes and continue the downsizing. I have a house move in the foreseeable future myself and there are plenty of things we can get rid of.
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YAY! I'm glad your baby bro is back safe and sound!!!!!
ReplyDelete-Boys like puppies - exactly!
ReplyDeleteI would not get along with your mom on the road; I really love to just fly by the seat of my pants, so to speak. I'd drive her insane and vice versa.
ReplyDeleteHow great is that that the kids have all of that furniture to use!! My sister had a lot of stuff saved for her son and his wife, but the wife insisted on buying everything NEW. (No, I am not kidding.)
Hope the trip goes well...