Friday Fragments - July 30, 2010

Yay!  Time for Friday Fragments when we get to share all the pieces of our lives.

*Birthday Month has come to an end.  My Birthday Party Blog Hop was a tremendous failure.  NOBODY participated.  BOO!  On the upside, I figured out how to set up a blog hop AND I'm not defeated.  There will be more.  I have an idea for a regular one, so we'll see.

*Last weekend was the Friend's Trip to the lake.  It did not fail to deliver and as always I came home relaxed - the whole goal of a good vacation.  There's just something to sitting in the water to erase all of your tension.  Or maybe it's laughing your ass off.  Whatever, it works.  Also, like every year, I came home with a rash.  I swear it's a mild form of poison ivy and everyone asks if maybe it's something I pick up in the gross lake water.  Well, no, it's always on the back of my upper thighs, sometimes with a distinct line where my swimsuit sits.  This year I also had it on my back just above my swim suit.  The best I can figure there's a weak amount of poison ivy oils on one of the seats on the boat because it is very much restricted to areas where I sit and shows up almost immediately after a boat ride.  Fortunately it doesn't spread and it's not very severe.  In the future I hope I remember to sit on a towel.

*With work and the lake weekend I haven't yet visited the kids in their new house.  I'm hoping to make a trip out there this weekend.  I'm very excited to see how they've transformed the house from Granny's into their own (my two oldest and their significant others have moved into my former MIL's house).  This is a very solid move into adulthood and I'm sure they'll make it a successful living arrangement.

*My grandma is also moving - into the memory care unit.  Grandma's dementia is getting progressively worse.  My mom has been losing a lot of sleep worrying about her mother so hopefully this will help.  Now we have to worry how she will accept living a roommate.  All bets are on "not at all".  She is a very paranoid little woman convinced everyone is out to steal her stuff - and that was before the dementia kicked in.  She has chased nurses out of her room with her cane and does everything she can to lock her door almost to the point of being a fire hazard.  Getting a roommate is going to be interesting.

*For my birthday the coworkers went all out and completely blocked my desk.  It took nearly a half hour to clear away the crap just so I could sit down!  I'm slowly moving the rest of it away.  They also took me out to Qdoba for lunch - YUM.  Then hubby and my mom took me out for dinner - another YUM.  It was a very nice day - YAY!

*I can't believe school is starting in just a few weeks!  We have doctor appointments and shopping to get in next week.  But first I think I'm going to take care of a little ME shopping.  I cannot express how much I adore Kohl's with their coupon weekends and Kohl's Cash.  Add that to a giftcard from my mom - WOO HOO!