Teenie Tidbits

I am beside myself with excitement at the present moment.  Not only is the sun shining brightly and there are blue skies to be seen, but my parents are on their way here and I cannot wait to see them!   They should arrive sometime around noon.  I spent the entire day yesterday getting their guest bedroom ready, cleaning, washing linens and floors.  Yay!  I am a forty year old kid right now, and so thrilled that I get to spend the next week or so with my parents under the same roof!

This morning, I had to cook breakfast for Mr. T’s Breakfast and Basketball program so I was up very early to scramble NINETY eggs.  Yes, NINETY!  It did not take as long as I thought it would, but I had a helping hand in Mr. T. which was nice.  He did not get the whole “scramble” thing and insisted that I should just crack the eggs into the pan and then, you know, just mix them around a little.   So you can see why I do all of the cooking and he sticks with the laundry!

I am off to the grocery store now to pick up a few things in anticipation of my parents staying here.  I want to make sure I have some of their favorites on hand.  I need half n half for Mom’s coffee and a case of flavored water.  I will also stop at the local Italian market to get wine for my Mom.  The only problem is I have no idea what to buy.  I buy wine the same way I bet on the dogs or  horses…which one is the prettiest?  I will look at the labels and whichever looks the nicest will be the kind that I buy! 

Weather forecast calls for snow tomorrow and all I can say to that is BLEH!  So tired of that kind of weather!  It is April for crying out loud.  Someone send a memo to Mother Nature, please.  Snow, snow stay away, come again another day…like next December!

Tomorrow we will have a big family dinner at my house with my parents and Chuck, Ann and the kids.  No worries here.  The menu is already planned as my Mom is bringing a lasagna.  All the way from her house.  Cause that is how she does it.

One one last note, my sister in law is having a pretty major surgery on Tuesday, so if praying is your thing, send a shout out for her.   I know things will go great and she will be on the road to recovery lickety split!  She is going to have more help than she will probably need with my Mom being here, me being off of work.  This is the time for paybacks, but in a good way.  When I was really sick with pre-eclamsia with my first born, she was right there the whole time taking care of me with massages (I could not move) and combing my hair.  Neck surgery, check. I could count on her.  I did not even have to ask for help, but she was here, taking care of my kids and getting them off to school.  So although Ty and Emma surely do not want me to pack them a lunch and kiss them goodbye at the school door, I would do it in a second, if they would let me!    Love you, Ann.  Don’t worry about a thing.  We will make sure that everything is taken care of.  Just get better fast and remember, pain medication is your friend!