2003-08-10 - 3:13 p.m.
Sunday comes so fast!
Happy Sunday. We managed to sleep until TEN THIRTY. What the hell? We were rudely awakened around 5 when Claude the cat knocked the lamp off my night table. So Husband went downstairs and fed the cats. Claude came back up and was naughty. He got closed in the guest room. He got out and was naughty some more. Got closed back in the guest room. Knocked stuff off the dresser and started banging the door. Husband put him on the front porch. (it's enclosed) And then, uninterrupted by the rotten cat, we slept. And slept. I think tonight will definitely be a night for Tylenol PM. We did our workout at the Y (I think I prefer the Y scale...according to it, I'm down 14 pounds. I think I'll go with that scale....), then went to the local bulk food place. There we spent about a hundred bucks, but left with a box of frozen steaks, a box of frozen chicken breasts, three kinds of frozen veggies, and some other stuff. The frozen chicken and steak is the way to go, I'm tellin' ya. The dang steaks are more tender than what we buy at the grocery, and while a box may be pricey at 65 bucks, once you compare it in price to buying them from the meat market, it works out ok. We're thrilling, aren't we? So...I unpacked the chicken and put a couple or three breasts each into freezer bags, and took some out to marinate for tonite. Yum. Got some laundry going...I can't BELIEVE that we have a week to go until vacation....I've got lots of Wife Stuff to do before then! Make sure the house is in order, make sure we have all the vacation essentials taken care of, etc, etc. I can't wait. I'm so psyched...a week away....wheee! Beginning with the annual family reunion type bbq my cousin and her husband throw. How cool will that be, to sit there next saturday, knowing the vacation is just looming ahead. ahhh. And because of the digital camera, I'll be able to post pictures to share. I know, you're thrilled. Husband has FINALLY made arrangements for his first post-op, uh, check. I understand that he was reluctant to take care of that, but still....I finally told him "look. I would like to try being off the pill for the first time in 12 years, and I can't until we know that the vasectomy worked." So, being the sweetie that he is, he finally saw things my way. Heh. But the poor dear....you have to abstain for five days before the test, and we'd already been five days when he made the appointment....so he's feeling REALLY cut off right now. Oh well. Only till Tuesday.... Yesterday, we visited Husband's parents. Something we don't do enough. We had a nice visit, a nice dinner...it was good that I suggested we go over. But sometimes I wonder how my hilarious, basically open minded husband came from those people. Don't get me wrong...the have never been ANYTHING but most kind to me. But they're so.....well, coming from MY family, they seem so SERIOUS. My family is sarcastic and smart ass and pretty laid back. His family doesn't converse as much as they all take turns talking. And things got a little tense at the end for ME, because his parents both made comments having to do with religion and politics. His mom made some comment about how horrible it is that the Episcopals elected a gay bishop, and that's just "not Christian". Now, at MY house, if someone had said that, someone ELSE would have said "are you NUTS?" and a lively but non personal discussion would have ensued. Not in this case. I just keep my mouth SHUT when his parents make religious or political proclaimations. Maybe in another ten years or so, but not now. I'm still too new. But I did have an ah ha moment while I was looking through a 50th anniversary album of my in-laws'. They have a lot of friends...they're really blessed in that way. My ah ha came when MIL said something about them all being friends from church. And I think I can figure out how they can be so confident in The Way Things Should Be....because they are surrounded by people who all believe exactly the same things they do. I would find that...unchallenging. But lots of people like it. And I will say this about the in laws...they seem like very...content...people. I don't think they have much angst going on. And that's good, I think. Not my style, though. I have to question. I have to turn things over, and discuss 'em, and debate with those who don't exactly share my views. A few months ago, I made the point to Husband about that big difference between our two sets of parents...I said his family was more "formal". I said "we could sit at the dinner table and talk politics, and tell my dad he's full of it, and that would be fine...but I don't think anyone would DREAM of disagreeing with your dad when he makes a statement." But like I said...I wonder how my husband came from these uber conservative people. Anyway...off to do...I dunno what. Exercise done today: Weight circuit
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