Hello, Monday!

Um...hi.

So, it's Monday.....and Josh is sitting on the couch behind me. Yay for vacation. We were going to go see a few of my Dad's sisters in Colorado, but it was not to be. We are too poor! So we are just hangin out here. I'm thinking by the end of the week, I'm either going to be suicidal or homocidal. Gotta love family togetherness. I think the major project is re-building our entertainment center, since it was a piece of junk when it was given to us, and is in perpetual danger of falling to pieces. And today we are getting supplies for that, and getting Jake's toenails clipped.

For Father's Day (here comes my usual reverse chronology) we took Josh to lunch at White Castle, and then Cold Stone Creamery. That was kind of an adventure. Apparently, the one in Lake St. Louis closed or moved or something, so we drove to O'Fallon. But the road you take to get into the parking lot was closed. But my husband can be quite determined when ice cream is involved. After some parking weirdness, we ordered some. Josh got a shake made of cheesecake ice cream, blueberries and grahm cracker crumbs. Sounds icky to me. I wanted the kind I always used to get-the turtle one with the sweet cream ice cream. But they don't have it up on the board anymore, so I had to remember what was in it. I think I go tit right. Anyway, it was GOOOOOOOD. The kids got chocolate ice cream with M&Ms on top to share. Plus, they each gave the lady a dollar to buy Josh's. We let her keep them as a tip. Josh was alured by a poster on the way describing a devil's food ice cream cake with reeces cups on top, but we made it out the door without getting one.

Wal-mart was not so good, though. How did I get conned into letting him buy 2 pairs of shorts, 2 shirts and socks? And one was a BLACK T-SHIRT! He must have 20 of those. And I didn't remember to get kleenex.

Saturday was my taiko performance. Mostly, it was just hot. I didn't know how awful I looked until I saw pictures. It's no wonder they kept asking if I was okay. I looked like I was dying of some strange disease. It wasn't the best we've ever played, but we got the job done. I'm glad it's over. And I'm also glad that Josh and the kids came to watch, and joined us for lunch and unloading afterward. It made a huge difference to me, and I was pretty happy. And I'm going to have to remember about that lunch place. It's Ghengis Grill, Mongolian barbeque. Very fun. If you've never been, you should go. And then I was pretty much feeling awful the rest of the day. I'm getting so old and frail.

Last week, the kids spent the night with my mom. I watched 9 movies while they were gone. One of them was my date movie with Josh. We saw the new Teminator movie. Well, I didn't pick it.... Anyway, here is a list of the other movies I indulged myself with:

Shanghai Noon
Coming to America
Galaxy Quest
Best of Comedy Central Presents Vol.1
Gross Pointe Blank
Batman Begins
Juuni Kokki Vol. 3
The Man Who Would Be King

I like me a good adventure comedy.

And, of course, the Terminator....whatever it was. I did see a good commercial, though. There is a sci-fi movie with Bruce Willis called Surrogates or something that looks like a good movie. Or it could also be horrible, but the rest of the commercials were awful. And I need to remember my earplugs next time I go to a movie theater. The sound is so loud it hurts.

Well, it's time for me to find some lunch. Hope you are all about to have a great week!