Hello, my wonderful friends!! Don't you just love sunshine? I can't decide if I was pleased or disappointed that we didn't get snow this weekend. On one hand, I'm very very done with winter. On the other, though, I've always thought that if it's going to be cold and gloomy, it might as well snow. But I don't have to worry about it now, because it's clear and sunshiny at my house, and if reports are correct, it will be for at least until Wednesday.
Ah.
And. And. AND: the kids are home. (Happy!)
But now I can't remember if I told you. I think it must have been right after my last post that my mother called. She had always planned to take the kids to her house for the weekend in March sometime, but she was getting so scheduled up that this weekend was her only choice. So, she called Thursday afternoon to say she would pick them up Friday around lunch. We've really been kinda stressed out, and my first reaction was to cry. But I couldn't, because I was on the phone with my mommy, who would think I was ridiculous. But then I just kept busy with getting them packed and stuff. Friday morning, they were whisked away to Rolla.
First, as is tradition, I had to fight with Josh. It wasn't as fun as usual.
Molly came over in the evening, and we watched For Rosanna, a dark comedy that I am fond of, and then we watched Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. Molly hadn't seen it before, but I think she liked it. Then we looked at knives and stuff, but she couldn't stay all night. She's still wonderfully happy with her boy, and would be loving her job, too, if they could replace some of the people they lost.
Josh had some work on Saturday, so I watched the entire Trois Couleurs trilogy, beginning to end. Bleu is absolutely gut wrenching, if you are sensitive. It is the story of how a woman deals with the deaths of her husband and daughter. Blanc is a strange tale of love and revenge....kinda. Rouge is the finale, and is a tad obscure. I think it has several themes, and among them are connection vs. detachment, atonement and destiny. But maybe you should watch it yourself and see what you think.
When Josh came back, we watched our Netflix movies: Penn & Teller's Bullshit, volume 2, an anime which we didn't enjoy and turned off, and The Fifth Element...on Bluray. We couldn't afford to go see a movie in the theater, so we just bought movie candy at Wal-Mart and had a movie weekend at home. Bu the end of The Fifth Element, I was pretty sure I never wanted to see candy again.
Most of Sunday we spent with Josh's family. We visited Grandma Mroczkowski in the nursing home. She was pleased to see us, but kicked us out pretty soon. She was tired. Then we visited with Josh's uncle Jim and Uncle Dave and Aunt Lesley at the house. Becky came, too. It wasn't much of a social visit, though. Mostly Uncle Jim insisted that Josh take stuff, and Josh said yes. As if our house weren't cluttered enough. But how could you say no? It looks like we will be getting the family furniture from the basement, and also the dinning room stuff, too. Please don't ask me where I'm going to put this stuff. Also, the memorial for Josh's grandfather is going to be Friday afternoon or Saturday, but we still don't know where.
When we came home, we watched Men In Black and Lost Boys, which I had never seen before.
Josh had a job interview this morning. While he was gone, Mom came with the kids. I'm so happy they're home! And so is Jake. He was neurotic the whole time they were gone. Silly puppy. He's sad without the whole herd. He is happily asleep right now. And so are the kids! I was a little surprised, but Mom did say that they didn't sleep in the car on the way here.
Grant had yet another dentist appointment. The dentist is training a new hygienist. She's not very good. She seems to have a sweet personality, though. Grant thought she was nice. He had another pulpotomy, and had a cavity filled. It took very little time. I was happy about that. He has another appointment for April. The dentist is very understanding, and told me that I shouldn't worry - most kids who have bad baby teeth take extra good care of their adult teeth, since they know what will happen if they don't.
Today is a big day for Democratic politics. I have never found a political party. I have very strong views, but they're not a matched set, if you were. I have an idea of what is right, according to me, and I don't reference it against anyone else's beliefs, necessarily. So, I can't claim to be a Democrat, really. Nor can I claim to be a Republican. However, I am the loyal sort, so I am happy for the president that he is making forward progress. I'm a reformist, you know. However, I equally hope that the progress truly turns out to be in the forward direction, and also that it is practical and attainable. See? My idealism can never truly defeat my realism. Even on a sunny day.
So...my kids are asleep. Not sure I want that. But they don't wake easily or nicely.
Chicken. I have an overload of white meat chicken in my freezer. Mom gave me some. Okay, some might be an understatement. I had it separated out into pounds, and there were 5, I think. I made jambalaya once, and tetrazinni once. I still had 3 pounds of frozen chicken. The problem with that is that over half of my chicken recipes are for dark meat. Finally, this weekend, I called my grandmother and got another recipe I had eaten at her house once. It's tangy and very easy to make - only 4 ingredients! I'm making it tonight, in fact. I had the chicken thawing already when mom showed up this morning.......with MORE FROZEN CHICKEN!
Send recipes.
Please.
Josh is still a little depressed, I think, but this weekend did him good. He got to eat junk food and watch grown-up movies... It helped. He wasn't too excited about the job interview today, and we still need something besides this sales gig to get us to July. And his grandfather passing is a mess, too. Sometimes, people respond to grief by bickering. I don't see the point in it, myself. But Josh gets caught in the middle, sometimes. He doesn't like it when that happens, because whoever is venting at Josh wants him to side with her, but Josh is avoiding taking any sides at all, even his own. Poor Josh. Let's all hope some good news comes to him this week. I know my fingers are crossed.
It's sunny, and the wind is blowing a little. I love it. It's a shame that it's going to be gloomy again by mid-week. I'm going to try to take the kids on a picnic or something tomorrow.
Hope today is making you smile! I'm sending you all the spare Happy I can grab.
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