I just had some spice cake. Pretty good. I made it in honor of the rainy week we've just had.
Yesterday evening, for the third time, I cleaned the living room and kids rooms, removed all possible chocking hazards, meticulously vacuumed the carpet, and cleaned the hall bathroom. This time, the lady really did have me babysit her children. Instead of one hour, she asked for two, so she could get some grocery shopping done, un-distracted. The baby was cranky, and the kids were often too helpful trying to make her happy. I tried to get her a bottle, but she refused it. I changed her, and then took off the overalls and let her play in the bodysuit she was wearing. Much better. She must have been too hot. We were playing dress-up when the mommy came back. She might need me again another day this week, too. And now I have a little money. Not much, of course. I'm thinking of making a grocery envelope.
Saturday, we were expecting Brother in the early afternoon. I was a little surprised that I got a call from him in the morning. What happened was that just as they were about to board, an announcement told them that the plane was broken, and they would need to reschedule their flights. He got a different flight to Denver, but missed the connecting one to St. Louis. Actually, he said he could see the plane sitting there, but they wouldn't let him board it. I guess they'd already sold his seat to someone else. So Josh and the kids and I had dinner with my parents as they came through town, but didn't see Brother. I talked to him, though, on the phone. We might see Clash of the Titans later this week. I warned him that I'd heard it was terrible. He said, "Well, you saw the first one, right? And what was it?"
"Terrible."
"Well, then...?" Then we talked about the pros and cons of new "terrible" and old "terrible".
Just for some fast reading, I've been going through the Twilight series again. ARGH! Really, I can't believe her editor let her get away with half of that nonsense. And I don't mean the fictional nonsense. She's not a good writer. Each book has it's own set of 5 or so words that she uses about 50 times more than necessary. All her characters sound basically the same, most of the time, until she remembers that they are supposed to be separate characters. And Edward. If she would just quit trying so hard! Yikes. I've said it before, but she makes him sound much more like a 1990's "Geek: Variety 3" than an intelligent near-adult from 1918. I hate it when I spend half the book fighting with the author. Well, I'm only a few hundred pages from being done with it again. Wonder what I'll read next. Maybe I can manage a trip to the library....
Josh is working at Lowes right now. And then when he is off, he will go to work at Coca-cola all night. And he thinks he can do this for 3 weeks. Forget sane - I really just don't see how that's possible. It's scary, thinking of him on the roads while tired. In fact.....let's talk about something else.
We had to return Ponyo to Netflix. Maybe I will be able to buy it at some point. If not, they can always ask Santa.
I went to taiko on Sunday. I worked hard, and my back is making me nervous today. I will have to be careful. We played Juugo Ya and Kaifuu. Both are songs that Andrew wrote, but I don't think I noticed that until we were done. I started to learn the chuu part of Kaifuu last year, but I don't remember it at all. It's played miyake style, and I haven't done that in a while. I think that is why my back is threatening to become injured. And to top it off, I need to get lower, because I'm raising my shoulder to compensate...and that's not good. But hopefully I will be able to play it soon. That will make me happy. Juugo Ya......is fascinating, but I don't think it's particularly fun for a crowd to listen to. I don't feel the same desire to master it, really.
I think we are going to have frozen pizza for dinner. It really sounds like what I want.
Speaking of food, I was saying how I wish I could afford strawberries this year, and come to find out, some people were able to find them for less than two dollars a few weeks ago. The ones at my store never got that cheap, they've been 2.98 per carton this whole year. I could splurge once, except that they don't look like they are all good ones, either.
Aside from my running critique of Stephanie Meyer while reading her books, I haven't had a whole lot of extra time to think about life in the large these last weeks. I was sorta happy about Arizona and the new immigration law, but I can tell it will very soon be abandoned. It's ridiculous how many of the residents in Yuma were not legal. And why, once they're here, do they not choose to go through the correct process? Why is that more distasteful than breaking the laws? And the tornadoes have been everywhere, haven't they? We spent the other evening in our basement.
Did I tell you Josh was re-arranging the basement again? Well, this time he had too. He inherited his grandfather's baseball collection: many decades worth of cards, pictures, news articles, a few puzzles.... It took him three truckloads to move what he has already, and I hear there is more. Josh made a section for the baseball stuff, and also made himself a little sleeping cave. He'll need it for now, and also for when he does shift work, if he becomes a police officer. (We're still hoping.) That's where we were for the tornado sirens. He also, more recently, made me a place, too. The the loveseat that matches the downstairs couch is now by the window, and there is a coffee table and a bookshelf. I started one of my puzzles on the coffee table. It wasn't a great idea: I was scared that the kids would loose the pieces. They were trying to "help".
I think gas prices are finally back in the news. About time! I've been horrified for weeks! Where do these people think a recessed country is going to get 2.80 per gallon from? And that's here in the inexpensive Midwest. Yeesh.
My mother is visiting her mother in Versailles today. I kind of want to go and visit my grandmother, too. Maybe I could arrange that soon. And Brother might come over on Thursday and spend the night and go with me to taiko. That would be fun.
Well, I think I am off to watch the kids and maybe get them some spice cake for a snack. I hope that whatever you are doing today, it is making you smile.
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