Footprints on the Moon

Nothing like showing up to write about Mother’s Day three days after the fact, eh? I spent the morning on Sunday cleaning my apartment. Well, a mixture of actually cleaning, and just plain hiding the mess. Anyways, I was getting it in shape for company because on a whim on Friday, I invited my mom, her husband and my brother over for lunch. It should be noted that when I decided to do that, there were at least 8 boxes on my living room floor, and the contents of several shelves strewn about. Not the best planning, but oh well! I got it all put away before my guests arrived.

My brother ended up not coming because he woke up feeling sick and thought that the smell/sight of food might make him ill again. It was too bad because he’d never been to my apartment before, but hey, we ended up with leftovers. I made White Chicken Parmesan, which my friend Colleen was kind of enough to get me the recipe for. I was really nervous about making it because I’d never cooked raw chicken before. Actually, I should admit that I’d never even cooked spaghetti noodles before!! Hey, that’s why I have a Learning To Cook category because I’m, well, learning!

I should say that the dinner turned out wonderful! It was very good, and everyone liked it. My mom even asked for the recipe because she said it was definitely something to be made again. Yay! Pat on the back for me! I was just glad it turned out! I still haven’t given my mom her mother’s day gift though. I had part of it on Sunday, but I wanted to get the rest of it before I gave it to her. I was going to get that handled today, but certain things are not behaving well. I’ll have to worry about that when I get home I guess… after all of the anticipation, I sure hope she likes it!!

When I wrote about Friday’s excursions, I promised pictures of Killian as soon as Ash-lee got them uploaded. Well, I checked again and there they were!! Yay! Without further ado, here’s a couple of the pictures from his three months photo shoot on Friday.

You can see by his left arm over there that he waves his arms all around when he’s happy and excited.

This is one of my favorite pictures from Friday. He was pulling this blanket over his face and flirting with the lady taking the pictures. I think I might have to get a 5×7 of this one. The 5×7 I already have ordered is one of the naked butt shots. Hehe, so cute!! I’m very proud of him, and I think you can see that it is completely justified!

I’m currently trying to get out of jury duty. I actually wouldn’t mind serving on a jury, I just would prefer not to have to miss a day of work to do so. My company will pay me for jury duty, but it takes awhile, and I can’t afford for that money not to be on the paycheck to begin with!! I was hoping to get an exemption for being on a two month term a little while back, but unfortunately the two year exemption doesn’t qualify if you don’t get chosen for a jury. Boo. The lady said that if it was going to be an extreme hardship for me to serve, she could probably get me qualified for an exemption, but I don’t think I fit the bill. Maybe I should tell her that appearing would interfere with my need to check into drug rehab? Nah, I’m sure they’d need proof of that. I guess I’ll just have to burn another vacation day so that I can get paid on time and go do my civic duty. I did find out that it is a one day trial so even if I get picked, it won’t take any additional days.

A joke I got in my email today that I wanted to pass along…

Dear Tide,

I am writing to say what an excellent product you have! I’ve used it all of my married life , as my Mom always told me it was the best. Now that I am in my fifties I find it even better! In fact , about a month ago , I spilled some red wine on my new white blouse. My inconsiderate and uncaring husband started to belittle me about how clumsy I was , and generally started becoming a pain in the neck. One thing led to another and somehow I ended up with his blood on my new white blouse! I grabbed my bottle of Tide with bleach alternative , to my surprise and satisfaction , all of the stains came out! In fact , the stains came out so well the detectives who came by yesterday told me that the DNA tests on my blouse were negative and then my attorney called and said that I was no longer considered a suspect in the disappearance of my husband.

What a relief! Going through menopause is bad enough without being a murder suspect! I thank you , once again , for having a great product.

Well , gotta go , have to write to the Hefty bag people.

After I talked about getting new furniture yesterday, I was thinking about some of the furniture that is already in my apartment. Namely the things that aren’t being used for their design purpose. I have a small metal cabinet that houses my pots and pans and hold my microwave, a cheap two shelf bookcase on casters to hold my TV, and a papasan chair frame that is serving as a makeshift dresser drawer. Okay, that last one is because I’m always too lazy to put my clothes away. But I could definitely do with a new TV stand like the ones at Studio RTA Furniture. I could also do with a cabinet for my dishes that’s in better shape than the one I have– right now the door won’t stay shut!