From the Lioness' Den...

Swearing at the Alarm Clock

This morning when the alarm went off at 0-dark-hundred, I said #@$%^&*()#@$%^&&*() and reset it for 45 minutes later. Normally I would have taken that 45 minutes to slowly wake up, get ready for work, throw in a load of laundry, maybe wash some dishes if there are any in the sink. But this morning---NOPE! Back to bed 'cuz I wasn't crawlin' out before I absolutely had to. 45 minutes must have been what I needed because when the alarm went off then, I was ready to get up and didn't grumble.

The weekend went very well, with one little mishap I will talk about in a little bit. Saturday Shelby & I had a great Girls' Day. Our portrait session went smoothly...I was going to post the website info so you can see the pics if you want to, but I forgot the paper they gave me when we left the house this morning.  Lunch at Red Lobster was good - Shelby ate shrimp til she felt like she was gonna explode. She said "I waited a long time for this and I'm not wasting it" hmmmmm that attitude sounds kinda familiar, but I can't quite place it. After lunch we did a little browsing in a couple craft & fabric stores and found the fleece she wants to use to do the rest of her blankets. She has 2 1/2 done so far. 

Saturday night a group of us from work were going to have a bonfire/hayrack ride/whatever else but cancelled it due to the wind blowing about 40 mph all day. We didn't want to burn the whole county up! So instead a couple of us went to a movie. When we were deciding which one to see, we went WITH the critic's 3-star rating and ended up wasting $8 and 2 hours seeing something that left us asking "What was the point?" at the end.  We shoud have gone with our first instinct and saw the 1 1/2 star rated movie that a few other people said was really good. 

Sunday was the Marathon Driving Day. We drove 2 1/2 hours to my aunt's house for Thanksgiving dinner with all the relatives from my mom's side of the family. I was the only one that went out of myself & my sisters so I felt like a gossip reporter updating everyone on the Denver sister's upcoming wedding, my divorce, and the other sister's changing roommate situation.  After dinner & more visiting with the fam, we left to drive another 1/2 hour to my dad's house. We got there...and pulled into AN EMPTY DRIVEWAY! I had talked to him the weekend before and told him we were coming, and emailed him twice during the week reminding him and giving him a definite time we would be there.  I thought surely, he didn't forget, maybe his wife had the car. We went to the door and knocked, peeked through the window, and nothing! All dark inside, no one around. (this would be the mishap I mentioned earlier) I tried calling his cell phone, no answer. Hmph! So, we just left the stuff we brought for him, things he had ordered from a couple fundraisers Shelby did, on the porch along with a note saying sorry he missed us. So I called a friend of mine that I still keep in contact with in the area and asked if she was busy and if she was in the mood for company if she wasn't. She told me to come on over so that's what we did. Ended up staying there til about 8:00 and then driving home, getting back around 10:30. (DON'T do the math, OK?) And that is why I swore at my alarm clock this morning. But it was soooooo worth it!

weekend

6:56 AM, Nov. 15, 2005 .. Posted by AndeeDawn

Sounds like a really nice weekend, other than not seeing your dad. Have you talked to him to find out where he was?

Anyhow, I'm glad you and your daughter had some quality time together.

For the record......I HATE the alarm clock. I am not a morning person by a long shot.

Hunting!

9:07 AM, Nov. 15, 2005 .. Posted by redsmom94

He was out hunting. He called when I was about 2/3 of the way home and said he found the stuff on his porch. I asked if he forgot something and he said he remembered that he had talked to me but didn't remember the time I said I'd come. As for the emails, he who is King of Junkmail, he hasn't had the computer on since Tuesday. So he didn't get the emails on Thursday & Friday. Oh well...the road travels both ways, I guess.

mornings

2:57 PM, Nov. 15, 2005 .. Posted by garnetrose

I'm not a morning person either, but have to get up at 5:30 a.m. to get the day started and get everything done. Maybe this is why I hate the mornings SO much -- just too early!