weepy....
there are many things in life that makes us weepy...sickness, death, war, day school tuition, democrats...after my neighbor's house exploded and he passed away, i was weepy all the time. for months and months after. everything made me weepy....because when you think about it, there is so much to weep about.
son #1 is graduating from elementary school on sunday. i am weepy in anticipation of how weepy i am going to be. it was just yesterday that he and his friend shlomo were on that little yellow school bus taking them to kindergarten for the first day(i was weepy then too). i just keep thinking that if those 9 years flew by...how fast are 4 years of high school going to go by?
i remember my years of school, looking at the clock during class(hard to believe that i wasn't studious) thinking how L O N G a 45 minute period was...how the clock never seemed to move. and now, everytime i turn around, it is monday again and again and again. the whole thing just boggles my mind.
i want to congratulate son #1 and all of his friends on their upcoming graduation. i want to wish them all good health and happiness, success in their learning and success in their lives...may you only weep for good things and never sad things...and may you all continue on the path that leads to you to fulfillment and peace of mind.
that's all i got today...need another tissue...
happy wednesday
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
tuesday, june 8, 2010
what summer means to me....
the sun is out, the sky is blue, the clouds are white and puffy, my lawn is already turning brown...it must mean that summer is almost here..what was i thinking when i told ari that i didn't need inground sprinklers? if you come by my house early in the morning(early for me being 7, not 5:30..) it is a battle between me and my oscilatting sprinkler...centering it just right to hit everthing it needs to(which usually means me, my neighbors car, my car, the roof, assorted jungle animals that are still living next door.....)but when it goes back and forth just perfectly, i feel a little more at peace with nature.
summer also means, and it pains me to say this, the beginning of reruns...because i watch an over-abundance of tv(due to my deprived childhood of only being able to sneak in a few minutes of watching the love boat on the 4 inch black and white tv in the kitchen....) and because of the miracle, and i say that from the bottom of my heart, the sheer miracle of DVR...i am always caught up on all of my shows. and now they are over...(some were even canceled, but that is another story..all i need is ONE MORE EPISODE of mercy..can't they just make one more?please? anybody?)
the only options now are reality shows on the learning channel. i don't care about kate plus eight, i didn't even care when she had jon...i am not so fascinated with One Big Happy Family(yes, there is a show called one big happy family and i am not even on it...go figure...) what will i do now when folding laundry and ironing? (wait a second, the boys leave for camp in 22 days and then i won't have any laundry to fold or to iron...) i feel like my life is in shambles. i have already seen every law and order, law and order criminal intent and law and order special victims unit...what's a girl to do? go outside?enjoy the fresh air? have the sun contribute to my aging skin's demise?
good thing i finally got a new bench in front of the old homestead.....enjoy the weather people-breath in the fresh air...the new tv season starts in 3 months....
happy tuesday
the sun is out, the sky is blue, the clouds are white and puffy, my lawn is already turning brown...it must mean that summer is almost here..what was i thinking when i told ari that i didn't need inground sprinklers? if you come by my house early in the morning(early for me being 7, not 5:30..) it is a battle between me and my oscilatting sprinkler...centering it just right to hit everthing it needs to(which usually means me, my neighbors car, my car, the roof, assorted jungle animals that are still living next door.....)but when it goes back and forth just perfectly, i feel a little more at peace with nature.
summer also means, and it pains me to say this, the beginning of reruns...because i watch an over-abundance of tv(due to my deprived childhood of only being able to sneak in a few minutes of watching the love boat on the 4 inch black and white tv in the kitchen....) and because of the miracle, and i say that from the bottom of my heart, the sheer miracle of DVR...i am always caught up on all of my shows. and now they are over...(some were even canceled, but that is another story..all i need is ONE MORE EPISODE of mercy..can't they just make one more?please? anybody?)
the only options now are reality shows on the learning channel. i don't care about kate plus eight, i didn't even care when she had jon...i am not so fascinated with One Big Happy Family(yes, there is a show called one big happy family and i am not even on it...go figure...) what will i do now when folding laundry and ironing? (wait a second, the boys leave for camp in 22 days and then i won't have any laundry to fold or to iron...) i feel like my life is in shambles. i have already seen every law and order, law and order criminal intent and law and order special victims unit...what's a girl to do? go outside?enjoy the fresh air? have the sun contribute to my aging skin's demise?
good thing i finally got a new bench in front of the old homestead.....enjoy the weather people-breath in the fresh air...the new tv season starts in 3 months....
happy tuesday
Monday, June 7, 2010
monday june 7 2010
bring back the choice card........
when making a wedding or some other form of joyous occasion, the hosts of the affair really want to please their guests. whether it be with a 20 person orchestra, open bar with all of the trimmings, placing you at a table with people that you actually like, not guests that you have to introduce yourself to and then can't really hear their names when they respond because of the previously mentioned 20 piece orchestra(and spending the rest of the evening pretending that you can hear where they are from or what they do or how they know the people you are no longer speaking to for sitting you with these folks...) point is, the hosts always try to do their best.
that being said, though some people have proposed to "tone down" these joyous occasions(spend less money, make more simple events...ha ha ha how can i impress anyone with money i really dont have unless i go totally over the top, silly rabbit(80's commercial reference..), forget about that, i say, we bring back the main course option response cards.(of course, this is going to have to do with food). Now, one might think this is tacky...Please Choose Chicken, fish, Filet mignon...etc. No, i am suggesting we bring these back because some hosts, with all of the best intentions I am sure, like to serve really fancy, really expensive dinners....I, personally, i am not a fan of any "select" dishes that have a disney character named after them...for example ...I will not be eating Donald Duck as an appetizer (or Daffy duck, for that matter...) I will not be eating Mary had a little lamb chop...or the cute little baby cow that is screaming in its crate....that just isn't me...if you are reading this, and you aren't bothered by these things...more power to you. just not my thing....you may eat and enjoy, you may bring my main dish home with you..whatever makes you happy.
Here is what i propose for the main course option card....
1.chicken with bread stuffing
2.teriyaki salmon with bread stuffing
3.some form of cooked meat with some form of carbohydrate
4.plate of steamed brocolli
5. cocoa puffs and milk
6.pint of ice cream...all flavors available
7.package of stella doro swiss fudge cookies.
8.plate with nothing on it because i don't eat in public(or in private which is why i can fit into this dress and you can't.)-not talking about myself, OBVIOUSLY, this is a choice on the card...
9.really fancy dinner that we pick out for you
that pretty much covers it. I think those options will make everyone happy. the caterer will know before hand what to bring so there will be no waste, the hosts will end up saving money...everyone will have a smile on their face(well those people who smile...the ones who dont, nothing will ever make them happy....)
if only all aspects of life could be as simple as this.....
Happy Monday
when making a wedding or some other form of joyous occasion, the hosts of the affair really want to please their guests. whether it be with a 20 person orchestra, open bar with all of the trimmings, placing you at a table with people that you actually like, not guests that you have to introduce yourself to and then can't really hear their names when they respond because of the previously mentioned 20 piece orchestra(and spending the rest of the evening pretending that you can hear where they are from or what they do or how they know the people you are no longer speaking to for sitting you with these folks...) point is, the hosts always try to do their best.
that being said, though some people have proposed to "tone down" these joyous occasions(spend less money, make more simple events...ha ha ha how can i impress anyone with money i really dont have unless i go totally over the top, silly rabbit(80's commercial reference..), forget about that, i say, we bring back the main course option response cards.(of course, this is going to have to do with food). Now, one might think this is tacky...Please Choose Chicken, fish, Filet mignon...etc. No, i am suggesting we bring these back because some hosts, with all of the best intentions I am sure, like to serve really fancy, really expensive dinners....I, personally, i am not a fan of any "select" dishes that have a disney character named after them...for example ...I will not be eating Donald Duck as an appetizer (or Daffy duck, for that matter...) I will not be eating Mary had a little lamb chop...or the cute little baby cow that is screaming in its crate....that just isn't me...if you are reading this, and you aren't bothered by these things...more power to you. just not my thing....you may eat and enjoy, you may bring my main dish home with you..whatever makes you happy.
Here is what i propose for the main course option card....
1.chicken with bread stuffing
2.teriyaki salmon with bread stuffing
3.some form of cooked meat with some form of carbohydrate
4.plate of steamed brocolli
5. cocoa puffs and milk
6.pint of ice cream...all flavors available
7.package of stella doro swiss fudge cookies.
8.plate with nothing on it because i don't eat in public(or in private which is why i can fit into this dress and you can't.)-not talking about myself, OBVIOUSLY, this is a choice on the card...
9.really fancy dinner that we pick out for you
that pretty much covers it. I think those options will make everyone happy. the caterer will know before hand what to bring so there will be no waste, the hosts will end up saving money...everyone will have a smile on their face(well those people who smile...the ones who dont, nothing will ever make them happy....)
if only all aspects of life could be as simple as this.....
Happy Monday
Saturday, June 5, 2010
saturday, june 5,2010
and you wonder why i have so many issues....
i have had a very tough two days. it started on friday when my kids, all three of them(i guess i should be thankful that i wasn't able to have more because then this would have been even worse) kept telling me what a terrible mother i am...i curse at them, i hit them, i yell at them, i am so mean, i am so horrible...and on and on and on. Really? am i the worst mom? are there no moms worse than i am?? on crack perhaps? are those moms still better than me??
are they just realizing that i am totally clueless? are they just realizing that i curse all the time INSTEAD of hitting them in the head with a baseball bat when they start fighting with eachother....STOP FIGHTING AND TORTURING EACHOTHER AND I WILL BE KIND AND WARM AND LOVING ALL THE $%^$%$ TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i feel much better now.
this weekend i was lucky enough to celebrate the 23rd annniversary of my brother's bar mitzva. my brother, the favorite. i am not just saying that...he is the favorite. here is an example of how i know this....my mom called me this week to tell me what she was making for the weekend, "well, Jed is coming, so i am making crunchy chicken(chicken with corn flakes), veal, potato kugel, chicken cutlets(for my sister-in-law), turkey..because you know Jed loves turkey..."
"hey mom," i say..."ummm..you know that i am coming too-right? i really like your pot roast..."
"well, if you want pot roast, that means i have to go back to the butcher and get you a roast, i never know if they are going to have the cut that i want...dont you like veal?" no, that's jed. "dont you like crunchy chicken?" no, that's jed....(you get where this conversation is going....oh, for the record, i made meatballs so ari would have something to eat, i made a deli roll so son #1 would have something to eat...everyone had something but poor, deprived Banji. story of my life.)
Now my brother will tell you that he has every right to be the favorite...but COME ON....i am almost 40..wont someone love me best?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
i need to take a zanax...screw it, i am going for the coconut rum.
happy saturday
i have had a very tough two days. it started on friday when my kids, all three of them(i guess i should be thankful that i wasn't able to have more because then this would have been even worse) kept telling me what a terrible mother i am...i curse at them, i hit them, i yell at them, i am so mean, i am so horrible...and on and on and on. Really? am i the worst mom? are there no moms worse than i am?? on crack perhaps? are those moms still better than me??
are they just realizing that i am totally clueless? are they just realizing that i curse all the time INSTEAD of hitting them in the head with a baseball bat when they start fighting with eachother....STOP FIGHTING AND TORTURING EACHOTHER AND I WILL BE KIND AND WARM AND LOVING ALL THE $%^$%$ TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i feel much better now.
this weekend i was lucky enough to celebrate the 23rd annniversary of my brother's bar mitzva. my brother, the favorite. i am not just saying that...he is the favorite. here is an example of how i know this....my mom called me this week to tell me what she was making for the weekend, "well, Jed is coming, so i am making crunchy chicken(chicken with corn flakes), veal, potato kugel, chicken cutlets(for my sister-in-law), turkey..because you know Jed loves turkey..."
"hey mom," i say..."ummm..you know that i am coming too-right? i really like your pot roast..."
"well, if you want pot roast, that means i have to go back to the butcher and get you a roast, i never know if they are going to have the cut that i want...dont you like veal?" no, that's jed. "dont you like crunchy chicken?" no, that's jed....(you get where this conversation is going....oh, for the record, i made meatballs so ari would have something to eat, i made a deli roll so son #1 would have something to eat...everyone had something but poor, deprived Banji. story of my life.)
Now my brother will tell you that he has every right to be the favorite...but COME ON....i am almost 40..wont someone love me best?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
i need to take a zanax...screw it, i am going for the coconut rum.
happy saturday
Thursday, June 3, 2010
thursday june 3, 2010
is there hope for any of us?
someone suggested that i write a more "political" blog...so here is goes.
The great oil spill of 2010....are you kidding, that's not the headline....Tipper and Al Gore are getting divorced!!!! If they can't make it-is there hope for the rest of us?? seriously...they just celebrated their 40th anniversary...they are both good looking(despite the fact that neither of them can actually move their faces. i happen to think that that might be where the real problem began-she always looks like she is smiling, but, she really isn't, but al, being a man, and probably stupid, thought she was smiling....though it could've been the other way around...maybe she thought HE was always smiling..who knows..who cares..I am not one to place blame...) there is no shortage of money..which means that she could probably hire someone to buy her jewelry and flowers...he had the financial where with all to buy whatever he wanted...if you are going to make the effort to make it to 40 years...40 LONG ARDUOUS YEARS...what is the point of calling it quits after that???????????????
if they can't stay together after surviving the white house and the clintons(was it the clinton's? this is why i don't write political blogs...)after everthing they have been through...come on guys..take one for the team. You can live in a house big enough never to have to see eachother-and tipper, there is hope for you, according to the new york post(see, i read the paper) female viagra is on its way-JUST HOLD ON FOR FDA APPROVAL!!! you can do it!!! give it a chance!!!
whenever i hear of a couple getting divorced i always want to know why....sometimes, i get some bogus "we are happier apart" and then find out the bastard was cheating...sometimes, it's a religious thing...and sometimes...they just really really hate eachother and can't stand the sight of one another(thank god i can't relate to any of that...though, i often say, that ari is only going to cheat on me if someone actually comes to the house-that man doesn't get off 0f the couch for just any reason...especially during baseball season, or hockey season, or football season....seems he is on that couch a lot....but i find it adorable, not grating or infuriating....)
ari gets upset when i pat myself on the back for staying married..especially when some of these famous couples can so non-chalantly say "we just grew apart....but we will still be the best of friends...." whatever. marriage is really really hard. and then god throws in menopause and high blood pressure and medication and hormone deficiency and yeshiva tuition and in laws and blah blah blah blah blah. but TIPPER AND AL-beacons of what a husband and wife should be....it's all falling apart. it's like the end of camelot (did that end already? again, this is why i don't write political blogs....)
suck it up people. we can move beyond, together, as americans, as human beings.....truthfully, i can't wait to find out the real story....guess i will have to wait until i have a doctors apppointment to read about it in people magazine.....
happy thursday and god bless america
someone suggested that i write a more "political" blog...so here is goes.
The great oil spill of 2010....are you kidding, that's not the headline....Tipper and Al Gore are getting divorced!!!! If they can't make it-is there hope for the rest of us?? seriously...they just celebrated their 40th anniversary...they are both good looking(despite the fact that neither of them can actually move their faces. i happen to think that that might be where the real problem began-she always looks like she is smiling, but, she really isn't, but al, being a man, and probably stupid, thought she was smiling....though it could've been the other way around...maybe she thought HE was always smiling..who knows..who cares..I am not one to place blame...) there is no shortage of money..which means that she could probably hire someone to buy her jewelry and flowers...he had the financial where with all to buy whatever he wanted...if you are going to make the effort to make it to 40 years...40 LONG ARDUOUS YEARS...what is the point of calling it quits after that???????????????
if they can't stay together after surviving the white house and the clintons(was it the clinton's? this is why i don't write political blogs...)after everthing they have been through...come on guys..take one for the team. You can live in a house big enough never to have to see eachother-and tipper, there is hope for you, according to the new york post(see, i read the paper) female viagra is on its way-JUST HOLD ON FOR FDA APPROVAL!!! you can do it!!! give it a chance!!!
whenever i hear of a couple getting divorced i always want to know why....sometimes, i get some bogus "we are happier apart" and then find out the bastard was cheating...sometimes, it's a religious thing...and sometimes...they just really really hate eachother and can't stand the sight of one another(thank god i can't relate to any of that...though, i often say, that ari is only going to cheat on me if someone actually comes to the house-that man doesn't get off 0f the couch for just any reason...especially during baseball season, or hockey season, or football season....seems he is on that couch a lot....but i find it adorable, not grating or infuriating....)
ari gets upset when i pat myself on the back for staying married..especially when some of these famous couples can so non-chalantly say "we just grew apart....but we will still be the best of friends...." whatever. marriage is really really hard. and then god throws in menopause and high blood pressure and medication and hormone deficiency and yeshiva tuition and in laws and blah blah blah blah blah. but TIPPER AND AL-beacons of what a husband and wife should be....it's all falling apart. it's like the end of camelot (did that end already? again, this is why i don't write political blogs....)
suck it up people. we can move beyond, together, as americans, as human beings.....truthfully, i can't wait to find out the real story....guess i will have to wait until i have a doctors apppointment to read about it in people magazine.....
happy thursday and god bless america
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
wednesday june 2, 2010
wont you be my neighbor?
i have been living in this community for over 12 years. we moved in when son#1 was a little over a year old and son #2 was a few weeks old. our neighbors on one side were an elderly couple and our neighbor on the other side was an elderly woman who had been living in her house since "the houses across the street were farm land." her story was actually kind of sad. she had been engaged to a man who died in battle, she was pretty old, so i was never sure which battle-battle of the bulge? civil war? i was afraid to ask...then she ended up living with her mom(never a good thing) and then she ended up living with a bunch of cats and a smelly little dog who used to poop on my lawn. Sad thing about this neighbor, is she once pooped in another neighors car, thinking she was going into a bathroom and sitting on a toilet. (funny and sad, all at the same time.) we knew it was time for her to stop driving when she would park her car on our lawn instead of on her driveway....
as for the neighbors on the other side, well, my kids got to watch the mom get carried out on a stretcher on thanksgiving day(she was dead, but lived into her 90's) then, they got to hear about the father dying(missed that stretcher...) and then, the explosion of 08. not a good day. but then we were down a neighbor....gained new ones(who we really really like.....and not just because they read the blog...) also gained new neighbors where the old lady lived....who have really funny kids....we especially enjoying watching them saturday afternoon, on the trampoline where they enjoy making their baby sister fly in the air and start crying....amusing for us, not so fun for her...but it does make a long day go by pretty quickly....
and then the land next door to us was bought. no one knew who bought it. statistically, i was not going to like whomever was going to be moving in.....but when we heard who it was, i was genuinely thrilled...really great people, really great kids....we are really looking forward to the day they move in...which will hopefully be sometime in the near future. and yesterday, it all became real for me because i got a piece of their mail-which i thought was kind've funny because there hasn't been a house on the property for almost 2 years....i guess i will be getting a lot of their mail (which is ok, because as i said, i really like the people moving in...)
so it has been an experience living where i live....hope your neighborly experiences are pleasant as well....
happy wednesday
i have been living in this community for over 12 years. we moved in when son#1 was a little over a year old and son #2 was a few weeks old. our neighbors on one side were an elderly couple and our neighbor on the other side was an elderly woman who had been living in her house since "the houses across the street were farm land." her story was actually kind of sad. she had been engaged to a man who died in battle, she was pretty old, so i was never sure which battle-battle of the bulge? civil war? i was afraid to ask...then she ended up living with her mom(never a good thing) and then she ended up living with a bunch of cats and a smelly little dog who used to poop on my lawn. Sad thing about this neighbor, is she once pooped in another neighors car, thinking she was going into a bathroom and sitting on a toilet. (funny and sad, all at the same time.) we knew it was time for her to stop driving when she would park her car on our lawn instead of on her driveway....
as for the neighbors on the other side, well, my kids got to watch the mom get carried out on a stretcher on thanksgiving day(she was dead, but lived into her 90's) then, they got to hear about the father dying(missed that stretcher...) and then, the explosion of 08. not a good day. but then we were down a neighbor....gained new ones(who we really really like.....and not just because they read the blog...) also gained new neighbors where the old lady lived....who have really funny kids....we especially enjoying watching them saturday afternoon, on the trampoline where they enjoy making their baby sister fly in the air and start crying....amusing for us, not so fun for her...but it does make a long day go by pretty quickly....
and then the land next door to us was bought. no one knew who bought it. statistically, i was not going to like whomever was going to be moving in.....but when we heard who it was, i was genuinely thrilled...really great people, really great kids....we are really looking forward to the day they move in...which will hopefully be sometime in the near future. and yesterday, it all became real for me because i got a piece of their mail-which i thought was kind've funny because there hasn't been a house on the property for almost 2 years....i guess i will be getting a lot of their mail (which is ok, because as i said, i really like the people moving in...)
so it has been an experience living where i live....hope your neighborly experiences are pleasant as well....
happy wednesday
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
tuesday june 1, 2010...5 months to go!!!!!!
and we continue to give in.....
i can remember pokemon cards, and the joys of finding them in amazing savings for a 1/4 of the price than in other stores...i think the boys weren't so into yugemon cards(never knew what that was)so i didn't have to over-buy those, my sister in law introduced us to MLB showdown cards, which were a big hit....then i remember those godam crazy bones. one dollar bought you 5 hard plastic crazy bones. seriously-what is a crazy bone? if you ever stepped on them, many colorful words would leave your mouth(never infront of the kids, of course), and now, i have been introduced the joys of "crazy bands." crazy bands are colorful rubber bands in different shapes that the kids wear on their wrists. i happen to like these the best, because the boys even wear the "girl" colored ones, and i never have anything pink or purple in my house, so they are a treat for me. i also like them because they don't hurt when you step on them, they are light and easy to store and they come 12 for a dollar...it's all relative.
the true test of a "good" fad, for me, is how well they wash and dry in the laundry. because, inevitably, the kids leave them in their pants pockets, dont tell me they are there, looking through the pockets is not in my job description(not yet, anyway) and they end up being cleaned. cards don't fare so well, crazy bones hold up tremendously(the only plus) and silly bands...well, the boys still like them, so they have yet to take the "maytag test"(maytag is a brand of washing machine and dryer for those of you who don't do your own laundry...) though, i keep finding broken ones on the floor...should i just leave them there? should i put them in a pattern on the floor that leads to the garbage can? will that help at all? being subtle is being ineffective in this house. and clearly i need the extra exercise after the tremendous dessert consumption of last evening.
we give in and by this stuff for our kids because we love them? because it stops them from fighting in the car? because it stops them from fighting in the house? who knows...the reasons don't matter. Just to have them all smiling and happy makes it worth the price of cleaning them up from all over the house....until we move on to the next fad....
happy tuesday
i can remember pokemon cards, and the joys of finding them in amazing savings for a 1/4 of the price than in other stores...i think the boys weren't so into yugemon cards(never knew what that was)so i didn't have to over-buy those, my sister in law introduced us to MLB showdown cards, which were a big hit....then i remember those godam crazy bones. one dollar bought you 5 hard plastic crazy bones. seriously-what is a crazy bone? if you ever stepped on them, many colorful words would leave your mouth(never infront of the kids, of course), and now, i have been introduced the joys of "crazy bands." crazy bands are colorful rubber bands in different shapes that the kids wear on their wrists. i happen to like these the best, because the boys even wear the "girl" colored ones, and i never have anything pink or purple in my house, so they are a treat for me. i also like them because they don't hurt when you step on them, they are light and easy to store and they come 12 for a dollar...it's all relative.
the true test of a "good" fad, for me, is how well they wash and dry in the laundry. because, inevitably, the kids leave them in their pants pockets, dont tell me they are there, looking through the pockets is not in my job description(not yet, anyway) and they end up being cleaned. cards don't fare so well, crazy bones hold up tremendously(the only plus) and silly bands...well, the boys still like them, so they have yet to take the "maytag test"(maytag is a brand of washing machine and dryer for those of you who don't do your own laundry...) though, i keep finding broken ones on the floor...should i just leave them there? should i put them in a pattern on the floor that leads to the garbage can? will that help at all? being subtle is being ineffective in this house. and clearly i need the extra exercise after the tremendous dessert consumption of last evening.
we give in and by this stuff for our kids because we love them? because it stops them from fighting in the car? because it stops them from fighting in the house? who knows...the reasons don't matter. Just to have them all smiling and happy makes it worth the price of cleaning them up from all over the house....until we move on to the next fad....
happy tuesday
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