4.26.13
Let's play ketchup!
Let me ketch u up! (That is five year old humor right there)
My five year old is headed to the beach in about an hour. I am so jealous.
What are you looking forward to this weekend? I'm looking forward to Body Flow tomorrow morning at the YMCA. This will be my second class - I hope to not look quite as goofy this time around. I'd love to have you join me - even if just to try! Contact me privately if you're interested.
I am also looking forward to my husband NOT working this weekend! We're planning on going to a few things around the area since we'll just have one punkin!
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TV
Real Housewives of Orange County - the originals and my favorites by far - so I finally got around to watching the latest episode. I made comments on the regular girls and I stated I'd make some comments on Lydia.
Two words - AIR HEAD. That is just the vibe I feel like that stick of human is. She's thirty-ish and I swear I thought she was 16 (I get that a lot too, not hating on the good aging). The way she talks, the bad hair.....oh man I can tell I'm not falling in love with this girl.
So far I do not have a favorite on RHWOC. I guess my affinity for no drama makes me think - eeek don't like them. So why can I not miss a show?
What's your reality sugar loaded addiction? Share it!
This is the time of year that we really watch very little television because it is so nice out! It is also "day light" a bit longer which is awesome! But we do DVR some things such as - Farm Kings!
I stumbled upon Farm Kings over the holidays. GAC was running a marathon of the first season. I wasn't quite sure what was going on on my screen. My first assumption: a load of weed smoking hippies trying to grow something other than grass.
Remember what you learned about assuming?
I take that title of a$$! I fell in love with the show. As is usual - when I fall in love with a reality show I start picking up on the staging and script by the next season. Still with Farm Kings I feel like the majority is pretty much daily life for these ten kids plus mom.
If you haven't checked it out you should. This family is trying to get their small farming venture up and running. They run a cafe and bakery using the goods off their crop/livestock farming attempt. The oldest brother Joe is in charge of everything. The other two oldest Pete and Tim are pretty fun to watch. I enjoyed explaining dread locks to my five year old last night - she still doesn't get it.
You end up pulling for this family to make it. The mom is pretty hot for a sixty-two year old mother of ten that range in ages from 12-30 (I believe I got that right). And the brothers are pretty smokin' hot as well.....just look for the tag picture of the three to four most ripped - holy moly boys come play with my chickens any day.
In summary - you will laugh, cry, ask whaaaaat?, and enjoy the King family.
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The kitchen.
I am happy to announce that due my dentist only deciding to fix one tooth yesterday - a whopping 10 minutes in the chair woo hoo - I was able to go to
Kitchen Vision and get started on the basics of the design of my kitchen!
(I am now doing this happy dance that you should thank the Lord you cannot see)
I have decided on (with the help of Jim) a painted maple shaker style cabinet. We're looking at granite counter tops. Ok my husband is all for granite countertops. I'm still up in the air. I see too many good options for me.
So how did we come about making the cabinet decision? Simple. The house is a 1930's Cape Cod style home - flat front with a side porch on a full basement. If we go too modern we lose the lure that is (now considered) antique - if we go too rustic then I just won't be happy. The house was constructed in a period of simplicity and basic necessity (thus marble is not a good choice to go along with the feel of a depression era house but neither is particle board). So when you look at cabinet options the
Wolf Dartmouth Shaker style is perfect!
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| Photo courtesy of Wolf Cabinets |
I had decided white would be a good option but part of me is tinkering with the idea of the darker option. This dilemma will ease as soon as I put all my samples together in the next week or so.
The flooring is also nearing finalization. There is an AWESOME product on the market for all you tile lovers. If you like tile but you like the ease of laminate then guess what? They got together made a baby of sorts. Got to love some flooring procreation. I am in love with Allure Plank Flooring! I know that we will be choosing to use Ceramique Dusk. The color is perfect for heavy traffic - it won't show every single spill and print - so if I miss a day of mopping I'll not feel so terrible! (Come to think of it, when you have new flooring you seem to NEVER miss a day of cleaning that new floor...irony.)
I have been staring down a sample from Allure Flooring (sold at Home Depot) but my heart of hearts is saying to find another company to go with. So readers have you used Allure Flooring before? I have heard some bad and since I'm not familiar with their name (as we are of Armstrong) I am looking outside the big box walls and asking real people!
We have also decided that yes, Virginia we do want an island. Man, this kitchen is really taking new shape....in my mind!
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Demented Thursday.
Let me go ahead and admit that it was quite odd yesterday when I didn't sit down to write a Demented Thursday blog. I knew that I would not be escorting my grandma to the beauty shop to get her weekly wash and set completed. I had a dental appointment that had been on the books since the start of the month.
It turns out my grandma didn't make it to the appointment either. Instead she sat in a bed at the Baptist Hospital.
What's to blame? Dementia/Alzheimers.
You know as I was driving home from my errands it hit me. My grandma who is 85 (let the record show....yesterday she was shocked to find out she was that old) has a disease that makes her currently more like 12.
Twelve is one of those critical ages of growing up. You're not a little kid anymore - it is true. If need be you can take care of the majority of your needs. Think about it - at 12 most kids can fix something to eat (cereal, sandwich, pizza, etc), groom and bathe, know the principles of right and wrong, and pretty much set up a decent schedule for themselves. With all that being said - a twelve year old still requires adult supervision and correction when things are a little hazy or too far left field (no, you cannot empty your piggy bank to buy a Bieber ticket or Bieber weed whatever the kid is selling now). A twelve year old still needs an adult to get from point A to point B (or a school bus). A twelve year old also needs an adult to help them understand school work, life, and current events. They need an adult to make sure they get proper medical care and to know when a band aid is the perfect fix and when it is time to get some stitches. Tweens need friends to talk to because its key to be able to communicate with your peers. Tweens need reminders of the "mundane" because they are easily distracted by what is flashy, shiny, and new.
My grandma is a tween. If there is anything difficult it is realizing that the woman who took care of you while you were a tween and your parents were working is now reverting back to that point. It is sad and somewhat degrading.
I'm learning a lot through this battle against the morph of brain matter into a swiss cheese like pattern. I'm learning that upon diagnosis it is so important for family to sit down and map out a good strong plan of care for their loved one. This means you sit down at the table and you make a real plan - you don't wait until an overdose of medication or a fall or a comment where grandma shows she's really out there picking daisies in the bottom of the 7th with bases loaded. You have to be prepared and you have to accept that what is happening IS happening and you cannot play the whole out of site out of mind game with a disease that eats away years of work, education, and mastering skills.
Today she is doing better. We'll see what tomorrow holds.
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I have a dilemma - I cannot find a purse I like. Just felt the need to share. I used to be the bag lady and now I am so picky I cannot settle on a freaking pocketbook. I'm leaning towards an envelope purse. They are adorable! But really how functional are they?
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Have a terrific weekend - be fun, be random and make three memories -
Brownie
Share it babies!
