Time Flies..........

Here it is......May 27th.........I can't believe this month is gone ~ I can't believe that tomorrow my baby, Princess Sassy, turns 15!! We had a lovely family get-together today at the Grandparents home. My niece, Karen Rani, came down Saturday to visit them over the weekend. My oldest, Princess McPout (previously known as Princess Pouty in my posts) also went down yesterday & had a great time catching up with her cousing till the wee hours of the morning. I didn't go until
noon today....after returning one of Princess Sassy's friends home & picking up Princess McPout's fiance so that they wouldn't have to bring 2 vehicles back home tonight.

Should have gone down yesterday, but instead, I spent a lovely day out with Miss Misery, her b/f Nifty & his Mom. Started out a bit upset with the fact that her dress was not ready as promised. It's to be ready Monday instead....& it
better be there when we go tomorrow afternoon to pick it up. More importantly, it
better fit just right or she'll/we'll be quite upset. Nifty lucked out & quickly picked out a stylin' suit & shirt for the Prom which will be ready Monday as well.
We went out for a great lunch at Boston Pizza, then hit Tim's for coffee & spent some time talking together. After dropping Nifty off for work, we hit our favorite store to pick up a couple of ties for him to choose between for the Prom. Hopefully, one of the two we picked will go well with the dress & that he'll like them.
Anyways, back to tonight's wonderful dinner! It was an impromptu birthday party for Princess Sassy. She received some nice cards & gifts & enjoyed her birthday cake. Her sisters & cousin ordered it at the bakery & they naturally had the bakery folks think twice while doing the cake. Today they chose the saying "Happy Birthday ButtHead". The poor woman even came back out front to ask them how to spell it!!
Last month, the same parties in question ordered a cake for Princess Grace's b'day.
On that one they requested "Happy Birthday Dorkface" & received quite a look from the lady who was to prepare their order. Fortunately, it was ordered in a different town. Miss Misery's b'day is in June.........I'm rather dreading what they'll come up with for her.........Oh, Sisterly Love, LOL. Thank goodness they didn't come up with a name to add on behalf of my birthday. "Mom" has worked fine with me for all these years.

I probably won't be on top of my posts for the next week or so. Dad is going in for surgery Wednesday morning so I'll be out of town to stay with Mom. Not sure when he'll be home........hence another good reason we chose to get together this weekend at their place to bug them, lol. Going to be hectic.......still need to pick up some stuff to celebrate Princess Sassy's special day tomorrow. Also need to pick up Miss Misery's dress for Prom, as well as her prom tickets, for Friday night. (Sigh)
so much to do so little time.......probably a line most moms relate to for their entire life, ha ha ha.

Mom & Dad were on a cruise when I had my birthday. They gave me some lovely presents, and Mom picked out an amazing card that actually brought tears to my eyes!
I told my husband that his Mom & Dad really love me & they love me better than they love him, lol. That got all of them laughing for a while!!

So......on that note I'll sign off for now. The girls are kinda worried about their
Papa this week.....but I keep telling them to stay positive. Stuff happens when you get older & hopefully their Papa will be just fine & feeling much better than he has
been lately. I've been so fortunate with them.......(they are my husband's parents).
I'm proud to say that I have the In~Laws.............NOT the out~laws!!!!

Ooops...I missed a week...& then some!!

Gee, this working for a living really sucks! Seems like I have no time at all left to myself which is not good with all the plans I have now that the nice weather is here. Just can't seem to keep up with the laundry/housework & I've barely made a dent in the weeds. Thank goodness I haven't been stuck on the lawn tractor yet!
Princess Sassy & my better half have been taking turns doing the grass cutting.

It's been busier than usual around here. Miss Misery is excitedly awaiting for
Prom Night on June 1st. Princess Pouty gave her a gorgeous dress that is currently being altered & shortened. Hopefully, everything will be perfect when we go to the dressmaker's Saturday to check it out & bring it home. Then, it's off to the mall with her boyfriend Nifty & his Mom........he needs to find a suit to wear to her Prom.

Great news!! Princess Pouty has announced the date of her wedding......it will take place on April 12th, 2008. She's very happy that everything's falling into place. The Church & Hall are booked, as is the photographer, DJ & the limo. Dress shopping will start in a couple of weeks so that she can decide on the colours she wants for her special day.....then the bakery can finalize plans for her wedding cake. The food is also planned. Now we just need to finalize the guest list & attend to all the other details that need attention.

I finally have a day off tomorrow. Hopefully the weather will be terrific & I'll be able to go for a ride. If not, guess I'll get back to the laundry room & try to make a dent in the mountains there, lol.

Will try to be more consistent with this blog. Please be patient......it's all new to me.........& some days I don't feel I have anything worth writing, then days go by & Miss Misery asks me whaz'up with the blog. Hopefully I'll get better at it as time goes by.......

Have a great week, & I'll be back!!

To Miss Misery

OMG.................here I am still drooling over last night's wonderful dinner
we had at Princess Pouty's place...........that I completely let thoughts of
food overrule love, lol.

After a late night.....I was heading off to bed at 1am this morning.....when Miss Misery popped into my room to wish me a Happy Mother's Day. She handed me a home-made card done in my favorite colours & wrote me a lovely note straight from her heart. What a wonderful way to go off to sleep, thinking of her precious words,
and revelling in her hugs & kisses!

This daughter of mine sure knows what I need & when I need a little something
extra and she sure knows how to make sure that I feel her love. I only hope
that in the busy~ness of our daily lives that she knows in her heart how much
I truly love her (& her sisters' & Dad too, of course). Miss Misery is definitely a ray of sunshine & warmth in my life!!

Happy Mother's Day!!!!

What a lovely sunny day even though it's not as warm as I'd hoped for. I hope Mothers everywhere enjoy today & do whatever their hearts desire. Me....I'm just chillin'.....having a lazy day napping, reading, playing on the computer.

I'm also enjoying my thoughts from last evening when my Princess Pouty had us over for a belated birthday dinner/Mother's Day dinner. What a nice treat~not cooking dinner!! First
Princess Pouty made pasta (my favorite) with a twist~she used pepperoni, green peppers, mushrooms, garlic, 3 kinds of sauce, more garlic & fresh mozzarella cheese. Cheese garlic bread & sauteed shrimp (in garlic & butter, of course) rounded out this lovely dinner, with ice cream cake to finish it off. My girls gave me a gift certificate for my favorite Greek restaurant, a gift set full of spa stuff, a magazine & a totally beautiful Mother's Day Card that was long & hard for me to read through my tears..............all my girls are awesome..........and really made my heart swell even more with the love & pride I've always held for these beautiful creatures.

At touching moments like this I really wonder where they came from & how I was so lucky to be their Mom. They are rays of sunshine in our lives and moments like these definitely outshine the not so pleasant moments all parents & kids go through. Times like these are treasured and definitely remind us how awarding parenting is..........

Think I'll sign off here.........shouldn't have reread the card again........tears are threatening to take over. Must call Princess Pouty and thank her again for last night........and call Princess Grace to see if she'll be home for dinner tonight. Princess Sassy got someone to cover her shift at work tonight so I don't have to do any driving.........hmmm..........I think I hear the mango rum calling my name!

Miss Misery has been busy today creating a blog for her good friends that are taking off for Europe & Ireland for the next year. I'm sure they'll have wonderful adventures over there &
am looking forward to reading about them. I'm not sure when they'll be able to start writing as they have a million things to do before taking off Tuesday..........but I'm sure it will be worth the wait. Miss Misery will probably explain more about it, but here's the link she gave me.

http://thebackpackers.blogspot.com

Happy trails, you two, & I hope you both have the time of your lives!! You will definitely be missed around here but everyone will be able to keep up with your adventures. Hopefully, you'll be back home before you know it...........but if you decide to stay in Ireland don't expect too much peace & quiet! I'm sure many of your friends will be saving up to head over to visit with you two...................Have a blast!!!

from Miss Misery's Mom
(& the rest of the Family too)
.............XXXXOOOO

Dynamite Anyone????

Here it is, Friday night, and I haven't done anything more around here except 3 loads of laundry........well, I finished a book & started another one.......totally enjoying the weather
on the back deck this morning. I can't believe in 2 days off of work that I didn't accomplish more. Guess I'll be working my butt off tomorrow morning trying to get the house into shape. It's supposed to be a great weekend weather-wise........so I'd better get cracking so that my
Honey & I can try to get in some riding. There's several charity rides this weekend that I'd like to go on. (My Honey & I leaving our oldest daughter's place.....the Cool Parents, lol)



Got to go shopping with my better half today to buy a new dishwasher. Our old one was recalled due to a problem that could result in an electrical fire. Since it was going on 8 years old we opted for the $75.00 we were offered by the company involved instead of having a repairman come out to fix the problem. The dang thing was leaking badly and falling apart anyways........so now I have a lovely new one & I'm very happy that the inside is stainless steel instead of the cheap plastic that stains & retains not so lovely old food smells, lol.

Took Miss Misery to get some photos developed today after picking her up from co-op. She
needs to finish a project for the end of the month and had some great pictures from the last few outings with the members she volunteers with. I must admit that I greatly admire Miss Misery's natural abilities to be able to work with these young adults with special needs. I think that she's amazing with them and they seem to love her too. I'm very excited for her to do her college course in Social Work. I think that she'll love it and do an amazing job once she gets her diploma. Social Services will luck out in getting this gem of a young women in their midst.

Before leaving the mall, we decided to stop at the shoe store in hopes of finding a pair for Prom. No such luck today.......but Miss Misery scored a leopard/cheetah print purse and matching wedgie sandals. My, but what a fetish she has for purses..........but she doesn't ask for much. Although I don't understand the extent of her love for purses, I do occasionally try to indulge her. I do believe that she was grinning all of the way home thinking about them. Guess we'll give shoe shopping for Prom another try next week so that we can get her dress altered for them.

Well, guess I'll sign off here........gotta get some sleep so that I can get up fairly early tomorrow & tackle this house........or maybe get some tanning/reading done by the pool.....sigh......the next major overhaul will be getting a new liner for the pool........never a dull moment.

Have a good weekend everyone. Happy Mother's Day to all you Moms out there.......enjoy your day!!

I Survived the "Big 5-0"

Hey Everyone,

I'm back & I survived the "Big 5-0" last Friday! I lucked out and had the day off work,
so my better half took me to New York for a long weekend. We left Friday, in honour of
the big day.....as well as in honour of the 1st National Female Ride Day. We rode to
Alexandria Bay where I celebrated with a couple of mango rums' on the rocks (and nothing
to eat at this point which wasn't too bright of me, lol) Since I'm the "DD" at 99.9% of any
fun stuff due to Mom's Taxi Service, I am so totally a cheap drunk (great on honey's wallet though). We had to wait in the bar for our dinner table, so naturally I had to have a drink.
I wolfed down the whole (small) bowl of popcorn that the bartender left with our drink order.
I was a good girl and managed to nurse my Long Island Ice Tea through-out the entire dinner(it's amazing that the bartender could tell I needed food, lol). After we got back to the motel
I passed on the nightcap & basically went to bed. Must have been all that fresh air during the ride........I was asleep by 10pm.

We left for Lake Placid the next morning. The mountain roads were great..........not too much traffic yet.........sunny weather but still kinda chilly. We were supposed to head further south but I mentioned that a couple of drinks & a jacuzzi would warm me up real quick.....unfortunately the only hotel at Lake Placid that was open & had a jacuzzi wanted almost
$500 US per night. I decided that I'd settle for a hot shower & some more mango rum drinks & that kind of money would go much farther if spent on other things.

Didn't get much warmer Sunday, but we both came home with great wind burns & slept like rocks after riding all day from Lake Placid to get home. We managed to stop for HOT coffee & yummy blueberry fritters for supper ~dang travel centres are way too busy to wait for a hot meal on Sunday evenings. Made it home about 9PM...........and were pleased to see that the kids saved some pizza for us..........I didn't even have to cook & made it to bed by 10pm. Although I slept very well, the morning came far too early for me! 2 more days then I have a 4 day weekend (wow, 2 long weekends in a row..........better make the most of it before management notices how my hours have been........that will be the end of long weekends, lol)

The kids were pretty good while we were gone. They managed to get some housework done for me in spite of their social obligations.........they must have been bored & missed us.......it's not too often they volunteer to do chores.......I'm lucky if they get time to do their own laundry, lol.

Anyways, Miss Misery will be home in a few minutes. I haven't seen her since Thursday, so
I'll stop here for now. I need to ask her how to add some other Stuff to my blog........haven't been around lately for her to "roll her eyes at me" when I ask dumb stuff about computers, blogging, etc. Just kidding.............she's pretty patient with me.......even if she explains things to me far too fast for this old, un-technological mind to keep up with....ha ha.