Monday Meandering #15

Hey there thought I would entertain you, yeha I wish you would all stop expecting clowns and circus animals. If your expecting me to tell you I had a complete and utter free weekend without having to drive anywhere or hold any schedule well then you came to the right place.
It was refreshing and totally unexpected to have SD pick up Morgan for me on Friday afternoon. I lowered my expectation level with SD and stopped getting mad that I am the only one pulling the weight around here. It is what it is and I have to accept it. Which meant that I drove straight home from work and didn't even notice the radio wasn't on for 25 minutes of my drive, by the time I did notice it I left it off because holy cow silence is Golden!
When I got home Morgan and I pulled dead flowers from the flower beds in front of the house the ones my sister planted and promised to tend but we won't go there. The sister bitching will only lead to me telling you about her moving back in with me and bringing her cat, the cat that shits more than any cat I have ever owned, the cat box she promised she would clean everyday because I think she knew about the shit machine before she brought it into my home. The sister and her cat that will soon be moving into the garage if she doesn't stop giving me attitude when I suggest she clean the cat box today!! ooopppppsss sorry just a little bitter........
Saturday was a complete and blissful day of rest. Except the one fact that my body woke me up at 5:50am, I popped open my eyes, then my heart began to race WTF what day is it?? I laid in bed listening for Morgan who didn't wake until after 7am. It was nice to snuggle such a happy and rested toddler and listen to her giggle every time I told her she had milk breathe! Most of the day was spent vacuuming floors, folding laundry, washing dishes and being chased by a pink dinosaur. Of course we did enjoy some time outdoors with the Indian summer like temperatures we are having. My friend Annette came by to visit to take some of the landscaping bricks from the yard.
Speaking of clowns and circus acts I have a birthday party to plan that happens in two weeks. I told myself before I had children that I would only celebrated the momentous birthdays say 1, 5, 10, 16....why is it necessary to throw a big shin dig of people year after year, a mix of people who don't normally hang out together in the first place??? well I am not sure why I am not listening to my gut to throw this big party but only for the love of my baby girl who will be 2! A girl who I am sure will be completely overwhelmed by the amount of people singing to her. A birthday party that will be assembled at my house in 2 weeks. A birthday party that will be pulled out of my rear because procrastination is my middle name and funds would be the second from last. But hey I am having a popcorn machine and plenty of sugar filled snacks to please the masses arriving just in time. Also thinking a rubber room with a lock on the outside should be installed just in case a relative or two gets out of hand.

MIss January

I'm a sucker for a celebrity sighting. So when my brother called last night to say they were filming a movie in front of his house I didn't believe him. I told him he had to send me some proof. As I grilled him for information about how he knew it was a movie? He then asks me how often have I seen an old delivery truck driving down his street with a hot dog on top of it and a film crew with large lights? Coming from the neighborhood where my brother currently lives, not often, I mean never... especially one with FAG GOT written on the side of it.

Apparently a movie called "Miss January" staring Kim Cattrall and Brian Dennehy has been filming in the Wayne County area. Although it is highly doubtful that Kim or Brian will be walking into the local liquor store for a lottery ticket. I thought how cool to have Hollywood literally one house away from someone I know. My brothers house could be on the big screen, who knew. The house on the left is my brothers neighbor the hotel is on the right.

Good Ol' Fall

I don't know about you but we have had the furnace on already and it hasn't been but a week. Morgan has come down with some kind of illness that has brought a temperature and nothing else. Tell me what are some of your tricks to drown out a bossy toddler who refuses to take a nap? and insists that Mommie's bed is the bed where she wants to sleep and oh not before you read a book, then get another drink of juice, then it is just a plain out screaming Mommie, Mommie when you lay her in the crib only to find her ten minutes later curled up in the fetus position in the corner of the crib. I am underpaid around here, having to deal with terrible twos makes me want to hide in the closet with a bag of M&M's only I know she will find me the girl has a nose for chocolate!

So Fall is here and I do like the change of colors on the trees. The last bit of color before everything is just white and grey then mud all over. The smell of cider is in the air. We have not ventured to the cider mill yet, but my friend Annette came by on Sunday afternoon with a treat of donuts, cider and cute pumpkin Morgan calls fuzzy. I think with Morgan's mature 2 year old status Halloween will be much more fun this year. My daycare is fully decorated, to see Morgans eyes to point uncontrollably at pumpkins and lights and skeletons, OH Morgan go SEE NOW! What a joy to see her happy and say everything she sees is awesome!

I am going to leave you with a Halloween costume preview with me modeling the hat of course, I am working on getting her to keep anything in her hair or on her head. Another phase I hope she grows out of. What are you kids going to be for Halloween??