Mother’s Day 2012

This Mother’s Day, the girls and CS got me some flowers for the back deck and then we went out for lunch with a stop for ice cream for them and a chocolate frappe for me.

I also did some sewing work and hit a small roadblock that I will deal with tomorrow when I have more patience for it. My littlest model has been uncooperative in trying on the clothes I’ve made for her so I may have to take photos of said wares without the owner.

A few links to previous posts about my mother and motherhood.

Mini Me

Running The Playgroup Gauntlet

Liberation

Migration

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Random Vacation Thoughts

Pool + wet bathing suit = not the best time to push the potty training. Seriously, I couldn’t put it off one more week?

I’m glad I didn’t bring my bikini. I’m way too pale and jiggly. Wait. That woman looks terrible in her bikini. I could have totally rocked my bikini. And that woman! No, wait. She’s tan and has a flat stomach. So glad I didn’t bring my bikini.

Let’s all lay down for a long nap so there will be no problems at dinner. Good mom plan! How did this turn into a 3 hour cartoon non-napping marathon? Disaster looms. God hates me.

I’m still not sold on reading on this Kindle. Have people done studies on environment and learning, like actually holding a book increases comprehension? I bet there’s grant money for that! That’s what I should do! That’s boring though. Sitting around, asking “Do you feel you retained more knowledge learning the material this way or that way?” and giving kids quizzes on it that they loathe and will probably purposefully throw the results. I bet those grant studies are why they make kids sit in those study group things during class now. A bunch of 12 year olds discussing the function of mitochondria. Really? Who cares what they feel about it? A half hour of banter, chatting about what’s in the damn book. You’re not curing cancer in junior high study groups. What a dumb idea.

She’s going to throw her shoes right off the balcony, I just know it. She’ll grow up to be like those rock stars that throw burning couches out of their 14th floor hotel room. Except she won’t be rich or famous and I’ll end up losing the house to pay for the lawsuit.

These new heels look so good on me. Why do I have such knobby knees? I could weigh 300 lbs. and I’d still have knobby knees. Whose fault is this? Mom? Dad? People aren’t just born this way.

Why are the only people taking advantage of our balcony? Maybe everyone else is out. No, that can’t be it. There are other people here with little kids. What, are they in bed already? Are we the only drunks at this hotel?

:crunch: Oh my god, she just bit through the lip of a water goblet! ….breath, wait for blood gushing from mouth….screeching….. No?? Where did the glass go? WHERE DID IT GO? Kid is going to give me an actual stroke.

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Spiffy

It’s that time of the decade where I look around here and give it a good vacuuming. Hope you like the new(er) look. Not too much of a change but, hey! Look at that header photo! There is a header photo! And it’s a photo I took! Victory is mine.

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I Am Nothing Without Pretend

A few songs that I have been regularly playing for your listening pleasure, provided you have the same kind of ears that I have. There should be something for everyone I think. Or maybe not. There’s no accounting for taste. So if first you don’t succeed, click on. Click on…..

Civilian- Wye Oak
This is the acoustic version, which is the one I prefer. The released version has a harder edge at the finish, which is ok too, but I like this one a million times a day.

Holy Holy – Wye Oak
Reminiscent of Sonic Youth to me. One of those songs I wasn’t sure about until the third listen. Nice tempo change about 1:40 minutes in.

Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone
I first heard this song via Youtube so the video is ‘married’ to it in my mind. Some people find it uplifting. It makes me feel depressed and desperate, but I mean that in the nicest possible way.

Hazel – Weekend
Nothing incredibly earth-shattering here. Memories of college tunes on college radio and makes me forget that I am old for 4 minutes.

Booty Swing (Production Version) – Parov Stellar
Booty Swing (Live Version) – Parov Stellar
Yes, it’s that damn remake of a 30′s swing song from that damn Vegas commercial. It’s just fun. I’ve included both version links. I like the polished released version, but I also love the horns in the live version. This would be a great show to catch but as it is a French band, they mostly tour Europe.

Booty Swing is a remake of Oriental Swing by Lil Hardin Armstrong & Her Swing Orchestra. It’s not exactly political correct, but I don’t sing ‘em, I just post ‘em.

And some older songs that you’ve already heard, but I listen to them again again and again anyways.

This Magic Moment – Lou Reed
Lou makes this classic Drifter’s song sound positively creepy. It amuses me.

Bloodbuzz Ohio – The National
This is just the track link because the video is crap, but I love this song. This tune also tends to be a ‘cilantro song’ – people either really love it or really hate it. Possibly in the running for a spot in my Top 10 of all-time.

Save It For Later – The English Beat
This is officially an ‘oldie’. It was also on the 80′s set that I did and you’ve heard it a bazillion times. I still can’t get enough of it.

Rock of Ages - Grant Lee Buffalo
Hard to pick just one, because I love me some Grant Lee.

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Sunday

I took Amelia for her first movie theater experience (Barbie Mermaid something-or-other which has so much wrong with it that it nearly made my head explode. She enjoyed it though.)

She then wrote out her Valentine’s Day cards for her classmates and we made up little bags with small toys and chocolates.

Curried sweet potato soup via Relentless Laundry. Highly recommended, even for people who just don’t like sweet potato, which would be me.

Roast Chicken for Les Paresseux for the nth time (roast chicken in a pot for lazy people, also me) from Dorie Greenspan’s Around My French Table. Dinner is almost ready…

And now there is some whining or another coming from the basement playroom from injuries real or imagined while I eat a small bag of mini M&Ms pilfered from the Valentine’s Day candy dish. Later, while the Insane Midget Posse is dreaming their dreamy little dreams, I will be enjoying a cold beer and the last 2 episodes of the first season of Downton Abbey (I was pulled in by all the interweb media hype and now I cannot get enough). It’s a cross between Gosford Park and Forsyte Saga which is everything I love about British productions. The second season is currently on PBS, but I am late to the party and didn’t want to jump ahead. Between video-on-demand and Netflix streaming and PBS reruns, I should be able to grab it somewhere.

(Just adding some more parenthesis. Because I just can’t seem to get enough.) (That should do it.)

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