Five Things
Happy Friday! I’m sharing five random things today. First up… Inspired by Stephany’s reading crawl, I decided to make Wednesday, my day off, a Reading Day. My plan was to read an entire book and I picked this one: Every Agatha Christie is a reread for me, but luckily I didn’t remember this one at all. It’s a good one! Miss Marple at her finest. Agatha Christies are great to read in one day, because they’re usually less than 200 pages. I enjoyed having a day to whip through this one. In not quite as happy news, Muffin is in BIG TROUBLE. She got ahold of my new Garmin and CHEWED THE END off the band!!! I have a super small wrist, so I can still wear it. But I don’t want my watch chewed on! I usually have it on my bedside table at night and use it as my alarm and now I can’t do that, for fear she’ll chew it to shreds. Let’s talk about something good. Yesterday- tax day- my husband had our return all done and asked me to sign it before he went to the post office. No problem! Except… I signed in the wrong place. I signed on his line instead of mine. My husband was really upset, as time was ticking down to get it in the mail. We couldn’t re-print that page because our printer is broken (he printed the pages at work). He wasn’t willing to trust “Jerzeyguy” on reddit who said it wouldn’t matter. We were stymied, until… I realized I had used an erasable pen. Months ago, I think it was in the comment section of Elisabeth’s blog where someone recommended these gel pens. I ordered some, but rarely use the eraser- it’s easier to just cross things out. But in this case, I was able to erase my signature and put it on the correct line! CRISIS AVERTED. Elsewhere in the blogosphere, SHU mentioned this post on parenting. It describes the stage we’re in beautifully: In the last few years my parenting has shifted from “don’t do X,Y,Z” to “look, don’t do X,Y,Z, but when you do, I’m you’re first phone call. There is nothing you can’t make worse by going it alone after a bad decision and nothing we can’t make better. Bring us in. We love you always.” Which brings us to… prom! Tonight is prom!!! My daughter is going with her boyfriend and I’m so excited! There’s also an after party, Her boyfriend will drive them to prom, but I’ve been recruited to drive them to the after party and pick them up. Ahem. This definitely falls into the category of “don’t do X,Y, and Z, but when you do…” Did you go to your high school prom? -I didn’t. I was too much of a nerd. Do you have small wrists? – Supposedly it’s not a good thing- it shows a higher risk of osteoporosis. Sigh. Top photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash