Saturday, November 22, 2008

The Countdown Begins

I'm busy getting my ducks in a row to fly into Boston Monday morning. My plane leaves at 4:45AM and with luck, Stella and I will be in Boston by 11:00AM. I was hoping we'd have a baby before I got there but it looks like Thomas James is taking his sweet time :)

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Only The Lonely

I'm channeling Roy Orbison this morning.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

OK, About That Man :)

An old friend of Jim's who lives in Bismarck just recently found out about Jim's death. He e-mailed me to send me his condolences and I responded. We carried on an e-mail conversation for awhile that led to nightly phone calls. We talked for hours every night for a week and really hit it off.

We decided it was time to meet face to face so he drove up to Minot (about 110 miles, Linda) Sunday night. We had drinks and appetizers and had a nice time. Monday we had brunch, met his sister and niece who live here for lunch and then hit the grocery store. We spent the afternoon cooking Mexican and he makes a mean green chili enchilada :)

He had to work today so he drove home shortly after we had dinner.

He's a fantastic guy, easy to talk to, we have a lot in common and I liked him a lot... as a friend. In fact, as a good friend. But, unfortunately, there were no sparks. I talked to him last night briefly but because we'd stayed up on Sunday night until 4 AM, we didn't talk long. I don't know how he feels about the whole thing but you now know how I feel.

Rats, back to square one :( And I'd had such high hopes :(

Friday, November 14, 2008

So, I Met A Man...

That's all I've got to say about it... for now :)

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Yuck!

I went to the doctor this morning for my yearly pelvic and breast exam. I can sure think of a better way to get felt up and probed!

Monday, November 10, 2008

Friday, November 7, 2008

First Grade History Lesson

Jameson: "Grandma, did you vote for Barrack Obama?"
Me: "No"
Jameson: "Why not?"
Me: "I don't like him."
Jameson: "You should be proud Barrack Obama is our president. He's the first black man to be president. They voted for him because he was a black man."

Me: "Yes, we've never had a black man for president before."
Jameson: "Nope, they were all white mans. Can a girl be president."
Me: "Yes, a girl can be president but we've never had a girl president."
Jameson: "I know, they've all been mans.""

The Stella Spread


Thursday, November 6, 2008

Little Traitor!


Mom was going to stay with Stella while I was in El Paso. She got her car stuck in the street after dropping us off at the airport. After she was able to get her car into my garage, she decided to stay here and wait out the storm. Stella never left her side all day. I wonder who she's going to sleep with tonight??!

Snowed In!!

I woke up to a blizzard this morning but the website said all flights were moving out of Minot. Of course, our flight got cancelled after we checked in at the airport! The 4:00PM flight is also cancelled and tomorrows flights are all booked solid. Even if they weren't, we wouldn't get to El Paso in time for court anyway. So, we have to postpone until January. The only good part of that is that the jerk will get to stew about it over the holidays. When we book for January, we're going to arrange to go two days ahead, just in case.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

El Paso Bound

Wish us luck. We're headed to El Paso in the morning to face the biggest loser in the free world. It should be all over by 1:30PM Central time and Allison and I plan to have a few celebratory drinks after we get new tattoos to commemorate the occasion. I think mine is going to say, "Paid in Full". Too bad we can't demand the asshole get one that says "DEADBEAT DAD" across his forehead.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Smoochy-Poo


A little girl is Gage's Preschool class calls him Smoochy-Poo. I wonder if that's how he got such chapped lips?? Poor kid, he licks his lips so much, the skin around them is raw. Also, notice his Grandpa Jim's curly hair :)

Saturday, November 1, 2008

The Morning After


Allison and Karter brought their firefighters, Jameson and Gage and their friend Babs (aka Jason) brought his Power Ranger, Sam to have sloppy joes and potato salad last night before trick or treating. Jane stopped in after work and Mom came to see the boys. We all had dinner and then it was game on!!