Happy Mother's Day, Bitches!
Nowhere else in this 'verse could I say that!
Job update: I survived my 1 week trial and have been asked back for a second. The guy who is training me to be his assistant went out of town for Fri, Mon-Wed, and the parents were concerned that I would not have enough to do. Well, if Friday is any indication, I will have plenty to do! The place is insane and the organization is individually optional.
Once I get a better handle on things, I will try to impose a bit more common sense to what I can. If they hire me permanently, that is.
I've bought gas twice in the last week! I must take the interstate to work and the speed limit is 70 mph so it is eating gas. I checked the oil yesterday and was almost dry. Eeeeek!!!
Condolences. burrell.
Congrats to Kenny!
Go you, vw, with your mad dating self.
Power on quester with the new job!
I am wiped out and just now aware of the outside world. Had a good work team in this week; the kids loved them. There`s a wildfire down on Apache and at least one of my students had to evacuate. And I have a ton of laundry to do today.
Roller-Women!
Members of Scare Force One were out in front of my house this morning, handing out invites to their May 14 bout with DC Demoncrats. We had a lovely chat about them being in love with my dog, but when on the spot, I completely blanked on your noms du skate. I felt so stupid!
Anyway, the crowds seemed to be enjoying them and visa-versa.
Good deal, quester. But UGH on the gas. Keep track of your milage -- you can totally claim excessive milage on taxes, I'm pretty sure.
Happy Mother's Day, all!
(I got a Mother's day present for the first time -- a little flower from Dan. I'm just a stepmom, and not even full-time at that, but it was really sweet!)
Happy Mothers Day, Bitches!!!
Bonny, it's hard to remember skater names! Mine's Rose Redrum. Roller derby usually gets crowds very interested. We just had an expo last night to get our local fans interested and had a pretty good turn out for the mini-bout. Our first home bout is next month so I hope we get a lot of people in the door.
Stepmom totally counts, Erin. Go Dan!
So we did family manicures. Franny chose a beautiful NfuOh flaky, Isaac chose two colors, one for each hand--Wildlife and a, uh, I can't remember what it's called, blue holo. I went with Peacock Feathers. Fun!
But why oh why haven't my Zoya polishes arrived yet?
Mother's Day at Chez Tea: in the morning we all went to a very nice playground so we could spend it following Ryan around. How is he growing up so fast? He went on the big slide this time. No mean feat getting back up to the top either, the slope was pretty steep (I think it reached almost 45 degrees over one patch), and he didn't need any help at all.
Oh, and he's making associations too. When his grandparents took him shopping, he saw a billboard for Coke Zero (my staple drink) and said "Daddy!" he still doesn't say "Penguin" in English, but he does in Chinese ("Qi'e"). Then he adds "Daddy!" to the end of that one too.
Afternoon, we watched a DVD about colours, while his Mummy visited a friend. We've created a monster. He spent his first two years unaware of what the goggle box was capable of, but now... Big tears and wailing when the DVD ended. (Lots of fun watching with him though.)
For dinner I did a roast. The beef was nothing special, but the port sauce I made with it, that was a revelation. I left it boiling a little too long, so it was thicker than it was supposed to be, which I think improved it. (It's not particularly complicated. Sauté some spring onions, add brandy, garlic and rosemary, then port, then beef stock, then boil the ever-loving crap out of it. What's not to love?)
All up, that was a good Mother's Day.
billy, that sounds like a lovely day...sans the tears, of course.
I was watching Masterchef AU today and got quite tense. It was like watching the beach scene in Chariots of Fire!.
I like the professionals and locations on the AU version better than the NZ version, but like the contestants and the food better on the NZ.
I'll bet your roast & sauce would do well in that crowd!
