Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I'm feeling like a period of time with no email would be a blessing. Not productive, but a nice respite.
Booze? Dinner cruise or similar "experience"?
My parents don't drink and they booked themselves a cruise to all the Hawaiian islands. I've been giving tickets to concert or theatre events for gifts but I feel like I should step it up a little for this.
Hec, stripes would look amazing!
Ooh! They have rotating lunch stands at my office, and I don't know if these are new or if I just haven't checked it out on a Monday, but today's choices were Jamaican or Ethiopian! I went with Ethiopian and am pretty happy about it.
Also, imagine being 40 at your kid's wedding??
I think Grandma was 19 when my mom was born. I broke the family trend of marrying young although I guess my cousin picked up the slack. He's two years younger than me and a grandpa twice over.
Every book has a different answer.
Feed her what YOU want. By one she should be pretty proficient at eating just about anything.
I've been giving tickets to concert or theatre events for gifts but I feel like I should step it up a little for this.
Season tickets to something? Museum memberships? A thing-of-the-month club?
For my parents' 50th I took them to Hot Springs for an anniversary dinner in a romantic Italian restaurant and a tour of the Mid America Science Museum the next day.
Cousins of mine had a big catered party for their 50th in a hotel, but they were a lot more outgoing than my folks, who don't like big gatherings.
You all may remember the party I threw for my parents' 45th anniversary. It was pretty much perfect, if I do say so myself! (Luckily, my mother focuses on good memories, so hasn't stayed mad that none of her family went to the party. Instead it is just a nice memory of all of their best friends there.)
A thing-of-the-month club?
Ooh, yeah! Even flowers, which I never buy for myself, but would be happy to have in the house on a regular basis. But like a food thing would be amazing. Cheese of the month would make me so happy! And carry the celebration through the year, which seems appropriate for such a big round number.
I think Grandma was 19 when my mom was born. I broke the family trend of marrying young although I guess my cousin picked up the slack. He's two years younger than me and a grandpa twice over.
My family is the same. My father's mother was 39 or 40 when my parents got married, and my younger cousin is also a grandmother. (Although only once so far!)
Feed her what YOU want. By one she should be pretty proficient at eating just about anything.
IDoNotHaveKids, but isn't a lot of kid-feeding focused on "What can I get the kid to swallow that's more nutritious than not"?
Monday's are stupid. Two of the key people on my one project are out of the office this week....so they worked all weekend and sent about 50 urgent important messages. In some cases asking me to do stuff I have no idea about (like "please make sure my backup has access to [system I've never heard of and don't grant access to?!?]"). Ugh.
Feed her what YOU want. By one she should be pretty proficient at eating just about anything
Oh, I know. I'm just trying to figure out exactly how much she needs of what type of food so that I can type up a new schedule to put on the fridge so that everyone who is "helping" to feed her can stop asking me 50 questions while I'm trying to shower.