A Little Recap and a Little Rant

Last weekend Hubby and I drove the all too normal hour (no movie theater closer than that) to go see a movie, have dinner and shop a little.

The movie we saw was "42". It's about Jackie Robinson -the baseball player who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball back in the mid1940s. Super good movie! Go see it. I highly recommend it!

After we the movie (it was a matinee) we checked the apps on our phones for suggestions of where to eat and drove to the restaurant only to find out there was a 90 minute wait. Sigh. We ended up at a Chipotle. Not very fancy.

We both did a little shopping. I found a couple of things and was given two $10 off coupons.

Since I had those coupons and had been thinking about a couple of other things I had seen, I decided to drive back today and make use of the coupons. 

Ha ha ha. (That is written with a sarcastic font, by the way.)

Can you see the photo of said coupon?  A huge paragraph of exceptions. So no luck on getting the $10 off. Oh well. The stuff I bought was on sale already.

This and That

Pretty slow week here in my blog world.

So this post will just be a smidge from here and a smidge from there.

Monday as we were driving back north from a wonderful weekend with our kids (being with them is always wonderful and the fact that it was actually spring there with daffodils and forsythias blooming made it even sweeter), I sarcastically posted this status on my Facebook page:  

We've enjoyed a lovely spring weekend in Kansas.
Back to the land of no spring. Blech.

 I just meant that things hadn't started greening up yet. Little did I know that there was actual truth in it. This morning we got about 8 inches of SNOW! 

The weather this week has just been horrible. Worse than horrible.

I came across this sentiment:::

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In other news, our sump pump died yesterday. In the 12 years we have lived in Minnesota, I have concluded that all of the state is a sponge. (The helpful plumber who showed up 6 hours after Hubby called replaced the pump and it's been working hard ever since.)

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My sister asked me to make a couple of quilts for a bedroom that her grandbabies will stay in when they visit. I spent part of the day yesterday graphing out the quilt in order to figure our how much fabric I needed for the borders, backing, etc. Before I started beating my head on my sewing table (math is NOT my friend) I hunted for what probably is the best quilting tool I have ever purchased:

There are oodles of charts in there that help figure out yardage for blocks, sashing, borders, backing, etc. Totally love it. Hubby (who I like to call my own personal Human Calculator) (some people marry for money or for love, I married him for his mad math skills) looked over my scribblings. Most were okay, but there was a boo-boo. Not a big deal, but so thankful for his expertise. :)

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A friend posted a link to this blog post earlier this week. I wish I could have written the post because it says everything I have been thinking about and working through lately. I wrote this quote from the post on  my Facebook earlier this week:

"It is easy to spout trite Christian platitudes designed to make people feel better with bumper-sticker theology. But insipid axioms do little in the face of the actual brokenness of the world."

I would encourage you to read the post. It will challenge you.

In conclusion, this blog post seems to be a summary of my Facebook activity of the week.

Brain Dump

I've been trying to come up with a theme for a blog post. I just keep coming up with unrelated, random thoughts, so I guess I'll just go with that and have a brain dump.

1. Last Sunday as we were driving to church (in another town), a bird flew across the highway and I heard a thump. I turned to the hubby and said, "I think you hit that one." THREE days later I happened to see this as I walked towards my car in a parking lot:

I wasn't sure if I should laugh or be grossed out. (It was a combo of both.) At home,  I left the car in the driveway so my man could dispose of it like a man should do. (Which made total sense to me even though it had been in and out of the garage since Sunday.)

2.Sometimes I like to go out to eat by myself. (Like for lunch when my hubby is working. I don't just randomly go out for a meal and leave him home alone.) I've noticed that when I tell the hostess I'm a party of one, they most often respond with, "Just one?" I've never heard them say, when I'm with more people, "Just four?" Just an observation.

3. I may or may not have mentioned that we recently moved to a smaller town. I once thought an advantage to moving was you'd leave all the junk mail behind. Nope. It follows you. Seriously. Somehow, there must be an agreement with the post office to give some places your forwarding address. Annoying.
 
4. Have I mentioned we live in a small town? No? How neglectful of me. ;) I've noticed that the town seems to not be very updated in a lot of areas. There are a lot of old houses and crummy looking businesses. I came across this sign on the back side of the JCPenney store. I remember that logo from when I was little. I Googled it and this logo was used from 1963-1971. Sheesh!

5. The season is changing. I fear winter in the Great White North is not far away. Time to dig out the warmer clothes and put the summer things away. But, that will likely involve throwing away some of my most comfortable PJ bottoms. I. Can't. Do. That. Easily. I've had them for over 10 years. Have I mentioned the are comfortable? What's the problem? There is less space holding the waistband on than not. In other words. Holes. I guess that's what 10 plus years of use will do. **SIGH**

6. I feel I must revisit the classy PizzaHutCarWash that represents the weirdness of this town.

7. I have a problem. I can't cut straight. Whenever I make bars or a cake, I ask my husband to cut it up. Don't believe me? Check out this pizza I tried to cut up myself for supper one night:

 I guess there is a choice of sizes for each person.



8. This just makes me laugh.

9.  Speaking of laughing. This blog, (Cake Wrecks) is always good for a laugh! (Oh, except on Sundays, they actually have a serious post. But every other day is great.) Check it out.

10. Try as I might, I can't come up with ten things to dump out of my brain. Oh well. Deal with it.

Hello, My Name Is....

(Warning: Rant Ahead)

I have a confession to make.

I am a City Girl.

I am a City Girl and I am proud of it.

Somehow I have managed to make friends with people who are more country or hick, if you will, than I am. I appreciate their love for the outdoors, for how they actually like to camp, hunt, fish, get dirty and sweaty on purpose.

One request I have is to be appreciated for not enjoying those things. I like to be inside in the blessed air conditioning, to not get dirty and sweaty. And please give me a nice hotel with cushy beds. And I will get my meat all nice and wrapped in plastic, thank-you-very-much.

Let's just appreciate each other for each person's uniqueness. There really is no need for berating someone for not liking something you like.

I feel better now.

Thanks for listening.