Adventures at Arby's

Turns out my MIL is one of those "I like to go out for lunch after church" people.  So, yesterday we indulged her and headed to Arby's (hold the grimace).  She pulled the "grandma card" and guilted me into letting her get the boys chocolate milkshakes.  She chose for herself a new flavor... the Triple Berry Milkshake.  (Sidenote... my MIL could live off of milkshakes and hot dogs.)  Now, this shake is rather large.  And rather thick.  So thick in fact, that she felt the need to take the lid off so she could swirl it around with her straw.  Remember folks, we were coming from church, so she had on her white church pants.  Do you see where this is going?

Yeah... picture it... 20 ounces of faux ice cream and red dye #40 all over her white polyester pants.  My 10 year old immediately jumped into action, grabbing napkins.  The 8 year old sat motionless with his mouth gapping open.  About that time, a friendly Arby's trainee (as indicated by her name tag) passed by and I asked if we might get a damp towel.  Poor thing... judging by the look on her face, she probably never seen such a sorry sight.  But the best part, the part that makes this whole scene make me laugh until tears are falling from my face, was when my MIL handed her plastic, dripping cup over and said "and could you fill this up for me?"

Where the heck have I been anyway?

Oh, let's see, where have I been the last few months?

The beach
Birthday & Graduation parties
T-Ball
Soccer
The park
Green Bay Train Museum
Georgia
Painting the exterior of the house
Target
Church
Various doctor & dentist appts
Habitat for Humanity meetings
Camping
The Vet
Scholastic Bookfair Workshop
PTG meetings
Cub Scout meetings
Century Ride of Door County (as a volunteer, not a participant!)
Flag Football

oh... and, um... Facebook.

What?? It sucked me in!! And it's probably sucked you in too! But it's character limit is stifling and making me miss blogging.

But clearly I've been busy. So please forgive me (again) for being away sooooo long. I'll try to make it up to you... um... soon...

An apology

Dear Radiology Department Staff,

I'm terribly sorry for the behavior of my five year old son yesterday. I know that you weren't trying to kill him, even though he acted as if you were. I deeply apologize for the many times he crawled under various equipment, making you nervous that he would hit his head. I hope the evil stares he kept throwing your way didn't give you nightmares.

Sincerely,
Teri

Two Month Bullet Point Recap

I know, I know... and I'm sorry. It's been so long. Actually I would have figured that you all have given up on me by now. But with the comments that I've been getting (especially today), I realize that my friends and family are ever so faithful. So, because it would take me way too long to update in paragraph form (not to mention... boring!), here is my two month update... in bullet form!!

• Attended the Boy Scouts Blue & Gold Banquet - Okay, I think they invented Boy Scouts for the sole purpose of showing men how much they need a woman. Seriously... let your imagination wander... it will be very close to the reality of the evening.
• B turned five. FIVE!! (And he invited two girls to his party!)
• B contracted a strange virus that attacked the muscles in his legs and he was unable to walk for three days. But no worries, it went away on it's own and he was back to his crazy self within a week.
• Attended about half of the scheduled Bible Study meetings I was in. (hey, it was TAX SEASON! Cut me some slack!)
• Point of Grace & Michael Schultz concert - An entire day of fun with girlfriends, shopping, eating, and music. (Thank you Mr. OCD!)
• Cub Scout Pinewood Derby!! J came in 3rd, winning his first trophy and a spot at the Divisionals, which btw, are tomorrow.
• 1 funeral, 1 bridal shower
• Attended a bizarrely informative/scary seminar on Internet security (AKA: How the Internet Allows Perverts Into Your Home)
• Mr. OCD turned 48!
• J turned 7, which as I'm told, is the year he will start losing some teeth (not sure why he's in such a hurry). Birthday party was (of course) at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay.
• Got a speeding ticket on my way to help out at church. (And when I got there, the work was, get this... already finished!)
• Joined Habitat for Humanity's Budget & Finance Committee.
• Took the boys to California. They enjoyed time with my mom and a good friend while I worked for a few days. Then we did up Disneyland and Legoland.
• Survived another April 15.

That's the short version. My next post will be an update in pictures in a couple of days. Hope you're all doing well (and timely filed your taxes!)

Today I shovelled slush.

And made comments about it being really warm.

At 36 degrees.


WHAT has my world come to?

In all seriousness

When did toilet paper get complicated? And why for that matter?

I found myself in the toilet paper isle today at Target. I can't say I've ever been flustered by this task before. Normally I just pick up my package of Quilted Northern and move on to the next thing on my list. But today was different. Why? you ask... Because they had to go and complicate a simple thing like toilet paper.

Did you know they have three ply tp now? Well, I didn't. Who needs a third layer anyway? What are you people doing in there that requires three plies? I was perfectly content with two.

And the "double roll"...
Now this was a good thing. It means less frequent changing of the roll. Pleasing to all genders in all households.

Here's where I get confused...
Triple layer... double roll. In my mind I'm thinkin' this is actually less toilet paper than what I'm used to buying. The roll looks the same size. But remember...it's triple ply. Wouldn't that equate to less square footage?

Then you factor in the ones on sale, and try to calculate the best value. Oy vey! Maybe I'm a little anal over this whole toilet paper thing, no?

Bitter Cold

You know it's cold when the weather forecaster says "we'll be warming up to near freezing by week's end".

Oh joy... or not.