First an apology - in front of everyone. Apparently my sister's husband did not take the Soprano's humor or his preferring to be in jail in the spirit I intended. For that I do apologize... Brother M - it really was meant as humor - Bubba and I understand "stuff" happens we move on from life and that is all... Happy New Year - and sincerely it's all in good clean (mostly clean) fun.
Now for our New Year's Day...
Oh it started nice enough... at the neighbor's good eats good drink all around good stuff..home loved the pups and to bed and dead... up way late but that was a good thing too...zzzz
Usual morning routine, fed pups and sat on my fanny turned on the Rose Parade enjoyed it for a bit - then it was up and moving and suddenly off we went. To the mall... to exchange some pants for me and pants and shirts for him. I tried on several pairs of pants - found what I needed exchanged then found Bubba... humming and hawing at probably trying to find the most obscure size on the good green earth... He decided to stick with the shirt he had - good call.
While yes Round is a shape - they don't make that in a dress shirt. And no I am not going to admit what size pants I bought. EVER.
So we tend to that mess, he decides he wants to see what else we need at the mall, restroom first - we had breakfast - then to Sears to attempt to find more stuff for his Charlie Brown Christmas tree his sister bought him... it's New Year the Christmas stuff is sooo picked over I'm amazed there aren't turkey bones on the shelves just to prove a point. And another thing I don't want to spend my day at the freaking mall I want to get my stuff done and go home! He wants to play with the 3D TV - they are fuzzy and I'm not going to stand around for 10 minutes waiting for Carla the Associate to quit doing her nails and notice you standing there so you can play with a TV you don't need and won't buy. WHY oh WHY would you waste that kind of time? Really? But this is why it takes 3 hours to get something done while most people would be done in under an hour. Finally I tick him off enough to bag the TV section then he decides we're going to shop for a new washer - NO not today. Moving on NOW.... then we get to the picked over Christmas section - do we declare it a loss and move on --- hello are you reading this or just getting a tan from the monitor glow? Of course we don't move on - we putz about thinking that somewhere in the law and garden section we will magically find the one last bit of Christmas foolishness left just for him... there was not.
So - up side wandered into Hallmark found some cards half off and another goodie so I had that going for me - which is nice. (Starting to feel I'm over using that one... must watch another movie...)
We wandered into Macy's as he thought they would have something Christmas we could look at - and no I didn't point out those sales were worth the effort a week ago... we went - made our way to the Christmas but first! (you knew this was coming) he has to look at the coffee makers like the one we got Nana... again this is what just makes these trips so freaking stressful... why oh why do we have to shop for something WE ALREADY BOUGHT? Does anyone else on the planet do this? Seriously?
Moved on from coffee - and to the one stand with wilted (might as well have been) ornaments, broken toys and a sad display tree with 6 things hanging off of it... I made no comment - we didn't linger.
So finally we head back to the car, stopping only to price cell phone covers to ensure that when I shop on line, we're getting the best deal. We're off to the Mart - returning his movie for the fancy one, we do that minimum of fuss except the man can move like the wind when it's something he wants and like pond water when I'm waiting on him. So I wait and wait - two calls and a text later he shows up...movie is exchanged finally we get home. But not before... the first "words" of the year.
He asks me if I signed up for the massage of the month club - I had - he belonged well apparently what was good for the goose is NOT good for the gander. We don't have the same goals and how could I spend all that money... same chorus new tune for the new year... so words exchanged frustration mounts on both sides. I take my usual tact and stop talking it saves from cleaning up the blood and trying to explain that Bubba is on "vacation".
I get on the computer I find all the needed accessories for our new phones, purchase (my word spending money again like it's going out of style) for both of us... find a recipe for soup tomorrow then head upstairs and make New Year's dinner - with all requested items and one for me. The asparagus dish from Christmas - I had veggies that needed eaten. So I got the best compliment I could get - he ate and didn't talk - and I made him eat at the dining room table. It's a holiday - once a freaking year deal with it.
He got out of dishes because his buddy from CA called.
Called my sister to give her a bit of a jab - then found out my Brother in law wasn't pleased with me and I am truly unhappy about that one - and it hopefully will pass into Bubba's sports overloaded brain... darling sis mentioned the Blog... Bubba didn't know this is out here... yikes. :-)
But dishes are done, kitchen is 9/10's clean, hockey was recorded as the boys chatted for a bit, and we polished off a lovely bottle of wine. I am now going to be lazy - and attempt the same for tomorrow... it probably won't work but one can hope.
I hope everyone welcomed in the new year with family, friends and loved ones. Here is to 2011 - may it bring you all you hope for and not go nearly as quick as 2010 did... yeesh.
One final note... Bubba knows how to set up his ring tones... he's got a special one for me... George Strait - 'And she'll leave you with a smile' Tell me how can he do that on one hand and be such a putz on the other? hang on to that boys and girls it' will be another 4 months before he does something like that again... right before I figure out how to kill him and get away with it... ;-)
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