It was a birthday kind of weekend. Today, we went to Brian’s parent’s house to celebrate his mother’s birthday (which is tomorrow). Jake and I got to play with the puppy, which was cool. Maddie is about three times bigger than the last time I saw her. That’s the cool thing about big dogs–you can just sit around and watch them grow. As an added bonus, I got my birthday gift today (my birthday is in June). While we were eating dinner, I was telling Brian’s dad about all of the vegetables I’ve been planting. Brian’s mom abruptly ran upstairs, grabbed a box, put it on the table and said it was my birthday gift. Everyone broke into the “Happy Birthday” song. It was kind of weird. Anyway, the gift was cool–it was a miniature planting tool set complete with tote bag. This will be perfect for my indoor gardening (which is why I was given the gift today).
silly republicans
I might be a lot of things, but Republican isn’t one of them. So, I’m not quite sure how I got on the Republican National Committee’s mailing list. In the past week, I’ve received two surveys from them. These surveys seem to be a thinly veiled attempt at fundraising. They request a generous contribution so that you can join the RNC. Or, if you are unable to do that, they request $11 to cover the cost of tabulating the survey. So, I keep mailing their surveys back to them in the hopes that it costs them $11 to tabulate my surveys. More likely, they are throwing them in the trash because I didn’t send any money. But, one can always hope.
Chipping away at the Republican National Committee, $11 at a time…
happy birthday, gwen
Brian’s grandmother’s birthday is this week so we went down to Frostburg, Maryland today to visit her for the occasion. This year, we took her out for lunch. Normally she cooks us dinner, but that doesn’t seem like something you should have to do for your own birthday, so I came up with the idea to take her out to eat. She really seemed to enjoy it. We went to Applebees. Frostburg is around 60 miles from here, so it’s not a bad trip–all country roads and we hardly saw any other cars. It would make a good bike trip, which Brian already has in the works.
wash and wax
I took advantage of the nice weather the past two days and cleaned my car inside and out. I knew it was supposed to rain today, but I didn’t care–I just wanted a clean car if only for a few hours. Plus, the car was really dirty. It hadn’t been cleaned since before winter. I’ve made a concerted effort to keep my car clean since I just got it last year (it’s easier to keep up with a clean car, that’s for sure). Of course, I probably could’ve found a more fun way to spend those few hours, but I guess I’ll have time for fun after the work is done.
all caught up
For the first time in a long time, I’m practically caught up with my work. I mean, I’ll never be caught up because there’s always something to do, but this weekend, I got a good jump on things. Jake ended up staying at my parent’s Saturday night, too, so this gave me a chance to do even more than I had anticipated last weekend. I daresay a little boredom set in by the time Saturday evening arrived.
Another thing that has helped me with my workload is HBO. Let me explain…HBO is running Six Feet Under again at 8pm on weeknights. Normally, I like to do housework until around 9pm, so to make up for watching tv, I’ve been ironing while catching the show. I hardly have anything left in my ironing pile. I think this is the lowest it’s ever been.
But, enough talking. I need to get some work done.