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{October 3, 2013} Now You See Me

Abra cadabra…I have to tell you, since this movie is about magic and there are twists and turns and surprises and it’s called “Now You
See Me” I almost left the post blank. Little play on the title, maybe some surrealism, but how fun would that be? Aside from to me anyway.

We absolutely loved this movie! We actually watched it before Redemption, I so wish we had watched in the other direction! But I digress.

As I said, we loved this movie. It has a great cast, with some serious heavy hitters. Mark Ruffalo plays the FBI agent tracking down “The Four Horsemen”, four magicians with different talents: Woody Harrelson plays a mentalist, someone who reads people and places suggestions in their subconscious made a great con artist. Jesse Eisenberg plays a straight up magician, card tricks, slight of hand. Isla Fisher played an illusionist, doing Harry Houdini type of escapes and Dave Franco rounded out the Four Horsemen, more of a street magician/hustler, not great, but with potential, he’s kind of the baby of the group.

Morgan Freeman plays a retired magician who has a show that exposes magicians, tells you how they did what they did. Michael Caine is the bankroll for the Four Horsemen, private planes, cart blanche.

Not a spoiler alert (from the previews), they are going to rob a bank, virtually and literally, from a Las Vegas theater, ooooh. As I said, Mark Ruffalo is the FBI agent convinced they did it and will stop at nothing to get them! Morgan Freeman keeps trying to figure out how they did it and the Four Horsemen are doing what they do best and having a good time.

Over the course of the movie, you watch them grow and hone their skills and work together, they weren’t totally on the same page when they got together initially, but someone knew what they were capable of and brought them together. You keep wondering who the guy in the blue sweatshirt is.

I really can’t give you much more than that because there are too many twists, turns and surprises, it really would be a spoiler alert. Bottom line, we recommend this movie!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1670345/?ref_=sr_1

{October 1, 2013} Happy Birthday to Me!

Flat out, this is a selfish post, it is going to be all about…ME! [it’s my birthday, I can do that!]

It started out nicely, I went to see a doctor about my ankle [told you I would go], I got an x-ray and as soon as I have results, I’ll share.

On my way home, I got a call from my dad or…”Western Union”, a tradition started a very long time ago, we call each other, posing as Western Union, in a very thick NY accent and sing “Happy Birthday”. He wished me a wonderful birthday and asked what I was getting…not a clue, I’ll let you know when I get home!

I got home and I opened my cards from my dad and they were precious! He always sends the most awesomest cards! Once he found out that I bought skis, he helped me purchase my ski pass for the season! Thank you!

Next, I opened my card from TS and KS! Gift cards to AMC, how did they know it would be perfect? HA HA! TS and I used to go on movie dates at least once a month! Something I definitely miss, hopefully we’ll be able to do it again, soon!

Movies Movies Movies! Thank you!!! Let’s go! I’ll meet you there!

Next…I was told to sit on the couch and close my eyes and then…I got my birthday present from DCM!!! It was a brand new gorgeous red Huffy Bike! A beach comber like I wanted! The red is like a radio flyer wagon! It has a basket and a “luggage rack” which extends, I can bring a bunch of stuff home. Can you tell I’m excited???

Wait, why just imagine it, I’ll show you, here’s a picture!

Thank you DCM!!!

I then went to work for a few hours and on my way home, finally caught up with TS, we were playing phone tag and then I got to talk to SRH, it was all good.

I stopped at the mall on the way to pick up a much belated birthday present for KK, I am a baad aunt, but I hope I make up for it!

While I was there, I caught up with CKM and thanked her again for my birthday presents! She had asked me what I wanted, I told her world peace [when we were kids, we would ask my dad what he wanted for his birthday, he used to say “Peace on Earth and a digital watch] and I got World Peas!!! and a stack of Mary Kay Andrews books, such a great author, makes me homesick for Savannah!

Thank you for World Peas!!!

When I got back to the apartment, I went to the mailbox and found a package from LD, how did she know I would need leg warmers soon! And great colors and look hand knitted, I love them!

Leg warmers! Gonna need them soon!

Got a text and email from SDL, did I get the package from her and Miss A? FedEx said it was delivered and signed for by Brown, who’s Brown? DCM went down to the office to check and when I opened the package…LA LA LA LOVE! A charming metal photo board that says “I often daydream that my life is just as it is now…Only I have well behaved hair and I live in Paris”, is that me or what?

It had 2 mini magnetic picture frames, one with a picture of the pickle, better known as MIss A and the other, a picture from one of our girls gatherings [RS, CKM, DL, SDL, Miss A and me!].

Ah…Paris!

One of the gifts I got is a fantastic picture that one of my oldest friends, CWB’s daughter, SB made for me, I love getting home made gifts from fantastic children. Thank you!

Thank you for the original artwork!

Last, but not least, I got to Face Time with my sister and my girls! As soon as we connected, everyone started singing Happy Birthday! We caught up on school, what did they do? EJS went on her first field trip! They went to a pumpkin patch and selected a pumpkin to study in school tomorrow. MGS showed me how she makes letters with pens.

EJS wanted to know when her costume was coming and asked about the treat bag, I showed her what it looked like, oohs and ahhs [I might post pictures in another post] and then I showed MGS what her bag looked like, big oohs and ahhs! I also showed them the costume I found for MGS, SOOO cute! [remember the orange monster I showed you the other day? I made her bag the same color!]

We talked for a while, they sang and danced for me, it was awesome and the abundant kisses when we were getting off Face Time, LOVE LOVE LOVE, how could I not?

It was time to head to dinner, I called LD to thank her for the leg warmers, it was nice to chat with her, thank you again!

We went to that great Chinese restaurant I told you about some time ago, The Golden Lotus, http://goldenlotuscuisine.com/, they have that fantastic “chicken” for us ‘vegheads’. When we sat down, DCM warned me not to eat too much, there was cake at home! WAHOO! I didn’t know there would be cake! [it’s usually the one thing I ask for, one year, SDL made me an amazing cake covered in strawberries as my gift, Y U M!!!]

At dinner, we caught up on our day. He told me that LB was making cookies with her mammaw, CG, and she asked “Can we send these to my grandpa?” AWE! Then he said that he had mentioned to CG that he kept forgetting to tell CS about the Swiper costume and she said, “We know, we’ve been following the blog!” How flattered am I?

Homeward bound to check Facebook and be amazed by all the birthday wishes that have come in today! I was touched that they even started on Friday! How lucky am I? I did my best to thank everyone personally, it’s so important to me to say thank you. You took the time to wish me well, how could I not? Wow, was I blown away!!!

I also loaded an album of the gifts I got on Facebook, it was fun to caption all the pictures! [you’re seeing most of them here!]

Somewhere in the middle of all my thank you’s, it was time for cake! I said “is it time?” “Yes!” I turned off the light and around the corner came a Carvel Cake!!! A tradition in our house growing up in the summer, we would get a Carvel ice cream cake, top is vanilla and the bottom is chocolate and the middle has chocolate crunchies. [neither one of us care for chocolate ice cream, so we both had the top!] The candles had prism color flames! http://www.carvel.com/

It’s time for Cake! Carvel Cake!!! Y U M!!!

The last thing I had to do today was to share with all my friends and family here with my post so, for those of you who know me: Thank you! Thank you ! Thank you! For making my birthday an amazing day. I love you all!

{September 30, 2013} Was Parker redemption for Redemption?

As we know, I like my sisters in the world love Jason Statham, I believe I was disappointed for the first time in my life, sigh…

Friday night we watched Parker, with Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez, well that’s the way it was billed and on the cover, this was not really the case. Nick Nolte and Michael Chiklis (remember The Commish? He seems to be a bad guy in everything he’s done since!) and Patti Lupone were also a part of the cast, the more well known names that I could remember, sorry.

What’s the saying..honor among thieves? The story is that Jason Statham is a theif, there is a job that gets botched, but they get away with the take, $1M, he is done, just wants his take and he’s out. They have another job they want him to do with them, he says no, he just wants his money and he’s out of there. Apparently they don’t like his answer, so they try to kill him, nice.

The rest of the movie is kind of a revenge movie, he just wants his money, but in the process he is going to get back at the guys who did this to him. There’s also a hit man who is after him, of course one of the other bad guys is related to the mob in Chicago, go figure. Let’s just say, they got theirs. Jennifer Lopez did come into play, but not the way you are lead to believe by the jacket. She did get to kiss Jason Statham, lucky girl!

I will say that even though he gets revenge and justice, and his money, all he wanted was what he was owed, he had the crap kicked out of him left and right! Overall, not a bad movie, not the best, but not bad, definitely a Jason Statham vehicle.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1904996/?ref_=sr_2

Last night we decided to make pizza , yum! and watch some movies, I did some shopping and DCM picked the movies. First we watched Now You See Me, which we loved and I will review another night and I wish we had watched this movie second, I would have felt better.

The second movie we watched was Redemption , another Jason Statham movie. When do I get that 1.5 hours back? I know it was Jason Statham, but…(per Harry Potter, I don’t think there’s enough chocolate in the world to make me feel better!)

The description from imdb.com “Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London’s criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man’s identity — transforming into an avenging angel in the process.”

This was pretty accurate, but overall depressing as hell. Yes, he was an avenging angel, but he was also a very bad man, one doesn’t seem to outweigh the other unfortunately. He was good to the other homeless men he knew, when he had money, he would order takeout for them, which was delivered to the soup kitchen where a particular sister worked. He tried to do good in things for her, she was incredibly conflicted. There was a girl that he shared a cardboard hut with, he looked out for her, I say girl, she was in her mid twenties, and he did what he could to protect her, in the end it wasn’t enough, but he found the guy and it was all over.

As the description says, he transforms himself, he cleans up, gets clean, does what he can to make things right, but it’s never just right. In the end, he falls back into oblivion, probably never to be seen again, I still don’t feel good after watching this.

So, as I said, was Parker redemption for Redemption? I guess not since Parker came out first! but did redemption even make it to the theater in the states?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1893256/?ref_=sr_1

{September 28, 2013} Don’t startle your cat, it’s painful!

When I am sitting on the sofa, the cats think I am there for them, and if you have a cat, you know what I mean.

A lot of times, they want to sit on my right side and this gets frustrating because being a righty, I use my right hand for the mouse, so I try to move them to the left side and at that point, after some scratching, I can get them to lay still, for a while a least.

Last night, I went for Peanut as I’ve done countless times, to lift her to move her over to the left side. Apparently, I startled her big time! She jumped and turned her claws in my direction and had a go at my face!

She got the left side of my nose, just a scratch, then a gouge on the right side of my nose, scratch marks going towards my eye and then these perfect little scratches along my eyelid, perfectly lined up, what are he odds?

Although it took the cuts a long time to stop bleeding, it did stop. I immediately put peroxide on the cuts and was good to go! Peanut took about four minutes, came out of hiding, and she was back saying hello.

I’ve had a few people ask what happened, I’m happy to share, but if it were to scar, I would need a better story to tell!

{September 26, 2013} Size 12 isn’t what it use to be!

Apparently today’s 12 isn’t the same as 1950’s 12. Or today’s medium isn’t the same as 1950’s medium.

I have recently gotten into wearing dresses, not a lot, but I’m working on building my collection. Not all styles suit or flatter me, shirt dresses aren’t the best, but when you add a belt, sometimes that helps, maybe a sweater [cardigan] a whole new look. I even wore one for an interview, worked out quite well, didn’t get the job, but I looked appropriate!

So, along with getting into wearing and wanting to wear dresses, I really like the 50’s style dress, sun dress, short sleeve. Fitted on top, short sleeve, wide strap, long sleeve, cinched at the waist and flared skirt, with pockets, there is something about it! I’ve found a few at goodwill, consignment shops. I even found one that looks like Lucille Ball in the Vegemite episode! Dark blue, white polka dots, buttons all the way from the collar to the bottom, belted with white collar and cuffs on the sleeves. It was a size too large, but with a cute white sweater, perfect! I wore it with the best red peep toe shoes [the ladies are feeling me right about now, it’s ok guys!]

So, today I had some time to kill between training sessions and I went to a Goodwill store called Deja Blue, it was nice. http://www.goodwilldenver.org/dejablue/ . They had a good selection, it was a boutique, instead of the “normal” goodwill stores and there were things that were half off the very low prices! I got a blue dress with, I think very light and tiny polka dots, is there a theme? It’s a shirt dress from Banana Republic, I think I paid $8 for, not too shabby.

Their sizes were small in what I was looking at and didn’t have a lot of the dresses I was looking for, and when I told them what I wanted, they told me about a store not far away called Buffalo Exchange, http://www.buffaloexchange.com/, they had a lot more dresses in the style I wanted, but apparently medium today meant TEENY TINY back in the 50s, I could barely get the dresses over my head and if it did, the girls did not comply!

The girl that was helping me did say that sizes were a lot smaller back then. What’s the controversy about Marilyn Monroe? She was a 12 [or was it 14] and she was a goddess, stylized and idolized. I’m a 12/medium, what happened?

Also had trouble finding dresses with pockets, where are the pockets? I might have to cut the seams and add some pockets for myself, assuming I can find the dresses I am looking for!

There are a lot of vintage store in the Denver area, I’ll keep looking, you never know what you’ll find, but I am determined. Also need some peep toe shoes or perfect vintage ballet flats and some white canvas skips, how perfect would that be?

Here are some samples of what I like, pay attention to the dress, not the girl in the dress.

http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses/hepcat-dress-in-clover

http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses/soda-fountain-dress-in-cola

http://www.ebay.com/itm/50s-Style-Black-White-POLKA-Dot-PLUS-SIZE-Peasant-Top-On-Off-Shoulder-Dress-/121124694432

{September 26, 2013} It’s Costume Time…Auntie J/G, JJ is on the case

It’s almost Halloween and everyone needs a costume! And the list is growing, this is big responsatility [so said Tommy Pickles on the Rugrats!]

When EJS was born, I asked my sister if it would be alright if I got her a costume, GES said that would be great, if I didn’t, she might not have one, ha ha. I took my job very seriously! She has been a monkey, Eeyore, princess, pirate princess and last year, she decided she wanted wanted to put her own costume together, I had mixed feelings, proud because she wanted to make her own costume, perplexed because I won’t be able to help, but joy! for her witch’s costume I made a fabulous sparkly belt and buckle, wahoo! I got to help!

This year, when I asked what she wanted to be for Halloween…a Pink Power Ranger! I didn’t even know it was still on tv or that she knew it, not so…she saw the costume at Costco and that’s what she wants to be! Guess what I found this weekend at Costco! [I may have told you that already]. My favorite? About two weeks ago, I was “Facetiming” with the girls and EJS said, with great enunciation, “Auntie J, when will my costume be here?” “Well, EJS, Halloween is about two months away, it will be there”, “Yes, but when?” “How about 2-3 weeks?” “Ok, and will it say EJS?” “Yes it will!” So demanding! Then today, she asked when it would be there, Wednesday or Thursday? OK! I’ll make sure that happens! The pressure!

Her sister, MGS has worn mostly EJS’ costumes that she has grown out of, I ask every year what she wants to be and she chooses something from the costume closet, I did send a pirate princess, but she loves the monkey and Tigger costumes! So, a new candy bucket it is! I’m ready when she makes a declarative statement like her sister, then whatever she wants, she will have! So says Auntie J!

When Miss A came into into our lives, I didn’t want to end my streak! Auntie G was up to the task! A soft and fuzzy monkey! One of her mommy’s nicknames for her, so cute! Last year, I got her a pirate princess. She has so many costumes because of all her social engagements and parties that time of the year, she can’t wear the same costume twice! The best thing…when we went to Dragon Con,”The world’s largest fantasy/SF convention, held annually in Atlanta, GA, on Labor Day weekend.” http://www.dragoncon.org/ When we were still in Atlanta, we would go to the parade every year and of course Miss A participated with a costume, last year it was Wonder Woman and man, it was a wonder!

So, for Halloween, it was the absolute best! SDL put Miss A in the monkey costume with Wonder Woman on top! OMG! It was Wonder Monkey! I think we both lost it and all composure trying to get Miss A into the Wonder Woman Costume! AWESOME! This year… Princess Leia! Miss A has the longest hair, so the plan is to do the Leia buns, so all I need to do is find a white muslin dress/robe, wish me luck! I cannot wait to see the pictures!

And lastly, well, for now anyway…We were “facetiming” with LB last week and we were talking about one of her favorite shows, Dora the Explorer! She loves Swiper the Fox, so JJ said, “You want to be Swiper for Halloween?” “Yes!” alright! So, off to find a Swiper costume! Guess what they don’t make in anything bigger than toddler up to 18 months? yup, you guessed it. Will JJ be swayed? Not a chance, I am going to find a way to get that adorable girl a Swiper costume! She’s already told people about it!

Ok, wish me [Auntie J/G, JJ] luck! Boo!

{September 25, 2013} Sloppy joes, yum!

The other day I was jonesing for some sloppy joes, I don’t know if it was a commercial or just a feeling, but that’s what I wanted.

Tonight…guess what we had for dinner! I know, you’re asking how a vegetarian is going to eat sloppy joes. Well, I’ll tell ya! We got two packages of meat, one “real” for DCM and one bag of frozen veggie crumbles from Morning Star,
https://www.morningstarfarms.com/products/meal-starters.

Then you get the sloppy joes seasoning packets, tomato paste and hamburger buns. Two separate pots (when DCM moved out here he bought a set of pots and pans because neither of us thought to give him my set to get settled into his apartment, but…bright side, now we have a met set and a don’t put meat in that set please, very smart!)

After adding all the ingredients, bringing them to a boil, simmer for ten minutes, spoon onto a hamburger bun, heating optional, add a slice of American cheese (this is a personal preference), add a side dish if you wish, we had Mac-n-cheese.

Grab a roll of paper towels, (possibly a hose for after) sit down and enjoy!

And for those of you who are just as goofy as we and CKM are, you may have already been singing this and if you haven’t been, enjoy:

{September 23, 2013} Today, I went for a walk

This may not sound like big news to anyone and to those who follow my posts about races may think this is a given, but…after what happened last weekend, this is a big deal.

As you know, I turned my ankle not once, not twice, but three times last Saturday. While it’s definitely been getting better, it still hurts and is tender. I have been wearing an ace bandage on it, changed every few days and last night, I decided to take the bandage off, give it some time to heal.

I also haven’t been able to rest it much during the day this past week, during a go-live you’re usually all over the place, walking around to see where you’re needed, after 10 hours on your feet, even though you’re sitting, driving doesn’t feel awesome. Top down on the car definitely helps though!

And before you ask, I have an appointment on Wednesday to have it x-rayed to see if I have done any serious or permanent damage, I’ll keep you posted.

Part of the reason I decided to take off the bandage is that I did some walking yesterday (Pink Power Ranger costume is on it’s way soon EJS!) and I may have overdone it in conjunction with the bandage being too tight. So, in the evening, after we were done running around, I sat with my leg elevated and iced. It was a crap shoot if it hurt or didn’t.

Today was all about taking it easy, good moments and bad, always elevating my leg. Football was on so I was in the bedroom cross stitching, which I am going to tell you all about in another post, and watching movies, not a bad way to spend a Sunday.

I would like to say I slept in due to my new curtains, but not so…yesterday, it was 7:41am and today it was 8:30, really? Well, the curtains we thought were dark enough, were not. I hope I remedied this when I went to the store (I bought a blackout curtain and put it up behind the pretty curtains). I was feeling a bit claustrophobic and antsy, so I got dressed, put on sneakers and headed to Walmart, it’s only about 1/4 mile and I took it slow, but I am still nervous about moving to fast or putting pressure on my feet, it’s going to take some time, I’ve done this before, but it’s usually better in a few days. My appointment on Wednesday will tell.

Well, I walked to Walmart, around the store and then walked home and up a flight of stairs to get to the appointment, as sad as this sounds, that was enough for me.

I know what it’s like when you’ve been sick for a while and then you have a good day and decide I’m going to climb Mt Fuji. Well, I’m happy to say I didn’t overdo it and I’ve been sitting with my leg raised and icing since the, well, after I made banana bread!

Time to get a little more cross stitch in before I sign off and get some sleep!

{September 22, 2013} How many action movie references can one movie have?

DCM and I sat down to watch one of our fa fa fa favorite movies, The Expendables 2.

I thought I had blogged about this movie when we saw it and I apologize if I didn’t (need to do a better search to make sure I didn’t) and if I didn’t, you know I will be more than happy to blog about it!

One of the things we loved was the star power, all these great action heroes from the 80s, Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Willis, Norris, Lundgren, Li (as in Jet), Van Damme and…hold your breath ladies, Jason Statham!

The other thing we loved were all the bad one liners and references to 80s movies, the stars were making fun off themselves, it was awesome. So tonight, I am going to list as many cheesy bits and when they happen, enjoy. (And if you haven’t seen the movie, sorry for the spoiler alerts, but where you been?)

The movie opens with rescue misson, the truck had a battering ram that said ‘knock knock!’
7 minutes: Terry Crewes to Schwarzenegger, regarding his very large gun, his baby “If I don’t get my baby back, you’ll be terminated.”
21 minutes: Bruce Willis to Stallone’ “All this male pattern badness” what?
41 minutes: Stallone “Track ’em, Find ’em, Kill ’em”
57 minutes: Chuck Norris comes walking around the side of a building to Wild West music, possibly Fist Full of Dollars theme.
59 minutes: the classic Chuck Norris joke, which Chuck Norris tells! Stallone: “I heard a rumor that you got bitten by a king cobra”, Norris: “Yeah, and after five days of excruciating pain, the snake died” (I think DCM may wet himself he’s laughing so hard right now!)
1:01 They are driving into a village and getting shot at and Statham says: “The safest place to be is in front of their guns!”
1:04 Let me set the scene…the bad guys walk into a church, there is a priest wearing a robe with a hood speaking Latin, the next thing you know…da da da..as Jason Statham lifts his head and is revealed, he said “With the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and knife” and then proceeds to kick the crap out of at least 5 guys. (C’mon girls, big collective sigh, ahhh)
1:07 Again, let me set the scene. The ENTIRE rescue crew except for Maggie and Jason Statham open fire on the last bad dude and when he’s down, Stallone says “Rest in pieces”
1:08 when the team gets to the mine and they formulate a plan and they are about to put it into action, you get the requisite action movie slow-mo walk, creates more drama that way, you know. (My favorite use of this technique, Shrek, after saving the princess, he, Fiona and Donkey are running through the castle..but in slow motion…)
1:13 Rescue mission has the team trapped with the captive miners, there is a rumbling, the wall comes crashing in, Schwarzenegger gets out with a stogie in his mouth “I’m back” (rescue ensues)
1:17 They are now in an airport, where the the big gun battle is happening (and a crap ton of one liners are coming up) and the guy about to shoot Stallone is killed they look up and there is Chuck Norris with his theme music (which, if you’ve ever seen I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, you learn that every action hero has his own theme music)
1:18 Schwarzenegger, to Willis, “I’m out, I’ll be bach” Willis to Schwarzenegger, “You’ve been back enough, I’ll be back!”
1:18 Schwarzenegger shaking his head “Yippie ki yeah”
1:18 Norris steps up next to Schwarzenegger and is shooting everyone, stealing Schwarzenegger’s thunder, turns to Norris, “Who is next, Rambo?”
1:19 Willis spins a little baby “carlet”, also known as a Smart Car, Schwarzenegger yanks the door off the car, gets in “My shoe is bigger dan this cah” (you are reading all these Schwarzenegger lines in his voice, aren’t you?)
1:20 Norris knocks a bad dude into the security carry on carry on scanner and it starts to move and as he proceeds to shoot this person full of holes, we are privy to see the X-ray as he is going through the scanner.
1:31 After all the fights, everyone is saying goodbye and Willis tells Stallone he got him and ‘The Little Rascals’ a ride home, it’s a prop plane, very old. Stallone says, ” That belongs in a museum”. Schwarzenegger replies “Ve all do”
1:32 Very last scene (BIG SHAME on me for not making the connection this time!) Jason Statham turns to Stallone (Rocky Balboa, duh!) on the plane, who’s face looks like someone took a meat tenderizer to it and says “From one friend to another” “yeah?” “You really need to learn to fight”

There you have it friends! One liners to put a smile on your face. Now go watch this movie! (If you haven’t and if you have, watch it again!)

{September 20, 2013} We have curtains, I’m sleepin’ in!

I don’t know if there’s been a Saturday that we have slept in since I’ve been here, well, it’s time.

This morning, I made an executive decision (that’s what’s what I texted DCM this morning!)…I want to sleep in tomorrow and we need curtains to block out that big ball of light that comes through the window every day!

As it happens, my skis were ready to be picked up from being adjusted and there is a Bed Bath & Beyond near the Sports Authority in Boulder, so third decision, let’s go to Abo’s pizza for dinner, perfect! (Do you remember when i told you about going for pizza and coming back with skis, well, these were the locations).

First stop, yummy pizza from Abo’s, then across the street to pick up my skis, then off to BB&B for curtains! You know I had about 15 coupons in my bag! They are the only store I know that will take coupons that have expired! I am using coupons from 2005!

We went to look at the curtains and decided on a set, nice, double lined, good for sleeping in and blocking out the sun. On the way to the register, we stopped by the bedding department, I really wanted a new comforter, so we looked and looked and looked, and finally settled on a nice combo, it came with a comforter, bed skirt, 2 decorative pillows and 3 pillow shams, now we just need something to fill them!

We got home, put up the curtain rod that we bought a while ago, get this…metal beams in the walls, what? It took a bit for DCM to find a stud or just not metal to drill for the brackets! It was bizarre!

After all is said and done, we have very nice curtains and bedding, I am very happy! Me to furnish the rest of the room!

Ok, it’s late, it’s been a very long week and I’ve had to get up at 5:30 every morning this week, I’m going to bed and please don’t call or text before Sunday! Kidding! Wish me luck on sleeping in!

Goodnight!

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