What I love! | Peaches Prattlings

{July 27, 2015} I’m just not mommy

I totally get that and I’m ok with it.

This morning, GES and ACS got up very early to take EJS to sleep away camp! Second summer and this year, for three weeks! GES asked if I could spend the night and get MGS on the bus in the morning. Happy to!

I got up, took a shower and then went to wake MGS and in less than a minute it started. “Momma, momma, I want momma, mommy” and that went on for a good fifteen to twenty minute. I’m fine, promise! I’ve been through this once or twice!

I even got mommy on the phone, to no avail. So it was wait it out and eventually she’ll be ready. Yup, that happened about 8am when the bus left, but…all was not lost! GES texted the counselor to let her know we would take the next bus.

We got dressed, sun block, no bug spray, t-shirt on, ponytail installed, bag packed, lunch packed, snack packed, walked out the door and headed to the bus stop. We got there with a few minutes to spare, on the wrong side, duh on me! The counselor called MGS’ name, ran across the street to get her and away she went.

How did things go at pick up? All good, just tired!

{July 26, 2015} Pixels

I enjoyed this movie. But…I don’t think everyone will.

Now, let me tell you why.

If you are a child of the 1980s and spent any time playing video games or in a video arcade, you will enjoy this movie. If you enjoy Adam Sandler movies, no matter what, you will enjoy this movie. if you can suspend believe and see Kevin James as the President of the United States, you will enjoy this movie. If you like classic rock, music from the 1980s, you will enjoy this movie.

Now, If…you don’t enjoy those things, you might not enjoy this movie.

I know the movie didn’t get great reviews, well, actually, I didn’t know that until people told me about it after I saw it, but it wouldn’t have mattered, I wanted to see it and that’s all there was to it. When I saw the advertisement the first time, I thought, huh? Then…when I saw the preview, I immediately texted PSM a link to the trailer and said, “We are going to see that!” I don’t regret it and I will probably add it to the collection at some point.

It was a little long and it could have stopped after the Pac Man battle, but it didn’t, so there it may have gone a little too far, but I was engaged. The cast was top notch. The supporting cast was great and slightly surprising. Dan Ackroyd and Lanie Kazan played very small roles, but it was fun to see them, Sean Bean was a bad arse, as he always is, but then silly, Jane Krokowski as the First Lady, a little odd and…I am convinced that Brian Cox is typecast. Martha Stewart and Serena Williams were in it for about 30 to 60 seconds each, maybe, purely for comic value.

Rounding out the lead roles with Adam Sandler was Kevin James, his childhood friend, now the president and unfortunately, like you might imagine him to be and Josh Gad, better known to the greater human race as Olaf, who likes warm hugs and let me just say, a little odd to hear him scream at Navy Seals and use grown up language and then you get a hint of Olaf, then the final member of the team is Peter Dinklage, who just kills it whatever he does. Of course, you have to have a female lead and I really enjoyed Michelle Monagan, a bad arse herself yet, sitting in a closet drinking wine from a sippy cup, I liked it.

Like I said, or haven’t said yet, not an academy award winner and I do hope they make their $88 million back, but based on the very small showing at the theater today, I have a feeling they might miss the mark. But…having spent a lot of quarters and time in an arcade, Ms Pacman is my game, along with my dream of having my own game one day [either stand up or table top, hint hint]. The soundtrack really made the movie, http://www.songonlyrics.net/soundtracks/pixels-soundtrack-list.html and you know, if it’s an Adam Sandler movie and has anything to do with the 1980s, it’s going to be classic rock and it’s going to be good.

So, now you have my thoughts on the movie. Like video games from the 80s? Classic rock? Go see it. Can you wait until it comes out on video? Yup. Will it be on dvd soon? Yup.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2120120/?ref_=nv_sr_1

{July 25, 2015} Two birthday celebrations

First…Let me apologize! I missed my blog post last night! I fell asleep! It’s only the 3rd or 4th time in the 3 years I have been writing to you. I am sorry!

Second…this was the weekend of birthday celebrations and it’s been wonderful!

It started last night when there was a girls night birthday celebration for GES at the Birch Bistro. There were eleven of us and what a fabulous night it was! There were great friends, decent food, good conversation, what more could you want? The perfect way to end the day and celebrate another great year and fabulous woman!

Then today, PSM had an appointment to have the remote starter installed, so I surprised him and picked him up and took him to Revere Beach for the Sand Sculpting Festival, I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow. After the festival, we picked up the car,, then to a restaurant for a good lunch, then back to the hotel to get some errands done.

Later, K&D N came to PSMs and we headed to meet his brother and wife and A and J T at East Coast Grill for a celebratory dinner. We were supposed to go to a different restaurant, but I forgot to make a reservation and we ended up where we did and as AT said “JJ, I’m glad you screwed up, this was great!” And as I like to say….there’s always a next time!

GES was out with two other couples celebrating her birthday, not too shabby.

Such a nice feeling, everyone coming together for PSM’s birthday. K&D N knew everyone except A&J T, but by the end of dinner, everyone was fast friends. This was a true testament to how much people care for and about PSM. We really had a great time, with the promise of doing it again soon!

{July 23, 2015} ;lgtrf3 mn

This post was brought to you by Jymy. Thank you Jymy.

So…when you’re working and live with a cat or cats, do they like to help you work? Maybe they lay all over your papers, they are trying to keep them straight, in a pile, so they don’t fly away!

Maybe you’re working on something and your cat walks across the keyboard, we all know it’s so they can get from point A to point B, but they think they’re helping you type up your dissertation, create that power point or spreadsheet.

I sit in bed at night writing to you or sometimes getting some work done and undoubtedly Jymy walks right across the keyboard, sometimes she jumps over the laptop, but more often than not, like tonight, as the title shows, the keyboard.

I hope you enjoyed it!

The picture even looks like Jymy as a kitten!

{July 22, 2015} I don’t want to talk to anyone else…tonight

Shhhh…

Today, during the day, I was on the phone lines helping to register people for training class. Then from 6pm-10pm, I taught a fabulous training class.

I’m on my feet for four straight hours and talking for most of the day, at least 7 hours. After class I was done.

I can teach classes for hours on end, in between class, I might crash a bit, but as soon as people show up, I am on and ready to go, energy, energy, energy! They don’t call me the energizer bunny for nothing! But…after talking for four straight ours tonight, my jaw was sore from smiling! And my mouth is dry!

I love to teach, but I am done talking to anyone…just for tonight! What…you thought more than that?

You can talk, go on!

{July 21, 2015} Did I say something? You bet I did!

You bet your sweet bippie!

I’ve talked to you about customer service before. Tonight, I was at a team dinner for work and I encountered some poor customer service from my server. It was poor enough that my coworkers noticed and said something to me.

When we got there, I asked for a vegan menu, they didn’t have one and there were no vegan options on the menu. Ok, par for the course, I am used to it, it happens. When it was time to order, I jimmied a dish to fit what I wanted. I also ordered a salad to start.

The salad arrived at the same time as my main meal, it was sautéed veggies on a bed of rice. When it arrived, there were tomatoes in the dish, I had told her that I was allergic and there was a red sauce on it, I asked what it was…siracha! Oh my! On me was the fact that I did not ask what the sauce/seasoning would be. My coworkers laughed when they heard siracha! They know me so well!

When she took the plate back towards the kitchen was the first time she had a visible reaction. My back was to the kitchen, but everyone else could see into the kitchen with the chef’s having a wee bit of a cow over my new request.

The issue was that every time the server came to the table and I asked a question, she rolled her eyes. It wasn’t even subtle, forget the eye roll, you could see it in her body language! If it was once, ok, maybe I’d let it slide, but every time? Even when I asked a question about the amount of time I needed to steep my tea, really?

Before I left, I went to the front podium and ask to speak with a manager. I explained the situation to her, she said she would say something. Your job is customer service and just because I didn’t agree with something or I wanted something sent back, it’s not a reflection of you or your work, but come on, no matter how mad you are, hide it!

So, there you go.

{July 18, 2015} It’s amazing the things we will share

It really is amazing the information that we will share with each other.

Think about it, a friend tells you something in confidence, do you share it, or do you keep it yourself? If you’re a good friend you keep it yourself, of course. That’s one type of information that we share.

There is TMI type of information otherwise known as “Too Much Information” for those of you not in the know…maybe a little bit more about their medical procedure than you ever wanted to know.

But then there’s other type of information that we want to know, such as how things are going, did you hear from that boy, did the girl say she likes you back.

There’s other kinds of information that someone not in the conversation would look at you and think eewe, Oh my goodness or what is your problem! But because you know the situation you’re excited for that person even when they tell you something gross.

Perfect example, years ago when one of my cats are still alive, I got an electric cat box, the kind where the arm comes up and down to sweep away their business, because I needed something that would take care of the litter and the smell quickly. I had a cat who was about 10 years old and set in her ways and I didn’t know how she would deal with the change. I brought the box home set it up and she used it.

Here comes the TMI information, I called my mom and I said “we have poopy!” It wasn’t the fact that she had pooped, it was the fact that she took to something new, and used it like she was supposed to and that was the part that please me oh so much.

Now, to anyone else this may seem like an inane and disgusting conversation but since I had been a little worried about it, it was important to me that she used the box and my mom knew that I was worried about it so I could share the information with her. And in that case it was not as disgusting as it sounds.

That being said, I was inspired to write this post because a friend texted me something that someone else might think “ick, that’s gross” but it excited us both.

Is there anything you’d like to share with me? I’ll keep your secret. I don’t judge

{July 18, 2015} Hugs can heal

Is there a truer statement?

When something is wrong, sometimes a hug makes everything better. When I got off the phone with a friend who had surgery on Wednesday and I knew she was ok, I walked back in to the office and asked two people for a hug, for good news, that worked.

There are so many different reasons we might need a hug…good news, bad news, scraped knees, bumped heads, just because. Do you love hugs as much as I do?

There are also different types of hugs…side hugs, from behind, pick me up hugs, full on front facing hugs, parent to child, sibling to sibling, friends, family, you name it, there is a hug for every situation!

How about you, want a hug? I do!

{July 12, 2015} Making new friends

This weekend I made a new friend.

And I got to know a new friend better and it was great. Let me explain.

This weekend PSM and I went up to the house in New Hampshire to do some hiking and hang out with some friends who were having a girls weekend there. One of the women, DTN, I had met in February when PSM and I went skiing one of those weekends, it was great meeting his friends, they treasure him so very much.

This weekend DTN came up to the house with one of her oldest friends, we happened to get there a little before they did, and when they arrived, it was a chance to catch up since we hadn’t seen each other in a few months and that was great. I also got to know her friend, C, and that was a lot of fun.

PSM said something interesting. Here I am with these two women, one I didn’t know before Friday and by Sunday morning, we were fast friends, we had a lot to talk about and I had learned things about both of them in a short time, something it would take him years, he was amazed that we could do that. That’s women for ya!

A great weekend, a new friend was made, getting to know an “old” new friend, what could be better!

{July 11, 2015} My sister, my hero

Tonight, I just want to spotlight my sister.

I’ve told you a little about my sister, GES, but I haven’t given you all the details about certain things. I know I’m the blogger/writer in the family, but tonight, I want to share an article that she wrote, about how she told her young children about cancer.

Tonight, she gets the spotlight, my admiration and my love, well, the last two she gets all the time!

How I Told My Young Children I Had Cancer

Email Subscription

What was I thinking?