Egads, what a few weeks. That feels like a repetitive record, but there's truth to it. I heard once that you never feel caught up...and when you finally do, it's because you're dead. Sobering thought, but comforting.
On a completely disconcerting note, I've had a huge run of traffic on this blog due to the story out of North Carolina of the little boy who drowned an hour after coming out of a pool. My heart aches for his parents, and I'm more than a little weirded out that so many google searches on that news story have lead readers here. I've been trying to decide for a week what, if anything to say about it. Again, I can only repeat my prayers for his family.
In other news and channeling Chevy Chase, it would seem that our deck construction is finally at an end, HALLELUJAH AND PRAISE TO BABY JESUS. The deck's been useable for a couple of months now, but those pesky little line items on the punchlist take a while to work through. But for all the frustrations and aggravations, it's totally worth it in the end.
Totally does not mean renovation projects do not continue to abound in our household. Currently mouldings are the plague of my existence, and that's all I have to say about that without invoking obscenities.
Father's Day is coming up this weekend, and every year it feels like the ante goes up. As a matter of timing and coincidence, we happened to be in the Yucatan for Mother's Day this year, and despite the fact that I didn't get a SINGLE CARD (I'm looking at my mother and husband), I can't complain too much. But the need for reciprocation was clear and so I started drumming up ideas in the last month or so. Brunch, engraved cufflinks, blah blah...none of it really seemed right. So my decision, while not 'Father Knows Best' is still something I think he'll love: I'm taking him out to a nearby winery for dinner and Jeffrey Osborne in concert. See, Hubs fancies himself a lost Motown singer, despite the fact that he is a) NOT BLACK, and b) did I mention he's Asian, and therefore NOT BLACK? As long as he doesn't jump on stage a la American Idol style, I'll deal. (My fear is totally founded...he has a looong and embarrassing karaoke career that I would sell my soul to have on film....but alas the gods are not that mischiveous to give me such power).
Next installment of Yucatan recap coming shortly.
PS - In keeping with my unintentional theme of titling posts after movie and music, I must mention how enamored I am of the new Radiohead album, In Rainbows. The track in which I take my title today blows my tiny mind.
Oh Kym, your new deck is so beautiful!! I can't wait to see it in person.
Posted by: Cynthia | June 12, 2008 at 03:00 PM