1. My mom is here.
Last night, just after she arrived, she made a dinner of homemade mac-and-cheese, a big chopped salad, and an enormous pan of lightly steamed broccoli, because my mom has never visited my house without making an enormous pan of lightly steamed broccoli at least once during her visit.
After dinner she made chocolate chip cookies.
I woke up this morning and the house still smelled like she’d just pulled them out of the oven.
I think I should have one for breakfast.
9. Today I’m hiding my mom’s keys.
I think she’d be very happy here for the long term, don’t you?
4. Tonight my mom, younger daughter, and I are going to a fancy event together.
My daughter is wearing her Easter dress. It’s red and sweet and cute.
My mom is wearing a pantsuit I haven’t worn for sixty years. It’s black and looks pretty on her.
I’m wearing Spanx.
The end.
B. Do people say “pantsuit” anymore?
Love,
Carol Brady
6. On tomorrow’s Food Network episode, my four kids and their two cousins have a big sleepover at the Lodge.
(What’s my youngest child doing in this photo?)
(Never mind.)
Anyway, in this episode, the children play.
They frolic.
They scamper! They cavort! (Name that movie.)
Then Josh gets wind of the fact they’re all there and puts them to work doing some odd jobs for him.
Then, late that night, they all decide to prank Josh.
I go along, but only because I am the mother and the aunt and didn’t want them walking around the ranch late at night by themselves. Coyotes and all.
But I had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the prank.
Nothing.
Nobody can prove it. Nobody saw a thing.
Except the cameras, I guess…
Oh! And there’s cooking on this cooking show! I make the kids homemade chicken strips, sweet potato fries, and individual fruit pizzas to get them through their evening of fun.
*Burp*
2. Tomorrow’s episode will be the second-to-the-last new episode before a small break through May.
Then, in June, the brand new crop of shows will start airing. I’ll keep you posted about what and when, but just a little piece of trivia: The shows in June are the start of what I like to call The Brown Eyeliner Episodes. In them, I eschew my standard black/Pat Benetar in favor of a softer, more natural brown. What will happen is anyone’s guess!
Will her eyes conmpletely disappear without the drama and emphasis the dark black liner provided?
Will she blend into the warm browns of her kitchen and eventually be confused with her refrigerator?
Will she look like an redheaded alien with no eyes who landed on earth to show humans how to make sausage gravy?
There’s no telling where this all will head.
Anything can happen!
Stay tuned.
a. Marlboro Man and I have been watching old seasons of 24.
We did not watch these when they originally aired, so we really knew nothing about the show except for bits and pieces in a small handful of scattered episodes we might have accidentally seen along the way.
I’m absolutely loving the shows. They keep me on the edge of my seat. They’re exciting, surprising, thrilling, and entertaining.
Still…
I have the same questions millions of people have had since the series began. I’m just in Season 2. Are these ever addressed?
Here they are.
3. When does Jack Bauer go to the bathroom?
7. When does Jack Bauer charge his phone?
c. When does Jack Bauer eat?
39. In closing, please don’t tell Jack Bauer I asked any of these questions.
I really don’t want to get on his bad side.