Buh-bye, Menopause. See You Soon

My body decided this month to emerge from menopause with a vengeance.

Me (last month): I think I'll donate all my unused feminine products to Cypress Assistance Ministries.
God: Not so fast.

Eating Roasted Beets for Supper

Purple in, purple out.

I'm just sayin'.

A New Excuse Not To Get Up

I was up uber-late last night, finishing writing the Good Friday service. Like 2 a.m., which in my younger days would have been No Problem. But my 46-year-old body did not want to get up at 6:14 when the alarm went off.
And it didn't.
I woke up at 8 a.m. when the neighbor girl knocked on the front door. Tess got up, no problem, but when I went to wake Jillian, she said, "They won't let me in if I'm more than 15 minutes late." And refused to get up.
So I called the receptionist at school, and had her tell Jillian it was ok to be late to school. Only then did she get up.

Jesus #2

Jesus #2 -- in "Jesus of Nazareth" is better. He gets flogged, but we mainly see reaction shots of the crowd. He has blue eyes. sigh. and guy liner.
This movie is one of the spot-the-celebrity movies. Distracting from the story -- Ernest Borgnine! Larry Olivier! Anne Bancroft! James Farentino! Olivia Hussey!

Jesus #1

The Jesus in "The Greatest Story Every Told" speaks in a ponderous manner, British accent of course, and barely moves his facial muscles. and he has BLUE eyes.
Presentational staging, lots of violins and sopranos.
Everyone....speaks....really....slowly....
the crowds are silent and respectful.
oddly enough, the crown of thorns on this Jesus didn't produce any blood. and he didn't get flogged. his robe got a little dirty, and he's barefoot, but that seems to be the extent of his pre-cross suffering. oh, i take that back. there are about 7 little red stripes on the back of his robe, and his hand is bloody. Poor thing.

Massacre

The moths and I are in a battle. The kitchen has become infested lately with Indian Meal Moths, and it seems the more of them I smush, the more they keep acomin'. They have their own methods of getting back at me for massacring their friends -- like a suicide mission into my chai tea, or into the dog's water....

Family Fun Night

Last Friday was Tess' 9th birthday, and her school's Family Fun Night, and her friend Cierra's slumber party. So we went to FFN for a while, where she got to dance the Cotton Eye Joe with the rest of the Third graders.
This video is from Family Fun Night. Tess is in the blue shirt. I was standing right by the speakers, so it's a bit loud.

Then I dropped her off at Cierra's.


After we picked her up Saturday, we went to Rainforest Cafe to celebrate as a family, and then walked around Katy Mills Mall for a while.

Finally, home to open presents! She was very excited to receive an iPod shuffle from Gaga, and a gift card from Nana. The bike she was less than thrilled with, because it didn't have any training wheels, and she is not ready to give up on training wheels yet.

Sigh

So, I'm coordinating Jillian's school's art fundraiser. They didn't have one last year, so I volunteered, because I want some stuff with her artwork on it. OK. So, Square1 Art sent me several emails telling me THE ARTWORK HAS TO GO OUT ON THE 11TH. THEY HAVE TO RECEIVE IT THE 13TH. "Your commitment to adhering to the Reservation Form date schedule is very important. We have assigned production time for your school based on the dates"
Fine.
I'm a procrastinator. So, when do i ask for the class lists from the school secretary? The 11th. When do i go to pick up the artwork? The 11th after school. The class lists were nowhere to be found, so I had to write them out by hand. All 205 names. And some of those kids' handwriting, whew. Anyway. I don't get done till after 6. And I go to the UPS store to ship the box out.
UPS Guy: The last truck already came at 6. You'll have to overnight it tomorrow. $68.
Me: Is there a UPS location that stays open later that has a later pickup?
UPS Guy: Yeah, there's Stafford or the airport.
me: Fine. I don't mind going to the airport.
UPS Guy: Stafford is closer.
me: OK. Fine. I'll go to Stafford.
UPS Guy: It's closed now.

So, anyway, he gives me this 1-800 number to call to find out the location and hours of the airport location. Fine. I call, and the guy tells me there's one on Sweetwater that closes at 7:15, and gives me the directions. Turns out it's off 45. So I drive, with the girls in the car, all the way to the 45 location. When do I get there? 7:20. And the registers are closed.
So, I drive back to our side of town, and take the girls to Luby's for supper. We get there at 8 p.m. I call my Square 1 art contact and leave a message, telling her the situ and asking her what to do.
I get an email from her Thursday morning, saying "That's ok. Just send it out today, two day. If we get it Monday, that's fine."

So i mailed it, along with Jayden's late birthday gift, and Criss' extremely late Christmas gift. I had to wait to mail my niece's Danielle's late birthday gift, because I forgot the gift card.