It's Monday

It's Monday!

I need a vacation from my weekend.

I need more vacation.

There should be a rule that one does not return to work after going away for a weekend.

I will leave my rant I had in mind for today for another day.

30th Anniversary Weekend

Hubs and I just returned from a weekend celebration of our 30th wedding anniversary. We chose the French Country Inn in Lake Geneva on Lake Como. It operates as a B&B (bed and breakfast) type of place. We never made the breakfast but we did eat dessert at their restaurant on Friday night on the patio overlooking the lake while listening to a one man singer (oldies) who was actually really good. We had their brunch this morning. Food was okay but the accommodations were top rate.

This is the path to our room:


Our room and yes that is a fireplace and jacuzzi in the room:



We were directly on the lake and sat outside on these chairs even though the temps were 50 degrees as a high.


Saturday during the day we walked Lake Geneva streets and of course picked up some Mackinaw fudge. Otherwise we just browsed the shops. Saturday evening we ate at Gilbert's in Lake Geneva and chose to have the chef prepare us a 4 course surprise dinner. We gave our likes and dislikes and my allergies but fairly well gave him a wide berth.


The first thing we got was a 'smoothie' I swear was named loose goose (we asked 4 times) and was a watermelon and peach smoothie drink in a small aperitif glass. Next came up our appetizer: seared tuna with pureed parsley, cucumber salad, and teeny oranges which again was good. Next up was another the fish main course: we thought they said it was sea urchins with shatike mushrooms but I could not find a picture of a sea urchin that looked like we had. Instead this picture depicts what we ate which is baby octopus but I think there were sea urchins on top like this picture shows:


Meat course was sliced veal on radicchio greens with Canadian bacon chunks, glazed pear, and baby carrots.

Dessert was in 2 steps: 1st was a cinnamon pancetta with a blueberry in the middle of the spoon, and 2nd was a chocolate souffle with chocolate fudge sauce, coffee ice cream on a fudge brownie, and brown sugar cherries.

It was an interesting dinner.....oh and the sea urchin/octopus thingie - does not taste like chicken.

One of THOSE Days

I knew it this morning when I got up.

Yet I still got up and better yet went to work.

Work - yeah one of those days and it wasn't even a full moon.

Did you ever have one of those days when things just didn’t seem to go just right?

It’s the kind of day when you wonder what you did, didn't do, should have done, could have done, thought about, didn't think about, wanted to do, didn't get anything done.

The kinda of day that just seems like something is out of whack with the world.

I blame the cosmos or a holdover from being with the inlaws all day yesterday.

I am going to bed. I don't even want to think anymore.

Cold Hands Warm Heart Stinky Feet No Sweetheart

Excuse me if I seem to be a bit looped but I just finished spending the day with the inlaws aka dementia day. The morning began stopping at MIL's home to pick her up but I had to use the bathroom first. I walked in the door and was greeted by the above picture only the room was dark. I thought it was real. Yes I did have a cup of coffee this morning and yes I was awake and no it wasn't butt early. I about peed my pants right then. What was even funnier was my response to the dog when it barked at me. It is a motion sensor dog and as soon as it senses motion around it, it starts barking. MIL was to see the cardiologist today and I was about to horn in on her appointment. It's not nice to scare someone in Forest Gump braces!

We then proceeded to pick up FIL at his group home and on the 15 minute drive to the hospital for them to have their bloodwork done, he asked the following question 15 times:
FIL: "Where are we going?"
Me: "To the hospital for some bloodwork then we are going out to eat for lunch."
FIL: "Good, I am hungry. They wouldn't feed me today."
Me: "I know - that is because you had to have this bloodwork done and you had to be fasting meaning nothing to drink or eat until after you get your blood drawn."
FIL: "Oh, okay."
FIL: "Where are we going?"
repeat repeat repeat

So we get the blood drawn and then I took them to lunch at their favorite restaurant. (FIL is still asking what we are doing). We get into the restaurant and when I asked him what he wanted to eat, naming some things on the menu I knew he liked, he responded with: "I just want a hamburger with cheese. That boy looks familiar that is sitting next to you. That waitress looks familiar".
Me: "Well, the boy sitting next to me is your only grandson who drove us because I can't drive."
FIL: "Why can't you drive?"
Me: "Remember - because I have a cast on my foot."
FIL: "Why do you have a cast on your foot?"
Me: "Because I fell 2 years ago and need another surgery."
FIL: "Oh sorry to hear that. Who is that boy sitting next to you? He looks familiar. And the waitress too - she looks familiar too. I want a hamburger."
Me: "Do you want cheese on your hamburger?"
FIL: "That would be nice. But I want a hamburger."
Me: "Yes, a hamburger with cheese on it. That is called a cheeseburger."
FIL: "I want a hamburger. That boy looks familiar that is sitting next to you."
repeat repeat repeat

MIL by this time had gotten back to the table and took over the answering and it turned out they did know the waitress as they bowled on the same league with her and her husband over 20 years ago.

Then son went to the bathroom. We asked FIL to see if he had to go but he said no so son went on - wiping his brow that he lucked out and didn't have to take his grandfather to the bathroom and help him.

No such luck. Not 2 minutes than son left the table, FIL said he had to go to the bathroom. So I took him there and opened the door to the men's bathroom and yelled at son to take care of him. I waited in the hallway for them to come back out and got "the stare that I will get back at you for this look" from son. Seemed grandpa forgot that he had to open the zipper so son had to assist him. Son's comment to me: "Next time you get to help him find it and hold it".

So we ate then took FIL back to his home then we left to take MIL to the cardiologist. Son wanted to see how they tested her pacemaker so he came in the room with us. The tech that came in to do the test was teasing MIL that she didn't look old enough to even have a grandchild let alone have a daughter in law. MIL preens and says well I am 82, grandson is 26 and DIL (me) is......she couldn't remember so I said I was 58, then 54 then looked to son to figure out how old I was. Yeah long dementia day that obviously is contagious.

Son hasn't stopped laughing or saying he is going to pay me back for 'having to help his grandfather go to the bathroom'.

As for the title of this post - it kinda went with the day. That was FIL's saying for the entire afternoon - every 2 minutes he would repeat this. It wasn't until we got back to the home that I learned he's been saying this when he is cold.

But you all know me and I had heard the cold hands warm heart before but never the rest. So I googled it. The saying is actually folklore-type sayings that have passed down through generations.

Here are a few more cute ones:
If you see a falling or shooting star, make a wish; It will come true. Just say, "Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight. Wish I may, wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight." However, if you wish upon a star, don't tell anyone your wish, or it won't come true.

A favorite weather saying is, "The morning rain is like an old women's dance. It is soon over." or "Frost on a moonlit night won't kill." or "Big raindrops, little rain. Little raindrops mean big rain."

A favorite saying about couples is, "One makes the living, the other makes the living worthwhile."

Another funny one: "Eat a bite of garlic every morning before breakfast to ensure against colds, flu, grippe and real close friends." I'll bet this works every time.

Have you heard this one? "What can't be cured, must be endured."

Here's a bit of advice for next melon season. To be sure whether a watermelon is ripe or not, balance a straw or grass blade crossways across the melon. If it is ripe, the straw will slowly turn to a parallel position along the melon.

A last saying: "When a person wants to tell something but can't remember the story, it is probably not true." Now this one I know about only many times I can't remember the names of the people involved or the entire story. Same with telling jokes - I always mess up the punch line.

Dementia day = even loopier me day!

Happy 30th Anniversary

Happy Anniversary my honey honey honey!

Right Side vs Left Side Driving

According to this article, on September 7th, people who drive in Samoa will have to begin driving on the other side of the road.

***http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125086852452149513.html***?mod=yhoofront*** (remove the ***'s to get the link)

Countries that drive on the left side of the road account for about 30% of the world's population or 73 countries.

I can only wonder if Vegas is throwing out odds on how many accidents happen that day because of it.

I know it bothers me because I have visited some of those places where they drove on the opposite side although I never drove myself. It also brings to mind cars - only the new cars would have the driver on the correct side of the car. I can't even wrap my brain around changing that or thinking the US would go to the metric system although that might be a bit easier for me since I was a huge chemistry and math geek.

Words and Phrases I Abhor - Okay Hate

I am old. I know I am when I see words being overused or used incorrectly and notice. When I was younger.....okay much much younger, I would only notice words the adults used and make fun of them. Role reversal now. Everytime I do it I look around my shoulder to see if my grandmother is lecturing me. Nope - I have become her.....***gasp***

Here are my top 10 words/phrases but realize that these are only some of the words I hate. I have included what I say in return:

"Whaz up?" - The sky, the ceiling, or I will look up and see what is up and answer. When did this become the way of asking someone what is new with them?

"Awesome" - Nifty, cool beans, are you on drugs?

"Absolutely" - Okey dokey, so there isn't a chance you aren't a wee bit uncertain?

"Ummmm" - I have learned to filter out the ummm's I because I use this one too much myself.

"Like, you know" - Like is an affection toward someone. So who do you like and no, I don't know.

"She/he goes" - This is used in place of she/he says or said. I ask where does he/she go?

"Hot" - It seems everything is 'hot' now. Well, I fit right in then because I am always hot flashing in some way or another, therefore I conclude I am 'hot'.

"Importantly" or worse "more importantly" - When did this become a word? The correct phrase is 'more important. Importantly is not a word.

"Going forward" - This seems to have replaced 'from now on'. Going forward implies that we were going backwards at one time or you want to forget something in the past but you are not going to tell me which makes me wonder what you are covering up.

"No problem" - When did this phrase start being used instead of "you're welcome"? Again, it makes me wonder if there really is/was a problem.

Although I have given you the top 10, there is one more I thought of. It annoys me when I hear an pregnant parent or someone say "I'm having a BABY girl or BABY boy", Why are they adding the 'baby' part? If they are pregnant they sure aren't going to be popping out a teenager. Isn't it redundant - like a double negative?

One more - the caption in the above photo. It seems to be the new buzz word. FAIL. Does anyone have a clue as to its meaning? All my son does is laugh when I ask him.