How Can It Be...

....that I can shop for HOURS at Wallyworld AND the grocery store AND get gas, spending close to 200 smackeroos and within 10 minutes of being home remember almost 10 things I forgot to buy which will probably cost me close to another 50 bucks???
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Shop with a list, you might say.
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The problem? I HAD a list....and it was a doozie. I stuck to my list too, meaning all that money I spent was not on a bunch of extra junk we don't need (I only bought one thing not on the list but it IS something we need AND it was half price...totally justifiable). The problem is that there were things that I need that I did not put on the list. Obvious things too - I'm doing a spaghetti dinner this weekend and forgot not only garlic bread but the stuff I need to make sauce! Hello?!? I got meatballs but no tomato sauce? Seriously? It may have been all the "help" Iz gave me while we shopped but I think it's more like the fact that I can be quite a dim-witted idiot at times and it's been a heck of a week.
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So, tomorrow, which was supposed to be a day at home getting ready for the busy weekend will now begin with a "quick" and probably expensive trip to town to get everything I forgot. UGH! At least there's a DD there so I can get my iced coffee fix :) Gotta look on the bright side, right?
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Meltdowns

There have been two meltdowns in this family this week...one major, one minor (surprisingly, neither meltdown was mine!).
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MAJOR MELTDOWN:
On Monday I left Iz at Auntie D's house while I went to the hospital to see what was going on with my Dad (long story...maybe another day). Iz spent a few hours there and I picked here up on the way home (it's about 20 miles from Auntie D's to home). About ONE mile from home Iz declares that she forgot her pine cone Christmas thing at Auntie D's house (I had ZERO clue what she was talking about) and I had to TURN AROUND and go get it. Um? No. *insert MAJOR meltdown here*
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MINOR MELTDOWN:
Hubby rented a movie yesterday (a bad one at that...I ended up picking up my book halfway through and ignoring the TV completely until it was over). He popped the movie in the DVD player and grabbed our "universal" remote (well universal as in it will run the TV, DVD, and stereo but NOT our satellite so we still have 2 remotes floating around) and attempts to change the TV to the correct station to watch his movie. Nothing happens. He replaces the batteries. Nothing happens. *insert minor meltdown here*
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Sometimes it's just the littlest things that set us off around here :)
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Note: Hubby WAS able to watch his movie after I opened the drawer next to the couch and got the ACTUAL TV and DVD remotes, which work fine. I also reprogrammed the Universal one so there shouldn't be any meltdowns about that in the near future AND we got Iz's pine cone thing when we stopped at Auntie D's today. Phew!
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A "Wicked" Good Weekend

Friday morning my "seesters" showed up at my house, we all piled into Auntie D's "bus" and headed SOUTH!
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Not South into sunshine or anything fun like that but, still....we got away for the weekend. No kids. No husbands. No worries (well, maybe except for the snowstorm that was supposed to last ALL weekend long!).
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After a couple hours of driving we started to see signs like this one...
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...and this one :)
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We arrived, ran errands, checked in, got a feel for the layout of the city and then settled into our hotel room....with more than 24 hours until the show began, we had A LOT of time to kill!
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Saturday morning we got up, drank a whole mess of coffee and then headed out in the snow and slush to walk around the city, stretch our legs and kill some time. 8pm seemed SO far away.

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We walked down to the theater first...
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...then had some lunch and relaxed away the afternoon in the hotel....counting the minutes until showtime!!!
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There was a really cool WWII memorial near the hotel that I tried to get some good shots of but the snow and wind was relentless!
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No picture taking in the theater or during the show so I'll I can show you is

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BEFORE...
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..and AFTER
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The show was...well... "Wicked" good!!! It surpassed all of my expectations...the singing was awesome, the set and costumes were phenomenal and I LOVED EVERY MINUTE of it!!!!
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WW mentioned what a cool Sweet 16 present it would be to take VG to see this next year...my response? I'M COMIN' TOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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Sunday morning we packed up and headed home...in the snow...what a relief it was to see this:

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It was good to get away....and great to be back home!
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This is a busy week around here...someone has a birthday this weekend...actually TWO someones have birthdays this weekend :) My To-Do list is a mile and a half long and yesterday was a total wash on getting anything done. I'm going to try and hit the ground running this morning and get ready for BIRTHDAY weekend!!!

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It's Always Something....

I had an AMAZING weekend! However....
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Today? Not so good. So - I have not uploaded pictures yet or had a chance to write a "proper" blog post or do laundry, pick up the house, grocery shop or any other thing on my VERY long to-do list. Something came up.
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Maybe tomorrow....
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2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Next week I'll tackle things like resolutions, a recap of '09 and all that trivial stuff.

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Today, however, there are more important things on the horizon....

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Auntie D and WW should be here soon to pick me up for a girls WEEKEND! We decided to extend our single night away to two nights because of the storm. Planning on heading out soon and have plenty of time to enjoy sans men and kids! Yippee!

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This is where we're staying:

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This is what we're going to see Saturday night:

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.This is the moment in the show I can hardly wait for:

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.I've watched the video of this from the Tony's a million times and it gives me chills EVERY time. I can just imagine that seeing Elphaba "Defy Gravity" live will be AWESOME (and, honestly, will probably bring tears to my eyes...)
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I'm outta here...looking forward to a "Wicked" good weekend with my seesters!

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