Well, nothing much was done, things that needed to be done before our 4th celebration we will visit.
- color or wash my hair
- bake brownies
- make the beans and franks
- polish nails on hands and toes
Friday night, I was horrified at what Tommy had in mind to wear on Sunday. First, I got a striped shirt from him out of a free box. It is awful. It has little skinny stripes and just is not something I want him to wear. Then, he told me he was wearing a cheap pair of pants I bought for him with his money. They actually look okay except for the fact that the back pockets are blue. The cheap pockets sort of gap and the blue shows. I was mortified.
Today, I went to big box and bought him another cheap pair that actually look fine. When we came home, he said he was not going to wear the shirt I hate. He is going to wear a button up shirt instead of knit shirt. I don't know why, because I don't mind knits. But, he won't look so shabby, at least. For that I thank him.
Right now, I am going to get up and slice the hotdogs, two packages. I could polish my toenails. Maybe not. I have too much planned for tomorrow! I am going to wear makeup for the first time since last February. I hope I remember how to put on makeup. We will be wearing masks indoors! But, outdoors we will not ear a mask unless I hear talk of no vaccine.
Tommy helped me by getting the dishes close to the dishwasher so I would not have to walk back and forth from sink to dishwasher. Tomorrow, at some point, I will have him dry all the plastic lids for my glass dishes as I wash them.
When I need something from the refrigerator that I cannot find, he knows where it is. He stacked the boxes with greens and different lettuces all in one place. He stacked lunch meats and his cheese, and a slice of tomato on top of the cheese and meat.
He is catching on to using plastic bags. When I give him too much meat for dinner, he just puts it in a sandwich bag and saves it for his lunch the next day. Before, he would leave it for me to store.
No hummingbird today! At least I didn't see one.
Have you ever objected to something husband/SO or kid was going to wear? How did that turn out?
I hope you have a fun day. I have had company off and on but no one here now at 4 AM. It doesn't matter when I go to bed- last night was late for me (after 10PM) and I am wide awake now so on the computer! Tomorrow my local daughter is having a cook out and I'm making a new recipe {Martha Stewart's slow cooker mac and cheese) - hope it is good. I overbought groceries this week so no more grocery shopping until August unless an emergency. I always watch Tom Cruise in Fourth of July DVD and no fireworks for me. I was invited to my younger daughter's sisterinlaw's house but the fireworks don't start until 9:30 and well, you know! Bedtime.
ReplyDeleteNan,
DeleteI did not go to bed until 3 am. Usually, I still cannot go to sleep until 5 or 6am. But, last night, I slept immediately and soundly, no getting up all night to go to the bathroom. I hope your recipe is delicious. We had fireworks from neighbors on Friday night, but nothing last night. ??? I hope you have a great time at the celebration.
If my husband picks out something to wear I don’t approve of, I tell him to go change because it is a reflection of me and that’s what I told my children while they were growing up.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a great time today,
Also, sometimes if the hummers see any type of movement (like at a window) they will dart away from the feeders and you won’t see them. I usually see more at my feeders late in the summer when all of the yard and wildflowers are drying up.
jpark22,
DeleteI always told ex that I did not want people to think I thought what he had on was something I approved, like the tie with a hole in it, a big, obvious hole! Every time I look and see a hummingbird, it does fly away. Since there are no flowers at all in our yard, hopefully I will see more flowers later. Thanks for that advice.
That reminds me, I should probably polish my toenails before we go on vacation, since I'll likely be wearing sandals a lot of the time. I don't even know if I still have any polish around. I was sitting on our patio yesterday and it was just non stop hummingbirds at the 2 feeders. I'm going to have to fill up their feeders again today.
ReplyDeleteOne,
DeleteI just discarded a bottle of polish, and hopefully I know where there is a new one! So, I have that covered. How nice. I refill with plenty left in the feeder.
My late Mother would say it is the woman's job to make sure her men-folk aren't going out dressed like scarecrows or looking like charity cases. She never had to worry about me though. Later my brothers used to ask me if what they were wearing was "OK". I suspect their wives now do this.
ReplyDeleteUrspo,
DeleteThank you thank you thank you. I just read your reply to Tommy. He has never had anyone to tell him how he looks, neither mother nor wife.
I only comment on my husband's attire--he likes to re-wear shirts before they are washed, and I don't think he can see the stains he gets on them. I will give advice on attire for my kids if asked, but beyond that they learned to recognize a long time ago that I adhere to a very rigid dress code which I expect them to abide by, and I also insist they enforce it among others. That code is "Wear whatever the #%&* you want." The first time I vocalized this was when some nasty pre-school girls were telling my daughter that her overall style jumper dress was a baby's outfit...in front of the parents, who did nothing. They were not outraged at their daughters' behavior, but were outraged at my edict, go figure. My kids each have their own style, and understand that when I say "Whatever you're comfortable in," they know I mean not only physically, but also in terms of the environment in which they will be wearing the outfit. That said, I DO love a sharp dressed man. My father was one. I will never have his sense of style.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, prior to kids, my DH used to THINK he had a standard of attire for babies and toddlers. I always claimed clean, warm and comfortable was sufficient, with clothing needing to function as both sleep and play wear. Our first he would always dress in cute, fancy, coordinated outfit--I drew the line at his putting shoes on a kid who can't yet walk, though. By the time I was leaving him for the day to do post-grad work, with four kids, three in diapers, he agreed that long white t-shirts, diapers, and pull on boots for the outdoors were more than sufficient, to the point that, after dropping me off on campus, he took the brood to Target, and came home with several packs of children's Hanes white t-shirts, all the same size, and those stayed in a drawer in the kitchen for convenience.
Meg,
DeleteI did like cute and shoes for newborns. But, for play indoors and out--whatever. They were upset when at school age in summer I made them change to go to store. And, like it or not--wash your face, arms and hands, too, if you can see dirt.
The last paragraph was hilarious. I see your husband simplified all this dressing for kids. Tommy even smiled!
That kid talking about your child's clothes would have frosted me and I would have said something to the kid.
One time, I made a comment not nearly as long as yours, and the the blogger told me that Blogger did not like long comments and limited them, that I was taking up space other people could use to comment. She asked me to refrain and I just quit reading her blog OR commenting. You know that is a lie. I love long comments and appreciate yours today.
I did say something to the kids. I said, (and DD remembers this vividly) "In our family, we have a rule about clothing, and that rule is 'wear whatever the fuck you like, and if you don't like something somebody else is wearing, keep your rude little mouth shut,' and you need to keep your rude little mouth shut."
DeleteMeg,
DeleteOh, priceless! Good for you! What did mothers say?
They gasped, and then one said "I would have asked why they were teasing her," to which I responded, "WHY? That's obvious. And I don't care why, it needed to be stopped, so I stopped it." One of those girls, actually, became a fairly good friend over the years. Have I ever mentioned that, for the most part, I truly dislike other people's children?
DeleteMeg,
DeleteWhile I dearly loved my children, I did dislike many of my friend's children. Actually, it was a misplaced aversion. It was the parents I should have disliked. It is the parents who approve or encourage bratty-ness. Since I was the big sister to four others, I corrected children instead of letting them get away with being obnoxious!
Thank goodness on the acceptable length of comments, because it seems whenever I do actually comment, I get carried away. Regarding clothing choices, after I became an adult, I would drive up to my moms for various events that took place either with family or in town, and the first thing she would say,"is that what you're wearing?" No matter what I had on. And, having driven 30 miles, to get there, I wasn't going back home to change. I think she used to hope I had a suitcase in my truck with better clothes. And no matter where we went, I was as well dressed as most everyone else there so go figure? I'm ok with anything, as long as nothing is showing that shouldn't be, no obvious holes and clean. I don't even care if it's a little wrinkled. Ranee (MN)
ReplyDeleteRae,
DeleteToo bad she always criticized! Appropriate and clean count. Wrinkles aren't so bad.
Length doesn't matter to me unless a person goes too far astray from the topic.
My husband consistently wore very strange outfits. He's a very clean and tidy man and his clothes were always very "respectable" but he sure did make some odd style statements. I stopped commenting on his clothes when he ran out of goodwill toward me. Eventually our daughters tried to train him. It never really worked :)
ReplyDeletekylie,
DeleteHe wore his new pants and a shirt I would not have chosen, but looked fine today. I don't blame you for giving up. Some men are hopeless.