Random Notes from Post Party Life
1. Several people have mentioned wanting to buy Amy Rigby cds---which I am deLIGHTED to hear. The best way to do it is just to click over to her website here. It is ALL highly recommended....
2. Can I just say that I love the smell of lighter fluid? We have the little chimney charcoal starter and use it but sometimes.....like right now......when a neighbor is starting a fire in their grill with large amounts of lighter fluid....well DAMN but it smells good.
3. Not too much left behind at the house after the party. One adult bike which was a mystery until our friend Dick 'Piecrust' Detzner just showed up to pick it up. The only other orphan is a pair of sunglasses.... Anybody?
4. Oh, that's not completely true....we do have a bunch of serving dishes. One has a name on it but the others are mysteries....just let me know if you left something.....
5. We're thinking Fats Kaplin and Kristi Rose for our Christmas party. I talked to Kristi Rose...one of the world's more charming women....and I think it's going to work out..... Cross your fingers.
6. We just noticed they we never took the cardboard wrappers off the legs of our new faux wicker outdoor chairs. Oh well.
7. More discussions with our lawyer and our banker (weird that I can even write that sentence). It turns out that Clemson University has particular rules on what a non-spouse beneficiary can do with a faculty member's retirement. Geesh. They're changing the rules as of next January though so it will all work out eventually.
8. And in another geesh moment why am I just now getting billed for hospice costs that Blue Shield wouldn't pay? It's been six months. Six months next Friday. I guess it's a little easier. At least I don't cry as much. Sometimes though I remember ways Judi did certain things----like rub her nose.....and then I cry.
9. I may murder Owen. And then to top it off he just bumped his head and didn't even want me to kiss it. My heart is broken. Of course Leo NEVER wanted me to kiss hurts. Even when he was a toddler he didn't fall for it the little jerk. God I love those boys.
10. Ernie just came out and asked me what was going on and I told him that Owen had hurt his head and didn't even want me to kiss it. He looked at me seriously, paused and then said, "what a dick." And we looked at each other and laughed ourselves silly. Man I love him too....