Random Notes from the Sandwich Life Weekend

1. File under Things Your Friends Say That Stick In Your Head: "I thought I took Ecstasy once but it was just a vitamin."

2. After explaining the talents of Prince to your  youngest son: "So he's like a funky Fats Kaplin."

3. Actual answer, upon texting your eldest son because he can't hear you with his headphones on, and asking him to mow the lawn: "Kinda busy right now; don't even know where the mower is or anything."

4. Our answer to the above text: "Oh, no worries, we can find the lawn mower for you." You could almost hear the sigh from upstairs. 

5. The lawn was mowed, mulch was spread, Outlanders were watched, wine was drunk, flowers for window boxes were bought.

6. As always when I'm home during the day I am appalled by the cats' lifestyle. How on earth does one GET that kind of job? 

7. Oh, and we've taken to referring to our dogwood trees as puppywoods. They don't die, but they just don't grow either....

8. We're looking at possibly refinancing the house. Spent some time digging up documents for that and then had a long conversation about Flexible Spending Accounts. It gave me a bit of a headache and all I could think was that being an adult is damned time consuming....