I no longer have minors and this blog is kind of gross

So let's talk about Hayley.....my youngest child that just turned 18 this week. The photo to the left is the one that cracks me up the most. We always said she looked like Uncle Fester.....we just needed the light bulb in her mouth.

Below is a shot of her being mean when I made her clean  up her old car to sell....the one that was totaled  three days later anyway (not Hayley's fault). Still same attitude as when she was a baby.....the bad kind. It is definitely the same look.

Because it is holiday time and her birthday, she has gotten money and has been shopping. She told me last week that she felt so good. She was wearing all new clothes. She had her nails done and used her new curling iron to have awesome curls in her hair. She said she felt so pretty that she hated to go to work. I told her the key is to work to get the things that make you feel good. As an adult, I don't work for clothes or acrylic nails, but I love my convertible. If you are going to work hard, you might as well have something that makes you feel good. Oh and my nice golf clubs.

So Tuesday was her birthday. I took Hayley along with her BF and BFF out to Texas Land and Cattle for dinner. Afterwards, her first act of grown up revenge was to go get her tongue pierced. She had mentioned it before and I told her NOT to do it.

So yesterday, I'm living it up with the people of Walmart buying groceries and she calls. She is blubbering something about pudding and soft foods. I had a "I told you so moment". Anyway, I bought her apple sauce, pudding, ice cream and Ramen soup. I have since been told that the Ramen noodles wrap around the ball of the tongue ring.....yuck. Also she has to rinse her tongue off with dish washing soap. Gag. I told her to at least cuss it up before she rinses her mouth out with soap.

So I'm not an empty nester yet, but its getting near. Once she graduates in May she wants to hang here while she goes to Paul Mitchell school which is another 9 months or so. When she leaves I'm going to party like a rock star here at my house all alone. :( 

Well party with the cat and dog. Hayley says she's taking the mean cat with her....good. Little Peaches gets her external fixator off on Monday. Poor thing. I heard a cat screaming when I was in the shower this morning. I jump out and Peaches' external fixator (the the metal thingy that attaches to the pins placed in her broken femur and attached to outside of her body) is caught in the string of the mini blinds. She is hanging upside down and tangled. I got her out. Just glad I was home when it happened.

Surfside Beach

Took a short trip to Houston and Surfside Beach. 

First stop. Houston. Boyfriend attends tennis conference. A must so he can write off part of the trip. We have a hard time finding the Downtown Met Racquet Club. We finally stop to ask directions...Go over the skybridge, through the double doors, go further down and through the next set of double doors, follow the yellow path to the garage, go to elevators, go to the 6th floor. Well, voila, there is a beautiful indoor tennis and basketball facility with restaurant and pro shop. Who'd a thunk it?

So while he's in class, I go shopping. I pick up FOUR....I mean four sweaters at Macy's for less than $100. Awesome. Then, I do a Yelp search and find a hair salon with good ratings. I get a haircut for $15. This lady washed my hair twice, conditioned it, dried it and styled it. Awesome. I was going to get a foot massage, but boyfriend only did a short session the 2nd day, so we could go to the beach early.



We went to the Houston Aquarium for dinner and it was really good food and not overly expensive. We even rode rides. We rode a train that went in a tunnel where sharks are swimming. That was awesome, but the flash on the camera made for lousy pics.

So Surfside Beach... I have wanted to check it out for a long time. The water is a nice Texas brown, but the beach is nice. They even allow you to drive on the beach and have fires.  Nice. The hotel was awesome and in walking distance to restaurants. It is the most laid back town I have ever visited. Everyone there is super nice and so friendly. Hmmmmm. Much unlike the Frisco hood where I live. I mean there are a few nice people....a few. They are the ones NOT in their cars. :)

Let's talk Colorado

I watched Squawkbox this morning. They were talking about how legalizing marijuana in Colorado would really help boost the economy....with all the Twinkie and Cheetos sales and water bongs, etc.

So I thought about retiring in Florida some day, but Colorado just might do. I'm not being serious...well at least I don't think I am. I'll revisit that idea in about 10 years. But seriously, I wonder if people will relocate to Colorado....or....will the real potsmokers be too unmotivated?

"Forty million  Americans smoked marijuana; the only ones who didn't like it were Judge Ginsberg, Clarence Thomas, and Bill Clinton" -- Jay Leno

The link below is a little outdated because pot was only available with a prescription when it was created. This links is totally inappropriate, totally disgusting, but funny...if you can get past disgusting. Click link at your own risk. The first time I saw this I cried I was laughing so hard.

http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s14e03-medicinal-fried-chicken

So Trader Joe's is the bomb. I went today and bought 2 bottles of wine, some crackers, some wasabi seaweed snacks and some sushi....It was only $16. I spend that much typically just on grocery store sushi. The sushi was not that great, so I'll pass on it next time.

When my daughter's boyfriend's mother found out who he  voted for she had a cow. Hayley said she started screaming at him and told him he needed to move out and to start paying for his own car and cell phone. Priceless!!!! I told Hayley to break up with him. She hasn't done it, but I'm sure she'll figure it out soon enough.

So I'm headed to Houston and Surfside Beach for a short getaway. I'm going to sit on my patio, drink my 3-buck chuck, and just listen to the surf and seagulls and do absolutely nothing except think about my next meal.

Love me some Halloween

So last night for dinner, I had Milk Duds, Twizzlers, and white wine spritzers. I'm pretty sure that is not on the Petite Advantage Diet. Hayley was correct in her Halloween assessment: the 'good' parents took their kids to the $$$rich$$$ neighborhoods. I only had 6 trick-or-treaters and 2 of them were older with no costumes.  

So I was watching a commercial for Blue dog food where a lady cannot believe how bad her dog food is for her dog. Well glad she wasn't at my house last night. She would have been appalled if she saw my boyfriend feeding the dogs Twizzlers....no protein or nothing.

So back in high school, we used to go to Del Taco and get burritos with green sauce. Thanks Liz. Well, I haven't had Del Taco in 30 years. I didn't even know if they still existed. A Del Taco just opened by my house. My boyfriend and I went a couple of times and he had the beef burrito. He decided to try my bean burrito with green sauce. He is addicted. It's crazy. He used to come to my house a couple of times a week. Now, he comes to see me all the time bringing his bag of burritos. I'm glad to see him more, but I'm a little jealous knowing that the burritos are part of the reason I see more of him recently. Sigh. 

So today, I made a trip to my local Walmart on my lunch break. Did you get that...WALMART? Anyway, I parked next to a brand new Maserati Grandturismo still sporting the paper tags. Gorgeous car. I guess people with Maserati's still need groceries and home goods. The one to the right is probably not it, but it was that same color. I've decided that if I ever buy a lotto ticket AND win, I will do my civic duty and help out the economy by purchasing a Maserati.


So I borrowed a kitty carrier so that I could take Peaches to the vet when she got hit by the car. Well, I just tossed it on the refrigerator. Billie Jean has made that her new napping spot. I only have a picture of the carrier. I missed the shot when she had her head sticking out the top.

Oh and for November 1st....I'm sweating in Texas.