Straight Talk from the Mom

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

I've Been Tagged!

So it seems someone besides those who know me (and not everyone who knows me knows I have this blog) acually reads my blog. And it looks like I've been tagged for a new game. Here goes...

Here's the rules:

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they are any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to.

My songs of the moment are:
1. Dare - Gorillaz
2. I Don't Wanna Know - Sheryl Crow
3. Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys
4. A Man and a Woman - U2
5. Fury - Prince (did anyone else see this on SNL? He totally rocked the house!)
6. Come Dancing - the Kinks
7. Speed of Sound - Coldplay


That was harder than I thought. I don't listen to commercial radio anymore, thanks to my satellite radio in the car and on the Dish at home, so I don't know what's on the radio anymore.

I'm supposed to tag 7 others, but I can only come up with 4:

  • Over the Rainbow

  • Space-Age Housewife

  • Sourpuss

  • Sidewalks
  • Friday, February 17, 2006

    Redeemed

    No, I'm not talking about a religious conversion. Hubby is almost done painting the kitchen, and he came home Tuesday with the most beautiful, fragrant white roses I've seen in a long time. I'm sure you'll agree - they are wonderful:



    He's really a good guy. I shouldn't complain about him. He makes it possible for me to stay home with the kidlets. And for them to go to good schools. And for me to generally play all day if I want to.

    Really, I wouldn't trade him for anything...even for a finished kitchen!

    Sunday, February 12, 2006

    What's the Rush?

    So my sister came over in the summer and helped me paint my kitchen cabinets. Hubby was on a motorcycle trip, so we surprised him when he came home.

    At the time, I was thinking...Thanksgiving is a good 5 months away. Surely we can paint the walls and get new flooring by then. Right? I mean, it WAS 5 months away.

    August came and went. September came and went. October came and went. Thanksgiving was upon us before I knew it, and guess what? Hubby had gone on another 'cycle trip and totaled the bike and broke his finger good enough to require surgery. And the kitchen remained unfinished.

    So a couple of nights ago, Hubby (mostly healed up and recently home from an ice-fishing trip with a client) mentions having his client/friend and his family over for dinner sometime. Great idea, I say. Let's do it.

    Guess what Hubby did yesterday? You guessed it - he bought paint. And today he took everything off the walls and painted the ceiling. He's doing the walls now. He's asked me to pick out flooring.

    Wonder what the rush was???