Dear You-
Sorry we haven't talked. It's been a while, I know. My life seems rather dull at the moment, so dull in fact that you're probably already aslee-WAKE UP! I'M TALKING HERE.
That in my life which is not boring is depressing or pissy, so I have been sparing you my whining.
Plus, my camera's missing. I am supremely pissed about that one.
And the cat slept on my face.
And Bean learned to use sign language to beg me to play Veggie Tales again and again. Here's a sample conversation from yesterday:
Bean: [attempts to snap her fingers]
Me: Music? No sweetie. [rub my chest in a circle] Sorry.
Bean: [looks desperate. Snaps Fingers. Taps her chest]
Me: Music please? I'm glad you're polite, but no. You've watched enough today. [rub chest] Sorry. [Open my palms] How about a book?
Bean: [Snaps fingers. Taps chest]
Me: [Rub chest in a circle. Snap. Waggle hands in the air] Sorry, sweetie. The music's all gone for today.
Bean: (Yells and claws at my eyes.)
I wonder what the sign for martini is.
Edited to add: I found my camera. It was in the medicine cabinet of the guest bathroom. Yeah, I don't get it either.
I think I somehow ended up on some list of people willing to do surveys. I'm a secret shopper for my grocery store - shh! I fill out survey booklets for radio listening habits (they pay about $10 or $15 once you send the stuff in) and now the Neilson people have called so that I can be surveyed for TV viewing habits.
They'll pay me $30. Not bad, eh?
Bean has fallen in love with a kid's song DVD by the Laurie Berkner Band. The songs are catchy and simple, and Bean loves hearing them.Over and over and over and over.
So Mama made an executive decision for the sake of her own sanity and bought her another kid's DVD - Veggie Tales. I remember a sing-along song about a cucumber singing about his hairbrush that was really cute, so I got a Veggie Tales DVD through Amazon. Yes, they're singing vegetables. Shut up. It's cute.
My only problem is that they're way more I-Love-Jesus-y than I expected. I don't have a problem with Bean being exposed to religious stuff, I take her to church after all, but the evangelical produce aisle makes me squirm a little. I don't know why. I guess I'm just not used to it.
Those songs are so damn catchy, though. I've been humming "God is bigger than the boogey man/He's bigger than godzilla or the mosters on T.V." all morning. The dancing cucumber song (Pepino Bailarin) has me in stitches, too.
Have you seen Veggie Tales? Do you like them?
My grandmother’s wake was this weekend. My mom, my dad, and my aunt did a wonderful job planning and throwing a Bon Voyage party that I know Nana would be proud of. It wasn’t sad at all; it was upbeat, celebratory, and wonderfully catered. I got to see relatives that I haven’t seen since before I was a teenager.
Some of Dim’s family was here this weekend, too, for separate reasons. They are a fun bunch to hang out with. I also had a girls’ night with friends on Saturday. I told myself that I would only stay for an hour or two, but ended up staying much longer. It was fun to get out of the house and cackle with girlfriends while eating great food.
For my Nana’s Bon Voyage, I created a nice scrapbook full of pictures of Nana and the family culled from her photo collection for my dad and my aunt. I had a lot of help from Kat (thanks, Kat!) They got a kick out of it, and it was nice to show the guests at the Bon Voyage party the family pictures.
The Greek houseguests left this morning, and Dimitri’s working late tonight, so the house is very empty and quiet, except for Bean’s hooting.