Irate Parent

Whew, had SUCH an irate parent today in my office, it probably makes the top 2 confrontations I've delt with. To the point where the office staff was contemplating calling the police! And I had staff members coming up to me through out the rest of the day asking if I was okay, asking how I could stay so calm, saying they would've just left the room, or cried, or yelled back....and couldn't believe that I could hold my own with someone over twice my size. :) Hee hee...3 people even said 'congratulations'.

So out of a really really contentious and bad situation, at least I scored some points. ;)

Just wish it were Friday...

Google Map

The Google Car is in HAWAII!!!! ;) :D

AUGGHH!!! If you see it call me or text right away, maybe I can head it off and be a permit fixture in Google Map!!!

http://www.starbulletin.com/business/20090419_Oh_snap_Google_hits_town.html

(need a lesson? don't know what i'm talking about? Cec just showed me this REALLY awesome new trick to google map - it's the street view, you can literally walk along ANY street in the world - okay, not the world, the US, Japan, UK, France...anyway, other European places and look up, look down, look left, look right, walk down the street, turn the corner, etc., etc., It's like BEING there!!! I strolled down my favorite street in Japan just yesterday!) ;)

Allie - you should try this. Seriously, you could probably stroll past your apartment in Paris.

The Counter

Big Hamburger = BIG Tummy!!!! :) :D

Here's my dinner tonight! Grilled onions, roasted red peppers, fried chiles, black bean and corn salsa with southwestern sauce. Oh yeah, and provlone cheese...all on a 1/3 lb burger. (their smallest size) MMmmmmmmm.....good.

one more step

cec and i took one more big step today...(altho she's in seattle, and she really started over winter break when she was here) ;)

we're cleaning out mom's office. i'll post more pictures of mom's eclectic taste, artistic style and sense of humor later...but for now, here's some proof of just how organized she really was...

Not only did she have her beads labeled in little drawers on her desk, she also had them organized by color, type and material in containers on her shelves, then within that she had the descriptions, prices and what bead shows she got them from! (Like Cincinnati '00)

Our biggest step after letting go of them emotionally was getting her beads to someone who would appreciate them...and as soon as I opened Mom's first container, I knew who to call (well 2 people actually, unfortunately Mer is in Seattle)... so while Cec and I will be selling a few of her beads at Wendy's craft fair next month, we were really really excited that Allie is into jewelry making and was really excited about the prospect of Mom's beads...in fact you should have seen her face light up when she walked into Mom's room tonight. :) Cec and I might not have the 'eye' that Mom had, but Allie has it in heaps and bounds, and it makes it so much easier letting her things go knowing that this would make Mom happy.

cupcakes

MMMmmmmMMmmmmm CuuuppppCaaakkkee... !!!! :)

There's nothing a yummy yummy red velvet cupcake from Cake Couture can't fix. ;) Especially when it's left on the kitchen counter for you as a surprise from your husband.

which makes me remember - i should qualify it wasn't really a HOUSE full of maggots (yes, that would be slightly more embarassing). It was a CLOSET of maggots that had just begun to infiltrate our towels. Blame it on our old dead visitor in the attic. BLECH.

wow...

wow...really not a good start to the week. house full of maggots, and as we're cleaning get a call and a really close friend of mom and dad has passed away...sat on the ground of the kitchen and cried...kind of amazing how you feel so much grief for someone else, but then it feels like it's happening to you all over again too...good thing ryan's a good husband. he sat with me for a while, and the cleaned up all the rest of the maggots while i went outside and talked with mom.

mainland-i-fied

Yeah!!! Nordstrom, 60 degree weather, Whole Foods, and now Target (pronounced Tarjay, with french accent). We're a totally MAINLANDiFIED Hawaii?!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!! :) :D :D

hmm...now if only Anthropologie and Paper Source would open here...guess I gotta have SOME reason to visit Seattle though, right? ;) hee hee...