Good Morning and happy Easter everyone, I also want to say happy Passover. This weekend has been a very full one, it started Thursday night with Tessa coming to spend a few days with her Gigi. Friday was a girl filled day, first up pink pancakes for breakfast, then a walk and playing on her beloved rocks. Elizabeth Anne came and we took Tess to our favorite place on earth, yes, Taco Bueno. Then it was off to Build a Bear where she picked out a rabbit and named her Daisy. No day is complete without a trip to Costco and Target!
Then that evening, the Irishman’s girls came and Tess was beyond elated, I let them stay up late playing chase in the moonlight, then eating goldfish crackers and watching Hop. Saturday morning started with blue pancakes and playing outside, the rocks beckoned and they played for hours. Their girlish giggles filled the air and neighbors brought their children out to play with them.
After Tess went home it was grocery shopping then lunch and Hop again, this time with movie popcorn and juice boxes.
I hope they had a good time, in between I managed to read two books and get laundry done. Very productive.
I have something shameful to admit, I have given into peer pressure and have read the first two books in the Hunger Games series. I should have bought the third at the grocery store yesterday, I started the first book on Friday and by Saturday night had finished the second one, now I am in need of the third one. They are quick reads as they are written for the average 13 year old, so fifth grade level, but I am going to tell you, wow, I am impressed and I like them. The premise is interesting, I am guessing the author is a fan of Logan’s Run, as it is similar to the concept of that movie. I did not find it disturbing that they had children killing children as middle school is a dog eat dog world in itself. I will be getting the third book today, I hope a store is open so I can get it!
I am going to see my beautiful Elizabeth Anne in Bonham for Easter, leaving the Irishman to celebrate with his children, I am taking care of their Easter dinner for them, he doesn’t cook, then off I go. So excited, I have never been to Sherman and that is where we will be having Easter lunch.
I hope everyone has a fantastic day, that if you have taught your children about the Easter bunny he comes to visit, and that everyone remember why we really have Easter. He is risen.
Day Off
Taking the day off on Good Friday. Happy Passover to all of my Jewish friends. may this be a time of renewal and letting go of past hurts for all of us.
Fake Celebrity Interview: The Bay City Rollers
Welcome to my second Fake Celebrity interview, I am very nervous today because my guests, and yes I said guests, as in multiple, are none other than my childhood crushes. They adorned my bedroom walls until I was 18 years old, I would like everyone to give a big hand to The Bay City Rollers!!!!!!!!!!
Me: I am so nervous, I cannot tell you how happy I am that all of you could Fake make it today. Let me start off by getting my 14 year old self out of the way. O. M. G., there, I think that will do it for now.
I want to say welcome to the original Bay City Rollers: Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood, Les McKeown, Alan Longmuir and Derek Longmuir.
FLM: Thank you very much for the Fake invitation to be on your program, we are honored.
Me: OMG I love your accent, I bet you get told that a thousand times a day, unless of course you are in Scotland where that accent is normal.
FLM: yes to both.
Me: Ok, I am going to show the group a picture of me when I was 16 and you tell me which one of you I could have dated.
All FBCR: {uncomfortable silence}
FAL: You were underage then, none of us would have dated you.
Me: That’s not nice. Ok, how bout this picture, I am 18 here
FBCR: Let’s humor the lassie boys, ok, all of us would have fought over you.
Me: I love a good placation.
Me: Ok, down to serious business, I have all of your albums, except for the imports, my question is are you planning a new one any time soon?
LM: Allow me to answer, no, we are not
Me: Ok, how bout touring? Will you be touring the U.S. anytime soon?
SW: not that our fake selves know about.
Me: this is going nowhere, Ok, I have a huge surprise in store for you all, I was saving it for when things were not going well, and well, they are not. So I would like to welcome to the Fake stage Fake Ian Mitchell!
FLM: this is not funny, why would you bring him here?
Me: what? He only took your place for 7 months, and wasn’t it you who walked out? Leaving your fans, I might add, devastated? Of course I was not one of them, as my favorite was Derek, the drummer. So Fake Les, what do you have to say to your fans about the way you abandoned them?
FIM: I would like to say something here.
Me: Shut up Ian, I want to know what Les has to say.
FLM: That is it, I am leaving, this all happened in the 1970’s! Get over it fans!
Me: Well there you have it folks, The Bay City Rollers!
Weather Gratefulness and Dean Cain News
Yesterday was a horrible weather day here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, I am grateful that seemingly no lives were lost. Reports of injuries but no deaths, this is a total praise God day. With the videos of the 18 wheelers that were flung in the air as if they weighed nothing, the tornado that hit the elementary school in Forney, with children inside, only 5 injuries, none life threatening. Yesterday was a miracle people, a flat out miracle, and we should all be grateful. Where I work, we spent two hours in a closet, well four of us were in that closet, some were in the stairwell, bathrooms and a breakroom in the middle of the building. All handled it with humor and patience, most of the time was spent texting loved ones in hard hit areas to find out if they were ok. Yes, they were, one man, his mothers neighbors on either side were hit and the house across the street, hers had minimal damage to the roof, that was it, she was the only one home at the time. The neighbors were all at work, she was not hurt and very little damage to her home. Very grateful indeed.
Tomorrow is my second fake celebrity interview and I am very nervous, I am not going to tell you who it is yet, just know, MAJOR childhood, teenage crush. So excited!
OMG speaking of crush, Dean Cain is making a movie with Charisma Carpenter, how amazingly cool is that! I wish I were her! She tweeted a picture of the two of them, I will say it again he is still the prettiest man I have ever seen in my entire life. I wonder if he still has the Superman costume? I will have to ask him that if I ever work up the nerve to fake interview him.
That’s all for today folks, I am off to work for da man. Bahahahahaha
Great Monday
Monday was not so bad after all, our new shifts came out and I got what I wanted. 6 AM to 5PM with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday off. Not too bad, I can still work out after work and have plenty of time before bed for household chores and TV viewing.Then not one but 2 Joss Whedon Alums on television last night. A new Bones and Castle on the same night! A dream come true! It seems something else happened yesterday and I cannot for the life of me remember what. I am losing my mind, or memory, or both. Oh I remember, I have Friday off, Tess is coming to spend the night Thursday night and all day Friday! I am seeing pink pancakes in our future, homemade Easter sugar cookies and an adventure! So excited. That girl is so much fun and I just love spending time with her. She is so smart and funny, not to mention adorable and beyond cute.
Today is Zumba day, I can’t wait, I love doing Zumba, not like working out at all, it is an hour of dancing. That I can handle! Ok, people, I have to go get ready for work now, the sooner I begin, the sooner it ends and I am Zumbaing my way to skinnyness!
My Monday So Far
Well Monday has found us again, I tried to hide, I really did, covers over the head and everything, but alas it did no good. Monday came like it always does, always predictable, nearly always a calamity. Today will be good, there I said it, I mean it and it will happen!
Weekend was filled with hair going away, girls getting their new dresses I ordered from Ruelala, and seeing Tessa. All in all a good weekend.
Oh yes, one April Fools joke, the Irishman and I changed our relationship status to married, no, not married, still engaged. Perhaps we shall stay engaged forever, who knows, not even I can answer that.
Well, it is off to work I go, I find out today if I got the tour I wanted, I really hope I did. I am looking forward to having 3 days off during the week. If I get the one I really want, I will work Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, having off Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. How great is that? Work 2 days, off one, work one then off two. I will let you all know if I get that tour. It means working 6 am to 5 pm, but that is ok, I can do that, 6 is still later than 5. Wish me luck!
My Day Yesterday
This is a momentous day, Palm Sunday and April Fools all in one, I am thankful that Christ giving his life for my pittiful one is no joke.
Yesterday was the big day, the Irishman had his whole head full of hair shaved off in a show of solidarity with kids who are battling cancer. In the process a lot of fun was had and he raised money for St Baldricks, all in all a good day. One minute he was a hairy beast, the next he was a Hulk Hogan impersonator, the next he was a Mr Clean look alike. His 1759 Society friends were there and helped raise money, they are the ones that got him to the Hulk Hogan stage, it was up to me to get him to the Mr Clean stage. With the help of a new friend and a stranger all the hair was gone and money went to help fight cancer that attacks children.
After that I took Lauren and Carolion to see Tess, together they are like the Three Musketeers, full charge, ready to face any challenge and capture lady bugs and worms. A great day indeed.
I look forward to a day full of sunshine, fun, and lots of April Fools jokes, and in the midst of all that, remembering to be thankful for all that is here for us to enjoy.
Angie World 