4-26-10 Monday (“Fashion” Show)

Finally we have a guest room that will likely undergo heavy usage.   When we lived in Florida, we had a family room and dinette which lead to a barely used living room/dining room.  We also had a guest room that only seemed to be used for our dog sitter, Stevi.  Now we’ve found that we’ll have all sorts of guests over the next couple of months.  After my mom, Jim’s mom will arrive the day of or 1 day after her departure.  Jim’s grandmother is reserving a week or so.  Jim’s stepbrother, Aaron and his at that time, new wife, Mo, will be here at the beginning of July.  There’s lots going on.  Luckily we’ve made the other bedroom a storage room with a futon to accommodate multiple guests if needed.  I’m thinking I should print out a separate calendar for room reservations and tack it up on the guest room door.  We love guests.  We love being able to show off our new city.

Mom and I did some grocery shopping at Walmart.  Thrilling I know.  After unloading the groceries we headed to the Concord Mills Mall to have Nathans for lunch.  It’s been years since mom has had Nathans.   Afterwards, we popped into Burlington and browsed. 

Above: JoAnn shows off her Nathan’s meal!

Above: How to look fashionable in Burlington.

Above: We didn’t eat at Burger King – we simply swiped a crown. 

Below: Remember me in St. Louis? Above: 9-11-08 in St. Louis.  Like son, like momma.

Above/Below: Look at all the weight I lost by being on the Tic-Tac Diet!

 

  Above: Never put your child into this bag or any other for that matter.

 

Above: Dasher loves giving hugs.

I forgot to mention that the blinds came Saturday.  What reminded me to say something about it was an email I received today.

Really?  It shipped later than I received it?  Dumbasses.

Mom napped and I met Jim at the gym for a 45 minute cardio session.  We came home to a delicious meal of chili in the crockpot.  For our evenings entertainment, we watched 2012.  Jim and I have seen it but my mom hadn’t. 

While shopping today, my mom picked some junkfood she enjoys in the evenings.  Good thing she’s not fat.  Here’s the “yum equation”:

 

The only thing missing is chocolate…

Ann, Jim and I took drove the Apache Trail Scenic Byway, stopping to enjoy a picnic.  We visited Roosevelt Dam.  Click here to see lots of photos and my typical narrative for the day’s adventures.

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