"You fry the egg..."

You know how sometimes you hear someone say something and it just seems to sum things up for you?

I had a moment like that this morning.

My duaghter was hungry (no shocker there) so I asked her what she wanted.  She was drawing a blank so I suggested a fried egg sandwich (I make the best, well in this house anyway). 

She jumped up and said "You fry the egg and I'll get the toast!"

Then WHAM!

"You fry the egg"
"YOU fry the egg"
"You FRY the egg"

Ok, Ok, so I'm a little overboard in writing this.  It did kind of resonate as a bit of a theme in my life though. 

I think I've been the one frying the egg for quite a while.  I'ld like to be in charge of the toast for a while.

I think we all have our rolls in life though, and maybe I am just an egg frier, destined only to make toast if I am still frying the egg too.

Well, there's a little philosophy for you!  I know, I know it's early.

My brain has already processed my whole life (for the 300millionth time) this morning and moved on.

Good morning to you!

Gentrie

P.S.   Rebel will be here soon!

Sunglasses

Sometimes,


Just sometimes,



It's just enough to chill with some good cheese puffs.........

........and a cool pair of shades.


Amen.


Gentrie

Red Beer.....

Some days I would really kill for an ice cold red beer.  When I say red beer I mean a beer on tap, in a glass, with a splash of tomato juice.  Ice cold this is amazing.  Either that or a Corona with lime, again ice cold, warm beer is gross.

My husband has not drank for 11-1/2 years.  I have not drank for about as long, except for the occasional drink with a friend about once, maybe twice a year.  Sometimes not at all in a year.

But, sometimes, I just get the craving.  The intense, irresistible urge to go to the anonymous, crowded, and slightly loud bar and sit and have a tall, ice cold, glass of red beer.  The tangy tomato taste combined with the bitterness of the beer make for a smooth, cool, refreshing drink that inevitably satisfies something deep down inside me.  Something more than just a craving......

Aaaahhhhhh!

OK, I feel better.

Gentrie

Divorce? I don't think so......

Mark is going to Montana to work, for a while.

We have explained to Hailey that her and I will be here for a while and Dad will be in Montana for a while.  We explained that this would not last long or forever, just a little while.

We thought we had made it clear the situation, she seemed to understand.

Mark told me today Hailey asked him if we were getting divorced.

Mark asked her if she knew what divorce was.

Hailey responded that "Divorce is when I live with Mommy and you don't live with us any more."  (Insert cheeky grin.)

Mark, being the absolute diplomat he is responded, "Well what if you lived with me and Mom didn't?"

Hailey said, "No I HAVE to live with Mommy, it doesn't work the other way." (That's my girl!)

Needless to say I assured Hailey we are not getting a divorce.

We are still a happy family even though we will be temporarily separated.

Even if it doesn't look like it sometimes......

In the real world, as always...........

Gentrie

A Few Things

Here is a list of things some people out there may not know about me.

1.  I am secretly starting to love the deep rich purple color.  I have never been a purple person and am still not fond of light purples.  (SHHHHHH don't tell!)

2.  I've been quilting for about ten years.  (I can't believe it's been that long already!)

3.  I still have not finished my Double Wedding Ring I am making for hubby and I.  Someday.........

4.  My artistic side is breaking out again.  The mathmetician is getting bored, art wants to break free!  (Math really is boring, unless I'm using it to design something.)

5.  I really do love a lot of old westerns, and some new ones.  Sometimes I can imagine my Dad and I still sitting together watching them.  He would be pointing out every error in the movie.  Like when they shoot 16 times without reloading. (In fact, I'm watching Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid now!  It has a very young Chris Christopherson and Bob Dylan in it.)

6.  I LOVE a good forensics show/movie.  I really do think I should have been a forensic scientist.

7.  I'm still a fantasy buff, deep down at heart.  That's why I really like Twilight and Harry Potter.  Not to mention they are both very well written.

8.  My sister liked the jewelry I made her for Christmas! Yeah!  (She just got it today, don't ask, really.)

9.  My Mom liked the jewelry I made her also.  Double Yeah! (She got hers on Christmas, yeah, I know.)

10.  My hubby encourages me to start my own business, it;s my own cold feet that hold me back.  (My feet were VERY LITERALLY cold today!)

There, some of you may have known some of these, and some of you may have known a few, or all none.  I bet knowone knew all of them though!

Don't seem so surprised!

Gentrie