Mom's Birthday Breakfast
Saturday morning Gretchen and I took Mom to Perkins for breakfast to celebrate her 73rd birthday. When I asked the waitress to tell Mom to quit whining - and she did! - Gretchen and I knew we had our kind of waitress - saucy! Mom got a kick out of her too - and had more fun than she looks like here.
Gretchen ordered the strawberry French toast
and I ordered Eggs Benedict - and then we each shared half with the other. It was the perfect combo - little sweet, little salty.
Mom apparently had the Equal Half-n-Half Special.
I gave Mom the turquoise suncatcher I showed you the other day and the new one above. I've been having trouble find suitable beads or charms for the center piece so I made my own out of polymer clay. I swirled white clay together with red clay because I wanted that marble effect. The next time, I'm going to make co-ordinating beads out of the same clay for the dangly part. (I've yet to thoroughly check out the Fire Mountain Gems website that I hear so much about. Any other websites you would recommend, Maria?)
I got home about 10:00 just in time to get things done before Nantz, Kathy and Kim came over for lunch at noon. I baked a cake, made the Mexican Lasagna, threw together a fruit salad and put blue corn chips in a bowl - and called it lunch. Steve very kindly vacuumed the house. I gave the bathrooms a passable cleaning. We had our usual good 3 hours of laughing, talking and eating. (Nantz - I'm sorry we forgot to cut you some hydrangeas when you left! Darn!)
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I spent time catching up on deskwork, then Steve and I finished up watching Season 4 of Oz. Then we rewatched it with commentary by one of the writers and two of the actors - love that! We have Season 5 in our Netflix queue but we'll take a break from it for a while and watch some movies and the next seasons of The Sopranos and Six Feet Under. I also added Queer as Folk to our queue and a Dave Chappelle on stage DVD. I've never seen him but have heard lots about him so we'll check it out. Oh! I added Twin Peaks to our queue too. I never watched the series when it was on TV back in the day. Someday I just might add Northern Exposure too, a show I religiously watched, taped every one and watched over and over. It will be interesting to see if I still like watching it. A guy at work recently joined Netflix and is watching a bunch of old Cheers and Taxi shows I think he said. Those are two of the shows I don't think I ever want to watch again because I watched them sooo much when they were on. Also MASH, which I was a complete nut over, can still recite lines. Have no desire to watch Seinfeld again either, though I didn't really watch that to death like I did these other series I mentioned.
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Steve and I did the hot tub thing first thing this morning, then I fixed Egg McMuffins for breakfast. Simon's still sleeping, Steve is mowing the lawn and I'm about to make my grocery list and head to the store. Then it's Pine Tree Designs for the rest of today and tonight. That makes me happy.
posted by Stefani at 10:48 AM
5 Comments:
Those photos of what you "had" for breakfast cracked me up!
Oooo, I love your polymer clay heart. It's perfect with that suncatcher.
I was not whining! They just pick on me. The waitress said "no whining, we don't serve cheese and crackers". Yep, she was our kinda gal. Maybe next time I can have more than equal and half and half.
Mom pops a dozen shots of half-n-half, then wonders why her cholesteral is high. Go fig.
BTW, I still watch M*A*S*H reruns now and then. Reciting the dialog along with it is half the fun. The other half is recognizing actors that have gone on to other things.
Enjoyed the family pictures Stefani.
Also like the suncatcher, nicer each time I see one.
You gals know how to have fun.
Stefani, your suncatcher with your handmade bead looks just beautiful!
Fire Mountain Gems has sooooo much stuff, you might just want to order their catalog (I believe it's still free) so you can gawk at your own leisure. In fact, they've just split it up into two catalogs because it was getting so big. Part 1 (Gemstones and Precious Metals, 674 pages) just came out, and Part 2 (Glass and Plated Metals) will be out in early 2006. Too bad I didn't know about your interest in Fire Mountain, or I would have mailed you a copy of their 2004-2005 catalog ... I had two that went in the recycling pile! You can also get on their email list for their weekly and weekend sales ... but I'm warning you, there goes the rest of your free time (and money!)
I also order from Thunderbird Supply Company (www.thunderbirdsupply.com) and Rio Grande (www.riogrande.com). Thunderbird also has a nice free catalog, and many of their items have a southwestern feel (they're in Albuquerque). Rio Grande has nice stuff, too, and is HUGE, but they don't have their items online and I don't think their catalogs are free, either ... I happened to pick them up at a local bead show. You have to be in the trade to order from them, but I think you'd be okay (or I can place an order for you). In fact, I still DO have their old catalog and can mail it to you if you email me your address offline, since the new one just arrived. The old one is 720 pages. The new one is 922 pages!
And there's also Rings & Things (www.rings-things.com). Their catalog is not as glossy (and *only* 312 pages), but they have some nice stuff, and they do shows, too, so if they're coming to your area (you can check their schedule on the site) you might want to go check it out. They're billed as 'wholesale only,' but if you have your tax/resale certificate or business license, you'll be fine. The Innovative Beads Expo (www.innovativebeadsexpo.com) also has a nice show, but I'm not sure they'll be in your area the rest of this year ... they were just in Albany this past weekend, though! I've been to their show two times and always pick up some nice things ... sometimes it's good to see the stuff in person instead of in a catalog.
Fusion Beads (www.fusionbeads.com) also has nice stuff.
Finally, if you pick up an issue of Bead & Button magazine (www.beadandbutton.com), there are just scads of ads in there for bead companies, and you'll be able to lose your mind checking out their sites for really unique stuff for your projects. I've been meaning to check out a few of them a day, but I haven't been able to get beyond the big catalogs yet to find time.
AND ... if you REALLY want to lose your mind ... there are the Tucson Bead Shows (http://www.tucsonshowguide.com/tsg/) every year in Jan.-Feb. which go for two weeks and are supposed to be just a bead-addict's dream. It's on my wish list for 2006.
That should keep you busy for a while ... aren't you glad you asked?
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