Ugh, he doesn’t wanna go back to SLEEP!
It was 5 this morning when someone crawled into our bed and wanted to turn on the TV to watch Treehouse Channel and I remember that last night, my hubby wanted to sleep in AGAIN this morning, as he claimed that I got to sleep in last weekend (LIKE, I don’t remember SLEEPING in ever!) So I had to get up and take him to the living room to fix him a bowl of banana slices and cut-up strawberries for him until DH gets up (oh I say 8 or 9). I have not planned what kind of a breakfast we will have on a Sunday morning, but I will see what DH likes. Next weekend, the sleeping in is MINE!
Yesterday was a great day after DH finished work at noon for the day, so we went to the mall, paid the phone bill, went to Zellers and bought birdseeds to fill up our feeder (we love birdwatching for unusual types of birds flying around as well as it gives our cat lots of entertainment to watch from the living room). Then we went to CD Plus and my DH had found a certain Brad Paisley CD that has the song,”When I get Where I am Going”. He needed to own one since it was a favorite CD as well as a favorite song of my MIL before she passed away. And yes, it was even played at her Catholic funeral service. Everytime we played this song, my mind goes back to the time of sitting at the kitchen table at the family farm, drinking instant coffee instead of brewed coffee, talking about funny things that happened to all of us, as well as remembering the time when DH and I brought DS as a newborn home from the hospital and before we could get in the house, MIL pulled her Blazer in the driveway and raced to see her 6th grandchild, before my parents could get home from Alberta two days later to see their 3rd grandchild. Oh, the good but roller coaster memories of her but her spirit lives on.
As we did the shopping and paying the bill, DH decided we went to DQ to treat ourselves to ice cream as a family. He had his Oreo Blizzard while DS and I shared the good ol’ Banana Split. To me, it was well worth it since it wasn’t about the ice cream I craved for, it was about quality time as a family, something that DH never experienced it as a kid growing up in a family that he call it,”dysfunctional”. With family time at DQ, now that is a REAL treat.
Two hours before supper last night, I had put pork ribs in the oven to be roasted before I could grill them on the BBQ, and I even chopped up a foil pie plate full of potatoes, onions and added dill and oil. Then I foil wrapped the baby carrots and peas with chives and butter, all for grill roasting. It was delicious as usual, since DH loves the BBQ season as well as DS craving for roasted carrots and peas, as well as potatoes.
It was a good day, since we needed most of the nice weather, as well as family time.
Well, it is Sunday, and the lazy day begins.
April 20th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
It’s amazing just how songs can trigger memories, of certain people or times in your life. I’m glad this song brought back some nice memries of your MIL.
It’s funny, we took the kids our for a drive last week just after supper after getting them snug in the PJ’s, and went to DQ as well! Now the boys want to go for a “jammie drive” every night!