First - Alex finally got a good haircut!! One would think this wouldn't be worth noting, but believe me, it is. The last one was so atrocious we contemplated shaving his head and starting over. The boy has some cowlicks, and I know this can be problematic, but seriously people? Don't hairdressers learn about ways to overcome this? We've tried stylists, barbers...the works. We got a great haircut for him in the spring at a barber in Crown Point, but when we went back, some chick was there, not the older gentleman that had cut his hair before...and she was the one who botched it all up.
We went to the local BoRics, and I was just hoping for improvement. WELL, they had a BARBER there...and his name was, and I'm not making this up...FLOYD. Yeah, I said it, Alex had his hair cut by Floyd the barber. This dude was a storehouse of useless and useful information about hair and skin and all sorts of things. He gave Alex a great hair cut AND sold us some special shampoo and conditioner especially for *ahem* boys of a certain age who's voice is cracking and skin is reacting to all sorts of testosterone. The stuff wasn't very expensive AND Floyd told him to wash his face with it as well. We noticed a marked improvement already in his trouble spots (forehead, nose, chin). Alex of little words was excited not to be the breakout king of Chicago, and when we left he said "Well, I feel like I learned something." We'll definitely be going back.
Second tidbit - I slow-cooked spareribs in the crock pot yesterday. Can I just say Yummmy!!! They were literally falling off the bone when I took them out, and I lathered them up with BBQ sauce and threw them onto the grill for a bit. I have never, ever been able to cook ribs so that they are actually tender when you eat them. I've tried boiling, baking, dry rubbing...you name it. THIS method given to me by my friend Holly was a knock-it-out-of-the-park success. AND it's crock pot, which means I can do it during the week. Hooray!
Third tidbit - I couldn't sleep last night - and I was watching all sorts of stupidity on television after 11pm which is hereby known as "informercial time." I saw the most disturbing thing...Tater Mitts. Rubber gloves with some sort of rough stuff on the palm side, and you just hold a potato under water, rub it with the gloves and voila! You have peeled a potato in 8 seconds. It was so bizarre, I almost ordered them. "Peeling potatoes can take forever. Oh NO! Not with a knife that's dangerous!" Seriously? Who wrote this copy???
I was a huge lump after downing half a slab with scalloped potatoes and peas, so I rested my full belly on the sofa for Monday night football. It was also the season finale of The Closer AND My Boys, which they left us on a cliffhanger AGAIN! I love that show!
I'm still trying to get organized. I did buy new towels for my bathroom and Kevin's bathroom. Now I just have to buy paint for him and we'll be all set there. Time for the yellow to go away. Worst color decision I've made since wearing neon in the 80's.
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I didn't read the blog yet... but something just happened at work... and so- I put it to you, Rebecca's blog...
Do you think it's appropriate to clip nails (hands or feet) at work?
Or do any grooming for that matter? What's ok and what's not? If your a doer, what do you do-- clip, pick, pluck?
First of all, can't believe you didn't know about the ribs in the crockpot!! My dad has been doing this for well....FOREVER!
Second of all, eeewwwww....absolutely NOT appropriate to clip ANYTHING at work unless its ONE painful hangnail or something. Save it for home people!! And if you MUST do any clipping, plucking, picking or primping....take it to the restroom. Julie I have a feeling there is a story behind this, so do tell!
First - in answer to Julie - no way should you clip anything at work unless in the restroom away from everyone.....just thinking about it turns my stomach.
I just now got caught up on yesterday's blog and yes!! Big Ben was great Sunday and go Willy Parker and Go Steelers!.....and way to go Owen!
And Rebecca - Tatter Mits - don't waste your money. Yvonne Zanos from KDKA News in Pittsburgh reviewed them with several people and the result was definitely a thumbs down - no way they worked.
One more piece of info - today I ordered a case of Kerner wine from Lemon Creek.
Hooray for ordering wine by the case!! That's definitely a great pick and just knowing that you don't have to go back to that stinky winery makes it totally worth it. How fun will it be to make the trip to PA and drink Michigan wine with you. We'll have to go to a tanning bed and get sunburned first for the full effect! Oh wait, that was just me...
Tie-dyed anything lately??
O.k. another option for the fall off the bone, freaking tender ribs is to pressure cook them for 15 mins before grilling and saucing....ahhhh sauce (said in my best Homer Simpson voice)
and Jbrave, COME ON, clipping is gross although one time I did trim up the ming at work...in the bathroom of course...or did I????
You be sure to keep track of Floyd, he may move on to bigger and better things, get his home phone, you know, push out the sisters a little and you'll get it
So good to get back in the game...was in between jobs, then missplaced your blog address (gaa gaaaaaa!) then was ovewhelmed with new workload, but alas, here I am. And here's a tip. You should NEVAH be the person who watches infomercials at night. Did you seriously buy a rubber potato dissolver. Ewwwww.
What's wrong with watching David Letterman like the rest of us?
Julie - just read your first post. Disgusting. We used to have a guy in my Catholic parish growing up that would clip them during mass. In between, if his kids acted up, he'd stop clipping them, grab both their heads, hit them together then go back to clipping. Brilliant!
When I first started working at my current place of employment there was a woman who among other things, clipped her fingernails at her desk. It was the most disgusting sound coming through a cubicle wall ever. Why on earth anyone would think you should do that at work, at your desk...I have no idea. BLECH
Where was I recently that the clipping issue came up? I couldn't believe that this woman was just clip, clip, clipping away...OH YEAH...when I was taking those real estate classes last spring. She would clip while the dude was teaching. Unbelievable.
No, Eileen - I didn't buy the thing, though I was tempted. And as for watching Letterman - he's too interesting. I have to watch re-runs of mind-numbing shows like CSI:Miami or Law&Order SVU so I can fall asleep! Not saying those shows aren't good - I've probably seen every ep 52 times, so I can just tune it out!!
So Eileen - new job? new email addy? Was the email addy I had for you before your work email???
I need to know all about the new stuff happening for you!
Thanks everyone for listening. The clipping sound is gross. It does make one cringe. And it has NO PLACE in the WORK PLACE. Or anywhere public. Agreed...one must give immediate attention to a hangnail.
P.S. I totally called the person out.... I couldn't take it, so I yelled across three cubical in a polite inquisitive (almost Pennsylvanian) intonation, “PAM! Are you grooming yourself?”
To which she responded, “YEAP!”
Seriously. The extra bad thing? She was bent over. I don’t know for sure, but I think she may have been doing her toes. EWWWWwwwwwwww!
I can't believe you didn't consult me with the rib problem, after all who was the one who told you how to make a rue and reminded you to "cook" the water out of the shrimp? My Boy's has also been one of my Fav's, who do you think was on the plane..... Former Cubs pitcher, The Botnist, or the pudgy journalist who was'nt so pudgy on Six Feet Under? I got a wild card in last season's hook up (Evan I think, names sometime escape me).
By any chance did you catch Burn Notice on USA this past summer.....Very smart well written show that you would love, replaced my Freakish addiction to Studio 60.
Darren - AWESOME that you're watching My Boys! I'm out on a limb and saying that ANDY was on the plane!!
But that wouldn't make it very fun, now would it?
I don't think it's Evan - that's too much too soon. But the baseball player is an interesting choice. I just.don't.know.
Didn't watch Burn Notice. I had too much other summer TV in the hopper with the Closer and Saving Grace which is my newest addiction.
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