<..: Ramblings of An Overtired Mommy :..>

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Saturday, June 18, 2005

Today was a wonderful day. I slept until the extremely late hour of 8 am (really late for me) and LittleMan didn't wake up until 9 am, which left me a precious hour of "me" time. It was awesome!
After he woke up, we got dressed and headed into town. That is where the fun began....

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The Breakfast Club

Every Saturday morning, an elite group of elderly men can be found at McDonald's from around 7 am until about 11 am. This is a ritual. They hang out, drink coffee, and solve the world's problems. All the while sipping coffee and enjoying the company of anyone who happens to walk in.
This morning, I decided to stop by and have breakfast and listen in to the conversations that were going on. The topics discussed this morning were (in random order)
o Edwin Edwards and gambling
o Governor Jimmy Davis and a book he published
o The recent surge of oil wells in our parish and people getting rich quick!
o One woman who had never had a bank account because she was so poor is getting $60K per month checks from the oil wells
o Michael Jackson

After all this invigorating conversation, a man about my parents' age stopped by with a cake plate in hand. Turns out that his father who passed on a while ago would have been 84 today. Since his father enjoyed the Breakfast Club so much, the man had baked a coconut layer cake to take to his fathers' friends to celebrate the occasion. I thought that was sweet. So did LittleMan, one of the men shared his piece with him :)

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Vetran's Memorial Park

After breakfast, I decided to stop by the newly constructed Vetran's Memorial Park in town. It is really beautiful. There were supposed to be bricks purchased in memory or in honor of vetrans used to construct the park, but I guess they haven't made it to completion yet. There was a brick purchased for Landon's grandfather and I thought it would be nice to have a picture of LittleMan beside the brick, but maybe later.

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The Library

Our trip was then taken to the Parish Library. Yippee! I honestly never considered checking out books instead of buying them and was shocked that they had some on my "Next To Buy" list. I'll be using them more often. How stupid of me not to think of that sooner.

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Father's Day

This afternoon, we grilled hamburgers and sausage and my dad came over to eat. Kind of a little Father's Day celebration. It was fun. LittleMan had a blast!
The older I get, I find that I am so much like my daddy that it's scary. I hope I'm half as good to my kid as he is to me.

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Pretty Girls

LittleMan is learning early that pretty girls are fun to look at. So, we watched the Miss Louisiana pageant tonight. It was pretty good. I'm proud to say that I picked the winner within the first 10 minutes. Damn I'm good! LittleMan liked her too.

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The Nanny Diaries

I finished this book tonight and found it disturbing. Are there really people who are like this in real life? Scary! But it was an interesting read.

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Site of the Day

Today's site of the day belongs to Peanutt. Stop by and tell her Hi and that I sent you of course!!

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Three Things

Post your answers in the comments section!
List three words that your five year old self would have used to describe your father. List three words you would use now:
5 year old:
(1) Strong
(2) Smart
(3) Brave

Now:
(1) Caring
(2) Childlike
(3) Loving

Happy Father's Day to all of you out there!

Melissa

Melissa @ 10:34 PM | comment

~IntrO~

Melissa
Melissa-Mom to LittleMan (4/04); wife to LuckyHusband; full-time toxicologist; full-time housekeeper; full-time domestic laundromat manager (washes all the clothes); full-time domestic finance manager (pays all the bills and yells at husband for spending too much money on fishing stuff); and Keeper of the Cheerios. Lives in a tiny town; spends tons of time with family; reads; enjoys crafts. Can change a diaper, fill a sippy cup, and put on a toddler's shoes in 15.4 seconds flat, all while calculating the impact of petroleum hydrocarbons to a nearby surface water body (watch for me in the Toddler Olympics on CBS this fall). Addicted to Dr. Pepper; Kit Kats; and pasta. To spot me in a crowd: I'm the one with frizzy messed-up hair, smeared graham crackers on my shirt; huge purse with a diaper peeking out, toddler on her hip, and camera in hand at all times.

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