25 Pounds of Flour

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(Photo by momwithapen)


I’m sitting shotgun while listening to a slightly stirred elixir of hubby’s iPod (Superman Theme is currently playing) and Madison’s Strawberry Shortcake DVD. It’s lucky for the other drivers on the road that I’m not driving. It's lucky for me that I’m not banging my head on the dashboard. I’ve come very close. Trust me.

We’re currently on I-95 heading back home. Vacation was fun, but it’s going to feel good pulling into the driveway. That is until we get out of the car and do a 180. Santa was good to us this year, but it’s all fun and games until you have to unpack a loaded SUV. I know, you’re thinking that the phrase goes, “until someone’s eye gets poked out”. No worries, I’m sure while unloading we can fit in a trip to the ER as well. We’ve done it before.

Unlike some other New Year Eves, 2007’s was a relatively quiet one; complete with Dick’s Rockin’ NYE. On account of the neighborhood kids shooting “whirly gigs” and “torpedo rockets”, Jacques (Grandma’s toy poodle), broke the Guinness Record for “The Dog that Held his pee the longest”. Don’t tell me that I’m the only one that starts to wonder where all the lapped up water goes after so many hours. Dogs sweat by panting you know. Sooo.....??? Throughout the evening I kept glancing at him to see if there were signs of internal combustion...a flood...anything. But, after the fireworks ended, he peed. He survived without incident. Lucky dog.

Actually the day started off with the loading of a gas grill into the trunk of Grandma’s car - twice. Once to get it to the store and then once to get it home. Let’s put it this way, there’s only one way to get a Webber Spirit in (and out) of a 2000 Honda CRV”. We figured it out eventually, but someone really should draw a diagram and ensure it gets into future packaging content. Additionally, while you’re revamping the handbook, please consider highlighting the 800 number in the pamphlet and the part that mentions that you shouldn’t return grills to the store, but simply call to have a qualified technician visit your home.

After that it was a trip to Target (to find the Strawberry Shortcake DVD that yours truly is half listening to in the background) and then home to heat up leftovers from Christmas Dinner.

Now, for those of you freaking out and screaming about food poisoning, our family loves Christmas so much that we celebrated it twice this year - once on the 25th and then again 5 days later. Ok, actually the latter was so that my sister and her son could join our family gathering. Yes, either way we do love Christmas, presents or no presents. We celebrated this year twice.

We celebrated twice but never wrote or sent Christmas cards, baked the usual 5 pounds of cookies, or did anything productive in that “Christmasy” sense. Perhaps I should start the New Year with a resolution or two. Perhaps I should combine that resolution with starting writing my cards for 2008 now. Now if I could only figure out what to do with 25 pounds of flour.

Anyone...?

Bueller...?