Bad manners

I have the worst manners. Never invite me over for dinner!!!  Especially if you expect proper etiquette.  

  My mother in law invited us over for a new years day brunch.. It is always a gamble when she is cooking.  There have been a few dishes that she has served that were... well... unusual.  while waiting for brunch to be ready, my brother in laws girlfriend Natasha ( who is a sweetie by the way) and I were sitting in the living room relaxing when we heard we were having turkey pie and tuna casserole for lunch... I might  have made a face and asked Natasha "is that what we are having for lunch??" she replied "I think so" with a sort of similar face that I had made... She also followed with a I am sure it is going to be really good!!  Natasha is not the sort of person who says anything negative, bad, derogatory etc... I then followed with a comment about rather having McDonald's breakfast burritos.. I was a tad bit hungover from some new years cheer...  Brunch was served and My father in law had said something about the tuna casserole... He had said "how about serving some of that dog food on your plate". I was a little giggly about that for a little bit but decided I was hungry from not having breakfast and started to dig in the salad she had prepared.  It was tomatoes, feta cheese, green onions and raw, fresh mushrooms... I thought it was a little strange for a salad but what the heck... I started to scoop some out and put it on my plate when my darling husband had asked me if I was OK... I then realized that I had a look of absolute disgust on my face.  I started to giggle uncontrollably... I couldn't stop... My eyes were tearing up and I couldn't stop then from rolling down my face... seriously couldn't stop giggling...  I went on for at least 10 minutes... I had excused myself form the table, when I thought I had gotten control over it I would sit down and begin to eat... It would start all over again... finally I had finished my fit and was able to sit down and eat... I am pretty sure it was over 10 minutes... 

  I am not too sure what had gotten in to me. 

Too funny

    I have laughed so much in the last 24 hours...  not just laughing but bent over crying laughing.  That doesn't happen as much as I would like.

  Simon and I were getting the kids ready for their bath.  Both boys were naked and running around the house.  Really if you were comfortable doing that around people you totally would.  Not exactly sure what happened but Declan came into the bedroom perplexed about something and said " Mommy, Daddy and me are all the boss... Not Tavish".  We both kind of smirked and Simon had asked him what was going on...  Declan had just said that Tavish wasn't the boss... not sure what it was all about.  Simon had then asked " well what about Jango?" Declan says " Well, Jango is the boss of CRAZY!!!"  OMG!!!  I almost peed  my pants.  Simon and I couldn't do anything else but laugh for a good 5 minutes... 

  #2... I just finished watching the rest of forgetting Sarah Marshall.  We had started it last night but I fell asleep 1/2 way into it.  I found it way funnier than Simon did but there is a certain part where an ex couple were in opposite adjoining rooms... not gonna give it away but it was super funny.  Really tears rolling down my cheeks laughing. I love that feeling.

New pets...

  I rescued two little salamanders yesterday.  I was starting my shift and was one of the first people there.  I was walking to a different department to put something away that was out of its place on my desk.  Fortunately for me there was no one near cause I let out a really girlie scream when I saw it.  There was this little lizard thing crawling across the aisle.  I couldn't really tell what it was at this point cause it had so many dust bunnies and so much dirt on it that it was hard to see what it actually was.  I walked closer to it and saw that is was a little cute salamander.  Not really little in salamander terms cause it is actually about 7 inches long.  Sure is cute.  I cleaned him off and put him in a bucket with some water and a rock.  I also grabbed a bit of greenery for it.  Someone later found another one and put  them together.  They actually snuggled it was cute.  I really wasn't sure if I was going to keep them, it was something I had to run by Simon first.  And by this time I had a few people interested in keeping them if I didn't.  Simon was excited to have some insect eating pets so we got to keep them.  One of them is going to another home as soon as she can get a tank together for it.  So far no names have been given.  We came up with the name Juan for the one I am going to keep but it isn't really set.  We did have a little chuckle about calling him Juan Solo.  Declan wants to call him Lizard.  

  Will keep you posted with pictures soon.

Teri and Patrick part two-the reception

Simon and I were the first guests to the reception. We are never early for anything. Our excuse was we were kidless for the weekend. THE WHOLE WEEKEND!!! It was so perfect outside that we grabbed our drinks and sat outside.
The bridal party showed up and the reception began. As we began our dinner the craziest thing happened. We had some really heavy sun showers. As soon as Simon gets the pictures sorted out, I will post those. Not a cloud in the sky but rained cats and dogs. A sign??? There was thunder and everything.
After dinner were the speeches and I think the tears were already shed in the ceremony earlier because there was a whole lot of laughter. However it was time for the bride and groom to say their stuff. Again Patrick had the room in tears with his tribute to Teri's late parents and how Teri has been through so much. Then the big news. They had announced that Teri was 14 weeks pregnant. I thought the room was going to come off the hall. Everyone was so excited for them. I knew a bit before hand and when Teri had told me that they were going to announce it at the wedding I was a little bit worried about how it would be recieved because they are young and Um hello, they just got married. It was awesome!!!

Teri and Patrick

Or should I say Teri and Pat??? Today we celebrated a wedding. It was the best celebration ever!!! The story starts way back when... Teri was one of my staff when I was assistant manager at a retail store I would say about 7.5 years ago. She was awesome. one of the most responsible kids I had ever known. I say kid in the term that she was 17 when I met her. Anyways she got married today. In the small gathering she had invited me along with my husband.
Teri has had it pretty hard in the last little while. Keep in mind she is 23...
Last January ( 07) so 1.5 years ago she had lost her dad to cancer. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer and lasted about 7 months from what I remember. Her mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer not long ago and passed away 3 weeks ago. Very sad, I know. Let the ceremonies begin.
So, two weeks after burying her mom, she was married, the plan was if her mom was still around, they were going to have a private ceremony at the house and get married there with her mom. There was no way she would have been strong enough to leave the house to make it to the church. Then they would head to the church and have a mock ceremony there. Her mom didn't make it so it was all done at the church.
Teri had called last night to see if Simon would take some pictures for them at the ceremony today because in one of their attempts to save some money, they only hired a photographer to take some formals... before the ceremony had started and we were waiting to see the beautiful bride some shenanigans had occurred...
The first... I had notice that there were two corsages by the unity candle... No one claimed them. I had realised that they were for the Mother and Father of the bride. It was a co-incidence I later found out. The flouriest had made a mistake and make one extra of each. Gave them at no charge... Then the first two seats at the front of the church where the parents usually sit were vacant... The family left them vacant... they were for the parents... sad I know... The part of the ceremony where it was obvious that Teri was alone in her journey what walking herself down the Isle... She made it half way... Then Patrick had walked up to her and walked her the rest of the way, not a dry eye in the building... The rest of the evening was truly a celebration.

Whoa! I hope nothing else happens!!

I have been at my new job for two months now and already I have not shown up for a shift and now I have told off a customer.
I showed up for work on Tuesday and the people I was working with let me know that I didn't come in for my shift the previous Thursday. OMG!!! No one even phoned me!!! I would have raced down there if I knew I was supposed to be there!!! No one seemed at all concerned about it. I had even spoke to the manager and apologized. He had said not to worry about it and since no one called me it really wasn't my fault. Um O.K.
As soon as I showed up for work today I had a lady yell at me because she had been waiting for help for 15 minutes. She was in a department that is kind of out of the way so we don't go there unless someone needs help there. She had someone page and call our desk but there was no one available to help. There were two other staff members on and one was with a customer putting in an order and the other was on a break I think. So, she comes right up to me and asks me if I was from this department... I said yes and then she yells at me that she has been waiting for 15 minutes and no one has come to help her or even come by to see if she had been helped. I apologized and explained that I just got there and everyone else was busy. I then had said I am sorry, what can I help you with . We were walking to the department and she was shitting on me the whole time about crappy customer service, no one bothered to help her, no one tried to do anything for her blah blah blah. Why was there no one around??? You know the kind of crap you get from someone who probably has her husband wipe her ass at the ring of a bell. Anyways I apologized again and tried to sympathize. Even though we had adequate staff I had said something about there not being enough staff anywhere anymore, blamed it on the economy. She had the freakin nerve to say to me " I don't need to hear your excuses". I stopped dead in my tracks and said to her that I didn't want to help her. I said that if she was going to treat me like crap that I wasn't going to continue to help. She went on complaining that no one even offered to take her name to have some one prepare this item for her so she could come and pick it up later. So then I said that if she wanted me to help her that she had to change her tone and then I asked her " what do you want me to do??" She said that she would like me to help her with this item . I had said O.K. , I will but you have to be kind to me. So, I got everything done and asked her if there was anything else she needed from me and I went back to my department to vent on whomever was not helping someone.
Minutes later I heard a request for a manager on duty. Ah I thought to myself, there she is. Still needing to be heard and is going to complain about me. The manager came over while I was helping someone and I had asked him if he was there to talk to me. He said yes. I asked if it was about the lady. he said yes. I finished with the customer and we went to the back room. We sat down and he said O.K. what happened. I told him and he smiled at me and said there are some people you just can't please. He sent me on my way and told me to try and have a good shift.
I have a month to go and I will be done my probationary period. I hope nothing else happens because regardless of the day I had I do enjoy my new job.
AND!!! I have to send out a Happy Birthday to Justin!!!

Gilford again

Gilford's funeral was a sad ending to his life. When Simon got home from work, we had brought the little fish tank out of Declan's room and called Dex over. Simon had explained to Declan that Gilford was not moving or swimming anymore so that mean that he had died. Declan was kind of confused and had commented on the colour of the fish had changed. The next part was a little bit heart breaking. It came to the time to take the fish out of the tank and flush it. Declan had said that he wanted Gilford to stay in the tank. It was then explained that the fish could not longer stay in the tank because his body was not meant to last in there. It had to be flushed. A tear was shed. I think it was mine. The 3 boys went to the bathroom for the funeral flush. Declan insisted that he do it. Once flushed, the realization of what death meant came to Declan and he needed a hug and a tissue from daddy.
I was glad that Declan understands what death is, it saves from it being an issue when he is older and maybe more saddened by the act. He understands and he knows that life goes on. We had dinner and then rushed out to the pet store for a new fish. He named it Gilford again. Declan picked a fish that looks just like Gilford Sr. Gilford again was officially put in the little tank this morning. The water that I had purified for the tank last night didn't cool off in time to put things together last night so I did it first thing this morning so when Declan woke up Gilford was swimming happily in his tank. Declan even had a morning chat with his new friend. He even insisted that he fed him himself this morning.
All is well.