Shake it Like a Polaroid Picture

Is it too early to take time off for a summer break? I don't think so. Gone until the fall.

After carefully considering my options and checking the schedule and finding out that I completely missed Mike Holmes, I decided I had better get my act together and get to the Home Show and do a meet and greet with Colin and Justin. My oldest daughter decided that she wanted to go, she thinks Justin is great, I actually prefer Colin, so we hopped on the Go train yesterday afternoon to see them.

As soon as we arrived there, we spotted them. There was a line to meet them, they were doing photos and autographs so we joined the line. They are both extremely charming and somehow I wound up chatting with Justin and my daughter wound up chatting with Colin. We made our way to seats for their next show, apparently the line we joined was for the audience from the previous show. We had great seats, centre front row.

I wasn't sure what kind of show they were going to put on, it was absolutely HILARIOUS!!! Justin wore a denim kilt, at one point he stomped across the stage, causing his socks to fall down, and that's when I noticed, that boy has killer legs!!! Colin was dapper in a tartan suit and that sparkle in his eyes that I've seen on tv, well, it's not a little special effect added, it's all him. No wonder Justin adores him, I'm feeling a little smitten myself.

One of my girlfriends called me after reading my last blog entry and told me that something needs to be corrected. I mentioned that I was worried about inviting a fellow renovating girlfriend because if I did and flirted with Mike Holmes and his bulging biceps, I was afraid she might rat me out to my husband. My girlfriend thinks shameless flirting is a more appropriate term. I personally think bulging biceps cancels out shameless flirting, therefore, no need to rat anybody out.

So, I think this is what I should have written in place of #2.

2. I'll ask one of my girlfriends. I have one in particular that does tons of stuff around her home; she inspires me to do things around our home. It would be a fun day. I might even treat her to lunch while we’re there. And maybe a new appliance;)

The things I do for my friends.

My real estate agent sent me tickets to the Home Show. It's funny, because just last week I saw an ad for it on HGTV mentioning both Mike Holmes and Colin and Justin (How Not to Decorate) were going to be there as featured guests. I had mentioned out loud that I should really think about going but couldn't decide who I actually wanted to see more.

These free tickets have given me several options:

1. I'll ask my husband if he wants to go. He is the least handy person in the world but the tickets are free and it's always fun to go and look around. The only problem I see is that even though the tickets are free, he knows it's going to cost him money, big money.

2. I'll ask one of my girlfriends. I have one in particular that does tons of stuff around her home, she inspires me to do things around our home. It would be a fun day. The only problem I see is that if I were to flirt with Mike Holmes and those bulging biceps, she'd probably rat me out to my husband.

3. I'll offer the tickets to someone else. Do I really need to go to The Home Show, I've already got so many projects on the go here right now, the last thing I need are more ideas.

4. I'll keep the tickets, not invite anyone and actually go twice. I'll go once when I know Mike Holmes is going to be there and the second time when I know Colin and Justin are going to be there. I'll be free to ogle Mike Holmes and trade off colour jokes with Colin and Justin.

5. I'll invite Jennifer Lopez. I don't know her, I have no idea how to get in touch with her, but I stole the title of one of her songs here for this entry, I think that makes us pretty close. Besides, she strikes me as the type of gal who might actually enjoy a home renovation show. I'll treat her with these free tickets, she can treat me to a few weeks at a spa of her choice.

I heard a song I liked on the radio a couple of times and I asked my younger daughter who was singing it. She told me it was the new song by Hilary Duff. I told her I liked it and asked her to get it for me for my i-pod.

I've been asking her to download songs for me every so often and she keeps promising to do it for me. She was surprised last week when I told her that I was still waiting for her to download that JT song that I liked. She put it on my i-tunes about a month ago but I have yet to get it on my i-pod. She had me double check my i-tunes and sure enough, there was that song, along with another twenty or so that I've asked her to get me the last six months.

I've been listening to the same songs on my i-pod since she gave me her old shuffle. I thought I had learned how to use it, but guess again. Even though the songs I want are in i-tunes and even though I have finally learned how to plug in the i-pod to recharge it, unless i-tunes is actually opened, it doesn't automatically update.

So now I have to really learn how to use that shuffle. With a small memory on the shuffle, my daughter broke the news to me, it is not going to hold all of the new songs that I want on it. I can add all I want, but it does mean I have to delete. So after six months of having the theme to Mary Tyler Moore in my mix, it's time to say goodbye and make room for Hilary.

With any luck, she'll be making it after all.

Laundry:
1 a : a room for doing the family wash
b : a commercial laundering establishment
2 : clothes or linens that have been or are to be laundered

I do alot of laundry, I normally don't mind doing it, it's that last step, the putting it away one that I don't like so much. I do laundry every day except for Saturday, it's my "day off". I've been doing laundry for many years, I like to think of myself as a professional, but I'm not getting paid for doing it, so I guess I'm really not a professional, I still have that amateur status. I taught all of my kids to do their own laundry when they each turned 10. I don't mind throwing in a load for them as long as I know they are going to be putting it away themselves.

I've picked up some helpful tips over the years on doing laundry. Have you ever forgotten to take your lipstick out of your pocket and wind up washing it and then putting it in the dryer. The lipstick tube will bang against the side of the dryer, but you won't know what it is, you'll probably think it's a belt buckle or something metal. When you take the fresh clothes out of the dryer, you'll notice every article of clothing now has lipstick streaked across it. You can try and use Spray and Wash on the streaks and re-wash everything, but most of the lipstick is not going to come out. And the inside of the dryer will now have that beautiful shade of burgundy that up until earlier in the day was meant only for your lips, pretty much all over it. It's actually amazing to imagine that a little tube of lipstick can go that far.

I finished my laundry early this week. No laundry for tomorrow or Saturday. Instead, on Saturday, I'll be doing some shopping. I need some new lipstick, new socks, new jeans for my youngest daughter, maybe a couple of new t-shirts for my youngest daughter, a navy hoodie and a big bottle of Spray and Wash, because mine is empty right now.

Guess I'll be keeping that amateur status for a bit longer.

The prime rib roasts are on sale in my grocery store, almost half price. I rarely buy them, only when they are on sale like this and it's a treat for my husband. There are others in my home who don't share his love of prime rib roast. This is a conversation I had with my son a year or so ago. I'll be playing the part of The Mom, my son will be Brendan.

Brendan (returning home from school): What's that smell?
The Mom: It's dinner, we're have prime rib with all the fixings.
Brendan: What's prime rib?
The Mom: It's a roast, beef, you like beef, you'll like it. We've had it before.
I'm doing all the fixings, mashed potatoes with gravy, roast veggies, yorkshire pudding.
Brendan: I don't think I want any of that prime rib crap. Don't we have any real food, you know, hot dogs?
The Mom: No, we're having prime rib, no hot dogs.
Brendan: Well I'm not eating it. I'll have a peanut butter sandwich instead. But I'll try some of that pudding for dessert though.
The Mom: It's not that kind of pudding, you eat it with the prime rib, it's more like a dumpling than pudding.
Brendan: Then why do they call it pudding?
The Mom: I don't know, they just do and unless you're having some prime rib, you're not having any pudding.
Brendan: This dinner sounds really messed up.