Babysitter Aunt Candy

On occasion I have been known create an impossible schedule for myself. I did it again this past weekend when my sister was dropping off her three children for me to watch for three days. Check out my crazy schedule.

Thursday 03/26/09
Work 9-6
Half Price Book Store stop 6:15
Book Club 6:30-9:30
Dinner in my car on the way home
Wendy dropped off her three children at 12:30am
Tried to convince the children it is a good idea to go to sleep until 01:30
Passed out and let the children do as they wanted 01:45

Friday 03/27/09
Children wake up 8:30
I ignore the ruckus until 9:00
Feed the crazy children breakfast while downing a giant coke 09:15
Try to get the two girls to do homework while I Internet 09:30-11:15
Shower and dress to meet Lou for Lunch 11:15-12:15
Meet Lou at Hardees’s for lunch 12:30
Take the children to the Library to pick up my book for club book 12:45
Go to Fort Harrison State Park for Hiking Fun 01:15-04:00
Loose Camera at the park but don’t realize it until Monday Morning
30 Minute TV time with Kevin JR…while the girls do Homework 04:30-05:00
Lou drops off three more children at my house for dinner and then leaves
CRAZINESS ENSUES WHILE I PREPARE AND EAT DINNER 05:15-06:45
Take the six children to the Bounce Planet in Noblesville with Joanne 7:00-9:15
Taylor bounces out of the bounce thing onto her head 9:15
Rush home with frantic calls to Lou that Taylor needs to go to the ER
Bath the five children 9:30-10:15
Lou comes to pick up Taylor and take her to the ER 10:15
Try to get the remaining five children to sleep 10:15-12:45

Saturday 03/28/09
Children wake up 8:15
Aunt Candy finally get’s out of bed 8:45 after much begging for breakfast
Feed the children breakfast and shower 9:00-10:00
Take the five children to the movies to see Kung Fu Panda 10:30
Take the children home and feed them lunch 1:00-2:00
Fight with Kevin Jr. about eating his salad and drinking his milk
Take all of the children to Lou’s house for Sean’s birthday party 2:15
Some kind sole brought me Starbucks to perk me up
Participate in Sean’s petting zoo Birthday Party 3:00-4:30
Go home ALONE to shower and dress for evening out
Fold the Laundry, clean up messes, and empty the dishwasher at a furious pace 4:45-5:05
Shower and Dress 5:05-5:30
Casey comes by and we go downtown to Barcelona Tapas for dinner and then to the ISO for Cirque De La Symphony 5:30-10:30
Worms try to get me in Lou's driveway....I believe they were chasing me!
Pick up Kevin Jr and take him to my house 11:00
Kevin is in Bed 11:15
Hurray! It is Internet time 11:15-1:30
Sleep

Sunday 03/29/09
It’s a glorious day as I wake up at 9:30 without being disturbed
Lou drops off remaining two children at 10:15
Quiet time in the kitchen for the children’s homework and more Internet time 10:30-11:30
Yummy lunch consisting of Broccoli, grilled chicken and left over mac and cheese 12:45-1:15
Shower and dress 1:15-1:45
Meet Ems at the Pinheads bowling alley for an expensive game of bowling with the three children 2:00-4:00
While waiting for our open lane to open up, go to CVS and Walgreen's to purchase water bottles for the three children
Back to Aunt Candy’s house to pick up dinner items and then to Lou’s house for a visit and then dinner
Zone out on Lou’s couch and stare at the wall while the children play 4:30-5:30
Cook dinner 5:30
Eat Dinner 6:30
The children make a mini movie for Sarah’s school project 6:30-7:30
Take the three children home
Three showers, packing, cleaning up room and setting up extra bed 8:00-9:00
Send the children to bed under threat of severe spanking if they get up 9:15
Internet Time!
Text Lou to tell him how proud I was to get the children in bed by 9:15
He replies that his have been in bed for an hour (Show OFF)
Go to the kitchen for a drink and find Shelby talking to Joanne 10:00
They were never asleep ;(
Update check book, break-up with the old boy, and IM a new boy 10:00-1:15am
Wendy and Kevin (the children’s parents) arrive at my house to spend the night
In bed and asleep 2:00

Monday 03/30/09
Wake up 8:00 and smile because I know the children will be going home today!
Go to work and finally realize that missing camera was left at Fort Harrison and one phone call later they confirm that they have it at the office
Work Time
Guests Leave 10:15
Lunch with Lou 12:00-1:00
Go home and crash for two hours even though I have a million chores waiting.

Worms Crawl In.....

I am not sure how many of you know this, but I am deathly afraid of worms. They scare the crap out of me! (This makes moorewrites fear of dogs seem normal.) I realize that it is irrational and the logical part of me knows that they will not hurt me but my emotional side takes over when I see them.

Spring has begun and my fear came to me full force this morning. I was taking my long walk from the parking lot to the building in the rain when it hit me! There were worms everywhere! They were creeping towards me, they were slithering and I know that they were trying to get up my pants leg to eat a hole in my leg and stomach. I began breathing fast and my heart was pounding. I wanted to run to the building for cover but I got paralyzed with fear and become unable to move. I eventually recovered and was able to self talk myself into proceeding toward the building and to safety, but I don’t understand my reactions.

It isn’t logical that I get so scared. I know that the worm is not going to get me but I cannot seem to help myself. As much as I LOVE spring and the sun shining I also cannot stand that it rains all of the time and brings forth the vile creatures. I don’t mind them if I cannot see them, you know out of sight out of mind.

Two years ago in the spring I came home after a long day and as I walked through the living room I discovered two worms having a party on the floor. I had no idea on how they got there, but I suspected that they crept into the garage and Mickey carried it back in on his last visit.

I am hoping for either a short or dry spring. Otherwise, I could freak out at any moment when I am with you outside.

BTW…I considered posting a picture of the worms but I cannot look at them. I don’t even like to eat food shaped like worms. YUCK!

Cats at Beef and Boards

What a stupid musical! How could it make so much money?


I went and saw the musical "Cats" at the Beef and Boards dinner theatre last Thursday (03/12) night and it sucked! I was not impressed with the venue, dinner or the musical. However, I did enjoy the company.


Dinner was the ultimate horrible gross typical nasty buffet! They had a small generic salad bar, BTW this was the best thing about the dinner. They had some carrots and mixed vegetables that looked as they had been cooked for the last twelve hours. They were definitely dead. They included three meat choices: baked salmon, baked chicken wings with mushrooms and roast beef that was in the oven for thirty years. The roast beef was so tough that I needed to add some cheese spread to make it palatable. Unfortunately, I have been to this venue a few time about four years ago and my current assessment of the food matches my memory.


So the food was bad, but I don't generally go to Beef and Boards for the food. In my prior experience I have LOVED the shows. I saw a performance of "The King and I" a few years ago and it was terrific. I have fond memories of that experience. However, I did not enjoy Cats.



I saw "Cats" in London in 2000 and I didn't really enjoy it then either. I just think that it is the show and not the actors. I don't think that the show has a point or even a story line. I just let my excitement over having a coupon cloud my memory of my prior experience with the show. The music is not memorable and doesn't hold any appeal. I would not recommend this show to anyone.



I now have a dilemma. Beef and Board is presenting "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" in August and this is one of my favorite 1950's movie's. I like the songs and story line. Should I go? I would like to see it but the food is so very BAD. Can I buy a ticket for the show only? What do you think loyal readers?

Additional Biking Story

Ems wrote a story about our biking adventure last weekend. Follow the link and read about our trek from her viewpoint.

http://ems0178.blogspot.com/2009/03/owie.html

Biking Stats

Ems came over today to have a biking adventure and these are our stats. She is going to write a story next week so I will send you the link when she is finished.

Total Time: 1 hour 46 minutes
Total Distance: 15 miles
Average Speed: 8.1 mph
Highest Speed: 16 mph

New Drug!

My new BFFF (NM) gave me a wonderful new drug today. Coca-Cola from our friends in Mexico made with real sugar and not high fructose corn syrup. This was the BOMB! I loved every taste as it hit my tongue. She got this special bottle at Fresh Market in Broadripple and it comes at a very dear cost. I know I will need to stay very far away from this store in the future as to not spend all of my money or consume hundreds of extra empty calories each day. Sorry, I couldn't get the photo rotated....I just couldn't figure out how!

Mauritius at the Phoenix Theatre

I really LOVE the Phoenix Theatre. They always have great productions and great stories. This theatre specializes in contemporary and independent productions. I have a season pass with my friend GH but she was unable to attend this month so I had to find another willing companion.

I thought of SH a friend from work, although, she is no longer employed at KBA. I thought it would be a fun thing to invite her to and to find out what is going on in her life. It was nice to reconnect and pursue a friendship with someone that I have so many things in common. She even lives in Noblesville near me, unlike most of my other friends who live far far away.

We meat at the Hamilton Town Centre mall at Houlihans for dinner. It was fantastic! This was the first time that I had eaten at this restaurant and I was impressed with their menu and their food. We ordered the Salmon Salad, Spinach dip and three mini desserts and shared it all. I especially enjoyed the salmon salad, it was very crisp and tasty.

This play was just fantastic! It was very suspenseful and the dynamic amongst the actors was very good. They worked really well together and had great chemistry. There was some dark areas explored in the story as well as loads of cursing. This doesn't bother me but someone who doesn't like cursing probably wouldn't like this theatre. I just appreciate that they try to make the characters real and interesting.

They even have bargain shows on Thursday nights for $15. Anyone who likes live theatre should go and see this play.