The one with...

"Jim the Wal Mart cashier"

(I'm sorry I don't have any visual aids for this post)

Jim has become the running joke in our house. We have ended up with "Jim" (at least that's what his name tag says) as our cashier a couple of times and the second time, I almost had to send my son and husband to the car for 'misbehaving'. (How old are you two?!)

A little about Jim...Jim appears to workout - A LOT!!! (I'm pretty sure there aren't a lot of brains in his head though, aka: muscle head) He is obviously too cool to wear his Wal Mart smock/vest and wears his name tag proudly on his Simon Cowell tight t-shirt. Instead of putting our reusable bags on the carousel to load them, as all the rest of the cashiers do, Jim prefers to hold each bag and load them while it dangles on his flexed arm. Now...he loads those bags so stinking heavy that I can barely lift them. Dude, really!!!! I do not go to the gym three times a day to lift.

The joke at our house now is when there's something big or heavy to move or if I need help opening a jar the boys yell "Where's Jim?" The reason that they almost got sent to the car was because they were just about hysterical laughing watching Jim fill our bags, hanging from his arm.

I have a feeling he will be the running joke at our house for a long time!

PS: If you have a chance, ask DS to do his beach muscle head that had Lee & I almost wetting our pants in the Wal Mart parking lot.

A couple of observations

* Dead mice STINK!!!!!

* The gym is a GREAT place to people watch! (and a great distraction to the agony those machines are causing...)

Have a super "hump day"!!!

14 years ago

Our guests braved a foot of snow and winter winds to attend our wedding!

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful hubby! I love you!

Randomness

I realized over the weekend what a bad blogger I've been this month. Sorry for not posting more!

First, you can check out my latest photo shoot here:
The C Family

We won a 3 month gym membership and I finally got signed up. I've been twice and am realizing how out of shape I am! My goal is to get on a 'regular' schedule of going. My first goal is to be able to run Race to Wrigley in April.

I finished Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie this week. This is the 1st Christie mystery I've read. I LOVED it! I give it 5 stars and can't wait to read more by her.

We raked leaves yesterday. It took FOREVER and there were TONS of leaves! The city better come get them or there will be hell to pay! I'm just glad it was a beautiful day yesterday.

This weekend is the 'big move' for my grandparents. After 46ish years in the same house, they are packing up and moving to town. Here's hoping for another nice day!

Happy Veteran's Day!

Thank you to all who serve or have served. We have our freedoms because of you!

A special thank you to my grandfather, brother, father-in-law, uncle and cousin.

Pictures

She had a great time trick or treating. My MIL made her costume.

Pink-tastic!

If you have a little girl (or boy) who likes children's theatre, you need to check out: PINKALICIOUS!

I took DD on opening weekend this past July in Chicago (put on by Emerald City Theatre) at the Broadway Playhouse (right behind Water Tower Place - which is a wonderful theater, small but not too small - I don't think there are 'bad' seats there). We BOTH loved it! The songs are very catchy (ask her about 'Buzz Off" - it still makes her giggle) and it's just a fun play - with an important lesson to be learned.

Pssst - the book is great too! ;)


We both would give it 5 stars (the book AND the show)!

Hello, November!

I hope everyone had a nice, fun and safe Halloween! Ours was nice - no rain or snow. We hit the old 'hood and had a good time catching up with old neighbors.

Pictures to come...