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The Dinner Party

April 3rd, 2005 at 04:50 am

Today I attended a dinner party that my mom had at her house to introduce her new "honey". What do I think of him? Well, he seemed pretty attentive and on the ball. He also showed that he was very willing to do kitchen work. Honestly, he seemed to be a fair replica of my dad in that area. I hate to say it, but I almost actually liked him. Apparentally they're talking about September 17 now (the day before my mom's birthday) as the wedding date.

It was nice to see the Charles and Annette, Carol, Heather and Joel and their 8 month old baby Alex, and Deb and Bryan. Alex is just adorable. Heather told me that she sometimes gets very lonely at night when Joel is at work. She was pretty excited to hear that I might be moving to Burleson (where they live) or to Fort Worth.

After all the guests left and we got the kitchen cleaned up, mom, Dave, and I played a game of Scrabble. I won by 10 points. Smile
Softy is a real word right? Smile Smile

My mom gave me an early birthday gift (Dec 15!) today. It's this lamp made out of stained glass that she got at an antique store. I do like it, but not for $50 (she forgot to take the price tag off). I also really wonder how "antique" it is. But, it will go with my two kerosene lamps I got for my b-day a couple years ago. I really do like these things, but it's frustrating for two reasons: 1) I'm really, really, really trying to downsize on 'stuff" and 2) I hate mom spending money that she really doesn't have. I've told her many times that I would be very happy with just a birthday card, and if she had to, one book (or preferably a gift card to a bookstore). She just isn't capable of doing anything small. At Christmas she'd given me a number of things, and still wanted to give me $50 cash, but she didn't have it right then. It took a LOT of convincing on my part for her to NOT give it to me. I told her that it would be a much better gift to me having me know that she has that $50 to pay a bill with, than for me to have $50 which I'd more than likely just put in savings.

Oh no! I just thought of something. If she's getting remarried, then I'm probably going to be a bridesmaid or moh. Hopefully she'll just have a really small quiet wedding in casual dress. Hah! I just thought of something else. I still have one set left of Mary Hunt's book "Debt Proof Your Marriage". I got four sets of them when she was having a really good sale, for wedding presents. I can just see my mom sitting down and reading it. Guess I know what I'll be giving them for a wedding present. Hee!

Well, I would like to watch a movie or maybe read a book before going to bed. I can actually sleep in tomorrow since the Spring Fling is canceled, and I don't need to do laundry. I think I will go in to the school for two hours max to do lesson plans, but the rest of the day is mine to be lazy in! Yay! Ok, ok, I really should probably get those books boxed up and take them over to Half-Price books and "make" some money, as well as get my upstairs looking more organized again. Having tall stacks of books on every flat surface in the room really doesn't lend to a very neat or orderly appearance. Smile Smile

Keeping It Frugal in Texas,
Laura

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