Monday, February 27, 2012

The Reader's Digest Version Of All The World's Current Problems

I had to stop messing around and really apply myself which is why I haven't been blogging. It turns out if I apply myself, I can actually find my way out of a wet paper sack. I nailed a mock call in my training class, in front of all my virtual peers, where I was successfully able to find someone at a casino in Laughlin, Nevada.

  I am not even making that up.


If you are drunk and at a casino, I'm your girl.  Here's another tip.  As long as you're lost, sit down in the keno lounge and pretend like you're playing and you'll get free drinks.

If you are lost in Iowa, good luck and God bless.

"Can you see corn?  Is there any corn around you?  Try and eat it because you are going to DIE!"

My triplet mom friend, Helene, is in town and staying at the Wynn, so my other triplet mom friend, Misti, and I met her at the Fashion Show for lunch today.  This working part-time thing is going to work splendidly for me.

We ate in the little tea room at Neiman Marcus, overlooking the Strip and the Wynn.  It was absolutely delightful.


I had a lovely crab salad, with maple-smoked bacon, avocados, and mangoes, on a bed of crisp, organic baby greens.


It was accompanied with a scrumptious warm turnover, laden with fresh strawberry butter.

As I described my lunch to the children at dinner, Greg said, "Really?  I had crab, shrimp, steak, beef and pork ribs, prime rib, turkey, Chinese, Italian, Mexican, pie, custard, and cheesecake at The Palms for lunch, for $8."




Oh, yeah?  Well..........well............. mine cost $25, so THERE!

We celebrated Greg's 49th birthday over the weekend.



Greg is thrilled to be 49, can you tell?  Every birthday spawns a new midlife crisis and he took off with Bob and Jerry last week and went dirt bike riding in the desert for 7 hours.  I was having a coronary.  Would you like to live to be 50???

Even though I haven't had time to blog, I am still keeping abreast of all the world's crises due to your emails, Facebook messages, and comments.

In no particular order of relevance, I've been made aware of another Italian cruise ship disaster.   Ohmygod, is this a SIGN? 

I was informed of an egg producer leaving 50,000 chickens to die in a building without food or water for 2 weeks.  BASTARDS!

I was asked if I had any inside information on a new spontaneously-conceived quadruplet mom, who has a 60 year old woman stalking her, and trying to gain access to the hospital and her babies.  I do not, but BACK OFF PSYCHO.  

I also saved 9 month old triplets from eating Lunchables in my triplet mom support group.  I'm a know-it-all bitch for that one.

I also pondered the startling and remarkable decline in sentence structure, spelling, and grammar among the newer triplet moms.  These girls can't spell second grade spelling words and they're popping out three babies at a time.  What in God's name is happening to this younger generation?  Is this all the damn texting?  Are public schools failing us?  What in the world is going on?  Are you guys noticing this?????

Okay, I think that is it.  I had to purge all those problems because they were getting pent up and we must discuss them, hash them, and re-hash them.   I have to go figure out how to find you in a corn field now.  If there isn't a shining light coming out of the top of a pyramid, I get confused.

14 comments:

Ruby's said...

Wishing you all the luck ... and this is such a lovely post
Warmest regards,
Ruby

Anonymous said...

Whats wrong with lunchables? Oh please tell me they are ok. I hate making lunches. I can't think of anything but ham sandwiches and p b & J. If I don't have lunchables what will I do?

If you are going to tell me they are no good, then give me a TON of examples and ideas of good lunches! I get tried of thinking of new ones and my kids not eating what I think is healthy!

Michele S said...

Here's a good reason why they are bad. I don't have time to type it all out.

http://www.businessweek.com/careers/workingparents/blog/archives/2006/09/lunch_good_lunchables_eeeeevil.html

Anonymous said...

and if you really want to feel like a puny, lazy wimp, go read Marathon Mom's birth story for boy #8. Oh, good grief, I wanted an epidural for just reading it!

Elizabeth said...

I *HATE* the grammar lately spewing out of everyone. My BFF and I call it "facebook grammar." Now, I am far from perfect. But c'mon, REALLY???

The schools also seem to not be caring as much anymore. When I read over my 8th graders' papers they write, I point out every little thing. They're like, "mooooooooom, my teachers won't CARE."

Whaaaaaa? Excuse me? Well then, *I* care. Fix it quick before I mark it all up with my big red pen.

Argh!

Anonymous said...

let me tell you: today we ( the parents) will have a meating at school, and the teachet is going to teach us (the parents) MATH so that we will be able to do it at hoome with children. That is how thinks are done in Slovenija. CRAZY ALL OVER THE WORLD

Nothing shocks me anymore... said...

Can you tell Helene people in Ohio are waiting for her to get back to blogging! I rely on her for keeping up with whats new to do and eat in her area!

Anonymous said...

Packing lunches is the most heinous drudgery possible! My son is something of a foodie (although he would eat fruit snacks if I let him) and wants a "new and different" lunch every. single. day.
My advice to the previous poster is to get a thermos. Hot soups, pasta, etc. I pack mini pitas, chicken drumsticks, meatballs, cold salads, breakfast for lunch... Anything I can think of! Skewer turkey pepperoni, olives and cubed cheese with tortellini. Use the "scoop" chips as little bowls and fill with tuna or taco salad. Here is my best tip: serve EVERYTHING with a toothpick or better yet, a cocktail sword!
Good luck!
Shelby

Michele S said...

Shelby- I was just going to suggest the thermos. I have been getting up at 4:45am just to have enough time to pack lunches. I will do a lunch post later today.

Cathy said...

love the staging of the pic of the turnover. pretty hands, good lighting, menu placement, etc.

i am 50 years old, not a mother of triplets tho I have 3 teens, my spelling is good, but I am writing without caps and shortening words where I can. this is the new way of writing....blame it on technology, multi-tasking, my teens, laziness, what else???

Michele S said...

Cathy- I'm going to go with teens, for $500, Alex.

K'man said...

If you are lost in Iowa, 90% of the time you can walk in one direction and come to a road. 90% of Iowa is broken up in one mile grids of gravel roads. Once you come to a road, stop and smell for hogs. Follow the smell. Be nice to the hog farmer.
The other 10% of the time you are probably in a town. Ask ANYONE for directions. Odds are, they will either take you home and feed you, then take you to where you want to go, or they will just say, "follow me." and take you to where you want to go.
Unless you are in Des Moines, in which case someone will just tell you where to go.

Anonymous said...

My kids drink apple juice and eat cereal and we don't buy organic, but over my cold, dead body will they ever- EVER- eat Lunchables. They are disgusting Frankenfood. NO. Never.

Anonymous said...

You couldn't possibly have eaten all that food, did you??? I'll bet Greg was licking the screen when he saw those photos on your blog. Hot damn!