Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Have I mentioned that my cousin and her daughter are coming to town later this week? I've been trying to get Sophie excited about "baby Leah's" visit, which is a pretty tall order with an 18-month-old who doesn't quite grasp the concept of future events. Sophie did start saying "Ee-ah" over the weekend when we talked about the upcoming visitors. Unfortunately, last night Sophie had an Elmo-decorated cookie and decided that Elmo is coming for a visit, not this "baby Leah" character. What can I say, if Leah had a frosted sugar cookie shaped like her head, Sophie might regard her with the same exuberant adoration that Elmo receives.
(Edible marketing products really are genius. Perhaps Bush should put his face on a cookie and see if it helps his approval ratings.)
Anyway, expect limited posting here for the next week while my time and energies are focused elsewhere. Namely, working on enhancing the amenities of Cheezleton Manor and figuring out what we're going to do for entertainment. Kinda at a loss there, as we live out in the middle of nowhere and the beach is fun for a few hours at best. Current ideas involve a field trip to the local grocery store, which is always a showcase of the finest and latest in redneck couture. There you can find friendly and helpful staff who, when asked if they stock mango chutney, respond "We got chutney, dunno if it's got no MAGGOES in it." We don't have much, but the people watching down here is supreme.
The sprucing up around the homefront is a standard operation preceeding any special visit from friends/family. Usually we like to embark on large-scale home improvement projects that don't quite get finished in time and result in me having a huge stress-related meltdown 30 minutes before guests are scheduled to arrive because the toilet is in the garage instead of in the bathroom (Open House 2002) or there is a gaping hole in a wall (Mingofest 2003). For this visit, we decided to repaint the guest bathroom.
I'm pleased to anounce that the guest bathroom has been fully repainted and outfitted with new hardware and will be beautiful for Traci and Leah's visit! So there, a project completed ahead of the last possible minute. (Quick, check for flying swine!)
We also finally got around to getting some posters framed. The nice young couple who owns the local frame shop are Not From Around Here. We think of them as urban artists eking out a living in Rural Republicanville. They've got moxie! For some reason, when we went to pick up our posters yesterday, it became very important to impress upon them that we are also Not From Around Here. When the conversation turned to WalMart - pretty much the only retail game in town here - and how they refuse to shop there, we excitedly pointed out that We! Don't! Shop! There! Either! And then Sean and I spent the next 5 minutes trying to outdo each other with the socially conscious reasons why we don't do the 'Mart. See how totally cool and non-Republican we are? See how we, too, are strangers in a strange land?
At the end of all that, our new artist friends blinked at us a bit. Then Framing Guy spoke up: "Well, yeah, plus their stuff breaks as soon as you get it home. And the service is bad, too."
Oh. Practical considerations. Yeah, that too. (Gee, see how totally starved for adult conversation we are?)
Ah, another entertainment option when visiting Cheezleton Manor: watching us make complete asses of ourselves.
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