Diary of a Metal Mommy

I am totally into my pot right now, people, and I don’t mean cannabis. I do, however, mean a plant–many plants as a matter of fact! My lovely friend Lisa recently took me to Bachman’s to pick out my choice of plants to put into the pot she bought me for my 40th birthday. (see, I AM still getting things for my 40th…!) Since my birthday is at the end of August and not exactly good planting time, she had told me that come May 2007 we’d fill ‘er up–and we did! Lisa went above and beyond the call of duty and even came back here to plant them. Woo, any time someone else gets their hands dirty for me–you’ve gotta love that! Pots are my kind of thing–I have a total black thumb and can’t grow a thing. With pots, all you have to do is make sure you have the right kind of plant for the area it’s going into–shady or sunny–and then water. I can handle that. In fact, now I’m addicted. I can’t get enough pot. (s) Our plain old patio is becoming very colorful, and I’m loving it. I even had to buy a Wandering Jew, just because of the name. Fuhgetaboutit!

It may not be the naughty kind of pot, but I think this kind may still be addicting and giving me a high…weee! The other kind may be more metal, of course, but this one is legal.

That doesn’t sound quite right, does it? Even though we all use this weekend either to get away somewhere or just to relax/party at our own homes, I suppose we should take a moment to think about the reason we even HAVE this holiday.
There. I gave it a moment, and I hope you did too. On to the getaway! We had a nice weekend up north where we not only hung out at ‘Grammy’s house’, but also in Kim and John’s brand-spankin’ new 32 foot trailer, definitely a home-away-from-home. Parked out on Grammy’s beautiful 2-lot lawn, it was a very nice and relaxing place to hang for both the human and canine species. We ate very well and did the shopping-tourist thing. Nice. It was definitely a good thing to get away for a few days.

In the spirit of our friend Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods show on the Travel Channel–that both of my kids adore watching, by the way– Vivian decided she was going to actually try escargots–or snails–and film herself doing it, with the hopes that it will make it on an episode. (Andrew does indeed ask for videos of people eating bizarre foods.) Of course to many people snails are not a very crazy thing to eat, but it sure is to an eleven-year-old. I have to say, I was impressed that she would even try it. She filmed the whole process from how they were prepared to eating it, and she did it–although the jury is still out as to whether she actually swallowed one and not just the french bread that she also had in her mouth at the same time. Showing off, she popped another one in her mouth but once the camera was off she quickly spat it out on the lawn…! (good thing we were eating outside!) Hilarious. I think she gets points either way. Who knows if Andrew spits things out once the cameras stop rolling?? What say ye, Andrew? Inquiring minds want to know…personally, I don’t know how the guy can keep things down like a still-beating frog’s heart, a shot of sake half filled with fresh turtle’s blood or a live 12 inch or so long mangrove worm–but if it inspires my kids to try some new and interesting things–hooray! Better him than me, is all I can say.

Anyhoo, I hope your Memorial Day festivities were memorable as well…

Ahhh, another quest. I’ve started to realize that with me, it never ends. That’s sort of depressing. But then again, what would a girl be without a quest?? Once she’s happily married she’s not going to go searching for a MAN, for goodness sake, why not the next best thing? Fashion accessories???

Jennifer Garner is going to be mentioned again in my blog, and this time it’s not what she’s saying–it’s what she’s wearing. At least in her cover shoot for the May 2007 In Style magazine. The dress she has on is amazing, but I’m not even going to go there–I KNOW it’s going to be beyond my reach. But the necklace….I’ve been thinking about how I need to jazz up my wardrobe with some longer jewelry pieces these days. I am a big choker girl, and my usual necklace length beyond that is a mere 16 inches. Lately though, I had the urge to layer. And if one wants to layer, one needs a long necklace for the final touch. The one that Jen is wearing is perfect, in my humble opinion…big and gaudy, clear lucite so it goes with anything, very glitterati and glam with that giant chandelier-type pendant hanging down. oh yeah. Well dumb me threw the magazine away without looking to see who made the thing, so I was left to do a blind search for ‘lucite necklaces’ on the internet. Not an easy task.

Lo and behold–here it is!! Or at least one that looks a heck of a lot like it, and that will do. You’ve gotta love Bluefly. Granted I’m not running out and buying it right now since I just bought my lovely Do Son perfume–a girl does have to be someone practical–but I’m definitely bookmarking this one. There is something so satisfying about having something in mind and actually finding it! The quest has been found. Now I can rest. Until the next one comes along, that is….

In the spirit of my 40th birthday–which you readers know I’m STILL milking for all it’s worth–I’m wishing someone would buy me this castle. Okay, so it’s actually closer to my 41st birthday at this point than my 40th…but you could still get it for me for 41, I’d let you. Even my son knows about my love for castles, which he proved just today as he showed me a beautiful painting of one in an antique store and said, “Look Momma! You would like that!” A Metal Mommy bringing up her children in a castle. I could totally see it. Now if only I had a cool 15 mill….. Sure, I would spend my entire lifetime cleaning the thing…as soon as you finished cleaning all of the rooms, the first one you did would be full of cobwebs…but I think I can honestly say I would enjoy castlework. There is a survey on the CNN page asking if you’d want to live in a castle–would you?

Well, it’s actually tomorrow, but since we’re having a celebration of 3, count ‘em 3 birthdays tomorrow, I figured I probably wouldn’t get a chance to post. May is like Christmas around here–no less than 4 major brithdays and 3 Mother’s Days to celebrate. Since the Coreman shares his birthday week with his sister and Mom, we often kill of those birdies with one stone and do a family get-together. We’ll be hosting it on our patio and the weather looks perfect. Yeah! Gotta love those spring birthdays.

So Happy Birthday sister-in-law Kim, mother-in-law Connie, and especially my dear hubbie Cory. Where would I be if it weren’t for your loving support?? A day to celebrate indeed.