Yesterday started off a little rough. Caroline and I decided it was a good morning to skip swim practice and sleep in because man cannot live by butterfly stroke alone. And P even remembered to turn the air conditioning down before he left for work so the house was super cold and utterly delightful.
But then my phone rang and it was the sweet lady who cleans our house once a month. She was at the front wondering if we were home because it was her day to clean the house even though I thought she was supposed to come on Thursday morning. And so I let her in while I was still in my pajamas which felt just as worthless as it sounds.
Then I had to scurry around and pick up and straighten all the things I normally do the night before she comes because everyone knows you can’t let your housekeeper see how messy you are.
So basically I started my day with an inconvenience that’s so absurd it goes beyond first world problem.
Caroline was determined to enjoy our lazy morning so we hid out in my bedroom until she was finally ready to get dressed so we could go run all our fun errands. Like the bank! And to take P a sandwich at his job site!
And to White House Black Market to return a jumpsuit that I thought I’d love but had an unfortunate fit in the front that made me look less chic and more Sally O’Malley.
Then we met my sister and niece for lunch and it was fun to catch up. But poor Sarah really wanted to come back to our house and play and couldn’t understand why our playroom full of toys was all torn up. The answer is “because your Aunt Mel is a little obsessed right now and also forgot that maybe she should have cleared everything out of the room before she started tearing down walls”. I told her she could come play next week when the room was finished and Caroline looked at me out of the corner of her eye and said, “You really think that room is going to be finished in a week?”
Why is everyone a critic?
After lunch Caroline and I ran around to several stores in town because I was shopping for a friend and eventually made our way home where I fell on the couch in a heap because the heat is going to kill me. And then I had to think about cooking dinner which is when I made the executive decision to make chalupas because they’re easy and require little to no effort. At least they require little to no effort when you actually have beans and lettuce.
We loaded back up in the car to run in HEB to buy lettuce and refried beans and some Tic-Tacs that Caroline talked me into because I didn’t have the strength to argue about it.
But by the time we made it home, P had gotten some of his employees to clean up a lot of the sheetrock from the playroom AND told me he’s going to have them come back in the morning to help him finish tearing out the rest of the walls. Then I’ll just have to decide if I want to paint them white or gray or some other color that I haven’t thought about yet.
Thursday? You’re looking pretty good.
Maybe the room actually will be finished in a week and that’ll teach Caroline not to question her mother.
And now I’m going to go watch the new Dallas on T.V. because I need to see Larry Hagman’s eyebrows to believe them.
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Oh my goodness that all made me tired. I do love that we have the same dinner planning process. Good luck on the room…but I think next week is a bit of stretch.
For those of us in Ohio who have to drive to Taco Bell to “make” a chalupa, would you be so kind as to share your recipie?
Yes, I agree with Jen. I love a good, easy recipe!
I think it is fantastic that your husband has a ‘crew’ and that he ordered them to come to your rescue! Without P’s intervention, I have to agree with Caroline that one week seemed a bit overzealous.
Personally, I thought Dallas was a disappointment. It could have been because I was tired and kept nodding off. I thought the original cast of characters looked tired and worn. Was it just me? And none of the new characters really did anything for me. Would love to hear your thoughts.
Can’t wait to see your AFTER pics of the guest/play room!!! When I first saw what you were doing, I couldn’t help but think of The Lettered Cottage blog. What a fun summer project!
You had a busy day…I’m trying to work up the strength to drag two little girls out with me shopping. ugh. This could be ugly.
I didn’t watch the original Dallas (my only memory of it is listening to the theme song in my grandparents’ kitchen), so I didn’t catch it last night…although the commercials do a pretty good job of making me feel as if everyone else in the whole entire world was watching it last night.
Have you shared the chalupas recipe on the blog before??
didn’t start watching until it was almost over but I did get a view of J.R.’s eyebrows. I don’t let my husband go out looking like that. Surely someone in the makeup department has a pair of scissors. Good Grief!!
How do you make chalupas? Can’t wait to see what color you decide for the wood walls. Has Holly weighed on the possibilities?
P.S. Look what The Google found! Obviously some people take their Chalupas very seriously!
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/chalupa-customer-firebombs-taco-bell-876519
Oh the Sallie O’Malley jump suit!
I had the unfortunate opportunity to see THAT on a male (which, what do you call that ‘camel b@lls’?) which then reminded me of the Bee Gees and their white jump suits and how they were always WAY to tight in certain areas. It is the worst kind of wrong. Anyway, I should digress…
In my former life when I had the huge blessing that is a housekeeper, she came on Mondays.
And like you, I always picked up before she came, because my ex and I were both complete slobs, and a housekeeper is something to treasure, not torture!
It never occurred to me that she’d come on a holiday, so I had NOT picked up.
The ex and I had gotten into a HUGE fight over supper, and I had gotten up from the table and stomped off to a friend’s house…and the table still had all the food, etc on it.
Fish, no less. And we had no air conditioning. I came home that morning to discover that she had arrived at her usual time on Memorial Day Monday. I about died. She laughed and sent me away.
I am blushing in shame still, and this was 20 years ago!
Do you think those eyebrows were real???
Whew! Your day exhausted me! But, that was so sweet of P to get his crew to clean up the sheetrock and then have them come back to finish tearing the wall down for you. You owe him big now don’t you?
Now, Larry Hagman. That man has some eyebrows FOR REAL!! They are a bit scary. Did not watch the old Dallas and don’t plan on waching the new one either but hopefully you’ll enjoy it and it won’t be a total waste of the hoopla they’ve made over it.
His eyebrows are out. of. control. But the show was totally worth watching.
I’m with everyone else share the chalupa recipe. Just reading about your day exhausted me. Growing up we always had to clean before our maid came too. I would get so frustrated and didn’t understand what the point was. Funny how we feel the need to clean before cleaning.
I’m lucky if I get out of my PJs most days!! You are a busy woman! I used to always ask my mom and complain why we had to clean the house before our cleaning lady would come to clean the house… but now I would totally do a once over before I let anyone come in to clean just so they wouldn’t know for real how messy I am!
I justify my cleaning before the cleaning lady as “I pay her to CLEAN, not straighten.” Because I don’t mind shoving toys in a closet, but Heaven help me, I hate running a vacuum or dusting or cleaning a toilet or anything else that actually could be called “cleaning.” Yes, spoiled rotten first-worlder.
I know you’re not asking for votes, but I vote white for the walls! Not that I even know what the rest of your house looks like, but it just seems like it would be clean and refreshing and you could do any color you wanted on the other walls. That’s awesome that your hubby has his crew helping. Good luck!
I suggest a gray for the walls. As far as a chalupa. It is basically a flat taco. Only I like a Chili con caso sauce on top. When I have friends over for them, I just put each ingrediant in an individual bowl.
Now as for the new Dallas. It had so many plots and turns. You need a score card to keep up with them all.
Yep – the eyebrows were something.
Those eyebrows need a billing of their own. “Dallas — It’s BAAAAACK…. And so are Larry Hagman’s eyebrows!” You’re probably too young to remember Lloyd Bridges (Beau and Jeff’s dad). His eyebrows got scary, crazy long. As in, “Mister, can I get you a hair clip?” Beau is starting to get those, too.
Meanwhile, I’m chuckling over the cleaning before the lady who cleans your house comes to clean it. (Try typing that three times fast!) I used to have a cleaning lady, and I’d do the same thing. Only, by the time I picked everything up, it didn’t look like it needed to be cleaned, so I got tetchy about having to pay her. Guess that’s why I have to clean my own house now.
What a day. I’m tired just reading about it. I always tidied up before the cleaning lady came. Why? Because I needed to know where things where. If she straighted up — I’d have to phone her and ask were did she put whatever. I’m in the mood for a chalupa — something I’ve never had. Should I try Taco Bell? Or could you give us your recipe?