Old grumpy men and their wives...

I work part-time at the cheap movie theater in town, and have on and off for about 4 years. I like anyone else who deals with the public have had some amazing customers, some fickle, rude, demanding, arrogant, happy, funny, and any other adjective you wish to inject here. Yesterday I was working my normal Wednesday afternoon shift. Wednesdays, we are open all day and it is our $2.50 bargain day. Tickets, popcorn, and drinks deals are all $2.50 each. The normal crowd usually consist of older people, especially when we have movies like "Gran Torino".

Anyways this older couple, I'd say about late 50's come in, husband goes to the bathroom and wife comes to get the tickets from me. She buys the tickets, a drink, and gets two bags of popcorn, one for each of them. Hubby comes back out and she hands him his popcorn and after she is done putting some popcorn salt on her's, she offers it to him. Our popcorn salt is orange, and many people think its cheese. Very common happening. He just stares at it, then ask her if she is sure that its is salt, and not cheese, she and I both assure him that its is just salt. I am getting a very grumpy man vibe at this time and know, that pretty much anything I do isn't going to satify the guy. He then ask why is its orange, and his wife promptly tells him " Because they are trying to poison you", then turns and walks away. I was trying hard not to laugh at him. I love that she just told him off, and made him realize he was being ridiculous. I love the wives that know exactly how to deal with grumpy husbands.

Ultrasound results

Everything is looking great for baby number 2! We found out it is going to be a girl this time! No permanent choice on a name, but we have some ideas.

Things I love about being Mark's mom...

1. When he is soooo tired, he sees me, gives me just enough of a smile for me to watch his eyes roll back into his head.

2. That he loves playing with any type of ball. The other day we spent a half hour on the stairs, him at the top, me at the bottom, tossing a tennis ball to each other.

3. He doesn't have a normal giggle, he does this shriek laugh instead.

4. Even if I have put him to bed crying, and he is still crying when I check on him much later, he continues to smile even more at me.

5. He loves going to Daddy! (I love that he is will to give me a break.)

6. He is a not a screamer, even in the worst of circumstances. He can scream, but it usually quickly subsides.

7. His love for falling asleep in the car, two seconds before we reach our destination.

8. Whenever he throws something down now, he says " oohhhh!" I think he is trying to say geronimo, Ethan and I say it all the time when we play together.

9. He doesn't need my help to find entainment most of the time.

10. He always want to go outside. This is an excellent sign to me.

11. He will and can fall asleep in other people's arms, but not mine.

12. When we play volleyball at the church on Tuesday nights, he always wants to get on the court and play with us.

13. He will sleep through the night very well, and if he wakes up, he goes back to sleep on his own.

14. After bathtime, when I put him on our bed to get his diaper on, he always takes off the other side while I am getting his diaper. Then nicely sits on Daddy's pillow butt-naked waiting for me to come get him, before there is a need to wash the pillow. He always sits on Daddy's pillow, not mine, yeay!

15. He loves to talk, babble, whatever it is right now. I have no idea if he is trying to form words or not.

For you Dedra....

Dedra, you wanted to see what had been done to walls to make me ask for advice. It was done in permanent black marker, by an artistic 2 year old. I have tried dry erase marker, magic eraser, that just gets rid of all layer until you can see the drywall again, and every kind of cleaner I have. Nothing is removing it, but I figure this gives us a push to finish painting the rest of the room. We left the one wall blank so we could do a darker version of what is already there, so there would be a nice contrast. Now we are thinking about switching which wall will be going darker.

Today is my Mother's 60th birthday! Happy birthday Mom. Alan, my little brother got Mom a full-size body pillow that she had been wanting. The video is just showing how much fun Alan and Mark had enjoying it. I hope you all enjoy it! I love it. I haven't laugh so hard in a long time.

advise

Any suggestiong for the removal of permanent marker on walls would greatly be appreciated.

Pictures

Last week Friday, two of my best girlfriends and I went and got some pictures taken of us at JCPenney's just for fun. Kate, the brunette, and I have known each other since she was born pretty much and have stayed pretty tight the whole time. Sara, the red head, and I have been best friends since she turned 12, and came into Young Women's, we are now sister-in-laws due to me marrying Ethan, her older brother. We have been best buds for a long time, and we wanted to get the pictures done for posterity sake. We have been friends through just about everything, death, separations, marriage, births, college, and so on. With the exception of Ethan, there are no two other people I would want around me through the toughest times. Except maybe Alan. He is a story for another day.

Kate is a very busy and ambitious person, who is constantly on the go. She is going to school for Music Therapy with a minor in Spanish. She is a bargain shopper, and a fantastic dresser. She had 30 minutes to get a shower, get dressed, clothes were still wet from the washer and she manages to look this impressive. She has been a very outgoing, talkative, sarcastic, and blunt all her life. We have worked together and surprised others with our banter to the point that our manager was wondering why I wasn't offended when Kate commented on me being "deaf". Her response was, "She is!" I just laughed.

Sara and I got to know each other at a sleepover in Young Women's and needed makeover partners. She was the one that details of boys and just general being a teenager, were discussed with. She got married and has two daughters, and now is a wonderful mommy buddy, of who I am constantly talking to about about kids. She is attending school and working her butt off to finish to support herself and her girls. She has the grits to do what needs done.

Super belated pictures from the Superbowl. Mark was hanging out with two of his cousins, Kira and Ari. These are the two girls I watch regularly during the week. We start fan brainwashing at an early age for the Steelers.