...We're so surprised.

Max has taken to turning himself around and backing up while moving to a different part of the same room. And more times than not he gets tangled up in himself because he won't get out of his own way.

Oh, Max. You are such a loveable, loving doofus.

Saw my folks for lunch. They're both doing well - we discussed my vacation and their travel to Rochester, NY to see friends and family (apparently in HS my dad was known for running fast, always being late for school, and being smart. Not surprised. My Mom also found out his HS nickname but he would not let her tell me), and Max's time spent with my brother where he whined all night. Well, yeah, he's only been away from home once before since my folks brought him home, and my brother wanted him to settle in a New Place that smelled like Another Dog? Oy. My brother is not SMRT sometimes. He should have stayed at my folks' house overnight instead of moving Max.

My Dad is still planning to go golfing with his brother and cousin(s) in October. But neither my mom nor I have faith that if Cousin R is making the arrangements (you're *sure* R knows he's supposed to find you all somewhere to stay? Absolutely positive? Really?) that they will be able to find a place at this late date. But that is all up to R. R, who has a habit of monologue-ing in his broad NJ accent (his funniest, that horrifies his daughter and makes his son laugh is he is going to create and install an ATM machine (Afterlife Teller Machine) as his headstone that has a video interface so he can dispense their inheritance to his kids in multiples of $20. And he can harangue them from the grave "You! We never see you unless you want money! You want a hundred bucks? Here - here's forty. Come back next week and visit maybe I'll give you a hundred!" or "What - back again already? Its only been two days - what did you do with the last money I gave you?" Yeah, Cousin R is a riot - unless you're one of his kids, I suppose).

Ah well. Day off tomorrow. ♥
etakyma: (Quiet Ones)
( Sep. 4th, 2007 02:27 pm)
How is that possible?

The weekend was wonderful - that extra day to just lounge was what I really needed, so I don't feel too badly about not getting through most of my to-do list.

We saw MOVIES! Stardust in the theatre (SOOO worth paying the ten bucks to sit for two hours) and Keeping Mum on DVD.

Movie Reviews of Stardust and Keeping Mum )
And Gwen got the first season of Eureka so we can wallow in our t00by geeky love for it! The Sci-fi channel was doing a marathon of "Dead Like Me" all day yesterday, and we saw the last episode and the first episode - How marvelous is the first episode when you *know* what comes next? I almost liked it better knowing everything. And kudos for ending the series properly. 'They' cancel all the wrong shows.

I saw my parents on Sunday - in fact I will be building a couple of things for the gallery. And I was invited to lunch (which is what I get when helping out at the gallery, my parents feed me lunch). Not a bad trade-off. My dad wants me to buy into his latest obsession (golf) and learn how to play so he can share his completely geeky love of the game with me. I am not all that excited about golf, or any other "hit the ball with an implement of d00m" kind of game. Now, if he was talking archery, I would be the first one in line.

My mother's eleven tomato plants are bringing in bountiful harvest, and I helped "prep" a few of them for sauce (say, 20 or 25). And she still had a counter full of them left untouched. We also hem-ripped the curtains she bought so she can fit them to the windows she bought them for.

Note to self (and Gwen): they saw "The History Boys" and highly recommend it. Something for the Netflix queue?
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