Wifey Time

I'm really just squeezing this in. A little bit of wifey time til hubby gets back.  He's picking up our nephew to bring with him to LA tomorrow. I'll be by myself for a day (and a night).  That's kind of sad since Aldoy and I pretty much go everywhere together, we breathe the same air, hear the same sounds, and see a lot of different things at the same time together when we're both not at work.  We're like siamese twins attached to the ...well, never mind.  But it's some welcome mini-hiatus from my busy life though.  They say it's also good for relationships.  Yeah right, I'm just going to get some laundry done perhaps, without anyone tail-gating me along the hallway, plotting another crazy but funny prank behind my back (I'm not complaining!)...well, time to wash another set of brand new sheets! And maybe do some paperwork and bills.  Pretty soon, we will be drowning in a 10-ft pile of junk mail, which for some reason I tend to hoard because I put if off when I'm too busy, or truthfully, I save them for real cathartic shredding-with-the-electric shredder-days (tell me it's not some kind of mental disorder, phu-leez!!!). 

I just got home from Hula class.  Two straight hours of serious butt-throwing, hip-swaying (and must I add, love-handle wiggling like jello) business.  Real fun though and I am seriously gunning for intermediate classes at the end of the summer.  Woohoo! It's about time I get back in shape before I completely let myself go.  I like the schedule because Al plays basketball with his buddies the same night I do my Hula.  I need to kick him out of the house too now because he is pretty much laying down on the bed as soon as he gets home from work, and it is packing up the pounds really fast (and let's not forget this senseless sunflower seeds munching sport that is slowly creeping up into top one of his TO DO list, tsk...tsk...tsk).  Well, Wednesday nights are wifey's-not-cooking nights! They are beef chao-fan from D & A Cafe nights...Beef Burritos from Taco Bell nights...KFC...Food fresh from the can nights...

Tonight though, Aldoy came home earlier than I did (I thought he was playing basketball??) He whipped up a mean supper of grilled fresh Portobello mushroom topped with ground turkey cooked with a hint of butter and topped again with oozing melted mozarella cheese garnished with basil and oregano to seal all the toppings down.  Winner!  That just about more than made up for what I burned in hula class, if there is any that I burned at all.  *SIGH*

Wednesday nights are fun. I'm smiling.  But I gotta hit the shower now before he gets back.  ;)

aaaah summer!

...11:30p and I'm so wide awake...what else is new? hubby and i took a supposed 10-minute nap when we got home from work at around 5, which stretched til around 9p! we were so tired yesterday...watching the fourth of july parade under the sweltering heat at webster street (historic and vintage-ish, awesome!)...and then watching the fireworks at treasure island last night...with the cold ocean breeze freezing my cheeks...(incidentally, we celebrated my first year here in the US too...last year, my plane landed as America lit her fireworks....grand entrance wasn't it?).  yesterday was fun, but i was beat! this morning i had to down one whole can of rockstar to get me going at work, i think i almost fell asleep at a stoplight...good thing i didn't have to cook tonight, it was al's turn! we just had hotdogs that he cooked on the grill (he's my grill guy and fry daddy).  it's nice to be out there at the backyard deck now...nice and cool, not totally warm yet but not that chilly...we lit the tiki torches...the breeze smelled like trees and soil (from plants i just watered), with a hint of smoke from the grill and the citronella tiki torches...perfect! (i could almost hear bob marley singing in the background) i'm redoing the backyard by the way. yes, yes...i'm going through some kind of evolution these days, from "sore" thumb (i think it's more of "sour" for me), to green thumb. who would have thought! al and i bought flowering plants and vegetable seeds and it's been a week since we started cleaning up and re-organizing the yard...we started a little bit too late though...should have done some in the spring...but the project just hatched at the start of summer so we have a lot more work to do still...a little bit of landscaping here and there...plants to be moved...sprouts to ah uhrm uhrm keep sprouting? tell me, i still don't know a single thing! i hope my flowers survive, they kinda look a little sad to me...al said they are probably going through some kind of shock from re-planting...my cousin Ate Bing said i should water them more...hahaha...al thinks i should TALK to them more (i'm trying!)  well, i got the whole summer to enjoy this hit and miss project...the bottomline is the therapeutic fun i am able to get out of it. i'm just so excited! the backyard's almost fit for all those summer fun now.  we still need to replace some of the wooden planks at the deck but they will have to do for now.  i want a jazmine plant...or something that smells really really good. i can't wait.  i can take out my canvas and start painting and do my sketches outside now...i have a fresh set of acrylic paints i got on sale at beverly's...i won't hear al say don't spill paint on the floor anymore...haha...what else? i am finally going to be able to use my old english tea set for some real afternoon high tea in the backyard with my bestie...actually, my niece Dana, and hopefully when my stepdaughter gets here for her summer visit.  we'll bake some scones and cookies, make tea sandwiches, dress up...the whole nine yards!!! summer fun in the backyard and beyond. al has finally gotten the mountain bikes ready too...and oh those evening summer walks!  i'll be busy wednesday nights with new hula and tahitian classes...and a recital at the end of the summer...(my tummy isn't tahitian performance-ready...they shake even before i throw my hips, oh darn...) hopefully this will be an incentive to lose weight fast  before i become a diet pill junkie...i'm almost there.  almost.  well....i'm occupied...living some of my dreams...and happy. 

summer rocks!