A Nursery, a Spider (Man) and a Question of Etiquette
by Nola
Today, after our usual Sunday morning breakfast with Southern Mom and her family, we managed to get the SM clan over to our house so SM could show me how to assemble the layers of sheets and pads on the crib. They really ought to have a class for new parents on all the baby accouterments–I defy someone to tell me they intrinsically knew what to do with all this stuff without getting advice from other mothers. It’s insane! So a big thanks to SM!!
The second to last thing to be done in the nursery is to install a ceiling fan. We selected and purchased one today (I’d tell you it is pastel and has butterfly pulls, but then SM will say that the theme in the nursery is butterflies–because Sun’s mobile also has butterflies–but then I’d have to kill SM). CS promises the fan will be finished tomorrow. That will leave one last thing needing to be done in the nursery–the wood floors need a good polish to put a shine back on them that eight dog paws took off. That will be done this week. The nursery will be complete. All it will need is the baby. That is so weird to me.
Also today, CS and I went to see Spider-Man 3. I knew going in I wouldn’t like it. I don’t like Tobey Maguire, and I’d heard he cried (with tears) eight times in the movie and that Kirsten Dunst sang three times. Yuck. Thank God she never finished a song; I’d have cried, too. CS was all kinds of angry for the movie being so bad. I explained that his expectations were too high. I, on the other hand, expected crap and got what I expected. No letdown, no anger.
Oh, and my Mad Libs Thank You Note was returned to us today by the recipients. They had filled in all my blanks. So do I now need to send a card in response to their responding to my card? Ugh!
Here’s the completed card (the bracketed words were the lexical or other category beneath my blanks; the underlined words are those blanks as filled in by our friends):
Dear O Generous Ones [gift giver]:
Thank you so much for the Target gift card. We are certain to use it for various and sundry baby items, including chicken wire, mouse traps, and electroshock devices [nouns for baby stuff]. We are really traumatized [positive adjective] by your jocular [positive adjective] gift. You really shouldn’t have.
Love,
Nola and CS
First, YOUR THEME IS LAVENDAR BUTTERFLIES. Just try and catch me to kill me, I bet you wont. TeeHee.
I told CS that the movie blows, big time. I fell asleep twice and each time I woke up I was like, “Damn, this thing is still on.” Now would be the time for a new Spiderman and let Kirsten Durnst die. She has let me down since Interview with a Vampire. And what was with that dance sequence for Tobey. Good God, let that thing die with Travolta wont ya.
Once again, I am totally lost on this Mad Lib Thank you notes. I didnt get one and, frankly, I am a little insulted. I do like the one in the post. You know you need that chicken wire to keep the baby from crawling all around the house. Besides, it is the best for when you want to go out and dont have a babysitter. We use the kennel.
I did get your thank you, yesterday, and all I can say is AWE!!!
Isn’t it great having funny and creative friends? Looks like it’s on both sides of the equation on that one!