Skyping with Grams & Pops**

I always eat too much, drink too much, do too little chore wise and goof off too much on the weekends.  I even start my weekend early with Girlz Lunch on Friday's.  So on Monday's I wake up almost in a panic with all the things, that in my mind, need to be done.  I always see Monday's as the day to work too hard and try to cleanse myself of all the foolishness I got into on the weekends.  For somebody that is trying to achieve balance in her life this seems kinda silly.

I usually start off with working out really hard to burn off all the crap I ate and drank over the weekend.  I went for a three mile run with Flora today- I didn't push it too hard because frankly I felt like crap after eating crap this weekend.  And then I tell myself that I should walk the dogs for a long time because I failed to walk them over the weekend, so I went on a really long walk with Erica and her dogs today.  Don't they say that once you lose sleep you don't gain it back??? What about binging on the weekends and working it all off during the week??? Do you think it balances out???

Usually when I walk the dogs I eyeball our lawn with disdain coming up to the house.  We have pine trees surrounding our house, so the pine straw drops all over our yard and roof.  If I don't go out and rake it up every week, it gets ridiculous...........so I raked up the pine straw all the while I am cursing God and wishing I had a leaf blower. All the neighbors have one........How much do leaf blower's cost? Its like when we lived in AK while your shoveling your a** off, your next door neighbor is snow blowing his driveway while waving at you with a sh*t eaten grin on his face.....................

It finally warmed up some today.  So I washed and waxed the tank. And I picked up the dog poop, this brought me to about 4pm........I started thinking today about doing some research on what a personal assistant gets paid in Hollywood, because LEGS thinks he is kindive a big deal (and he is) but when you are kindive a big deal you have a personal assistant right? So I started fantasizing today about giving him an invoice for services rendered.  I wonder how much I am worth, I wonder what LEGS' face would look like, can you bill for picking up dog poop???

I was exhausted so I went to the sauna to have a siesta......every personal assistant deserves a siesta right? LEGS and I have been eating so much red meat and fatty foods this week we are detoxing.  Chicken and greens for dinner, no booze...............I made a spinach salad, chicken marinated in a Weber Grill mate Zesty Herb, and steamed green beans.  I always use dressing I like on the side to minimize over eating dressing, and BBQ sauce is perfectly fine- its very low in calories.....with some Chai tea.

I skyped with my Grams and Pops tonight.  I really wanted them to be able to read my blog because I think they would really enjoy it.  Do you know what it is like telling your Grams and Pops how to do something on the computer??? It requires an obscene amount of patience.  I tried emailing them the link but they couldn't bring up the blog for whatever reason.

Pops: "NO! I tried to look up that stupid thing the other day and couldn't get the damn thing to come up."  

So I tried to tell them to copy and paste the http address.  

Grams: "You need to double click."

Pops:" I did double click!"

Grams: "I didn't hear you double click the mouse."

Pops: "I double clicked the goddamn thing.  Tiffy don't tell Chris about this. The link is blue."

I tell Pops to highlight the link.

Pops: "How do you highlight? Oh okay I see. Then what do we do?"

Go up to Edit.

Pops: "Where is Edit?"

Its at the top of the computer

Pops: "Where I don't see it."

Grams: "Hang on......let's see... ( I can see up her nose because she is really focusing) 

Pops: "Can't you just email us?" 

Grams: "Here's edit..."

I finally got them to copy and paste (I think) Okay, go to the internet....

Pops:" We can't do that we'll lose you!"

No Pops just minimize me.......

Pops:" How do you minimize? Oh okay, nothing happened......I'm gonna let Cile deal with this I'm going to watch the game."

I was finally able to get Grams on the blog- and just as I thought she really enjoyed it.  She was laughing and asking about the pictures etc.  I love my Grams and Pops so much, they are amazing they try so hard to technologically be in our lives.  I know that its hard on them to sometimes navigate the computer but I admire them so much for doing that.  

I want to be just like them when I am their age they are so independent and they still get out and do things.  They take chances all in the name of connecting with their family.  They are so important to me, and play a huge role in my life even though I know they don't realize it, I always call them when I need wisdom and laughter.

Love on ya POPS and GRAMS- your Blonde Bomber!!! .*)