We love Stanley, but not when he spoils HARRY POTTER on a slide!
The birthday dinner for Dad at California Café went reasonably well, haha. Since Steph had borrowed Jessica's copy of PRISONER OF AZKABAN, Mom wanted to know what the big deal was about spoiling the end of HARRY POTTER for her since she wouldn't read the books anyhow. We tried explaining that a lot of people read the books and would get really mad if they knew who dies at the end of this one before they finished. Stanley apparently spoiled the book via the last Powerpoint slide at Floodlight last night ("___ dies!"), which made everyone mad - teenage boys just don't think! Some people HAD stayed up for quite a while to finish the book yesterday, but there were those people in the audience who hadn't. To Mom, it might not be a big deal... but apparently 84% of boys and 40% of girls would read the last lines of the book first, according to some survey she saw. Actually, that sounds like what Mom would do - she gets bored easily and skips all the plot in rented movies, then wonders why she didn't understand the movie at the end. *rolleyes*
My family gave me advice, which I'll think about. Church is good, and a trip to Sun Peaks with Vivian and Jessica for Steph would be good too. We'll see what happens, for sure - that'll have to be in August after the grad banquet and before school starts for Vivian. It's not like it's set in stone since Jon and Grandma will need a car to get around, so I can be very flexible! As for horny males, well... there's not much we can do about that, haha! We discussed snobby grandmas, especially if they're rude to people who are perfectly nice to them! (your sister, your daughter-in-law's sister, more family...) I mean, really... would you go visit someone in a long-term care home and snub the Chinese food (walking two blocks to a Chinese place) just because you don't like it? Suck it up or stay home! Brian and Dennis' dad needs wine to relax after visiting his own mother since she's got those complaining tendencies, too... I'm not sure my mother is up to having Big G back again next week, but you gotta do what you gotta do!
Justin and Clement like Tapestry, and Fidela might go to nursing school - her grandma doesn't think she'd be able to handle heavy lifting. She would know! Mom says that Dallas wants to store his belongings at the townhouse for a month while he's away in Toronto since it saves on rent - heck, Raymond already has some of his stuff there on the third floor! Steph says she hasn't heard from Terrence in quite a while, but figures he has a year left of mandatory Singaporean army duty. When he goes home on the weekends, of course he wants to be out rather than at the computer! Mom mentioned phoning Veronica to ask about composting since Eric didn't seem to know much about it - maybe he's shy or something, haha. At least they didn't discuss certain topics on their ride home after he dropped me off, haha - I was glad to provide a bit of conversation for him on stuff which my mom doesn't understand, hehe. (I'm not sure I get STARCRAFT, but at least I can sound okay when discussing very general stuff like game times!)
Steph says that Nathan's relationship with his father isn't good... I can expect that, since Melissa's dad is this ultra alpha-male type! I told her that Jeremy would have liked the various bits of amusement today during service: "Let's check each other out during 40 Days of Community!" "... let's not, actually!" (haha) At the restaurant, I got what Connie had last time we were there prior to going to the Night Market - that is one big dish with lots of leftover potential, especially since I got some of my mom and sister's steak / spaghetti / "borscht" / fish / veggies / milk tea too! Told Steph about Dianne changing her mind once she saw people eating lobster set meals, oh my! The dessert was chocolate mousse instead of mango pudding, but a change is certainly good! When I got out of the car, Steph reminded me to wish Dad a happy birthday... I did, but not before almost saying "Merry Christmas" in Spanish. What the heck is with my brain?! Wrong language AND the wrong occasion to boot? Man, I think I either need sleep or some downtime! Kudos to people for being patient, since I much appreciate it! :D
My family gave me advice, which I'll think about. Church is good, and a trip to Sun Peaks with Vivian and Jessica for Steph would be good too. We'll see what happens, for sure - that'll have to be in August after the grad banquet and before school starts for Vivian. It's not like it's set in stone since Jon and Grandma will need a car to get around, so I can be very flexible! As for horny males, well... there's not much we can do about that, haha! We discussed snobby grandmas, especially if they're rude to people who are perfectly nice to them! (your sister, your daughter-in-law's sister, more family...) I mean, really... would you go visit someone in a long-term care home and snub the Chinese food (walking two blocks to a Chinese place) just because you don't like it? Suck it up or stay home! Brian and Dennis' dad needs wine to relax after visiting his own mother since she's got those complaining tendencies, too... I'm not sure my mother is up to having Big G back again next week, but you gotta do what you gotta do!
Justin and Clement like Tapestry, and Fidela might go to nursing school - her grandma doesn't think she'd be able to handle heavy lifting. She would know! Mom says that Dallas wants to store his belongings at the townhouse for a month while he's away in Toronto since it saves on rent - heck, Raymond already has some of his stuff there on the third floor! Steph says she hasn't heard from Terrence in quite a while, but figures he has a year left of mandatory Singaporean army duty. When he goes home on the weekends, of course he wants to be out rather than at the computer! Mom mentioned phoning Veronica to ask about composting since Eric didn't seem to know much about it - maybe he's shy or something, haha. At least they didn't discuss certain topics on their ride home after he dropped me off, haha - I was glad to provide a bit of conversation for him on stuff which my mom doesn't understand, hehe. (I'm not sure I get STARCRAFT, but at least I can sound okay when discussing very general stuff like game times!)
Steph says that Nathan's relationship with his father isn't good... I can expect that, since Melissa's dad is this ultra alpha-male type! I told her that Jeremy would have liked the various bits of amusement today during service: "Let's check each other out during 40 Days of Community!" "... let's not, actually!" (haha) At the restaurant, I got what Connie had last time we were there prior to going to the Night Market - that is one big dish with lots of leftover potential, especially since I got some of my mom and sister's steak / spaghetti / "borscht" / fish / veggies / milk tea too! Told Steph about Dianne changing her mind once she saw people eating lobster set meals, oh my! The dessert was chocolate mousse instead of mango pudding, but a change is certainly good! When I got out of the car, Steph reminded me to wish Dad a happy birthday... I did, but not before almost saying "Merry Christmas" in Spanish. What the heck is with my brain?! Wrong language AND the wrong occasion to boot? Man, I think I either need sleep or some downtime! Kudos to people for being patient, since I much appreciate it! :D
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