I have no theme, no theme today... Harriet! I used to LOVE that show.
I have very little to show for the day, as well. Went to drug store for refill, talked to dmom almost an hour on the phone, helped dh change light bulbs. (Yes, we are the embodiment of the joke, "how many... does it take to change a lightbulb?" But here, the problem is that he doesn't trust himself to climb onto a chair or stool or something to reach the ceiling fixtures.) He changed one in the bedroom ceiling fan, which he could reach, but I changed the one in the bathroom ceiling fixture.
Last night, in keeping with my do something motivation, I labeled pictures from Feb/Mar -- but I haven't put them in the album yet. Also transferred April pictures from phone to computer.
LadyM, that's a good idea to get ds started with the dermatologist before a little problem becomes a BIG problem. I do recommend Proactiv, btw. We saw great improvement with ds's skin when he was a teenager and started using that. Kinda annoying because they do automatic mailings and it starts adding up -- $-wise and space-wise, LOL -- but I think we have finally used up almost all of it! (Of course we cancelled the subscription probably 15 years ago!)
Just thinking about that... ds has been out of college 15 years.
THIS brings about a new Question of the Day -- which one of you wants to play Miss Manners today?
I was made aware of a major faux pas on my part yesterday.
Remember, I've been talking about dniece's med school graduation coming up, party, gift, etc.
WELL... I knew; I have known for basically the past YEAR, that DDIL desperately wanted a grad party for nursing school and receiving her RN.
And I assured her we WOULD do one!
However... everything was in lockdown, you know, when she graduated in Dec, and then she said, let's just wait till I pass the licensing test and it's all official... so that was Jan or Feb... and then I just let it all slide, you know.
Partly, I admit, I was thinking that HER parents are HERE now; shouldn't THEY be the ones to head up this effort???
And partly I was thinking, WHEN are we going to do this? Ddil's mom works nights Sun-Fri, her dad works days, and her schedule (was at that time) always changing. So I just dragged my feet about it and did nothing.
BUT -- I did think I gave her a graduation card w/a check at the time of her graduation.
Hmmmm.... ds says noooo... NO ONE even acknowledged her graduation except her aunt who sent her a check, and ddil had hurt feelings over it.
No one could even attend her graduation except her mom and ds, which bothered her a lot at the time, too. She wanted her dad there, but didn't want to hurt her mom's feelings.
So anyway -- here we are -- and now I think if I throw a party, it looks like I'm just doing it to keep up with dniece and make sure ddil gets gifts too.
And the scheduling for her parents and herself is still a big issue, especially since ddil started working weekend nights.
Anybody got any suggestions?
I did talk to ddil about this, apologized, told her I thought I had given her a gift at the time, and told her to give me the measurements for the shadow box that she was apparently expecting me to give her for Christmas and I would get that for her now!
But otherwise -- what would y'all do about a party? (LOL -- she said she didn't want a sympathy party, she just wanted a cake that said "Congratulations.")
I don't think anyone I know has had a college graduation party -- not ds or myself or any of my cousins. I agree med school is a big thing -- and dniece partly deserves it because this is a going away party -- she'll be in TX for the next three years.
But what do I do to make ddil know we're proud of her, too?