Bad Service - but, pretty good weekend!

So, Saturday we went camping on Big Island and had a BLAST!

****So now for the venting******

Sunday morning we decided to take the Boo Boo out for breakfast on the way home with our good friend Todd - a great place we had been to about half-dozen times and always had good food.

The place was pretty empty, we sat on the porch and only two other tables had people and two servers were working. A whole section of the restaurant was empty and there were not many people in the other parts either -

Waitress comes, Boo Boo is pretty set because she had pink milk, cereal and graps on the boat earlier - we order Bloody's and look at the menu.

Our waitress comes a bit later, another table has seated and we order. I asked if we could get fries for Boo Boo, that is what she wanted, and was told rather grumpily, "No, we don't serve them until NOON. It is breakfast." It was like 11:15 by this time and we had been there for about 20 minutes. Who wouldn't have checked with the kitchen for a cute kid request asked nicely?

We say, okay and ask for beers - the bloody's were not the best that day.

About 10 more minutes pass the table that sat after us is getting their food and a random waitress comes with our beers. I think that is odd, but keep chatting.

The table next to us finishes, new people come and they order and get their bloodies....hmmm, where is our food.

It is now like 11:45 and I am kind of pissed so I go into the restaurant and up to the bar to ask for a manager - The woman I asked was and said, "How can I help you?" I tell her, half-hour and no breakfast - by this time the table seated 10-15 minutes AFTER us has eaten and is paying their check....she says, "Oh, your waitress disappeared - let me at least get the child's food out and we will take care of you."

I am satisfied with this response, but incredulous that a waitress would leave and we still would not get our food...did she not put in the order? Didn't anyone in the kitchen notice our food sitting there?

They come out with the Boo Boo's french toast, luckily sticks so we told her they were fries...she began to gobble them up!

Almost 10 minutes later we finally get the rest of our food - Boo Boo could have had fries, it was CRAZY. But, I still am trying to cling to the words - "we will take care of you...."

Nope, we are finished with our food - our beers long since empty and we watch as the now solo waitress tries to serve the four patio tables - it seems like it would be a simple task and if she was weeded she needed to tell someone.

Finally after about the 3rd time she came out after we asked for a box and the check I got up, went in - she spys me and says "Oh, I need to get your box and ..." I say, "And our breakfast is free right?" It is now 12:30pm and I have had ENOUGH. "Ummm, yup. You bet." says the waitress.

Not her fault entirely, so we did leave her $15 in tip...but I was NOT paying the owner/management for not helping "take care" of us.

Good thing the whole rest of the weekend was awesome AND I got free brunch for the four of us!

Poor Boo Boo

My Boo Boo La La is full of poo-poo.

NO, she is not lying to us. She is actually full of POOP - that won't come out!

Her daycare provider was telling me she had been having really runny poo's. In fact, coming out the diaper one day. Then Sunday she cried and cried and cried because she had constipation and I had to rub her back and encourage her to poo.

So, off to the doctor we went.

He felt her belly and said - "Hmmm, that is some ropey intestine in there." It is a good thing that doctor is so darn cute!

Anywhoo! She now has to take Miralax every day and get "oatmeal poop" - yes that doctor is colorful.

Now, she has had no poop of any kind for three days! I am getting nervous.

Why I hate bars.

1) There are people I do not know there.
2) You have to pay for drinks.
3) They do not have good wine, so I have to drink beer or cocktails...I can NO LONGER DRINK COCKTAILS. Not more than one anyway, or I get sick and super drunk.
4) Sometimes your hubby gets annoyed when you sneak a smoke....hee hee.
5) Karoke is easier to do in your own living room....you can sing as much as you want!

I did have a great birthday, but I realized I would rather have dinner out - then come home and drink and sing karaoke in my living room - Windows open of course so the neighbors can enjoy when I belt out some Eagles.

:)

Awhile ago I wrote about how hard it was to get the Boo Boo La La dressed in the morning.

Now the problem is the opposite - how to keep her clothing ON!

The challenge is that we take off her diaper to try and encourage using the potty. We have not had much luck in getting her to tell us she has to pee pee with the diaper on. ;) So when we get the diaper off she wants her shirt off too and runs around saying - "Me NAKED!!!" to the horror of her big sister and teenage giggles of her big brother.

"My god - don't let her do that when my boyfriend is over!" Ha ha ha.

We will keep trying with the potty. Encouragement was had over the softball tournament weekend when she ASKED both me and my mother to take her to the potty to pee pee...and she did.

But, then she wanted to be naked.

;)

What the???

Now, I hate to betray my people...but, WHAT IN THE HECK were the good folks in Becker, MN thinking when they came up with "SEEDZ"??!!!???

The way they spell it seems to me that they are talking about "the family jewals", "nutz", etc. It does not sound anything like something I would put in my mouth - especially the SALTED flavor, but how disturbing would DILL PICKLE be?

YUCK!

what would I do?

So today I won $3 in the lottery. Not much, but it gets me a new ticket for free.

In the spirit of the fact that I buy lottery tickets for every drawing - here is what I would do with the winnings.

Please assume the jackpot was over $100 million for fantasy purposes.

(in no particular order)

Donate to my church so they can change the building how they want to - and get some COLOR on the beige walls in that joint.

setup college funds for the steps and boo boo la la, write checks for maximum amount to neices and nephews that won't incur taxes - I think that is $12,500

give enough $$ to mom and dad to retire

Donate to arthritis research, flood relief in the US and charities that keep kids in homes and fed in the US. (starting at home is the best policy for me)

fix up my house just enough so that the next person can enjoy our efforts - new garage, get someone to clean it top to bottom and new sliding glass door should do the trick. Maybe new cabinets in kitchen...then sell it and find our lake house ---too bad T-bone, I won the lottery and we will live on a lake of MY choice. ;) AND we will figure out how to solar/wind power the sucka'

get a hybred car for me, sarah, t-bone gets one that can haul stuff - Stock them all with bags to use at the store ---NO MORE PLASTIC BAGS IN MY HOUSE

buy more timeshare weeks around the world. NO second home for me, I do not need the work while on vacation.

take friends on a nice vacation with kids and babysitters all around. We must be able to golf, swim, hike, drink and eat like kings - boats and jet skis of course!

get certified to present that Al Gore movie, that sounds like fun to do in spare time

finish my degree - can't make the kids do it if I don't!

Buy T-bone harley of dreams and build him his own garage for all his toys.

more later- that is enough of a money orgy for now.

Root canal's are painful

Root canal's are painful - your tooth hurts and so does your wallet. I had one this morning that was a do-over of a root canal about 5 years ago.

Damn, why didn't I go to dental school.

Oh yeah, I think spit is disgusting and would not want to look in nasty people's mouth.

I mean, have you looked at some people's teeth? Did they NEVER brush? They are brown and look like they have stuff stuck in them. I can barely bring myself to speak with someone if their teeth are nasty - or if they have a tongue piercing and have no courtesy, but that is another matter.

Now, mine are not perfect - but I brush obsessively. Yes, like 3-5 times a day. It is a really bad habit too, my dentist made me cut back and I can no longer use my favorite 'medium' toothbrush.

When I was single - and even before the Boo Boo La La - I brushed like 10 times a day with Colgate or Crest, Mentadent if it was on sale. AND I would also use mouthwash for 30-45 seconds every morning.

It was a sickness. I am 'sort-of' over it now.