blue fuzz

i decided today to take back some dead plants to lowe's. they have a one year guarantee for trees and such, and i had 7 packs of pansys that hated being planted and a hydrangea that could least be bothered to grow. i grabbed a friend of mine and we drove 20 miles to lowe's. i got my cash back and we both discovered that we had our certificates for mcalister's deli birthday club with us- she's the one the party was for last week.

when we placed out orders, they put both orders on one ticket. then the cashier ealized she didn't know how to deduct the $5 certificates. so she called her manager over, who said he could only take one off our order. but we both had birthday discounts and they couldn't rering it. it ended up being an issue and they had to rering both orders god only knows how many times. but we ended up paying just $5 between us and the manager just shoved an armful of receipts at me when all was said and done. nobody even told either of us happy birthday!

the joke is on them. i was looking at the wad of receipts and 5 of them had offers to take a survey and get a $3 discount on a future purchase. i don't eat out that often, so i will give them to my son. he eats at the same chain at least twice a week but in a different town.

my club sandwich and chicken tortilla soup were delish, by the way.

junkmel, i am in rural north mississippi too. we very well may be neighbors. i live right next to a town named after a queen whose nickname would be vicki- sounds familiar? give me a clue as to your mex restaurant. it's closer for me to cross state lines than go to the nearest big town in my state.

i am looking forward to watching the "sex and the city" movie tonight. i am not answering the phone or the door from 7-9. i will be having a bbq chicken pizza and eggrolls for dinner. i also bought something new- cherry dr. pepper! i like dr. pepper in small doses and this caught my eye. i hope it tastes as good as i hope and doesn't make me puke. of course, if i don't want to puke, maybe i shouldn't mix bbq chicken pizza and egg rolls. i live dangerously!

chick is working all day tomorrow, and my son will have itchy and scratchy all by himself. the plan is take them out for chinese food and then go grocery shopping with him. it's near the end of the month, so i will be using up a bunch of coupons before they expire. i would like to talk him into going to the thrift store but that may not be an option.

when my son was small, he was so easy going he would eat anything i ate and go anywhere i went. no problem. but itchy and scratchy are those kids you see muching down on a happy meal at the best chinese restaurant, and the kids you see melting down in a store and being dragged out as if they have no bones. i only wish he could have met chick before she got her digs intot he kids so deep. they are both really sweet but diabolical. i don't really like keeping both of them at the same time but i can't refuse my son.

he is having outpatient surgery next tuesday, so it is a must that the grocery shopping get done. chick can't cook and she is the kind who is almost proud of that fact- which would fly if she didn't have two kids who need to eat healthy food. if he doesn't buy normal wholesome food and help her cook, he will be at her mercy while he is off work and out of commission. her idea of a good meal is peanut butter sandwiches and apple slices, or chicken nuggets and potato chips. my son learned to cook at an early age, so he is appalled by this. we are going to make up a menu of things to cook next week and use up a bunch of coupons.

case in point: at christmas, she had a big party planned and invited a bunch of people. i ended up cooking a big mexican nacho casserole type thing (layers of taco-seasoned ground beef, refried bean and cheese served with tortilla chips and a million different toppings) that is kind of plain and everybody can add the toppings of their choice. it's a good dish to make for a group because even picky people can eat it and if they don't like something, they don't have to add it. i made it in one of her gigantic casserole pans that had a nice lid and carrying case. my son told me that after the party was over, she looked at it and asked him what she should do with the leftovers. my son said save them and eat it later, but she didn't even know if it needed refrigeration. she said she hates eating leftovers. so my son took it over and put the lid on it and stuck it in the fridge. the next few nights, she worked later than he did. he made a couple of different things with the leftovers, like burritos, quesadilllas and finally soup. she liked the all until he told her he had used the leftover casserole as the basis for all the dishes. she said she hoped it didn't make her sick. DUH! he just laughed at her and told her to remember that if you cook something, refrigerate the leftovers. apparently, she tried to eat some leftovers at some point that she hadn't refrigerated and she scraped off the blue fuzz. yes, blue fuzz probably gave her a nice case of the hot trots. sometimes i wonder how someone with her lack of common sense can work in the MEDICAL field!