Happy Happy Ouch Ouch

I know the original song goes "Happy Happy Joy Joy" (yes there was a time in my life when I watched Rem and Stimpy) but with the way my morning went, the other version seems more accurate.

The first Happy: Nothing like going by a store the day before Mother's Day and seeing "Buy one, get one 50% off" to give a woman a great gift idea. The strange thing is it's a store I normally don't pay any attention to. Kidlet seemed puzzled how we going into a store meant I got a Mother's Day present

The first Ouch: The reason why I did what I did is because Big Lug is going to be working the whole weekend. That's not normal for our household. Unfortunately he didn't know until Wednesday he'd be working long hours the rest of the week which meant he hasn't had time to take Kidlet shopping for Mother's Day.

The second Ouch: Let me give you a tip regarding fitness centers. If they are advertising a 35 Day Extreme Body Makeover, focus on all the words, not just “35 Day Body Makeover". Let's just say halfway through the initial work out I found myself thinking "there is a reason why it's called Extreme." Thankfully by the end of it, I found myself thinking I could handle the next 34 days. Let's just say as I type this, I have finally come to understand that 1980's terms "feel the burn". This isn't just a cutesy chick thing; the group was 50/50 gender and age mix.

The second Happy: Since Kidlet seemed a bit disappointed he didn't get to pick me anything for Mother's Day, I told him while I was buying my bus tickets at Safeway he could go to the flower section and pick me out something. I didn't factor in that an almost 6 year old would just care about looks, not price. I'll be proper and post a picture of the flowers tomorrow. Suffice it to say I am now the proud owner of several gorgeous Pink and Red Azalea plants in a 6.5 inch pot.

Remember, even if it's a dollar store card or a long distance phone call, remember Mama by tomorrow. Here's something interesting to think about. Mother's Day is one of the Sunday's there is NOT a big league stock car race. God, Mama and Country are important to us Rednecks.

Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes a glad father: but a foolish child is the heaviness of his mother.