Gramma bought each kid their own pysanky kit and gave them each their second lesson tonight! They each wanted to do an egg for Ukraine!
Now pysanky is happening!
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Art is happening!
Yes, Candyland.
Katie still loves Candyland. Makes me crazy but gramma still plays along!
Bon Jovi concert!
As soon as I saw free tickets for Bon Jovi, I had to get them. I mean Bon Jovi WAS high school. And I know there’s been some stuff since then that I’ve liked. And I’m still trying to do more things outside my box.
But let me say right up front that even though this was a bucket list concert, I was not impressed. /cry
From now on, I’m checking the setlist FIRST. I only knew like 1/3 of the songs! And his voice wasn’t great—plus the sound system seemed off and it was like he was screaming to be heard over the music. And holy hell the people that want to stand for the whole damn thing (I know this argument can go on forever). Ughhhh. But then, maybe I’m just old and cranky. But to be honest it wasn’t just me. We all agreed.
Amazingly, the Eagles last week blew this concert out of the park. I guess they can’t all be winners.
So I knew I wanted to wear a red, so what better red than my fave no-longer-available Mojave?! Which then called for a slightly more subdued eye, so I went with more earth tones. And my shirt had to be #runsonlipstickandsarcasm!
Catsitting!
We stopped in to check on the cats while Anna and David were camping…and we snagged Ash for a proof of life photo!
Eagles Hotel California 2022 Tour!
We might have been the youngest people here. Or close to it.
They were so, so good. They did THREE HOURS! We were up past our bedtime but it was worth it!
Fortune Feimster date night!
The call you never want.
It is with great sadness that I tell you my dad passed away (somewhat unexpectedly) earlier this morning. He and Lin were in Florida for the winter so plans will likely be to have a celebration of life this summer in the U.P.
Me on a tee shirt.
As my bestie Anna said when she found this at our local consignment shop—this is the most Jen shirt to have ever Jenned.
Amazing USMC Pysanky
(This was actually on March 10.)
I made an ostrich egg for my son-in-law. He retired from the United States Marine Corps last year. I had so many issues with this project and want to thank one of my egg peeps, Mark Malachowski, for all his help! We were able to travel this weekend so I could gift him with it. It was, by far, the most challenging Pysanky I’ve ever done.
Congratulations Tom!
And some photos of the whole process!
I’m totally slacking on the photos.
I’m not sure what’s wrong with me — I didn’t think of taking a pic of us until literally just this minute.
And I totally didn’t get any with the grandparents and the kids, either
OONI PIZZA NIGHT!
Anna and I might have done this tonight.
I legit can’t remember the last time I did a straight Patrón shot—let alone one with my mom across the room.
Also? Great memories using the Royal Caribbean shot glasses from our last cruise…but they’re HUUUGE.
I got this puzzle from Amazon Vine and it was a big fail.
We thought we were missing pieces after our first edge-piece sort so sorted again. And then again when we only found one additional piece. And a third time just because we couldn’t believe it. We talked about not even doing it, but it really was a fun and somewhat easy puzzle so we continued.
And this is what we ended up with. I didn’t even count the missing pieces because it was so crazy. Not just a piece. Not just an edge. But a ton of random pieces!! Sooo disappointing!
Needless to say it got a 1-star review.
Middle school band competition!
Typically this would be in person but Zoom is still the way of life for a lot of events. So we were all on the stage in the Cafe watching while the kids played in front of the judges on a huge screen!
Grandma and grandpa and the Chang-Yens were able to be there so Owen was excited about that!
My name is NOT mom!
Mom’s night out at Genesee Theater with some of our mom squad to see My Name is NOT mom! I was so happy to be healthy enough to make it!
We’re really up close and personal for some mom humor!
It was hilarious and definitely worth going if you get a chance!
It’s ribs for dinner!
We were having friends over for dinner so Tom decided to do ribs. It smelled so good all day!
Some Honey and Pepper love.
I went to Anna’s today to watch our show together and I got me some loves from Honey and Pepper.
Maggie’s second family got to say their goodbyes tonight.
We see Anna and David and the kids a lot. But tonight was the night they all came over to say their goodbyes. They all love Maggie as much as we do. She got soooo many pets and scritches…and Anna finally got the calm Maggie cuddle she’s always wanted.
One last super cute photo.
It’s like she knew I wanted one last super cute photo of her in her bed.
I posted it on Facebook and my aunt made me cry again with her comment.
Little did we know Owen was just the start…
I was sick (mostly recovered but still exhausted).
Tom was still pretty sick in bed.
And oh yeah, I forgot, Anna and David are both sick. Anna had actually been dehydrated and ended up in urgent care. And then David succumbed. And then Evan started to feel sick.
Luckily, Katie was still fine.
SuperBowl Feast
We love our local Hawaiian food truck so much that we splurged and got their SuperBowl Platter (meant for 6-8 people) even though we are just 4 people. (Oh darn, we’ll have leftovers.)
So tonight was hush puppies with remoulade, coconut shrimp with orange mustard marmalade, poke nachos, mochiko chicken, and Asian slaw and spam musabi (not pictured). It was all DIVINE.
And if that wasn’t enough, Anna had decided to make Doubles, a traditional Trinidadian sandwich that David hadn’t had in years. (It’s curried chickpeas and cucumber chutney on fried bread.) Those were yummy, too!
And then it was off to the couch to finish watching the big game (or, rather, the commercials). The dogs enjoyed it, too.
It was a school night so we headed home early, totally stuffed but already looking forward to Hawaiian leftovers!
Honey and Tom: A Love Story
Watching TV over at Anna and David’s…and this happens. Honey loves her Mr. Tom.
Seriously though, look at that TONGUE!
Ummm so until further notice I’m kinda stuck.
This is how we take Maggie places.
She loves to be with us so we take her whenever we go to Anna and David’s. She lives being wrapped in a cozy blanket.
We both have teenagers.
Cheers! Celebrating at Owen’s birthday dinner!
The Rat Pack is back!
We got free tickets to see The Rat Pack is Back in Milwaukee (courtesy of VetTix) so it was date night! Of course we had dinner first (at Doc’s Smokehouse)…
And then off to the Pabst Theater where we actually had really good seats this time —but unfortunately we didn’t love it so we left at intermission. Oh well. They can’t all be winners.
Anna is my person.
Snuggly otters!
Brunch—breakfast pizza and Bloody Marys
We’re still loving the pizza oven!
