<p>Pulling my people up froma couple of pages back and wishing all of the moms and mr. moms a happy mother’s day. Cheers!</p>
<p>Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a happy day yesterday. I heard from all of my faraway kids, even the taciturn, uncommunicative one. ;)</p>
<p>I’m looking forward to the end of our liv rm redo this week. Carpenter comes to finish up a few things and painter will do the ceiling & walls and baseboards. By Wednesday evening we should be moving furniture back into the room it belongs in! 
Not to mention tons of books and music.</p>
<p>I’ll be celebrating with a quiet glass of chardonnay.</p>
<p>Baccalaureat was yesterday, graduation tomorrow, after which my baby boy will be a degreed mechanical engineer. Our son orchestrated plans and secured reservations for dinner every night we are in town! Wow. I think he has grown up.</p>
<p>It is hot here in North Carolina; a mojito for me, and drinks for all my friends here in the Alley!</p>
<p>A round on me, guys…SIL (who just got his PhD) accepted a job offer! My D & grandbaby won’t be living on the street! ;)</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Yay! Congrats everyone!</p>
<p>Congrats to mommusic’s D, SIL, and GB. Not living on the street is AWESOME! I know Bud Ice is crap, but that’s what the missus bought at the grocery store, so…bottoms up.</p>
<p>mantori,
If your Bud Ice is in cans, put it to better use in a Beer Can Chicken</p>
<p>I’ll tell you what we had at drinky time today…I was making fruit salad for dinner, and realized we had both fresh pineapple AND genuine Brazilian rum in the house.</p>
<p>I thought the pineapple would be wasted in a salad, so I macerated some to mix with juice, ice, and rum. My son (home from college) thought it was funny to see his mom in a party mood.</p>
<p>It is indeed in cans. Watch your back, Mr. Chicken! Literally!</p>
<p>DH is coming home from a golf weekend and I’m breaking open a bottle of chardonnay. I can’t drink red wine and we’re out of beer! When he gets home, I’ll ask him, “So, what’s for dinner??” and hopefully he’ll take me out! :)</p>
<p>!!Happy Dance!!
Our son is home for a week before heading out to his new job.</p>
<p>I just reviewed with him his health care and other options at the new company. It’s all new to him; I’m so glad he asked for my perspective. I feel a bit superfluous these days.</p>
<p>I’m sitting on our porch with a glass of sauvignon blanc and the fragrance of late blooming lilacs. It is quite warm, but there is a pleasant breeze, and the birds are busily singing and chirping.</p>
<p>Who wants to join me? There is plenty of room and more wine in the fridge.</p>
<p>*To successfully navigating the college app/selection process!
*To loving the school that was chosen!
*To graduating in 4 years!
*To having a JOB upon graduation!</p>
<p>Wow. So much to toast. I may need to over-imbibe!</p>
<p>congrats, mommusic!</p>
<p>D1 is home from college. We just shopped for 2 days (Sat and Sun). This is the first time we’ve had all four of us in the same house. We are going out for some Asian food, which I haven’t had for 2 weeks. I think that’s good enough reason for some bubbly, and it’s 5:50pm.</p>
<p>What is wrong with you kids? You don’t need a reason to drink! LOL…
Why don’t we drink champagne every day? Probably too much $$$… </p>
<p>We tried some “Toasted Lager” from Long Island the other night, $9.99/six pack…OUCH…</p>
<p>congrats, mommusic!</p>
<p>Okay, I’ve got a weird issue going on, and I could use a little CC-style parental support. My son, just graduated from high school yesterday, is having his girlfriend overnight, with my and my wife’s blessing.</p>
<p>So my son is sleeping with me in my queen-sized bed, and my wife is sleeping with my daughter, and my son’s girlfriend is sleeping alone in the living room…but it’s still a kind of coming-of-age milestone from my perspective.</p>
<p>Which means I could use a drink. Who’s buying?</p>
<p>(The good news: We watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail…and she liked it! He could do a lot worse!)</p>
<p>lol mantori. I’ll buy you a drink. What did your wife think? Congratulations on the graduation!</p>
<p>This pretty much sums up how I feel today and I am looking forward to some witch’s brew!</p>
<p>Women are Angels…And when someone breaks our wings…We simply continue to fly…on a broomstick…We are flexible like that…</p>
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<p>LOL! Thanks for my new motto! :D</p>
<p>mafool, </p>
<p>Does he have a GF?</p>