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A couple weekends ago it was rainy and cold outside. Seriously, I wonder if we are going to have spring this year. We’ll probably go right from winter to summer. Anyway, it was a great day to just lounge around the house and do nothing. And that is exactly what I did.
When I awoke from my slumber around 6:00 pm, Tim asked, “So, what’s for supper?”
I responded, “What are you fixing?” This is how I typically answer because I hate to cook and rarely plan meals in advance. I really need to find someone to do this for me.
With Alyssa still sleeping and my butt comfortably wedged in the couch, Tim decided to take the boys and run through Shanghi Boy. We also call it Alyssa’s favorite chicken because she loves their sesame chicken. It’s great fast Chinese food that is inexpensive to boot.
I began to channel surf. The TV all to myself… no kids, no husband. I can pick what I want to watch. Nothing on, it figures. I stopped on the movie, Fear. What begins as an innocent romance turns to deadly obsession when a charismatic young man (Mark Wahlberg) sets his sights on a 16-year-old girl (Reese Witherspoon) who always dreamed of being swept away by someone special. Its movies like this that is the reason you won’t let your daughter date – ever.
Tim and the boys arrive home with dinner. We sit down at the table and indulge. Alex is the first one to finish and heads to the living room where Fear is still on. About that time, Mark Wahlberg is pulling the covers off Reese Witherspoon while she’s sleeping. All she has on is a lace bra and panties. Matching, of course, because what else would a 16-year-old girl be wearing. Alex sees this and says, “Oh!”
Tim and I laugh. I tell him, “Alex, you can change the channel if you want.”
Alex: “I don’t want to.”
Me: “Yeah, I think it’s time to change the channel.”
Tim gets up and changes the channel. Alex rebels, “No, I didn’t want it changed. Turn it back.”
It’s a good thing we have the parental controls set on all the TVs. Who knows what they’d watch if they had free rein…
April 17th, 2009 at 4:19 am
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