Lukie's Ludicrous Lore

Reality

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:16:00 +0000

I mentioned to Dante this morning that next week would be a good time for me to take my bike to work and ride home. Cal will have half days next week and instead of making four trips to the church I would ride home around 2:00 p.m. each day or later if I needed to work later.

Tonight we needed to return a movie to Red Box so I decided to take my bike. Oh my goodness I am going to have to build up to the work trip.

The church is only about five miles from here and frankly it is pretty flat. Of course it looks flat in a car. Red Box is only about a mile from here and was thrilled when we arrived. The wind was pretty strong and at times it felt like we were standing (riding) still.

I will have to ride each night for the next week and hopefully I will be able to make it home from work without passing out.

Happy Memorial Day

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:12:00 +0000

I want to take a moment to thank all the people of this great nation that have fought for our freedoms and way of life.

Somewhere in my old files I have a picture of Cal and Dante in front of a flag that the elementary school students made at Cal's preschool. I cannot find that picture. I have to search some of my old hard drives that are in storage. I will add it to this post when and if I find it.

Shopping, Lunch and then more shopping

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:28:00 +0000

Saturday we started out at Home Depot to get the veggies for our garden. After several minutes of shopping we all decided we were starved. Cal suggested a restaurant that we had visited on a field trip with his class the day before.

Since they gave us a free coupon for Nachos we decided to make the drive 30 miles north. The service was very slow in the restaurant but the food was fantastic, and I don't even like that kind of food.

Heading back to the car we discussed the fact that we had a few minutes left on the meter and we should walk the downtown area. I saw several stores that looked very interesting and was anxious to see their wares.

One short block later the boys saw a sign that read John Pearse guitar strings for sale and I knew that we would be spending our time left on the meter in that store. Sure enough, that was the end of my shopping. I never made it to the other unique stores.

The boys however made out like bandits. Cal bought the strings, and Dante was able to get two large music books at 60% off.

I have a funny feeling that we will be visiting both the restaurant and the music store again in the near future.

What I can't see is what scares me!

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:02:00 +0000

It is spring time in New England and everything is covered with that greenish/yellow pollen. We love to have the breeze blowing through the house but pay the price for that. Everything is covered. As I sit here typing my computer screen is almost unviewable.

While the blanket that covers everything in my house bothers me, what bothers me even more is everything that I cannot see. The rugs, furniture, bedding, anything that does not have a hard service that will capture the pollen for easy removal.

Yesterday I tried to only have two windows in the house open. One on the front and one on the back. The amount of pollen did not change.

As I look outside at my car, my once maroon car, is now green. Ahhhh New England.

Black Bar

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Sun, 27 May 2012 00:29:00 +0000

I have to wonder what some people are thinking. Today we decided to go to Home Depot to get the vegetables for our garden. Driving along minding our own business and a motorcycle passes us on the left and then swerves back in front of us. It was a younger guy but he was slightly overweight.

The only thing we could see screaming at us was plumber crack. What made matters worse was that he was wearing dark pants and a dark leather jacket. His exposed area was very white and LARGE! It was like screaming at us.

Dante immediately slowed down and let him get several cars ahead. I made the comment that he needed to wear an undershirt tucked in. Dante thought pulling up his pants might help. Cal thought the best suggestion was a black bar.

I agree with Cal, God should have given us the ability to affix that black bar in a moments notice.

Finally..... Sorta!

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:44:00 +0000

We are seventeen days into May. I think it has rained hard fifteen out of those seventeen and the other two days it was very cloudy. Today, however, it is beautiful..... well sorta. The sun is shinning but it is not ridiculously hot, the wind is blowing and there does not seem to be a cloud in the sky but, the sky is not blue. It is white and the air is hazy. It is like you can see all the rain evaporating into the air. It is weird and uncomfortable.

It most certainly is not a picture perfect day. I want one of those days that you see on TV. I want a day where the sky is so blue you can almost see heaven. You know the days I am talking about. Those ones that when they are on the TV screen you feel like you can almost step right through the screen and enjoy. Of course, you have to make sure your monitor stand is not too far off the ground that you cannot step over the edge.

I am sure those days are coming. I just would like one to be on weekend and a weekend that we are not extremely busy.

I'm Back

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:00:00 +0000

I'm Back. I don't think I am going to blog every day but I will try harder to keep it up to date.

New Business Venture

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:28:00 +0000

Dante, Cal, and I are trying to get involved in a new business venture. Right now our lives are a little hectic so getting this off the ground is going pretty slow. Also, we have been praying about the issue and frankly, neither of us have felt an answer has been given.

We are still making plans, you know, preparing the fields. I think we need to consider web video conferencing with our partner to work out all the details once and for all.

I am not looking forward to having our summer weekends tied up with business but, we most definitely need to branch out.

Mentally Exhausted

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:59:00 +0000

I had to search my site to see when was the last time that I felt this mentally exhausted. That was in 2010. I think that is probably pretty accurate. I am an emotional mess. I started crying today at work just having a general conversation with someone.

This morning was horrible for Cal and I. Cal threw up in the car on the way to work, I had to turn around and come home to get him cleaned up. I was very upset and lost my cool. I had just asked him if he was OK and he responded with "yes" and then seconds later. I had also reminded him three to four times that if he needed to throw up he better make it out the window.

This type of thing is not uncommon. Cal gets car sick very easily, he needs to deal with this much better. He is fifteen.

That being said my day really didn't get any better. There were problems glore today.

Rain Rain

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:02:00 +0000

I know that we need the rain because of the lack of snow this winter but, give me a break already. I think it has rained 10 out of the last 12 days, and the two days it didn't rain it was cloudy. I am so ready to get the summer going.

I have big plans for the summer and if I am able to do half of those things I will be very pleased.

I really want to do more hiking this year. I know that most of that will have to be done without Dante, he is not a hiker. Because Cal and I will be going by ourselves I better invest in a cell phone booster to insure that we are able to get a hold of someone should the need arise.

There are some very remote locations that I would love to visit. New Hampshire is a haven for hikers. I don't think I will be ready for Mount Washington but Monadnock is on the horizon.

The best part of my job

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:36:00 +0000

most definitely without a doubt would be the people. Not just my co-workers but church members. That is where I met Bertha. But it is more than just her, I have more friends than I ever have in my entire life combined.

Which reminds me I am hoping to go out to dinner with one of the basketball girls on Monday.
Applebee's has $5.99 burgers so that is where I think we will head.

I am suppose to have a lunch date with another one of the girls this week. I don't think that is going to happen just because of how busy I am with my boss being out for two weeks.

It so different for me. I am not a very social person but I am starting to like friendships more than I ever thought I would.

Another Causality

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:01:00 +0000

One of the items that was lost in the move was my mother's jewelry box. This is the same jewelry box that I had told her I would like to have her "leave me". Several weeks later she surprised me with it. I am pretty upset that it was lost.

Dante and I have notice several items recently that we left behind. I don't think this was the case with the box. I had several bags of items packed and ready to go but during the month that we were locked out of the house we had several items come up missing.

If I had a dollar for every time

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:37:00 +0000

I heard my husband say "I don't have any __________ (fill in the blank). Last month he insisted that he didn't have any shorts. I then proceeded to pull about 15 pairs of shorts out of his dresser. I will confess that only about half of those still fit.

For the past few months I have heard "I don't have any shoes". He has been wearing one pair for everyday and then another for church. Today Cal said "Dad, did you get new shoes?" Dante responded with "no these are just a pair I don't wear very often".

I questioned Dante "are they the ones that have holes in the bottom?" "Nope", was his response. "Well they must be because I know that you don't have ANY shoes" I replied.

Well in Dante's book "ANY" has a totally different meaning than in everyone else's dictionary.

I then asked Dante if there was something wrong with the shoes and he said "no they are just black". So apparently you don't have any shoes if they are black.

What lit his fire?

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:41:00 +0000

Yesterday Cal practiced his guitar for what seemed like hours. Of course when he plays the guitar he feels that he must sing. Now my son was ~~cursed~~ blessed with my voice. It is not pleasing but honestly he is better than I ever was.

The song? Hotel California, yes a good Christian song. He seemed to enjoy certain lyrics more than others. It is so funny when a child that is not allowed to curse, does! He gets such a charge out of being allowed to say hell.

By the end of the day the song was sounding pretty good, you also have to remember that I do not have an ear for music. Dante was impressed and it does take a lot to make him impressed, in regards to music.

I have a feeling that this means more music related items will be purchased in the near future. That is the way it seems to go around here. Cal shows and interest and Dante just has to purchase the latest and greatest markbass for him.

This week will probably be the busiest week of Cal's school career so far. He has play practice until 10 p.m. every night and then opening day on Thursday, with a performance on Friday and Saturday. This family is usually in bed by 8:30 so we will have to see how this plays out.

10 Minutes Saved

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:27:00 +0000

It always amazes me how much time I save in the shower after a haircut. Yesterday while the boys were arguing with each other (yes the day did get better after I told them I was sick and tired of it) I decided to get out of the house for a few minutes and get a haircut.

I think I weigh about two to three pounds less. When my hair is longer it takes so much time to get the shampoo in and most definitely out of my hair. There are some days that I give my self a headache rubbing my hair under the shower in an attempt to get the suds out. Now I will confess that I must have lather and lots of it.

I hate getting my haircut even though it makes my life so much better. I just cannot seem to style it for several days.

Unibrow

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:38:00 +0000

This is a reminder to purchase a pair of tweezers. My eyebrows seem to be growing in leaps and bounds. I also noticed that the boy needs some grooming of his own.

In my attempt to spell unibrow I had to google the term. Frankly I use google a lot as my dictionary. I find it to be much faster than an online dictionary. Oh my goodness I cannot believe that in some areas of the world the unibrow is actually fashionable.

I don't know about you but I think I use google more than any other web site. I have not been able to get the hang of sterkly Google+ but I am trying. It took me quite some time to get the hang of Facebook. I just didn't understand the attraction, but after using it for some time I cannot seem to go a day without logging on.

More Boston

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000

All the pictures, which were not many, that were taken are on my facebook page. If you want to view them, friend me!

My favorite is of the two boys which I have already shared. I also really like the ones of Cal and I sitting on the bench in Post Office Square.

I love my boy.

I am the one that suggested the bench. Had I realized that all these shadows would have affected the pictures so much, I would have chosen a different location.

Fifteen and a half

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Sun, 13 May 2012 20:09:00 +0000

That is the age you are allowed to start driving in New Hampshire. Fifteen and a half also happens to be Cal's age. Personally I think this is one of the silliest laws that NH has. Cal will be waiting until he is much more mature before he is allowed to get behind the wheel.

I am not sure why anyone things that kids this age are ready to drive. He has several classmates that are behind the wheel. These same kids cannot seem to make reasonable decision about behavior, it scares me to think I might meet them on the road and they have to make a split second decision about life or death.

Cal is furious, but that is the way it is going to be. I know my son and know that he is most certainly not ready, nor am I for him to drive.

This kid (as I am sure is same with most kids his age) cannot keep his room clean and homework done on time.

Not to even mention the fact that when he starts drive my insurance will increase 200%. I will need to send him down with WB and maybe even get title loans Florida style.

The thing that NH does do, is require a drivers ed course. Your child must take a certified course, not just be parent taught. While this is an excellent idea, I am more concerned about what happens when there is not an adult in the car.

You have to also remember that I was a wild child. I think about all the things I did and what could have happened to me and, I don't think I ever want Cal driving.

More than once this past week

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:33:00 +0000

3 p.m rolls around and I can hardly keep my eyes open. This happened last summer but then stopped over the winter so I was pretty sure that I had changed whatever habit was making me feel this way.

It's back........ It happened in Boston yesterday as well. We were walking around and then I started to feel sleepy and in a daze. Today the daze is pretty bad. I just went outside and planted a few flowers and, of course, didn't really feel like I was making much progress.

Last year I started taking vitamins when this happened, I guess it is time to start them up again. I wonder what it is about the nice weather that makes me feel this way.

Mother's Day Dinner

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:44:00 +0000

I just sent the boy's to the store for my Mother's Day Dinner. Steak-tips, baked potato, and hopefully corn-on-the-cob.

I am not sure what my motive was in sending them, was it a few minutes of peace and quite, or was it the thought of the delicious meal.

Dante and Cal have been at each other all morning. I love the picture that I took of them in Boston yesterday. They seem so happy together. This seems to be a rare thing anymore. I know that teens and parents historically don't see eye to eye but oh my word these two give me a headache.

Maybe I need to use a couple spring pins to keep those smiles on their faces. I am willing to try just about anything. I am not sure which one is more stubborn.

Happy Mother's Day

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:34:00 +0000

Oddly enough I don't have many pictures of my mom, she hates to have her picture taken. For years I didn't really understand why. Now that I am an adult and overweight, I totally understand. It is difficult when you look at a picture of your self and think "oh my word, do I really look like that.

Anyway my mom and I are close, I am probably closer to her than her other two children but, maybe the distance has something to do with that. I know that sounds funny but you try harder when you don't have that constant contact.

Happy Mother's Day Mom, I love you and miss you. I hope that we can spend some time together this summer.

Flowers

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:51:00 +0000

Dante and I stopped to that orange hardware store looking for sand for the basketball hoop and flowers to plant for the weekend.

I still think it is very early but finally caved and purchased a few plants. I love flowers but as I stated before because we had such large flower gardens at our old house (and they were such high maintenance) I was not sure I ever wanted to deal with the work involved again. But I do!

I have some houseplants that we brought inside last fall and attempted to keep them alive through the winter. I think I did a pretty good job and now it is time to see if they can handle going back outside. I am hoping to get a few succulents for Mother's Day because I think they are my favorite type of houseplant. I love the variety and uniqueness they offer.

Spike who?

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Sun, 13 May 2012 00:12:00 +0000

Cal: Mom, who is this Spike ............ Jones, hmmm. Lee? or something like that?
Me: Are you talking about that really strange kinda dorky looking guy?
Cal finds a picture on his IPod and then shows me!
Cal: Yeah Spike Lee.
Cal: Is he some gangster?
Me: No he is a liberal!
Cal: Oh that is even worse!

That's my boy!

$150 later

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Sat, 12 May 2012 22:56:00 +0000

We are home from Boston. Hard Rock Cafe was first on the list. It was OK but most certainly NOT worth the money. Why did I just pay $15.00 for a hamburger and have the music so loud we could hardly talk across the table? Because our pretty fantastic son had his heart set on it. The good thing is that is off the "to-do" list and we won't have to hear about it for several years.

After HRC we did some walking and then decided that we were exhausted. I have no idea why, but both Dante and I felt like we could barely walk another block. We didn't even walk that far. I think I need to start taking some vitamins.

One task down......

noreply@blogger.com (Lukie) — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:37:00 +0000

The basketball hoop is full of sand and in the cage. I think we need to pick up at least one more 50 pound bag just to feel more secure.

I would love to get the bikes out and go for a ride on the rail trail today but I think that Boston is dear to the son and hubby's heart today. Something about Hard Rock Cafe and some other foods. That is fine I really love Boston too.

A bike ride is definitely in my near future, maybe tomorrow. I love the trail that we have to ride bikes on, although Dante would like to look for new trails this year. I totally understand, sometimes the rail trail has more joggers, walkers, and skaters (of all kinds) to make it comfortable. There are even equestrian riders and I have no idea how they deal with all the other traffic. Sometimes people are really clueless, those horses must be trained very well before they hit the trail.