Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Tuna Burgers

October 7, 2010

Maggie’s cat, Sally, is a tuna lover so naturally she hung around the kitchen this evening as we made these tuna burgers. Just a note – I use regular cheap tuna, not the fancy white stuff :-). We love these and have made them many times, and they are good every single time. Just ask Sally.

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The Oh Crap! Moment…

October 4, 2010

…that wasn’t really an Oh Crap! moment. Even though I got up early today I probably spent too much time online which means I might as well have gotten up late :-/. I remembered that my mom is coming over this morning so I’d better get going for the day. So, all that is going well and I go downstairs and start picking up when I look up at the clock and realize, OH CRAP!! It’s almost 8 and Chris needs to be to work at 8 and Matt didn’t take him to work so I’ll need to do that!!!! Joe runs upstairs to go wake Chris up and I remember, Oh, wait a minute – Chris has today OFF. “Joe? Never mind – he’s off work today”. Joe comes downstairs and laughs. I’m not laughing – I need a vacation people! *sigh*

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thirtysomething – episodes 2 and 3

October 2, 2010

I started my Friday night thirtysomething ritual last night and here’s my takes on episodes 2 and 3:

Episode 2 – The Parents Are Coming – I just couldn’t figure out why Hope was so eager to condemn her mother. I think that she had the expectation of her mother judging her now because that’s how it had been when she was growing up. What Hope can’t see is that her mother is trying to change. Her mother is trying to enjoy her daughter and grandchild because time has gone by so quickly and now is the time to put away the old arguments of the past and move on. Another thing Hope doesn’t understand is how her parents see her and how she has acted with them, but her father reminds her and gives her something to think about.

One of my favorite parts of this episode is when Hope’s father defends Hope’s mother – his wife. He will not allow his daughter to speak badly about her mother and chastises her for it. That to me is a knight in shining armor – he is defending the woman he loves.

Episode 3 – Housewarming – I have to say I always loved Hope and Michael’s house and I really did not remember how they were constantly working on it. Oh, and I always thought you invited friends and family to housewarmings and not people you wanted to schmooze with – isn’t that called a business dinner? We’ve never had a housewarming so I wouldn’t know anyway :-). I do have an old house like that though.

Hope’s little flirtations with the young contractor brought to mind the first time I was called “maam” – I was not quite 30 and it made me feel so old! The age difference of 10 years sometimes can be a great chasm as they both found out. I also feel this is a little bit of foreshadowing of later episodes with Lee and Melissa.

I almost forgot about Janine – Michael and Elliot’s hapless secretary! Those scenes with her were always laugh out loud funny.

And the ending – how could I forget that ending! With all of them gathering in Hope and Michael’s living room and talking and laughing. I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that I wish my life was filled with friends like that!

Well, there you go, those are the things that were memorable to me about these episodes. Stay tuned!

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thirtysomething – Pilot

I just finished watching the pilot (on Wed – it is now Saturday) and I have to say I do not get tired of watching this show. Right off the bat I want to say that I am not Hope, nor will I ever be. I wanted to be her – to be the mom that somehow knew by osmosis how to take care of her child. Maybe it was because she was older and had more maturity in general. I dunno. My favorite line: “Iwas so looking forward to this. Being a grown-up for an hour”. Hope was out with the baby and meeting up with Ellyn, but the baby was fussy and Hope ended up leaving the restaurant. Oh, how I can relate to that! Dealing with dirty diapers, feedings, and the like all day and needing to talk with someone who didn’t just gurgle. I was the only one in my circle of friends to have a child when Matt was born, and I felt they just did not get it. Like Hope thinks Ellyn doesn’t get it. A child changes your whole life and this episode I felt dealt with that quite well on all sides.

Back then I thought that Michael was very good looking, but that was about it – too good looking to be my type. I liked Gary because he was cute and a bit dangerous – someone I would definitely had been attracted to back in the day. I never thought about Elliot though (except how funny he was – I like that) and now I like him and his character the best really. I understand that character and his marriage to Nancy all too well. But that’s for another episode.

As far as the women go, Hope was too perfect for me to relate to back then and now I realize that she embodied who I wanted to be. I can relate to Ellyn a little and Melissa a little (I’ve had a lot of therapy too – heh), but Nancy is ME. I am her on so many levels and now that I am older, now that I have been married a long time, I can understand a lot of that character.

It’s weird how time how time has changed my perceptions of the show, but also how it brings back so many of the feelings and perceptions I had back then. Still – I think it is a timeless show (okay, except for the fashions and tech gadgets) because it deals with issues we ALL deal with through our lives. That’s why I like it so much.

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