My mother turned 80 this year and we celebrated by going out to eat. We were 10 people in all and it was a great time except for the vegetable risotto.....which can out dressed like soup. Can't win them all.....the waiter took it off the bill so, whatever! We went back home for cake and coffee.....my niece and her boyfriend took my grandkids downstairs to run aound and play. Before they went home, my niece asked about my husbands bike which is stored downstairs. He had to have this bike for his 40th birthday (10 years ago) just had to have it......well, it's been in the basement since...maybe saw the light of day 5 times (I am being generous). My nieces' boyfriend is a bicylist, he trains and races all year round and he saw the bike. Seems it is a really nice bike and he was wondering if we would sell it to him. It was like a answer to a prayer....my mom has been complaining about the junk in the basement forever. So I said I try to get my husband to give it to them.....not tonight......but promised I'll work on it.
So early one morning I asked him to give the bike to my nieces' boyfriend.....what????.....can't you see I'm trying to get in shape...I'll be using the bike probably next week.....early in the morning....take the dog with me.....I'm going to stop smoking......you are not going to recognize me.....are you crazy?? that was my birthday present.....you bought it for me remember??.....oh boy...this is going to take a little longer than I thought.
My niece called me after a few days and I told her they will have the bike but not now.....is there a big rush....no......good. I asked if they wanted a pair of roller blades each......my husband bought us each a pair and thought he was going to get me to roller blade....yeah!!....A great idea I thought at first but reality set in fast. We went once to the park and I almost broke a hip....not for me. I think the blades were my idea......crazy things you do in your 40"s!
My husband is buying fresh food from the organic market.....great stuff.....buys much too much......I take it to work and eat it for lunch.....he is trying....I'm eating better... not taking the bike out tho...he is still not working so it's not about time...plenty of that around here......in a few weeks it will be too hot to ride a bike.....hear this every year......He loves my niece and I know he will give them the bike......but it will be his idea.
Now I am enjoying the peace......Spring is here so I'm cleaning out the basement and closets....someone out there can use what we don't...bagging it all up, waiting for the flyer to let me know when to put it all on the stoop.......all in a circle.
Thinking of making a cauliflower soup for Easter.....
So early one morning I asked him to give the bike to my nieces' boyfriend.....what????.....can't you see I'm trying to get in shape...I'll be using the bike probably next week.....early in the morning....take the dog with me.....I'm going to stop smoking......you are not going to recognize me.....are you crazy?? that was my birthday present.....you bought it for me remember??.....oh boy...this is going to take a little longer than I thought.
My niece called me after a few days and I told her they will have the bike but not now.....is there a big rush....no......good. I asked if they wanted a pair of roller blades each......my husband bought us each a pair and thought he was going to get me to roller blade....yeah!!....A great idea I thought at first but reality set in fast. We went once to the park and I almost broke a hip....not for me. I think the blades were my idea......crazy things you do in your 40"s!
My husband is buying fresh food from the organic market.....great stuff.....buys much too much......I take it to work and eat it for lunch.....he is trying....I'm eating better... not taking the bike out tho...he is still not working so it's not about time...plenty of that around here......in a few weeks it will be too hot to ride a bike.....hear this every year......He loves my niece and I know he will give them the bike......but it will be his idea.
Now I am enjoying the peace......Spring is here so I'm cleaning out the basement and closets....someone out there can use what we don't...bagging it all up, waiting for the flyer to let me know when to put it all on the stoop.......all in a circle.
Thinking of making a cauliflower soup for Easter.....
