Rain Rain Go Away...
Mood:  hungry
Topic: Family
Well my visit with my Mom was fantastic. All we did was shop and eat. For those of you in the Raleigh area if you haven't tried Tir Na Nog's Sunday Brunch you have got to go. They had the best bread pudding I have ever had. If you do go...go after noon. That is when they start serving the mimosas and bloody mary's.

We went to see Nanny McPhee on Sunday. It was excellent...I cried. But then again I cry at just about everything. We had wanted to see Broke Back Mountain but the only theater playing it was clear across town.

Mom left Monday afternoon and it felt odd not having someone to entertain. Fenwick the cat is glad to have things back to normal and has spent the last two evenings curled up on the new throw blanket that my mom bought for me. I tried to take it from him last night so that I could curl up underneath it and watch TV and he growled at me. Ungrateful cat!

Well I guess I should be going. I am spending the day cleaning my desk and most of the office. We have some big wigs from our district office coming tomorrow and we have to get ready for our "dog and pony show" *sigh* Oh well at least they will only be here for the day.

My Mom shouldn't tell jokes...
Mood:  happy
Topic: Family
I was talking to my mother last night trying to plan things to do when she visits this weekend. Towards the end of the conversation she tells me that she has a joke to tell me and it went something like this...

This man encounters a Genie. The Genie says to the man, "I will grant you three wishes" The man says, "yeah right" The genie say, "Well ask for something and see that I am telling the truth." So the man wishes for a beautiful oasis. POOF the Genie creates an oasis.

The Genie says, "See I didn't lie to you. Now make your next wish." The man then asks to be be incredibly handsome. POOF the Genie makes the guy a hottie.

The Genie then says to him, "What is your 3rd wish?" The guy thinks about it and says, "I want to be what every woman needs." POOF the Genie turns him into a Tampon.

My mother then says, "Do you know what the moral of the story is?"

My response: "No?"

MOM: The IRS never does anything without a string attached.

There was silence as I tried to figure out what the IRS had to do with a Genie granting wishes. She then laughs and says...no wait it wasn't a Genie...it was an IRS agent that granted the wishes.

LIL Even with the correction to her joke I didn't find it all that funny. I am sure there was probably more to the joke that she had forgotten. Oh well...bless her heart she tries.

I am excited about her visit. Now that I live in NC I don't get to see my family very often. I have tons of stuff planned so I hope she will have a good time.