nicely done monday

i just got home from a really expensive, really local, really organic, really sustainable lunch with my parents - which was lovely for all, esp me as i had a ginourmous hamburger, sans bun but mucho delciouso. mike had a tempah rueben which everyone at the table knew was tempah but he was expecting a super reuben a la kobe beef burger, not a bean curd patty masquerading as corned beef. my mom, although vegan has always shied away from eating tofu ect disguised as other things, tofurkey ect.....she is our yoda in all things low on the food chain. btw it is meatless monday! try it! ( : so far so good....for mike! har har. so i get home and check my voicemail and i have a call from coffee and tea in linden hills. one of my most fav coffee shops. tiny, pungent, no wi fi (btw do they not make offices and study halls anymore?) and i can bring in harriet and she has so much fun she almost thinks she was at the dog park.....well, they have a little bin on the counter that you can put your name in for a monthly coffee draw and of course i always do - if it's free, it's for me....que, carrie smile and nod.....well i WON!! a pound of coffee! i never ever win anything! i won the opportunity to go on a provincial browine (canadian for girl scouts/guides? whatever they are called) camping trip in 3rd grade and i swear that was the last time. i am so happy. really truly. i think mike thinks i am totally mental and i suppose he is wondering if he should strike a deal with coffee and tea every month just so i get the rush of victory...not a bad idea actually. i feel so good that i actually am going to go through with my promise to gabby of listening to kid music in the car with my kids. chloe singing blame it on the al al al al al alcolhol while cutting out paper snowflakes, is just wrong! that paper is a tree! only snowflakes from paper that has been colored/printed on, again, carrie smile and nod.....however leads to strange clock work orange type snowflakes, with a mix of dissected my little pony, army guy and case notes from hcmc.....no really though, she is 5 and now she is going to discover that there is a whole genre of age appropriate music for a 5 year old! so brew so coffee and strike up the raffi! it's monday!