Fallopian tubes, laundry, rotten green beans, and other things

Boomer refused to stand up to have his picture made

In this picture, it looks like he's saying, "MOOOOOOM! Stop taking my picture!"

The motherlode of green beans for Boomie!

I was at work yesterday and was with a patient who was having a PET scan (a scan for people who have or had cancer), and was talking to another guy who was waiting to have his scan done.  He was telling me that he had lung cancer, but they couldn't remove it surgically because it was in his lung tubes.  "I can't remember what they're called.  Is it fallopian tubes?  Yeah, it was in my fallopian tubes."  I couldn't even correct him, because I was afraid I would laugh out loud instead of in my head.  I just bit my lip and nodded.

In trying to organize my life better, I'm considering having all the kids do their own laundry.  That will work great for Brooke and probably for Maddie, but I'm thinking not so much for Garrison.  I can't decide how much pain and suffering I want to cause myself.  As I thought through my great idea, I figured it would go something like this:  Brooke would wash her things about every other day, dry them, fold them, and put them in her room.  Maddie would wash her things about once a week (hopefully when they're dirty and have been worn once or twice, dry them the next day, and put them in her room).  Garrison would wear his clothes, throw them in the hamper, get them out of the hamper when he needed them and they weren't clean, listen to me fuss because his clothes are dirty and/or smelling, throw them in the washer after I nagged him about it for days, forget about them, throw them in the dryer after I fussed at him, forget about them, get them out piece by piece as he need them, no matter how wrinkled they are (embarrassing me because he's wearing horribly wrinkled pants to work), and finally taking the pile of wadded clothes in his room and putting them on his dresser.  I just don't know if the mental stress is worth saving the few minutes of physical work.  Probably not.

By the way, James is now working at Jersey Mike's with Garrison!  They are both "pumped" about it!  Garrison told me he has about $6000 in the bank right now.  He wants to have $10,000 in the bank before he starts college.  The boy has a plan.  I think he wants to be able to buy a house after college.  I don't know where he got his incredible saving skills.  Probably Granddaddy.

I walked in on Garrison getting CHEWED OUT by his girlfriend's (we'll call her CJ) mom the other night.  Dad and I were LIVID.  It ended up with Dad calling CJ's dad back and telling them not to interfere in our parenting our son, and if they have issue with something Garrison is doing, they need to take it up with Dad or me.  Dad and CJ's dad met at McDonalds in person on Monday and sort of smoothed things out, but Dad did not back down.  I'm glad.  He didn't need to.  We have told Garrison that it is never to happen again, and if it does, we'll be dealing directly with the mom.  It was really messy, but pretty much over for now.

Boomie continues to get skinnier (well, smaller.  I won't get ahead of myself).  I took a couple of pics that I'll upload later.  I'm at work now.  I was buying him Wal-Mart brand canned green beans, which I thought were the cheapest.  Then I found Green Giant green beans, which were 6 cents a can cheaper.  I was pumped!  He thinks he's getting fancy green beans now, and they're cheaper!  Dad said he found a can of Green Giant green beans at the office that expired a year ago.  He's going to bring them home to give to Boomie.  Nothing but the best for our dogs!

Gotta run!  I'll upload pics within the next couple of days, or tomorrow if I don't work.  I'm on call and figure I'll probably get called in.

Can't wait to hear about your Romania experiences!!

I love you!

Mom