Tuna Noodle Casserole?

Before I get into this story, let me give you some background on my MIL's eating habits.

This woman likes nothing and when I say nothing, I mean nothing.

She is extremely picky, to the point she is flat out rude about it.  She has no problem making gagging noises when invited over for holiday dinners.  She also has no problem finding out exactly what you are serving and bringing over her own tasteless versions of the same food.

I won't even go to a restaurant with her anymore because she is so picky, she will send her food back numerous times, ask for the impossible and by the time you are done you are just so embarrassed and exhausted that it isn't even worth it.

Not to mention she will only eat at chain restaurants, god forbid she step foot into something a little classier and locally owned.  She prefers shoe leather over a good steak.  No shit, she instisted we go to Applebees for dinner a few years back and sent her steak back over 3 times because it wasn't done enough.  By the time she got it back it was like a piece of leather, but she enjoyed it.

Now, onto my story.

Last week my husband declared he wanted me to make tuna noodle casserole because his mom made it when he was a child and he loved it.

I said fine, I'll make it for you.   I am not a huge fan of tuna, but he asked for it, so I will make it.

I start looking through some of my recipe websites for recipes.  I found several and they all sounded pretty darn good.  Cheese, cream of mushroom soup, onions, celery, crushed crackers or chips.  Not bad.

I read him some of the recipes and he tells me NO, those are nothing like his mom's recipe.  Her recipe is apparentely awesomeness and he will call her to get it.  I said fine, get your mom's recipe and I'll make that.

He gets a hold of her and gets her list of ingredients. 

Tuna.

Egg Noodles.

Milk.

Butter.

Wah???  I say, Jeff, something is missing.

That cannot be the recipe.

It sounds horrible.

In fact, it sounds like something they serve in prison.

He gets mad at me, tells me that just because it isn't my mom's recipe I don't like it.  I said back to him, Jeff, seriously, something is missing.  It can't just be those 4 ingredients.  Where is the flavor?

Then I remember who his mom is.

The pickiest woman alive.

I'm pretty sure she took one of those fabulous sounding recipes, removed everything with flavor and voila, her version of Tuna Noodle Casserole.

I will be making this recipe for him and I will report back on whether he enjoys it at the age of 36.

My guess is no.

Watch Out Ladies

Annoying cackling heard in the background is compliments of my MIL and her mother.

Also, my husband needs Visine.

Toddler Beds

My MIL was visiting tonight and showing us the Wal Mart (her favorite store ever) website.

She found Davis all sorts of Lightening McQueen toddler beds.

Let me break down the problems with this.

1. He doesn't even like the movie Cars anymore.

2.  I think themed rooms like that for kids are a gigantic WASTE because at this age they like something one week and are onto something new the next.  See #1.

3. The plastic toddler beds are just tacky. (aplolgies if you own one)

4. They are expensive.
5. Our kid is super tall, these beds use a crib mattress and let me tell you, he wouldn't fit in that thing for more than a year.

6. She was also obsessing over Cars comforters and curtains, BARF.

So see, I have a bunch of reasons why this is dumb.  If my husband says ONE thing about this I'm going to flip the EFFFFFFFFFFF out.

My plan is to leave his room alone, it is painted blue and very basic.  We will take the front piece off his crib and add the rail to make it a toddler bed and when he outgrows it in length in probably a year or less we will either get a twin or full sized bed.

And there you have it.

Heavily themed character rooms are a waste of money, not to mention tacky.

I mean really, who in their right mind would spend $200 plus shipping on this ugliness.

My response to this idea was, yeah, my mom saw one at a garage sale for $50, I told her absolutely not.  Then I said, I didn't realize we were doing a Cars theme in his room, let alone re-decorating.  She got all flustered.

Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

I frequent our local TJ Maxx almost every single week.

Mostly because it is right down the street from where Davis goes to therapy and considering I leave him there for the 1.5 hour session I need something to occupy me.

I don't buy something every week.

I'd be broke.

Usually I just wander around, see if anything catches my eye.

A few weeks back I found two tops that I loved, but I just didn't want to spend $25 each.

I know, $50 for two tops doesn't seem like much.

But I'm cheap.

I went to TJ Maxx today and was scanning the clearance racks when I found both tops marked down to $12 each.

$24 for two tops.

Yes please.

It just goes to show you that if you find something you like, if you wait, it might just go on sale.

On Being Tall

Davis is 38 inches tall.

He grew 7 inches in one year!

He is the height of most 3 year olds and some 4 year olds.

He towers over other kids his age.

I didn't start realizing how tall he was until friends started posting stats of their 2 year olds on FB.

We are not really sure where he gets it.

I'm 5'4" and my husband is 5'10".

Average.

My mom's side of the family is tall though, I have a female cousin who is nearly 6', all my male cousins on that side are well over 6' tall, and my sister is tall.

I think it will be interesting to see how Davis' growth continues.  He may stop and average out to my husband's height or he could tower over both of us.

All I know is his height did cost me a new car seat as he outgrew his old one in height already.

Quizzes, Exams and Nerves, OH MY!

When I went to college in the past, I didn't really care that much.

I studied, sorta.

I partied a lot more.

I never worried about exams, tests, etc...

If I got a C I would be happy.

Sad.

I strived for Cs.

I was such an idiot.

Thank god like NONE of my business classes even apply to this degree, so my slate is basically wiped clean, the grades I got don't count.

Except for a C I got in English I.

I will take that over again.

I had a quiz and an exam in one of my classes already.

Can you believe it?

I was very worked up about them given my past history.  But I actually read the book, did the study guides and actually studied.

Even though I did all that stuff I kinda felt like puking today over taking them.

I sat down and was shocked, holy crap, I knew everything on both of them.

I got a 100% on my quiz and a 98% on my exam.

I'm so proud of myself.

I feel comfortable saying that those are the first two As I've ever received in college.

Woot Woot!!!

It Just Hit Me

I know I'm not old, but I'm older than I feel.

I still feel and think I'm in my very early 20s.

I'm taking my first semester of classes online.

For both classes we have all had to go through and introduce ourselves on the discussion board.

There is a 15 year old HS student taking a class with me.

That means he was about a year old when I first started at Owens.

1997.