Pointing the Finger

Bad moods have the tendency to keep us from seeing things in the proper perspective.

Today is one of those days.

After reading Dr. Gary Chapman's The Five Love Languages before getting married, I became a firm believer in love languages. I had thought that mine had something to do with getting one-on-one time with loved ones, and found that mine was Quality Time. So after a week of my husband working all night and a weekend of sharing him with friends and family, I was excited to spend the day with him on Monday. However, when he called work to get his hours for the week he found out he was scheduled to work, even though he had asked for it off. I hate to admit it, but I was inconsolably disappointed.

I wasn't angry with him, it wasn't his fault. After calling about seven different people who claimed they couldn't work his shift, he ended up going in and leaving me home alone for the night. This isn't the first time our plans have been cancelled because of a scheduling mistake or a last-minute phone call. Mostly, I felt let down by these people who he cancels plans to work for all the time, but who then won't do the same for him.

I've been thinking a lot about our culture that has sold itself to an entitlement mentality. Everyone tends to put themselves first without really considering others. Even I'm guilty of this more often than I would probably like to admit.

So, as much as I would like for someone to go in and talk to my husband's coworkers about teamwork and dedication, I realize that it's important for me to think of where I could give more of myself as well. It takes the effort of individuals to make a team function at its best. And I am my own responsibility.

Grown-up Raspberry Lemonade

If you know me well, you know I love making up on-the-spot recipes with whatever I have laying around. I love it with the intensity of one thousand burning suns.

Okay, maybe not that much. But who doesn't enjoy the feeling of creating? Making new things, broadening horizons, expanding the palette?

Well, this one doesn't exactly "expand the palette", but it did have me beaming. It also turned my husband into a drink-stealing ninja.

Grown-up Raspberry Lemonade

Hubs really wanted pop yesterday (Minnesotans say, "pop"), so we went and got some 25 cent drink at Rainbow. Oh, cheap but close-to-the-real-thing sodas, how I equally love and loath your existence! 

Being not much of a pop drinker, I was grateful for his buying me one, but also had to figure out what to do with it to make it, well, something I actually wanted to consume. This, this lovely, delicious, sweet, mouth-watering treat of a drink, was the result.

Surely this will be in heaven. Minus the cheapie soda.

Friends, I tell you. If you're an enjoyer of the occasional alcoholic beverage, you must try this drink. Especially if you like lemonades! You owe yourself this favor. And this lemonade... it's all grown up.

And the recipe is:

Grown-up Raspberry Lemonade

1 can of carbonated lemon-lime drink (sprite, 7-up, Sierra Mist, what have you)

1/2 packet Crystal Light raspberry lemonade

1/2 tbsp rum

Combine and stir.

Add a slice of lemon and you've got yourself your own little party for one!

I'll be honest, here. I didn't use the whole can of pop. The whole contents wouldn't fit in the glass, and I just couldn't leave one sip in there all by its lonesome. It probably wouldn't make a difference to add the rest, though.

Happy weekend! Please drink responsibly.

Nothing In Particular

As I await this month's date night to begin, I am anxious, bored, and in quite a good mood. I have spent a lot of time on Facebook and Pinterest today, and I have run out of lazy things to entertain me. Being as this is more work than updating my status and stalking people's interests, and less work than writing a novel, here I am.

And here is a short list of random things I have on my mind right now:

-My husband is listening to the blues, and I like it.
-I am wearing a mini-skirt with nowhere special to go. No, this is not something I wear in public. It's a leftover from high school and I pulled it out tonight for entertainment purposes only. Hey, if the mini-skirt fits...
-Date night starts in 12 minutes!
-We have $20 worth of retro candy and fine chocolates waiting to be delved into on the counter.
-My hair has gotten SUPER long! It's pretty much past time for a hair cut, and I still don't want to go get a trim.
-My female half of the E.L.'s just called me =) I can't wait to see them both tomorrow!
-I have to try not to spend any money while at the Mall of America tomorrow =S
-That little face looks more like it has a mustache than being frazzled.
-I need to redo my nails, which is unfortunate, because I really like the gray nails with yellow tips that I'm rocking right now.
-I have to get up early every weekday this summer to help teach summer school. That's okay, though, because I'll be getting paid!!
-Someday, I should take some pictures of things and upload them for my posts.
-Someday, when I have pictures on my posts, I should put a few of them on Pinterest. Because I have good ideas that should be shared. At least sometimes. Right?

Okay, I am now exhausting myself with peppiness. No worries, though, soon I will have enough sugar in my system to put me in a diabetic coma. Gee I sure hope I don't end up with cavities and diabetes after tonight!