Son-of-a-blankety-blank-blank-blank! Where did this last week go? This wasn’t a week with any significant events or activities, just the daily routine, a head cold, and catching up on....what? I’m going to chalk it up to adjusting post-Holidays.

This weekend will be all about working on and finishing up the thank-you notes to those who thought of us this holiday Season. Well, this is what we’ll be doing in between football games. It seems my devoted husband has taken my written blessing (an old post) on him watching his favorite sport seriously.  So be it. I think I can find ways to occupy myself that don’t include watching back-to-back football games. (This is NOT whining, just my attempt at a little lighthearted ribbing and humor directed at the hubby)

We will be going to the Phoenix Home Show, to get ideas on redoing our desert landscape in the front yard. Kevin has found a place to fit this in prior to the start of one of the many games he’ll be watching. As well as taking 3TSTAXI (aka; Teri’s Taupe Toyota) in for its very first tune-up.

I resent these yearly tune-ups. Seriously. You buy a brand new vehicle, that comes with a decent size monthly payment. One does this, knowing that car repairs are practically nil, and that dependability is at its best. BUT, annually, in order to maintain your parts and repairs insurance, you must take your relatively new vehicle in and spend an average of $300 to $500 to “tune-it-up?” This reeks of a scam if you ask me. And a waste of perfectly good rat-holed money taken from you against your will. 3TSTAXI has less than 8,000 miles on it, (I’ve had this vehicle since October 2005, although it’s a 2006 model. That’s VERY low miles people!) and has had her oil changed religiously on schedule. She does NOT need a so-called tune-up. Rat-bastard car lot thieves dealers!

But overall, I’m looking forward to a weekend sans kids, but with the hubby. Kidless weekends always go by far too fast. Since I don’t know where the week went, I’ve no doubt the weekend will fly by as well.

And that you’ll be seeing another post over the weekend, since I’ll be the proverbial football widow with plenty of time on my hands. (I secretly love this on occasion, though I won’t tell the husband that)

I hope that you have an enjoyable weekend, whatever is on the agenda.

Love,

3T