First, the obligatory video:
Last night I started a sauce and made some meatballs, the latter of which I refrigerated over night, and this morning I woke up and got that all together. Devon and Seth were over and mom and dad’s, so I dropped off Joelle there and they all had a delightful visit.
I bgouth over dinner a little later:
After dinner we hit Dairy Queen because Breyana is deathly ill. She went to the doctor on Thursday and again on Saturday and tested negative for strep and mono, and this morning could not swallow so went to the ER and apparently she has some sore of horrible viral infection and got a pain shot and a steroid shot. She is all sorts of loopy. At any rate, got her a milkshake and her mom a blizzard and picked up a Buster Bar for dad.
Now we are settling in for a couple episodes of the Wire.
Hope you all had a good one.
Medium Cool – Black Music Month!
cain
Why do all the ladies have such a mischievous look on their faces? 😅
Hope Brianna feels better!
Also frist.
The only person who wished me happy father’s day is my wife’s ex-husband! Lol and the only kids I have is his kids ! What a sweet man.
Mai Naem mobile
That’s a really pretty blue plate. The food looks good too but I can’t take my eyes off the plate.
WaterGirl
@cain:
Impressive!
Suzanne
This Fathers’ Day is rough, Mr. Suzanne’s dad suddenly passed three weeks ago. I took some comfort that they got to spend the last Fathers’ Day together, we were all in Santa Cruz, which was my FIL’s favorite place on the planet, I think.
My own father continues to be trash, but that is just pattern recognition at this point and not upsetting,
I took Spawn the Younger to see Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour last night. It was as epic as promised, and apparently set an attendance record for the city of Pittsburgh. Very, very fun. Got home very late and woke up earlier than I wanted, due to Spawn the Youngest kicking me in the face. I might go to bed early.
WaterGirl
“Oh. My. God!”
I could watch that video every day. (with apologies to Dad Cole)
WaterGirl
Dad Cole looks like he’s up to something. I just can’t tell what it is.
TaMara
I’m seeing a theme here with these women…
I believe Joelle will fit right in.
Scout211
I’m definitely too old for concerts these days (I think you and my youngest are the same age) but color me jealous. What an experience the two of you must have had.
Kay
@Suzanne:
It looks fun on Instagram. They’re all so cute in the outfits.
geg6
@Suzanne:
You may have seen my niece there. The nuclear medicine major. She had on a very short, pink sparkly dress with highlighted hair in long finger curls and singing all the lyrics. Wait…that was all of them.
Swift could have easily sold out another 2 or 3 nights. My niece and one of her sorority sisters were the only ones among her college friends who could score tickets. My niece was one of the plaintiffs in the ticketing lawsuit, so that’s how she finally got her pair. Still cost an arm and a leg. She is getting no gifts from the aunts since we all pitched in to cover the tickets.
ETA: This was her third time seeing Swift and, she reports, the best one.
Kelly
The cats hate it when we sneeze. Martin was being persistently annoying about sitting in front of the TV. Must have picked him up off the TV stand a dozen times. Mrs Kelly looked over at me and asked “can you fake a sneeze?” We both tried several of our best fake sneezes. The cats fled down the stairs. Martin hasn’t been on the TV stand since.
Suzanne
@Scout211: I took Spawn the Elder to see her in 2011, the “Speak Now” tour. That was a sold-out show in an indoor sports arena. It was the most epic show I had ever seen at the time. Last night’s show sold out the Steelers football stadium (twice). And it was on an entirely different level. Just incredible.
I’m sure Spawn the Youngest will also be a fan when she is older, and I will have to take her to the moon, as it will be the only place big enough to hold the crowd.
different-church-lady
Can we get rid of all shitty things except Dairy Queen?
Suzanne
@geg6: She could have sold out a month’s worth of shows, I think. The staggering amount of money was absolutely insane. Hotels were going for over a grand a night. Ubers were hundreds.
James E Powell
@different-church-lady:
Is Dairy Queen shitty? I haven’t been to one since Little League.
Scout211
What?! I thought Blizzards were so yummy because they were 100% organic, all natural and responsibly sourced! Shitty? Unpossible!
Suzanne
@Kay: Dude, the cuteness was just off the charts. The outfits were great. I am not a diehard Swiftie, and I did not know that they make little bead bracelets and trade them with one another. I watched grown-ass adults, including a lot of men, swapping friendship bracelets. It was really joyous to see people unironically loving something so much and just having a great time together. A very positive vibe. I witnessed nothing but good behavior and considerable patience.
NotMax
@different-church-lady
White Castle? ;)
DQ pulled completely out of Maui some years back. One location continued with basically the same menu items under the name Treats ‘n’ Sweets. The other became a Vietnamese fast food place.
Haven’t passed by either location in a long, long time so don’t know what may be there today.
Ella in New Mexico
@Suzanne: I heard she sang “Seven” which is an incredibly beautiful song that is likely my favorite, after Epihany and Cardigan and OK Exile and My Tears on the Folklore album.
You guys were blessed. I swear to God I could have written it, just not Pennsylvania but rural upstate New York. Every second. Every word.
Jackie
@TaMara: I do, too! Obviously JC loves impishness in his life!
Jackie
@Kelly: We had a cat who yawned a lot. He yawned a lot more than the average cat, because we humans could fake yawns – which made him yawn no matter how hard he tried not to. He cracked us up literally trying his best to not yawn – which of course made his yawn lion-y when he finally succumbed! I miss him.
Suzanne
@Ella in New Mexico: She did, with Aaron Dessner. I love love love The National. It was a real treat to see they perform it.
I was musing on the first time I ever saw The National. It was in June 2008, they were the first openers on R.E.M.’s last tour. Mr. Suzanne and I had just started seeing each other in January. We drove out to LA to see them perform at the Hollywood Bowl. The whole night was one of my best life memories ever. The music was fantastic, but the weather and the setting were also just beautiful, and there was this gentle breeze, and it would bring the fragrance of the wine the people next to us had brought. ( I asked them what it was and it’s the Cycles Gladiator Cabernet, now one of my favorites.) Anyway, that night, Mr. Suzanne told me that he had decided to stay in PHX after the end of his program that year to see where our relationship would go. So it was just a really great night. And I have seen The National more times since then and always love them. And then to see Dessner perform with Swift, while I watched with our kid….was really cool.
Odie Hugh Manatee
If you’re going to be sick and tolerate it, Dairy Queen can brighten a day of being ill. It sounds like a good time was had by (almost) all. You’re sounding positively placid, John. That’s positive! I’m celebrating the day by not blowing up the family using my propane refill setup for the first time. Everyone is alive and safe plus I taught our son how to properly refill a propane cylinder.
Tomorrow I need to dig back into the Toyota to look for the air box bolt that I dropped somewhere under the battery while changing out the three rear ignition coils yesterday. I temporarily put a bolt from my bolt bucket in place of it for testing but need to find the OEM one because it’s just the right kind to puncture a tire if it drops onto the road while out and about.
My luck would be to run over it the next day… Happy Father’s Day to all!!
Jackie
@Odie Hugh Manatee: “If you’re going to be sick and tolerate it, Dairy Queen can brighten a day of being ill.”
Nothing beats a Blizzard for helping my grandkiddos cure whatever ails them! (Outside of stomach flu)
Jackie
Happy Daddy’s day to all that celebrate it!
mrmoshpotato
@Suzanne:
How were the goat backup singers on Trouble?
Danielx
Made ribs today for the first time since getting permanent bridge, so first time in a year. They were to die for, but I’m never eating ribs and corn on the cob anywhere but at home. Have to floss posthaste after a meal like that.
satby
I had a nice day. My sons have always called me on Father’s Day as well as on Mother’s Day (I always told them to call their father too). When they were younger they used to give me the funniest Father’s Day cards, I miss those. Perk of being the only active parent. Puttered in the garden until it was too hot and relaxed with a mystery book the rest of the time. And a holiday tomorrow too. Very nice!!
sab
My Dad is 98, almost 99 and absolutely furious with me for putting him into a nursing home when he was too weak to function and I was too small to pick him up. I was sleeping in his house not my marital house, and I still couldn’t pick him up when he fell. So I would wake up my husband to come help. And my senile dad that this was normal. Every husband does this.
As the volunteered caretaker in my family I am amazed by how quickly the other family roaches skittered away into the shadows. I am actually very bitter. Both of my parents needed to be in assisted living and my siblings were like ” oh they will be upset.” I wanted an intervention and both times a got a contraindication. ” Dad will be so upset.” Parents are not thriving but carry on on this bad track. Too bad about your career. Ours are thriving.
Suzanne
@mrmoshpotato: Not as good as the deer who drums in “In the Air Tonight”.
mrmoshpotato
@Suzanne: Oh my god! LMAO!
Never knew about that.
Hungry Joe
@Suzanne: We’re seeing The National here in San Diego (will be my third time) in November. I realize that my saying that they’re The Best Band in the World doesn’t actually make them The Best Band in the World.
(But really, they ARE The Best Band in the World.)
Odie Hugh Manatee
@Suzanne:
LOL! Thanks for that laugh! I had my wife check it out and she loved it!
Suzanne
@mrmoshpotato: @Odie Hugh Manatee: Still one of the funniest things the internet has ever served up. Also this cat.
ETA: Here’s the full version, which is funnier.
@Hungry Joe: They’re so great. I love sad dad rock.
mrmoshpotato
@Hungry Joe: Sailors In Your Mouth is what Thanksgiving is all about.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@Suzanne:
I’ve seen that one before and it’s a laugh. If it’s got a cat in it I’ve probably seen it…lol!
Here’s my contribution to funny: Goats balancing on a steel ribbon
Another Scott
@Suzanne: No sound, but obligatory…
Cheers,
Scott.
HeleninEire
Took Dad to dinner and then we went back to his apartment to watch the first episode of the last season of “Endeavor.” I will miss that show almost as much as I miss “Midsommer Murders.”
Another Scott
@Odie Hugh Manatee: That’s great! Thanks for passing it along.
Cheers,
Scott.
Wapiti
@sab: Yikes, that sounds like a crap situation. But you knew that.
RaflW
I boiled seven wildly overpriced organic eggs today, but forgot to bgouth them on our road trip this afternoon. C’est la vie.
Joelle
Ma Cole: so what kinda salad did you make?
Pa Cole: the kind that you would not like to eat. It’s an Indian salad with celery seeds and tahini and cucumber and a vinegar pickles.
ma Cole: oh yeah I would not like to eat that salad.
End scene.
there we’re plenty of gems just like this throughout the day and meal. FYI the salad was really delicious and unique! It had kiwi I it too!