The Adventures of The Merschmans

It's Friday....

...and I had wine in all the wrong places yesterday!

Upon reading a friend's post on her blog, I literally, had red wine (Merlot to be exact) coming out of my nose.  She is flipping hilarious! 

So, what does any friend do, send her a message telling her I no longer had to do my Neti Pot yesterday because I am sure my sinus' got a good cleaning when red wine went all over my lap top via my nose!  This may be a new concept that only the finest and most hip ENT doctors are doing.  The alcohol will kill the germs and you will get a good cleaning, that just isn't the same as the "salt water" mix.    After the wine sets in you can relax,  trying ignore the whining from the kids, the barking of the dogs, and noises coming from everywhere on your dear sweet husbands body.  Isn't that why God made wine...we drink it at church, it must HOLY.  Remember, you saw it here first!

 

There you go!  Enough said...now, if anyone can help me market this puppy that would be FAB! 

NO....I am not leaving you all hangin' here is her link....you will all want to become a fan because she is "flipping hilarious"!  http://www.adayinthewife.blogspot.com/

 

Hoda and Kathie lee...

...is exactly who I want to grow up to be!  Even though, they are close to my own age.  I just love them.  They have the BEST job in the world!  They chat, they drink, they eat....it is a "no holds barred" kind of show.  They have done some crazy things over the last couple of years.  My husband, God love him, didn't even know they ARE the 4th hour of The Today Show.  Seriously, he looks at ratings for TV shows like he is looking at the stock market. 

They were on Jay Leno, last Friday night.  If you didn't catch it, look it up...it is worth it.  They have so much fun together.  I love the SNL skits of them.  Let's see how many times I can say the word "love"! 

I have especially, loved how Kathie lee is so open about everything....from her private, to her very public life.  Yes, I do want to watch the Superbowl with Frank Gifford someday!   The one thing, I really like about Kathie lee, she is so honest and heartfelt.  She really does care about people. 

How can you just not love Hoda!  She is adorable.  Plus, for us here in the great QCA, we had her first!  They are a perfect fit.  Oh, the story of how she met her current boyfriend....is truly a Godcidence!

It's Friday....Got Your Wine?

Well, I am sitting here a little later than last week...so, with that being said, "it doesn't need to be 5 o'clock...it's Friday"!

I have a different view today, I am sitting in Eddis' office.   I love this room.  It is warm and cozy and has pictures of the family decorating the walls.  The smell of the "authentic hand tied" grass cloth is gone...finally.  Some days, I swear I can still smell it.  Lucy, the killer Shih-Poo is curled up on the ottoman while Annie, the Goldendoodle is laying on her bed (if I look at her or say her name she will run like the wind).   One thing I don't like about this room, Eddis always has the bottom part of the Plantation Shutters shut.  He doesn't want anyone to see him, working or better yet, sitting in his chair while he is reading his beloved Wall Street Journal, while he is watching TV.  I would say sports, but there have been many times I have walked in the room to find some show or movie on he would complain about if I had it one in the family room.   I like being able to see outside.  I could go and open them but well, I guess, I am too lazy today!

Basketball has been the topic in the house for the last month.  It has been good, bad and ugly, at times.  Sometimes, it isn't "what is said but how it is said", this case is "how it was done".  We are not ones to dwell on things in this house but this basketball thing has us all in a tizzy.  Even Eddis, which NEVER happens.  So, what does Eddis do when things don't fall right for his son...nothing really, things just generally, work out for Eddis.  

Nicky is on a tournament team that will, in the end make him a better player.  That is what he needs.  He is very nervous before practices but that will end, once he gets use to the new boys he is playing with.  I feel for him in more ways than I care to count.   All he wants, is to play with his friends and the boys he will play with next year.   I don't even want to "beat that other team", etc.  I just want my son to be happy, do well and have fun. 

 Well, that was cathartic....I feel so much better putting the crazy basketball stuff in writing, I feel a HUGE weight lifted from me.  I have decided, we are going to start eating really "clean".  Little processed foods will be in this house.  Whole foods are the way to go.  The only problem, you have to cook and clean.  I have spent so much time the last week, cooking, eating and cleaning my kitchen.  At times, it seems, it would be easier just to skip a meal because it is too much work.  I have to say, I feel so much better.  The first day, I had the WORST headache.  It was awful, the next few days all I did was crave and day dream about what I was going to eat on my "gluttony" day.  All I wanted was a hot fudge sundae, SERIOUSLY!  A few days later, I don't have cravings but I still get my "gluttony" day tomorrow.  HOORAY! 

 

It's Not Just Any Monday...

The kids are home from school.  It is MLK Day.  For Eddis, it is a busy at the store.  In his words, "all those government workers want to spend money".  Good for us!

A recap of the weekend.  A Surprise 40th Birthday party, that was pulled off beautifully.  It was fun, but we are old and left early.  Eddis' back has been bothering him and I was still not feeling well from suffering from some kind of funky virus all week.

Eddis and I were watching SNL Saturday night, a commercial came on for Passages in Malibu.  First of all, he joked that people probably think I am going there in 2 weeks because who REALLY has a friend named Barbi in Malibu area!  In the commercial, they mention how 12 step programs don't really work long term....Eddis says, "how can they, you get to step 6 and forget what you did on step 1.  He rolls over to go to sleep, of course, I continue to watch...they did a skit about a Bar Mitzvah, they had "Taylor Swift", sing to the "young man"; I have never seen someone with back issues, hop up, put his glasses on to see "Taylor".  Only, to find out, it was NOT the "real Taylor". 

Sunday, we had Nick's Lourdes Basketball game.  It was a good game.  They won by about 12, I didn't remember the final score.  Nick had a good game, save the free throws (for some reason they bring him problems, he has to nail those), he had about 10 rebounds and about 8 points.  All in all, it was a good game for him.  If it wouldn't have been for those free throws he would have been double double.   

That is it in a "nutshell". 

Grab A Glass of Wine and Let's Talk

This will be my theme for Friday's. 

We all know, Friday is everyone's favorite day of the week.  It is the anticipation of the weekend, no matter how crazy a weekend one might have in store.  People in general, are just nicer on Friday's.  There seems to be a skip in my step on Friday's that is not there on the dreaded Monday's. 

So, even though it is around noon...let's just pretend (wink, wink) that I have a wonderful glass of Merlot in my hand. 

The things that stick in my mind from the past week are, of course, the horrible "terrorist attack" (that is what I am calling, because that is what it was)  in Arizona.  Oddly, I was chatting with my mother, on the phone.  She is in Arizona and she was telling me she was just getting ready to go to Safeway.  Now, she lives in Northern Phoenix area, I just thought it was weird that she would say that.  She loves her Safeway, like I love my Publix!  It was a horrible event, that was completely senseless!  We live in a free country, or so I thought, OK, don't get me started...we need to keep our Wine (Whine) Friday's polictical free!

The other thing that is bothering people, is the fact that the Horoscope thing is all changed.  What the heck is up with that!  Clearly, it is very disturbing for a lot of people.  Maybe, it is simply making their stars get all out of line!  I admit, I do read my Horoscope occasionally...but I don't live my life by it, nor would I date/marry anyone because of their "sign".  Not that I am looking to date anyone...that wouldn't be a very nice thing to do to Eddis!

It was a slow current events week at the Merchi household because I was suffering from the stomach flu much of the week.  I will try better next Friday. 

Raise your glass and have a GR8 weekend!

A Little Break Is Good For the Soul

I took a little break from blogging.  I was thinking I wanted to take me blog to BIGGER level.  Well, I have decided that is exactly what I am going to do with this little blog of mine.

In my little "blogging break", I took time to research and read a lot of blogs.  I mean A LOT (2 words, pet peeve) of blogs. 

This has come from several people telling me, things like...you really should have a "reality show", your husband is HILARIOUS!  Well, he may be HILARIOUS to you...but, you see, you don't have to live with all his HILARIOUSNESS! 

Back to my soul...I did some soul searching too.  I have a lot to give and that is exactly what I am going to do.  I have been on Facebook, posted, read responses, etc...you all know the drill.  It is fine...just fine.  It was all part of my research in my blogging search.  I realized, some people can be so mean on Facebook.  I know, it is hard to tell in writing what people really mean but words can kill and sometimes they do.  They can kill friendships and make families more dysfunctional.

So, what have we been up too....a whole lot of basketball and dance.  For the kids that is, Eddis and I gave all that up years ago.  We just sit and watch atthis point in our lives.  I tended to get a little too emotional during some of the games this fall, so if you see me at a sporting event from now on...I will have a lollypop in my big mouth. 

As asked, this blog is going to be mostly about the celebrity in the family...EDDIS and his daily antics.  It will blow your mind.  Yes, it may even be a "made for TV movie" or a pilot could arise.  Maybe, Lifetime will pick it up...what do you think?   THAT would really send him over the edge. 

Stay tuned, because there is more to come!