--- In diet_buddies@yahoogroups.com, "Cindy - DG" <diet@...> wrote:
>
> Not really a meal log since I set myself up on Thursday to basically not
> stay too close to it.
>
> Breakfast - bagel w/lf strawberry cream cheese
>
> Lunch - tuna salad
>
> Snack - sunflower seeds
>
> (left work at noon when we found that the company that does our credit card
> charges had had a fire shortly before midnight & so orders couldn't go
> through)
>
> Dinner - 4 pieces of pizza & breadsticks
>
> Snack - part of a truffle I was given as a thank you at about 11 pm, then 2
> bottles of wine coolers after all 5 kids went home.
>
> Now to explain how I set myself up - on Thursday, Rene got a call from her
> sister-in-law offering her tickets for 2 to a dinner/chamber music event in
> Maize, KS - near Wichita. Rene turned her down since Stan was out of town &
> she knew her son Michael wouldn't want to go. Then she asked me if I would
> want to go out to dinner & a concert - I said sure, thinking she was talking
> about the 2 of us going.
>
> Then the sister-in-law arrived & handed the tickets to me. I waited until
> she was out of ear shot & asked Rene if they were for the 2 of us or just
> me - she said just me. Well, I knew Friday was an evening shift for Don,
> Eddie was going to be in Kansas City or he would have been at the gym
> anyway. The only 3 other options that I could think of were 1. to go by
> myself - which I didn't want to do, 2. ask Jeff to babysit & ask Diane to go
> with me or 3. offer to babysit for all 5 kids & let Diane & Jeff have a
> date. So I went with #3.
>
> I got a late night text from Jeff saying Thank you & that he would need to
> take me out for lunch some time - told him for them just to enjoy themselves
> & come back to rescue me - 5 kids ages 4-11.
>
> The plan was that Diane would go pick up Jeff's 2 daughters for their
> weekend with them, then meet him here at our house. He would come here from
> work & shower. About 10 minutes before Diane arrived, I got a couple texts
> from Jeff - 1 asking if she was here yet with the kids & #2 saying that he
> wanted to take advantage of the date night to ask her to marry him and
> wanting to know if Don was home since he wanted our approval for it. I told
> him no, Don was actually pulling a 16 hour shift, but that I had already
> told Diane that from what I saw of Jeff, I approved of him (may be that in
> comparison to the others 4-5 or so that she has dated since she was a
> teenager that he rises to the top better - I don't know!).
>
> Diane arrived with all 5 kids, Jeff arrived & got cleaned up & dressed & we
> headed them out the door. I ordered $40 of pizza & popped in a movie - then
> tried to stay awake. Jeff's 2 girls went to sleep about 8-9, but Diane's
> were still going strong when they got back. Earlier, I had kind of hinted
> that maybe something would happen while they were gone. Taylor asked if I
> meant Jeff would get Diane pg - told him no - that is no longer an option
> anyway, really. Amber guessed they would get engaged & Bailey (Jeff's 4
> year old) commented that she didn't know her daddy had a girlfriend. The
> other 2 were silent.
>
> I got a text during the concert that she had said yes (found out later she
> kind of thought we put this together for this purpose, so had to dissuade
> her of that idea!) They said they would tell the kids when they got back.
> So I had to keep quiet! I did text back asking if I would be doing the
> cake - got a text back of course, then another saying I could cater the
> whole thing - told them no - just the cake was plenty. Then got another
> saying Jeff had lost his phone privileges, doing the cake was plenty since I
> would deserve to enjoy myself (wow! 5 years might be making a difference
> there in that idea!)
>
> Then a bit after 11, they arrived back, I found out the ring was bought
> yesterday - I assume on his lunch break - & so needs to be sized before she
> can wear it. The kids were told & all were excited. Then I was given the
> truffle - they said they bought 2, shared 1 & saved 1 for me as a thank
> you - I shared with all 5 kids! Told Jeff's girls that now it is official -
> they call me grandma.
>
> Then everyone headed out the door (after Diane said that they may see if the
> place they had their date allows weddings to be held there - said it would
> need to be small - maybe 30-40 people, but that it has a perfect outdoor
> place - at least, I think from the description, it would be outdoors) & I
> broke out a couple of wine coolers!
>
> Today, I keep napping, tomorrow we have everyone here for a BBQ.
>
>
> Cindy Harrison/KS
> Diet@...
> www.HarrisonOpportunities.com
> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/diet_buddies/
> http://cindyharrison.blogspot.com/- email me for an invitation!
>
Congrads!!! Weddings can be fun or hell, either way you'll have your hands full
until then...