IHOP by the highway

I like cereal. I like many different cereals depending on my mood. It could be Count Chokula, Frankenberry, Captain Crunch, Applejacks, or any of the whole grain mixed with fruits or nuts kinds. We never finish a box of cereal here because about half way through we are bored with it. We also do not eat only cereal. We eat oatmeal and grits, biscuits, cake and tacos. The best solution to this is the variety packs of single serving. But I do not like all of those so, some get never eaten and thrown out. I realize they probably put the most popular brands in the packs but I do not usually like what is popular. I would love to be able to personalize my Kellogs, Post and General Mills variety packs.

 Customize it if you will.

 One day have the Banana Nut Crunch the next Cocoa Puffs, Breakfast taco day and then Raisin Bran. 

There is a half-eaten box of Cocoa Pebbles in my pantry that will never be eaten because the Cocoa Puffs are fresher. Am I alone in this cereal suffering?

It is raining and I am full of bliss.

Saturday was dinning out day. We woke up to my daughter Lovey wanting sausage, bacon, eggs, biscuits and gravy for breakfast. I do not have all of that here so she opted for Jims. Where she did indeed order the entire above plus grits which I ate. Mmmmm Later that afternoon her Grandmother called and asked us to meet her at IHOP for dinner she wanted to take us out. IHOP Rolling Oaks or IHOP Forum I asked? Rolling Oaks she said. So we arrived and sat and ordered drinks. Five o’clock came and went and still no Grandmother. I called her and she said she was at the IHOP by the highway. They are both by the highway…haha . So we paid for our drinks and headed out to find her. We had a delightful time and when asked about her boyfriend Lovey said she was shopping and had several. I thought Grandmother was going to choke but she simply paused with her mouth hung open and then stated that it was a brilliant idea and she should continue to shop until she found the right one. She then decided that if she was ever going to go to a club it would be to see men dancing and Lovey had to go with her. She then practiced saying “Come here young man” in a seductive way. Our waiter was enchanted by our laughter and fun as was the manager and the rest of the staff who all kept watching as we giggled and squealed with delight at our clever comments.

Sunday morning I awoke to my nephew asleep on my couch. Only I did not know it was him. I just saw a set of man legs and big feet hanging over the end of the love seat. 

As 11 rolled around I discovered that I not only had a granddaughter and 2 daughters in my home but also 2 young men. My home had once again become a flop house. They decided on breakfast tacos and off to the store they went. I was ghost hunting and chattering with Em when they came home and announced their arrival. OK! “Mom we are here with the taco stuff.” Ok! A little while later, “Mom the taco stuff is here!” OK! “ Mom don’t you want to see what we bought?” OK! I go down stairs and everyone is sitting around the table reading the paper the taco stuff on the counter. Oh I get it…haha they wanted me to cook it. They bought enough for 12 people I will be eating breakfast tacos for days!

 Did they jump up and do the dishes? NO So as I slowly cleaned the kitchen I thought up chores I needed done and randomly assigned each flopper one. I got more done that way I will remember that!

Lady Tamara www.LairdOfLochaber.com now has to get the laundry started I have massive amounts of bed linens to wash. I hope the rain comes down hard enough to wash away the dust on Charles. What are you washing away today?