Queenkv’s Brainpickings

Back in front of my iMac…going through my to-do lists - compiled over the last few days - a mix of things to follow-up on - from my job search to my wedding madness.

Poor Mark - he takes the blunt edge of my frustrations. He wants me to find a job - wherever - now. So, that changes my search parameters - by a lot.

I still have the un-employed blues…but I’m working on it.

We took my mom and my ninang to Bucca Di Beppo’s for Mother’s Day. Our party of 9 had a pitiful time chowing through 3 large plates of pasta. We did great on the Linguni Frutti de Marre…but left a bunch of noodles on the other two plates. Despite our bulging tummies - we still scooped up a serving of the garlic mashed potatoes. Too yummy - and yesterday - Bucca served as lunch and dinner.

Last Friday - Mark played hooky from work…’cause everyone else was doing it. We drove down to Fashion Island for some window shopping and lunch. We stopped by a pet store and lusted after the puppies….damn, I was tempted to get my mom a cute little weiner dog for Mother’s Day. On my card - I wrote: “Hey mom, I’ll get you a cat when you retire.” When she read it at Bucca - she looked at me and said: “I’m not retiring.”

It’s not that she doesn’t like pets or animals…she doesn’t like feeding them and cleaning up after them.

A loud mouth in the backseat of an SUV passed us in the parking lot.

“Do me baby! Do me now! Do me hard!” he yelled at Mark. Unfortunately - the jackass was in a car going about 40 mph - so I was unable to defend Mark’s honor.