Friday Night at Home with Us

Well, this is one of those not so frequent nights at home!!! I love having an evening that has nothing (yes, you did read that correctly, NOTHING) planned!!!

I got off of work at 4 p.m., which doesn't happen often on a Friday anyway, and I had already made the decision that supper was leftovers (had to get them out of the fridge, they were piling up!), so I really had an open evening!

I walked in the door just as the Wonder Husband was finishing up his first round of computer stuff. (He's really BIG into fantasy sports, so he MUST have time every morning and evening to set rosters and check stats.) That meant that I had time to read blogs and start thinking about answers before I started warming the variety of leftovers for supper. (That doesn't happen often either, which is why some of my comments sound so air-headed.)

While I was on the computer the cell phone rang and Jessica was asking if we would watch David Riley for a while. Robbie had called her on his way home from work and wanted to take her out for dinner without any tag-alongs. Well, since it is so hard for me to watch my grandson, and since he is such a terrible child, so hard to keep occupied, etc., I took 5 seconds to think about it and asked how soon he would be here. (I hope nobody got knocked over with the over use of sarcasm in that sentence.)

While I was warming all of the components of our supper, the Wonder Husband and David Riley were keeping occupied with a Veggie Tale movie. (I'm not sure who likes them most, the big boy or the little one!) Now that supper is over, they are back in front of the video screen watching "The Complete Veggie Tale Sing-Along". No wonder they weren't interested in any vegetables to eat, they are getting them by osmosis from a dvd!!**Big Huge Grin**

So, what am I going to do this evening??? I think I'm going to disappear into my sewing room. I know I have a pile of mending that is growing even as I type! I'm, also, thinking about making a couple of new skirts.

My workplace has just recently revamped their dress code. One of the things that they have banned is denim. Unfortunately, they really don't know what denim is. The HR people seem to think that blue jean material is the only type of denim that exists. I've spent the last two weeks educating my manager and her assistants in the varieties of denim. I've worn something denim everyday, and everyday they have not been able to find anything inappropriate in my clothing. They are absolutely amazed that denim comes in soooo many forms!! Needless to say, they have had to talk to HR several times this week to get clarification.

My next goal--I have a "How to Dress" class to attend at our main office in two weeks, therefore, I have to have the perfect denim outfit to wear! Unless, I'm terribly mistaken, there are NO seamstresses in our HR department, so I'd just about bet that none of them will be able to tell that I am thumbing my nose at their dress code!!! I know this probably seems a little childish to some of you, but I just get a little peeved at people who don't know material making sweeping judgements about what is appropriate material for a work wardrobe and what is not. It's a form of discrimination! And I think that discrimination in all forms should be done away with! (Now, just for those of you who are "by the book" people--it's not like I would deliberately walk into work wearing a blue jean (or even brown jean) skirt! I'm not that defiant!)

So, at any rate, I'm going to go wade through my mending pile, and then start going through my pattern and material bins and come up with an outfit that should keep HR guessing for a long, lonnngggg time! I'll keep you informed of the outcome.

Have a wonderful evening!!!