Mother's Day

[susandennis]

Last week a local foodie tweeted asking where everyone was taking their mother to brunch.  I replied that a better question was where someone who isn't a mother and doesn't have one can go for brunch without being surrounded by 2 year olds. I got a tweet from a guy I'd never heard of with a suggestion of a restaurant I'd never heard of.

And that's where I went this morning.  It was easy to get to and find and turned out to be a real neighborhood pub that has apparently been there for years but only open for brunch for about 3 months.  The atmosphere was wonderful.  Comfortable, quiet, just lovely.  So wonderful that I will go back again and probably even again again even though the food was only so-so.  It's Irish food.  Not my favorite by a long shot but it's breakfast. I can make it work. I'm jazzed. Mullaedy's Irish Pub For a couple of reasons, I won't be adding it to my brunch blog but I did enjoy it a lot and am grateful for the original tweet!

Now I'm home and ready for knitting and baseball.

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Every day now, pretty much, I knit and watch baseball/TV and play with my computer from my orange chair.  I sit here for hours on end.  At the end of the day, when I go to bed I'm crippled. It's got to stop but I know my limits.   I'm fairly sure that getting more exercise would fix the problem but I'm also fairly sure that ain't going to happen.  Except for making me crippled, I like sitting there.  I've been wrestling with this for a while and I think I have a plan.  At least I have one I'm going to try.

I have an app on my desktop PC which chimes every 15 mins.  I've turned up the sound level.  I'm going to try and get up out of the chair every 30 minutes - absolutely every hour.  If I miss a 30 min, then I have to really do something, like clean up the kitchen or some other non trivial chore.  If I hit every 30 mins then I can get by with just stretching a bit and/or walking to the other end of the condo.

And I'm going to get a massage. I know from experience that a massage can fix a world of hurt but I really hate them. I hate finding the time, taking the time, making the appointment, the whole process. I hate all of it except the result. I've been toying with this massage idea for a while.  Finding a place has been the main show stopper.  The best place for me is the gym across the street.  But, I'm no longer a member.

Finally, today, I sent the owner (who is a friend and lives in the building and, actually, rents my storage space) an email asking her if she had any provisions for non-members and massages.  I got a fast answer back that she's happy to have massage customers.  $5 non-member fee over the massage cost and when did I want to do it!!  Whew and yeah.  So Monday or Tuesday.  I'm thinking about making it a monthly thing.

The hourly chime just went off in the middle of this and I got up so, so far, it's working! hehehehe

Comments

[fyremaven.livejournal.com]

As a mom, i sort of feel like a traitor for saying that I agree with you about the whole eating out on Mother's Day fiasco. I want to go somewhere and not be surrounded by bratty kids, too!! I guess they might kick me out of the Mom's club, but it's the truth. Glad you found an interesting new place that didn't have rugrats underfoot. For what it's worth, it's been YEARS since I've been out on any type of holiday. I simply don't like the increased crowds that the holiday brings. I have no (or very little) patience for dealing with loud crowded places. Plus it's just not fun that way.

A friend of mine at work has a person come to her house EVERY friday night for a massage. I've toyed with that idea but i'm sort of shy about massages. I should just get over it and start doing it again. The few times i've had one it was fantastic.

[johncomic.livejournal.com]

I love massages so much -- find it hard to grasp how anyone would not.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I've got to do something similar. I spend way too much time in the recliner and often when I get up my back seizes. I like your plan.

[mhaithaca.livejournal.com]

I want to take away Mulleady's apostrophe key, but their breakfast menu looks fantastic! I'm a big fan of traditional Irish breakfasts. What did you have?

Good thinking to set a reminder to get up from the chair from time to time. I've been forcing myself to get out of my comfy chair in between TV episodes, which amounts to every 45 minutes thanks to TiVo time. Occasionally I let it go to two episodes, so an hour and a half, which isn't too bad, but is pushing it. I really need to remind myself that this should be for a few minutes of tidying, but at least walking around and having something to drink is a good start.

[susandennis]

I had the Ham Steak, Boxty and eggs. The boxty was weird and the ham was dried out but it really wasn't bad.

I'm willing to live with the apostrophes cause i'm very grateful they don't make me download a PDF to see the menu!

[mhaithaca.livejournal.com]

You make an excellent point.