Anywho. Start off your day and give Gigi a call, oh say around 9:00 to be safe. WRONG...you will quickly find out that Gigi is not a morning person. A 10:00 phone call is preferable. She'll still be in her pj's, but hey, she'll at least have gotten to an upright position.
From 10:00 until someone pays her any attention, you will find Gigi engrossed in either smutty TV or with one of her word puzzles. When she's feeling REALLY sassy, she can do both at the same time. Note to self, avoid Gigi during this time frame. The TV is on a volume level that will make you cuss or she will ask you a gazillion times what the 3 letter word for 'fuss' is. (It's 'ado' if anyone cares).
Next, take Gigi to lunch. I don't care where you go, the lady will order a tuna fish sandwich. This is where her routine comes in handy. Allow me to explain...If you take Gigi to lunch and hand her over a Scotty's Brewhouse sized menu, be prepared to also hand her over her Xanax because giving her too many choices stresses her out. Ensure the location either has 1-2 choices on their menu or just take her to Subway, like I do, so that you can order a 6" tuna on white, no cheese, add tomatoes, pickles, lettuce and onion...BA BAM!!
Onto the afternoon. An afternoon with Gigi can be difficult...she doesn't nap. Why doesn't she nap? I can't understand this. She says she has never been able to nap. "But," I say to her, "you are old...old people nap." Either way, one must either prepare themselves for the aforementioned 10:00 routine or engage her in a riveting game of Dominoes. I prefer the latter...so does my mom...so does my 4-year old daughter. What I find most intriguing is that Gigi reverts to a toddler when playing Dominoes...she will pout and carry on if you play your domino where she wanted to play hers. My 4-year old shows more maturity than Gigi. It's quite entertaining.
By dinnertime, it's time to drop Gigi off at home. You're exhausted (even though you have done nothing strenuous) and she is exhausted, because, well, she's 82 and most everything exhausts her. She will hunker down to a blaring tv and put in a microwaveable dinner. She may eat a bite or two of it but the sweets sitting on her counter will eventually win her over. You know, she once told me that she ate a gooey bun and root beer for dinner so that she could save some space for dessert. She then followed it up with, "Don't tell your mom." What the...? So, of course I called my mom to fill her in. We both got a good laugh.
Bedtime is always a chore when it comes to Gigi. She can't understand why she has trouble falling asleep and gets annoyed with me when I tell her it's because she doesn't wake up until 10:00...or because a hibernating bear wouldn't be able to sleep if he had to hear her tv. Either way, late to bed for Gigi which inevitably means a 10:00 wake up.
This all leads me to Corn Dip in a most bizarre way. Corn Dip is part of my routine...it is the dip I consistently go to for work pitch-ins, parties with friends, holidays...you name it. See how I italicized the words 'routine' and 'consistently'? That's my stretch.
Regardless, it always is a hit! Even my gluten-free peeps eat this although I have no idea if it is, in fact, gluten free. My mom started making this dip several years ago after her bestie, Vickie, introduced her to it and it's now a staple in my house.
Corn Dip
Ingredients
2 - 17.5 oz cans corn, drained
1 - 4.5 oz can chopped green chilis
1 - 4.5 oz can jalepeno peppers
3 green onions, chopped
1 cup mayo
1 cup sour cream (use regular, not reduced fat or it will make the dip too thick)
1/2 cup salsa verde or jalepeno salsa
10 oz shredded Monterrey Jack cheese
10 oz shredded cheddar cheese (regular shred, not finely shred)
dash of garlic powder
dash of salt
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine mayo, sour cream, salsa, garlic powder and salt
- Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well
- Refrigerate overnight if possible, but at the very least, a couple hours.
- Serve with Fritos Scoops (seriously, nothing else tastes as good...Yes, the pic has tortilla chips but that is only because I ran out of Fritos Scoops while eating the rest of the corn dip)
