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Saturday, December 24, 2011
This Christmas
There's something in the wind today that's good for everyone
Yes faith is in our hearts today, we're shining like the sun
And everyone can feel it, the feeling's running deep
After all, there's only one more sleep till Christmas
This morning, Christmas Eve morning, I went to Walmart, the mall, and Winco, and lived to tell the tale. But just barely. *twitch twitch*
We helped a family in need today. It felt amazing. I would share more details but I'm worried this family may recognize themselves (like they even read this blog, but you never know).
Later: Ha! Brennan and Bella took off for a walk with Brennan wearing the Santa suit, and one of our neighbors saw him through the window and came outside to ask "Santa" to come inside and visit his granddaughter - even offered to pay him $10. Funny!
Yes faith is in our hearts today, we're shining like the sun
And everyone can feel it, the feeling's running deep
After all, there's only one more sleep till Christmas
This morning, Christmas Eve morning, I went to Walmart, the mall, and Winco, and lived to tell the tale. But just barely. *twitch twitch*
We helped a family in need today. It felt amazing. I would share more details but I'm worried this family may recognize themselves (like they even read this blog, but you never know).
Later: Ha! Brennan and Bella took off for a walk with Brennan wearing the Santa suit, and one of our neighbors saw him through the window and came outside to ask "Santa" to come inside and visit his granddaughter - even offered to pay him $10. Funny!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The Beauty of Parenthood
Unnamed child: "I had a dream last night that I was punched by a squid. And then I threw up."
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
The Illness Report
We have two sick kiddos home from school today, and B is sick too. Hopefully we'll get it all over with by Christmas. It's just a bad cold, fortunately.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Festival of Nativities Primary Choir
But First: I dunno, she said she had an earache.
(She was grinning and I told her to look sad, and that's what she did)
C and R were asked to perform with other children in our stake in a Primary choir for the Festival of Nativities. They've been practicing for about a month. We invited Carrie N, R's kindergarten teacher, to come and watch the performance.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The Nativities are at the church.
I repeat. The Nativities are at the church.
(Getting them into the car, then into the church from the parking lot, then unpacked and onto the tables, was an extremely stressful experience.)
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
This beautiful child
...was convinced that getting his hair cut would make him the subject of ridicule.
So I told him I would pay him a dime for every insult he received about his hair.
I only paid him 20 cents.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Creative Parenting Tip #196
Next time I find the scissors on the living room floor, I'm lopping off a lock of kid hair.
Friday, October 28, 2011
They have plates just for those? Ooooooh
So Mamma and Pappa took Brian and me out to dinner last night. We went to Jake's Famous Crawfish Seafood Restaurant, which is always lovely.
Now keep in mind, this is a SEAFOOD restaurant.
I didn't notice this the first time we ate there, but on the walls are mounted several collections of plates in glass cases. The plates looked much like these:
...which look very much like this:
Mamma and I first noticed one such collection on a wall close to our table - "Look at all those neat old deviled egg plates," she said. We discovered others on a trip to the ladies' room.
"Wow, they just really love those deviled egg plates here," I observed.
Enter the snooty Alec Baldwin-esque waiter.
"I love all your deviled egg plates!" I gushed.
"Those are oyster plates."
......
Oh.
Now keep in mind, this is a SEAFOOD restaurant.
I didn't notice this the first time we ate there, but on the walls are mounted several collections of plates in glass cases. The plates looked much like these:
...which look very much like this:
Mamma and I first noticed one such collection on a wall close to our table - "Look at all those neat old deviled egg plates," she said. We discovered others on a trip to the ladies' room.
"Wow, they just really love those deviled egg plates here," I observed.
Enter the snooty Alec Baldwin-esque waiter.
"I love all your deviled egg plates!" I gushed.
"Those are oyster plates."
......
Oh.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Hmmmm
As I sit here looking out my front window, breaking my own rule by eating a bowl of homemade French onion soup in my living room - what the hey, it's my living room -
I am prone to wonder a few things.
Like, how awesome is it that my awesome child knows how to cook such awesomeness? Awesome, awesome, and awesome some more?
How many days will it be before the family stops smelling of roasted onion? I just dropped off a reeking little Cub Scout at our church building for an activity, and you know how kind and understanding other children are. Especially about someone who smells weird. He'll be OK, right?
After attending my two elementary school children's parent-teacher conferences later this week, how bad will I feel - chocolate-bad, vodka-bad or Valium-bad? (They're only tardy at least once a week.)
And lastly - I don't think this one needs explaining - are Oreos secretly made of laxatives?
I guess that's it for now. If any more wonderings cross my little pea brain, you'll be the first to know.
I am prone to wonder a few things.
Like, how awesome is it that my awesome child knows how to cook such awesomeness? Awesome, awesome, and awesome some more?
How many days will it be before the family stops smelling of roasted onion? I just dropped off a reeking little Cub Scout at our church building for an activity, and you know how kind and understanding other children are. Especially about someone who smells weird. He'll be OK, right?
After attending my two elementary school children's parent-teacher conferences later this week, how bad will I feel - chocolate-bad, vodka-bad or Valium-bad? (They're only tardy at least once a week.)
And lastly - I don't think this one needs explaining - are Oreos secretly made of laxatives?
I guess that's it for now. If any more wonderings cross my little pea brain, you'll be the first to know.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Decisions, Decisions
Get up and be productive, or stay in bed and listen to the rain fall...
*sigh* Productivity beckons.
Classic parenting moment: Hubby consoles a child after his soccer team's stinky loss.
Child: They would have won if I hadn't messed up. I shouldn't have played today.
Hubby: Oh buddy, it's OK. That team was way better than yours, there's no way you guys could have won that game.
The funny thing is, it actually worked. In the right context it sounded fine - our boy did make a pretty big error, and his team would have tied the other team if he hadn't made it. But I couldn't help cracking up and as soon as Hubby heard what he said, it hit him how very awful it sounded... good stuff.
LATER: Just saw the film Contagion with Brennan and Bella... now to go home and boil everything. Also: Holy Jude Law Needs Orthodontia, Batman!!!!
The movie was all right. I wouldn't watch it again. It wasn't as intense as it looked in the previews, and of course a lot of people got sick and died and it was more icky than anything. There was a lot of predicting who would die next. Seems like there were so many characters, it was hard to get attached to anyone or care about what happened. But it was interesting. I loved the autopsy scene.
After watching this movie, you won't want to touch anything with your hands, including your own face.
*sigh* Productivity beckons.
Classic parenting moment: Hubby consoles a child after his soccer team's stinky loss.
Child: They would have won if I hadn't messed up. I shouldn't have played today.
Hubby: Oh buddy, it's OK. That team was way better than yours, there's no way you guys could have won that game.
The funny thing is, it actually worked. In the right context it sounded fine - our boy did make a pretty big error, and his team would have tied the other team if he hadn't made it. But I couldn't help cracking up and as soon as Hubby heard what he said, it hit him how very awful it sounded... good stuff.
LATER: Just saw the film Contagion with Brennan and Bella... now to go home and boil everything. Also: Holy Jude Law Needs Orthodontia, Batman!!!!
The movie was all right. I wouldn't watch it again. It wasn't as intense as it looked in the previews, and of course a lot of people got sick and died and it was more icky than anything. There was a lot of predicting who would die next. Seems like there were so many characters, it was hard to get attached to anyone or care about what happened. But it was interesting. I loved the autopsy scene.
After watching this movie, you won't want to touch anything with your hands, including your own face.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Secret secrets are no fun.
Holy poop! How long and how well some people keep their secrets. The Nobel Prize committee should reward them for their duplicity. Secretly, of course.
Melissa C: You know about my museum-like collection of Secret deodorant? Great. I've kept these Secrets really well and for a very long time and now YOU know about it.
Melissa C: The people/persons mentioned in your status update probably never played "Secret, Secret, I've Got A Secret" as children. That lack of secret-sharing skill can seriously impede their gossip prowess affecting them and everyone else around them.
Me: Mmmmmmm, someone's got an odor... Here baby, use my Secret
Melissa C: I got your Secret! I'm stashing it in my armpits for safekeeping.
Me: This status update was inspired by Mr. Roboto. He's got a secret he's been hiding under his skin...
Hubby: Who are we talking about?
Me: You, of course.
Jim P: Victoria has a secret, but she pretty much shares with anyone who is willing to buy.
Me: I heard she was married to Frederick of Hollywood.
LATER: Out for a walk. I must say, the sun feels so good when it's not trying to sear the flesh from your bones.
LATER AGAIN: This afternoon Bella and I went to the local music instrument store, one of my happy places. Ahhhh.
Melissa C: You know about my museum-like collection of Secret deodorant? Great. I've kept these Secrets really well and for a very long time and now YOU know about it.
Melissa C: The people/persons mentioned in your status update probably never played "Secret, Secret, I've Got A Secret" as children. That lack of secret-sharing skill can seriously impede their gossip prowess affecting them and everyone else around them.
Me: Mmmmmmm, someone's got an odor... Here baby, use my Secret
Melissa C: I got your Secret! I'm stashing it in my armpits for safekeeping.
Me: This status update was inspired by Mr. Roboto. He's got a secret he's been hiding under his skin...
Hubby: Who are we talking about?
Me: You, of course.
Jim P: Victoria has a secret, but she pretty much shares with anyone who is willing to buy.
Me: I heard she was married to Frederick of Hollywood.
LATER: Out for a walk. I must say, the sun feels so good when it's not trying to sear the flesh from your bones.
LATER AGAIN: This afternoon Bella and I went to the local music instrument store, one of my happy places. Ahhhh.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
My Christmas Letter
Dear two oldest children: For Christmas this year, Santa will be bringing you a dozen cell phone chargers EACH, so you can each lose one per month all next year and let me keep mine. Younger kids: it's bubble wrap, flashlights, water balloons and Band-Aids for you. Merry Christmas!
In other news: We scored a beautiful comforter set at Fred's today for SUPER CHEAP - it was such a steal it set the alarms off. No, seriously. It's gold and tan and several dark reds in blocks, it's really silky and shiny except for the tan suede. I tried to take a pic but my phone didn't do it justice.
In other, other news: Second best cheesy pickup line ever: I just heard your pants aren't hiring cuz your butt won't quit!! (If you were wondering, this is the best.)
In other news: We scored a beautiful comforter set at Fred's today for SUPER CHEAP - it was such a steal it set the alarms off. No, seriously. It's gold and tan and several dark reds in blocks, it's really silky and shiny except for the tan suede. I tried to take a pic but my phone didn't do it justice.
In other, other news: Second best cheesy pickup line ever: I just heard your pants aren't hiring cuz your butt won't quit!! (If you were wondering, this is the best.)
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
School is a definite "maybe" today.
The kids all seem fine, mostly - it's just what they did last night, during the night and this morning that are making me question it. Does Roz's teacher want her to show up with a barking seal cough? That's just one of many questions I'm pondering.
Roz's input: "I don't WANNA get well! I just wanna jump on the TRAMPOLINE!!"
I chatted with my friend Carrie C on the phone today. Love that girl!
A funny: This came from Religion Dispatches, written by Twitter users and collected by Joanna Brooks about our man Mitt Romney. Romney 2012!
So, how Mormon is Mitt Romney?
Mitt is so Mormon he’s related to the other Mormon presidential candidate and half of his own campaign volunteers as well.
...his campaign bus is a pioneer handcart.
...he'd call 19-year-old boys to serve as US ambassadors.
...his Israel policy will be centered on Jackson County, Missouri.
...he’ll make the income tax a flat 10% and collect fast offerings to fund Medicaid.
...he’ll ask the Senate to “sustain” his appointees by manifesting with an upraised hand.
...he doesn’t do Pilates, he does golden Pilates.
...that his campaign “oppo” team has done all the other candidates’ genealogy.
...he’s organizing his precinct walkers in pairs to knock doors with a very special message.
...he’d make the Book of Mormon required reading at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
...that if he’s elected the “First Lady” will be known as the “First Wife.”
...he’ll choke up and weep during his inaugural address. And then say, “I told myself I wasn’t going to cry.”
...he’d commission a presidential motorcade built entirely of 10-passenger family vans.
...he will actually hang the Constitution up by a thread, just so he can save it.
...that he’s afraid to join the Tea Party because of Doctrine & Covenants 89.
...he’ll start the State of the Union with the words: “I wasn’t going to get up, but the Spirit just carried me up here.”
...his campaign biography begins, “I, Willard, having been born of goodly parents.”
...he will ask members of Congress to go home and pray about his economic plan.
...he’d ask the Elders Quorum to move him into the White House.
...that his first act will be to make July 24 a national holiday.
...he asks donors to stack chairs after fundraising dinners.
...he’ll award Ty Detmer, Steve Young, and Jimmer Fredette Congressional Medal of Honor.
...he refers to expatriates as “apostates” and non-US citizens as “Gentiles.”
...that his campaign slogan is “What do you know about Mitt Romney? Would you like to know more?”
...he’ll reroute the Freedom Trail through Palmyra, New York, Nauvoo, Illinois, and Winter Quarters, Iowa.
...he’ll rename the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms the Word of Wisdom squad.
...he’d do an ad for the LDS Church: “I’m a husband, father, and leader of the free world. And I’m a Mormon.”
...he isn’t as concerned about getting American youth jobs as he is about getting them married.
...he tried to convince CNN to let him bring a visual aid to the debate so he could turn it into an object lesson.
...that he refers to Congress as “The Great and Spacious Building.”
...that out of “concern for the one” he’ll invite Kim Jong-Il to join the fold.
...he’ll end every address with “hope you all get home without any harm or accidents.”
...he’ll assign a friend to every new member of Congress.
...he’s already picked out a room in the White House for his year’s supply of wheat and beans, and he’ll require the White House Chef to rotate the food storage.
...he’ll replace the Secret Service with the Danites.
...his Secret Service codename will be Mahonri Moriancumr.
...he thinks Harvard is the BYU of the east.
...he thought the debt ceiling was something that could only happen in a temple.
...he doesn’t campaign: he “fellowships.”
...that he’s installing two basketball hoops at the inaugural ball so there’s a place to hang decorations.
...that he’ll change the name of “Cabinet Meeting” to “Correlation Meeting.”
...that if he got elected all of the White House Pyrex 9×13 pans would have a piece of masking tape on them with his name written in Sharpie.
...he has four cats named 1 Nephi, 2 Nephi, 3 Nephi and 4 Nephi. (4 Nephi is the small one.)
...that late last night he snuck out to put 5000 plastic forks in the lawn of Jon Huntsman. And after that, he heart attacked Rick Perry.
...that he’s going to rename the 101st Airborne as “The Stripling Warriors.”
...he won’t deport illegal aliens, he’ll just disfellowship them.
...he’ll rename FEMA the Federal Relief Society.
...he’ll start his acceptance speech with “I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.”
...that if elected he’ll require every state to have an Official Casserole.
...that the Marine Band will play “Praise to the Man” when he enters a room.
...that he’ll appoint Lavell Edwards head of the Department of Defense.
...he won’t allow advisers wearing non-white dress shirts to participate in cabinet meetings.
...he’ll rename the weekly presidential address “Politics and the Spoken Word.”
...that his cabinet would consist entirely of unqualified volunteers.
...he’d outsource the department of education to the Boy Scouts.
...he’d convene a linger-longer after cabinet meetings.
...he’d hang a copy of the Proclamation on the Family and a picture of the Washington, D.C. LDS temple in the White House.
...he has volunteers combing through old GOP voter rolls for less actives he can reactivate.
...he’d commission a Mod Bod undershirt to be engraved under the sleeveless dress of the Statue of Liberty.
...he’d put everyone in his stake on the inauguration invite list. Just because.
...he’d ask the Chief Justice to use a quad at his inauguration.
...he will add the phrases “every fiber of my being” and “beyond a shadow of a doubt” to the presidential oath of office.
...he’d plan a youth dance festival for his first 4th of July in office.
Roz's input: "I don't WANNA get well! I just wanna jump on the TRAMPOLINE!!"
I chatted with my friend Carrie C on the phone today. Love that girl!
A funny: This came from Religion Dispatches, written by Twitter users and collected by Joanna Brooks about our man Mitt Romney. Romney 2012!
So, how Mormon is Mitt Romney?
Mitt is so Mormon he’s related to the other Mormon presidential candidate and half of his own campaign volunteers as well.
...his campaign bus is a pioneer handcart.
...he'd call 19-year-old boys to serve as US ambassadors.
...his Israel policy will be centered on Jackson County, Missouri.
...he’ll make the income tax a flat 10% and collect fast offerings to fund Medicaid.
...he’ll ask the Senate to “sustain” his appointees by manifesting with an upraised hand.
...he doesn’t do Pilates, he does golden Pilates.
...that his campaign “oppo” team has done all the other candidates’ genealogy.
...he’s organizing his precinct walkers in pairs to knock doors with a very special message.
...he’d make the Book of Mormon required reading at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
...that if he’s elected the “First Lady” will be known as the “First Wife.”
...he’ll choke up and weep during his inaugural address. And then say, “I told myself I wasn’t going to cry.”
...he’d commission a presidential motorcade built entirely of 10-passenger family vans.
...he will actually hang the Constitution up by a thread, just so he can save it.
...that he’s afraid to join the Tea Party because of Doctrine & Covenants 89.
...he’ll start the State of the Union with the words: “I wasn’t going to get up, but the Spirit just carried me up here.”
...his campaign biography begins, “I, Willard, having been born of goodly parents.”
...he will ask members of Congress to go home and pray about his economic plan.
...he’d ask the Elders Quorum to move him into the White House.
...that his first act will be to make July 24 a national holiday.
...he asks donors to stack chairs after fundraising dinners.
...he’ll award Ty Detmer, Steve Young, and Jimmer Fredette Congressional Medal of Honor.
...he refers to expatriates as “apostates” and non-US citizens as “Gentiles.”
...that his campaign slogan is “What do you know about Mitt Romney? Would you like to know more?”
...he’ll reroute the Freedom Trail through Palmyra, New York, Nauvoo, Illinois, and Winter Quarters, Iowa.
...he’ll rename the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms the Word of Wisdom squad.
...he’d do an ad for the LDS Church: “I’m a husband, father, and leader of the free world. And I’m a Mormon.”
...he isn’t as concerned about getting American youth jobs as he is about getting them married.
...he tried to convince CNN to let him bring a visual aid to the debate so he could turn it into an object lesson.
...that he refers to Congress as “The Great and Spacious Building.”
...that out of “concern for the one” he’ll invite Kim Jong-Il to join the fold.
...he’ll end every address with “hope you all get home without any harm or accidents.”
...he’ll assign a friend to every new member of Congress.
...he’s already picked out a room in the White House for his year’s supply of wheat and beans, and he’ll require the White House Chef to rotate the food storage.
...he’ll replace the Secret Service with the Danites.
...his Secret Service codename will be Mahonri Moriancumr.
...he thinks Harvard is the BYU of the east.
...he thought the debt ceiling was something that could only happen in a temple.
...he doesn’t campaign: he “fellowships.”
...that he’s installing two basketball hoops at the inaugural ball so there’s a place to hang decorations.
...that he’ll change the name of “Cabinet Meeting” to “Correlation Meeting.”
...that if he got elected all of the White House Pyrex 9×13 pans would have a piece of masking tape on them with his name written in Sharpie.
...he has four cats named 1 Nephi, 2 Nephi, 3 Nephi and 4 Nephi. (4 Nephi is the small one.)
...that late last night he snuck out to put 5000 plastic forks in the lawn of Jon Huntsman. And after that, he heart attacked Rick Perry.
...that he’s going to rename the 101st Airborne as “The Stripling Warriors.”
...he won’t deport illegal aliens, he’ll just disfellowship them.
...he’ll rename FEMA the Federal Relief Society.
...he’ll start his acceptance speech with “I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.”
...that if elected he’ll require every state to have an Official Casserole.
...that the Marine Band will play “Praise to the Man” when he enters a room.
...that he’ll appoint Lavell Edwards head of the Department of Defense.
...he won’t allow advisers wearing non-white dress shirts to participate in cabinet meetings.
...he’ll rename the weekly presidential address “Politics and the Spoken Word.”
...that his cabinet would consist entirely of unqualified volunteers.
...he’d outsource the department of education to the Boy Scouts.
...he’d convene a linger-longer after cabinet meetings.
...he’d hang a copy of the Proclamation on the Family and a picture of the Washington, D.C. LDS temple in the White House.
...he has volunteers combing through old GOP voter rolls for less actives he can reactivate.
...he’d commission a Mod Bod undershirt to be engraved under the sleeveless dress of the Statue of Liberty.
...he’d put everyone in his stake on the inauguration invite list. Just because.
...he’d ask the Chief Justice to use a quad at his inauguration.
...he will add the phrases “every fiber of my being” and “beyond a shadow of a doubt” to the presidential oath of office.
...he’d plan a youth dance festival for his first 4th of July in office.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Ack
Back to early morning Seminary... thanks Joni, George and Bradley G for scooping up Bella on your way.
Joni G: Our pleasure...she is great company in the morning! We made it with 4 minutes to spare
Me: Hooray! We always love our couple minutes with Bradley. Good job on not hitting the bunny.
Joni G: How did you know about the bunny? Are our ladies texting during class, or do you have super powers?
Mark P: Uh oh, busted!
Me: Bradley told me about it while Bella was getting her things together. I was glad to hear the bunny lived to see another day.
Joni G: Ahhhh...that makes sense. Although I still suspect that you hold super powers
Me: Shhhh, it's a sneakret
Candace Z: Our "early" isn't as early as it used to be. Now it's from 7-8 Tues - Fri and 7:30 - 8:30 Mondays.
Me: Sweet! We were up around 5 today.
Morning Dilemma: Two fifteen-year-olds of the opposite sex walking downtown and "hanging out" sounds like a date to me. Does it sound like a date to you? Everyone except Hubby agreed that it sounded like a date.
This is how I see it going... she'll want to do something in the future with someone else where the lines won't be so blurry and we'll say NO, and she'll say, "But you let me go out with _____ that one time!!"
P.S. He likes her. It totally was a date. She came home sick and ended up not going. The End.
Joni G: Our pleasure...she is great company in the morning! We made it with 4 minutes to spare
Me: Hooray! We always love our couple minutes with Bradley. Good job on not hitting the bunny.
Joni G: How did you know about the bunny? Are our ladies texting during class, or do you have super powers?
Mark P: Uh oh, busted!
Me: Bradley told me about it while Bella was getting her things together. I was glad to hear the bunny lived to see another day.
Joni G: Ahhhh...that makes sense. Although I still suspect that you hold super powers
Me: Shhhh, it's a sneakret
Candace Z: Our "early" isn't as early as it used to be. Now it's from 7-8 Tues - Fri and 7:30 - 8:30 Mondays.
Me: Sweet! We were up around 5 today.
Morning Dilemma: Two fifteen-year-olds of the opposite sex walking downtown and "hanging out" sounds like a date to me. Does it sound like a date to you? Everyone except Hubby agreed that it sounded like a date.
This is how I see it going... she'll want to do something in the future with someone else where the lines won't be so blurry and we'll say NO, and she'll say, "But you let me go out with _____ that one time!!"
P.S. He likes her. It totally was a date. She came home sick and ended up not going. The End.
Monday, September 12, 2011
RIP Lulu the fish...
The 36 hours you and Rosalind spent together will forever live in her heart...
(Hubby: She was a big part of the family and will leave a huge void.)
Poor little sweet tearful Rozzie. She's very sad but will be ready for a new one Friday. I also had the "hand/glove" talk with her, so she's all prepared for the next pet death.
We haven't had its fishy funeral yet - Roz wants me to take care of it later today while she's at school.
Later: I NEED onion rings.
And: Your favorite Walton, and why. GO
Trista F: John boy...one word, MOLE
Trista F: Unless I'm remembering them wrong...whichever one had the gross mole
Me: That's John Boy (or as he was later called, John Man)
Rob R: Grandpa, for keeping Grandma cranky, and for injecting a bit of Dukes of Hazzardism into the place. Funny how they didn't seem to highlight the pre-NASCAR moonshiner car chases, but I watched the show anyway.
Me: Mine is Jim-Bob, for being in Fletch and for having to haul around the name "Jim-Bob".
Me: I'm also partial to the Baldwin Sisters and their Recipe.
Bev F: Erin - when I named my daughter Erin my mother did not like it and voiced her opinion stating that "Aaron" was a boys name and not a girls name - when I pointed out diff spelling and used Erin on the Waltons and Erin on Happy Days then she finally decided she could live with a Grandaughter named Erin - Thank You Erin Walton - Grandma loved the Waltons
Me: Oh yeah, thank goodness for pop culture paving the way for "weird" names. Too bad Twilight wasn't around when we had Bella, we could've been spared a lot of crap from the family.
Mark P: Really? Bella?
Me: Yeah, Isabella. It raised a little bit of, um, concern.
Bev F: My older brother even called with a suggestion - "name her Jim but just change the spelling to Gym" - my choice of names was always questioned
Bev F: I love Bella by the way
Me: Thanks. It's a name from my family tree and I loved finding it and using it - it's nothing I would have thought of naming my baby before I started genealogy. I LOVED this lady's name!
Me: OK, I also love Grandma because she came back to the show after she had a stroke.
Jodi M: Idk, that was so before my time. (wink)
Me: Yeah RIGHT
Jodi M: lol - okay, okay, the truth is that I'm just so old that I can't remember my favorite.
Me: Jodi, much better
Heather M: I never actually saw an episode, but John Boy had that huge mole to overcome, and he's the only one whose name I know...
Me: Wow, go John Boy's mole!
Jason K: Uncle buck, cause John Candy rocked.
Me: Weirdo
Jason K: Watched the movie last night....
Me: It was sad when Uncle Buck died of typhoid fever.
Jason K: Yep... One of the best scenes was when he went to visit the assistant principal and her her big mole.
Rachel J: Totallllly had a crush on John Boy, especially in his glasses.
Me: They had a different John-Boy in the later years... it was creepy because they looked different but had the same voice, almost. JB2 lacked JB's spirit and fit-throwing, though. He was all passive and John Denver-y.
Pam Tol...: Mine is Grandma! Loved her crankiness and sarcasm. She told it like it was.
Me: "Old fool"
Lisa J: Elizabeth was my favorite. I even named my first daughter Elizabeth.
Hubby: Were there any hot girl ones?
Me: Grandma had lots of hot flashes.
Hubby: Put down those candied yams and.......
Me: Zeb! Stop it! *slap*
Jason K: Nice question Brian. I should have asked that.
Me: There were no hot boy ones, I can tell you that much.
(Hubby: She was a big part of the family and will leave a huge void.)
Poor little sweet tearful Rozzie. She's very sad but will be ready for a new one Friday. I also had the "hand/glove" talk with her, so she's all prepared for the next pet death.
We haven't had its fishy funeral yet - Roz wants me to take care of it later today while she's at school.
Later: I NEED onion rings.
And: Your favorite Walton, and why. GO
Trista F: John boy...one word, MOLE
Trista F: Unless I'm remembering them wrong...whichever one had the gross mole
Me: That's John Boy (or as he was later called, John Man)
Rob R: Grandpa, for keeping Grandma cranky, and for injecting a bit of Dukes of Hazzardism into the place. Funny how they didn't seem to highlight the pre-NASCAR moonshiner car chases, but I watched the show anyway.
Me: Mine is Jim-Bob, for being in Fletch and for having to haul around the name "Jim-Bob".
Me: I'm also partial to the Baldwin Sisters and their Recipe.
Bev F: Erin - when I named my daughter Erin my mother did not like it and voiced her opinion stating that "Aaron" was a boys name and not a girls name - when I pointed out diff spelling and used Erin on the Waltons and Erin on Happy Days then she finally decided she could live with a Grandaughter named Erin - Thank You Erin Walton - Grandma loved the Waltons
Me: Oh yeah, thank goodness for pop culture paving the way for "weird" names. Too bad Twilight wasn't around when we had Bella, we could've been spared a lot of crap from the family.
Mark P: Really? Bella?
Me: Yeah, Isabella. It raised a little bit of, um, concern.
Bev F: My older brother even called with a suggestion - "name her Jim but just change the spelling to Gym" - my choice of names was always questioned
Bev F: I love Bella by the way
Me: Thanks. It's a name from my family tree and I loved finding it and using it - it's nothing I would have thought of naming my baby before I started genealogy. I LOVED this lady's name!
Me: OK, I also love Grandma because she came back to the show after she had a stroke.
Jodi M: Idk, that was so before my time. (wink)
Me: Yeah RIGHT
Jodi M: lol - okay, okay, the truth is that I'm just so old that I can't remember my favorite.
Me: Jodi, much better
Heather M: I never actually saw an episode, but John Boy had that huge mole to overcome, and he's the only one whose name I know...
Me: Wow, go John Boy's mole!
Jason K: Uncle buck, cause John Candy rocked.
Me: Weirdo
Jason K: Watched the movie last night....
Me: It was sad when Uncle Buck died of typhoid fever.
Jason K: Yep... One of the best scenes was when he went to visit the assistant principal and her her big mole.
Rachel J: Totallllly had a crush on John Boy, especially in his glasses.
Me: They had a different John-Boy in the later years... it was creepy because they looked different but had the same voice, almost. JB2 lacked JB's spirit and fit-throwing, though. He was all passive and John Denver-y.
Pam Tol...: Mine is Grandma! Loved her crankiness and sarcasm. She told it like it was.
Me: "Old fool"
Lisa J: Elizabeth was my favorite. I even named my first daughter Elizabeth.
Hubby: Were there any hot girl ones?
Me: Grandma had lots of hot flashes.
Hubby: Put down those candied yams and.......
Me: Zeb! Stop it! *slap*
Jason K: Nice question Brian. I should have asked that.
Me: There were no hot boy ones, I can tell you that much.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Creeps
Watching "102 Minutes" and thinking how unfair it is that bin Laden had the relative mercy of being shot in his home.
On a happier note: Roz has her mom's gift of sass. I started tickling her and it was, "What do you want, creep?"
On a happier note: Roz has her mom's gift of sass. I started tickling her and it was, "What do you want, creep?"
Saturday, September 10, 2011
No Thank You
I love ads for prescription drugs. After hearing all the possible side effects, the disease starts to sound not that bad after all. "Ehhhh... maybe I'll just keep the psoriasis." Pretty soon they're doing the Bob Wiley thing: cold sweats. Hot sweats. Fingernail sensitivity. Numb lips, difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing...
Our friend Chrisie G. took Carter and Rosalind to Sausagefest with her kids Tyson and Tatum tonight. Tatum and Roz have new fishies. Roz named her goldfish "Lulu".
Our friend Chrisie G. took Carter and Rosalind to Sausagefest with her kids Tyson and Tatum tonight. Tatum and Roz have new fishies. Roz named her goldfish "Lulu".
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| Naughty boys in the back |
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| Carousel. Roz matches her zebra |
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Sun, Sun, Go Away...
It's too darn hot. I want green grass and torrents of rain and our beautiful cloud cover.
I've come to the realization that I'm just never going to a fan of the band KISS. I'm sorry, I know how disappointing this must be. It's true. I want neither to rock and roll all night, nor party ev-er-y day.
Later:
Me: *quoting "Someone Ate The Baby"*
Bella: What a sick poem.
Me: Yeah, guess who wrote it.
Bella: Shel Silverstein?
Me: That's riiiiiight. He was my first exposure to all things sick.
Bella: What about your family??
Oh! Oh! Hahahahaha!!!
I've come to the realization that I'm just never going to a fan of the band KISS. I'm sorry, I know how disappointing this must be. It's true. I want neither to rock and roll all night, nor party ev-er-y day.
Later:
Me: *quoting "Someone Ate The Baby"*
Bella: What a sick poem.
Me: Yeah, guess who wrote it.
Bella: Shel Silverstein?
Me: That's riiiiiight. He was my first exposure to all things sick.
Bella: What about your family??
Oh! Oh! Hahahahaha!!!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
First Day of School 2011
I want them to stay home. (Mommy frowny face)
And a good first day of school was had by all. But holy crap, it was busy.
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And a good first day of school was had by all. But holy crap, it was busy.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
I feel so unprepared for tomorrow...
Tomorrow's the first day of school and we have all but two supplies. But I still feel like I'm missing something REALLY important and can't think what it is... and we still need to choose outfits and lay them out, get the house ready, all that stuff.
It's a good thing I have this to look at:
It's a good thing I have this to look at:
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| Can't get enough of this smile |
Monday, September 5, 2011
Up at 6:00 on Labor Day.
Pretty sure there's a law against that.
In other news, I would like to know why one seventh grader needs six glue sticks. (Best answer: "One to glue with and five to snack on" - Katie)
To celebrate the day, we went to OMSI. The kids had a marvelous time. I love their cute little serious faces - they were hard at work.
In other news, I would like to know why one seventh grader needs six glue sticks. (Best answer: "One to glue with and five to snack on" - Katie)
To celebrate the day, we went to OMSI. The kids had a marvelous time. I love their cute little serious faces - they were hard at work.
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| Cute toothless girl |
And, in the interest of learning stuff:
The word of the day is
ovoviviparous.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Booo
Came home this morning from the best date EVER.
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, I don't want to subscribe to your newspaper. I just want to look at my aunt Genevieve's obituary. *My* newspaper doesn't make people jump through hoops like this. Hmph.
The good news is, the 1940 Census will be available in 211 days. Not that I'm keeping track.
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, I don't want to subscribe to your newspaper. I just want to look at my aunt Genevieve's obituary. *My* newspaper doesn't make people jump through hoops like this. Hmph.
The good news is, the 1940 Census will be available in 211 days. Not that I'm keeping track.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Make It Stop
The classic rock radio station REALLY likes Foreigner. A lot.
Tonight Hubby and I went on a Mystery Date. It was fun. He texted me the name of a hotel and told me to go check in there, and met me there after work. Oh yeah!!!!
Tonight Hubby and I went on a Mystery Date. It was fun. He texted me the name of a hotel and told me to go check in there, and met me there after work. Oh yeah!!!!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Summer 2011
Stuff that happened this summer.
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| Lil Goose in our backyard at the Timmins house. She, Carter and I were hanging out on the trampoline. |
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| Harrison, ready for Handcart Trek! |
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| The campsite we had at Girls Camp. Ann P and I were co-leaders |
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| "I've been shot!" |
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Cub Scout Day Camp
But first: Off to Winco. The Five Food Holes tell me there's nothing to eat.
Good times being had by Cade W, Austin H and Carter. Carry on. We'll spend some good time quoting Spongebob Squarepants on Facebook while you boys have fun.
"Some guys have all the luck. I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms. At night I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep..."
Hannah P: Hahah thats from SpongeBob right?:D
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| Manly Men |
"Some guys have all the luck. I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms. At night I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep..."
Hannah P: Hahah thats from SpongeBob right?:D
- Me: Shhh, don't tell everyone how much I love Spongebob!
- Hannah: Hahaha it's okay my mom always tells us to stop watching but then she starts watching it and laughs nonstop! No one can hate SpongeBob!
- Me: Your mom has good taste.
- Kriste D: I used to think Spongebob was so dumb. Until I actually watched a few episodes. Now I think I laugh harder than the kids do!
- Me: Yay, another closet Spongie! My favorite episode is the Tattletale Strangler. "With these spiky cleats, anything is possible!"
- Mel: I'm not a closet Spongie... I'm a goofy goober... yah!
- Yvonne R: I haven't watched Spongebob in quite a while.
- Heather M: Chocolate with nuts is a great one to watch in Spanish, or any other language. CHOCOLATE!
- Mary Jean J: I have only watched one internet of "Gary" that is it...am I missing out??? Don't tell Floyd. HE LOVES GARY!
- Me: It's pretty funny.....
- Serena B: My 2 favorite are the swearing one and the I can't pptthh understand your pptthh accent pptthh. LOVE spongebob!!!
- Me: Oh, those are great too!!!
- Stacey S: "Once upon a time there was an ugly barnacle. He was SO ugly that everyone died. The End."
- "Oh, that didn't help at all!"
- Mel: Both of my kids say 'tartar sauce' when they're upset... it's a nice polite way for kids to curse.
- Me: That's funny, mine make dolphin noises
- Hannah: Hahaha what about: "Patrick, I'm mad."
- "Me too."
- "Really? Why are you mad?"
- "I can't see my forehead!"
- Or: "The Krusty Krab Pizza! For you and me!"
- Me: Bring it around town... bring it around town!
- Hannah: Hahaha I love him. I promised myself I would stop watching it when I turned 12 because it was too "babyish" but I can't stop! And I won't
- Mel: My favorite episode is when Patrick and SpongeBob have to wrestle each other, and SpongeBob erases "Pat" from Patrick's name tag... and Patrick yells "My name's not Rick!!!!"
- Me: Pink! Yellow!
- Stacey: "You do care!" I like the Frankendoodle one where the Spongebob doodle erases Spongebob's bum. Tee hee.
- Stacey: Oh and Band Geeks....I love the rockin' ballad at the end. "Don't ever look back... on the wind closing in... the only attack... were their wings in the wind!"
- Me: "You like Krabby Patties, don't you Squidward"
- Stacey: "Squidward's always been there for us when it was convenient for him."
- Stacey: F is for friends who do stuff together, U is for you and me... N is for anywhere and anytime at all, down here in the deep blue sea.
- Me: F is for Fire that burns down the whole town! U is for Uranium...BOMBS! N is for No survivors...
- Me: Don't stand too close to the squirrel, Billy - you'll catch its stupid!
- Hannah: hahaha
- Stacey: Please do not land flying ice cream trucks on the bathers!
- Heather: Dumb people are always blissfully unaware of how dumb they really are...
- Lori G: Chum is fun!
- Stacey: "Warmer...warmer...you're hot, you're on fire!"
- "Ahhh, it burns!"
- Me: I'm going to kick YOUR BUTT!!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Tasty
I've walked into what seems like 8,000 spider webs this morning. Guys, I love ya, but the people gots ta walk somewhere.
Later: For dinner, Brennan is cookin, cookin things, cookin things for people to eat, he's cookin, cookin things, things that people will cheeewwwwww (thank you Spencer from iCarly). Fettucine alfredo with garlic, mushrooms and baby spinach... mmmm.
Later: For dinner, Brennan is cookin, cookin things, cookin things for people to eat, he's cookin, cookin things, things that people will cheeewwwwww (thank you Spencer from iCarly). Fettucine alfredo with garlic, mushrooms and baby spinach... mmmm.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Let my Cameron go.
Sweetest thing he could say: "I don't want to go to a stupid meeting tonight. I want to come home."
Today I decided that I will no longer be a slave to culture or a victim of unoriginal thinking!!! Now, where's that lovely Twilight book I was reading?
Today I decided that I will no longer be a slave to culture or a victim of unoriginal thinking!!! Now, where's that lovely Twilight book I was reading?
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Wonderings
Checking out some hot dog buns from the family reunion camping trip, wondering if they have deer lick on them. We caught a deer sneaking food from our tent. Loser! Go eat some leaves like everyone else! I tossed 'em, I wasn't taking any chances.
Melanie says, "Ewww, deer cooties! I wonder if they carry any diseases that are communicable with humans?" And then we were off. Check it out.
Melanie says, "Ewww, deer cooties! I wonder if they carry any diseases that are communicable with humans?" And then we were off. Check it out.
I am soooooo ready to have these children start school. Why is it they can find a myriad of things to do in the great outdoors where they have NOTHING, then come home to a houseful of things to do and spend the day saying "I'm bored"?
One thing I don't have to wonder about: DQ makes everything allllll better.
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