I lost internet early Tuesday morning and so last week's post went by the wayside.
So this week in honor of our 70+ degree spring temps this week, I thought I'd do an adjusted Ten Things list.
Ten Household Tasks I've Been Avoiding:
1. Washing curtains. Kitchen, living room and the shower curtain. So much effort with the arms above the head. Lazy much?
2. Digging out shorts & seeing if everyone has some that fit for the warm months ahead. Luckily with our boys, they are hot natured so t-shirts are used 9 out of 12 months of the year and out already.
3. Dusting---I have a lot of things higher up at my house so dust isn't as readily seen. Out of sight out of mind right??
4. The garage. Need I say more?
5. Do the flower pots/beds count?
6. Little repairs---door hinges, fence holes, kitchen cabinet locks.
7. Clean the carpets/rugs. *sigh* This has been put WAAAAYYY off.
8. Some space issues with where things need to be moved to be more convenient since we STILL haven't found a house. Being that it's 2 yrs this May we've been looking, I might as well get a move on this.
9. I bought some dishes at a store that was going out of business & I *was* waiting until we moved to get them out. New house, new dishes and all that. But I felt spring was a good excuse. We had Fiestaware when we got married and I just can't take how heavy they are anymore. I'm over it.
10. Cleaning out the hall closet with all the games, sheets & diapers. Eclectic assortment no?
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Spring Break 4-5-6
Whew!! I made it! We all survived, everyone is alive and no worse for wear. Just a few meltdowns by son#2 and none he didn't come out of in an hour or less.
Wednesday night I went to see Alice in Wonderland as a reward for making it halfway through Spring Break. It was 3D. While it may be the last movie I see 3D, it was fantastic! I was never into Alice as a child, I was too busy reading Nancy Drew, The Bobbsie Twins and Trixie Belding. But I loved the movie---it had a wonderful cast and just great graphics. For me it was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory meets Lord of the Rings. But I wouldn't take small children--little too much anger in parts, or at least I heard some kids cry.
Thursday my mom and aunt came to pick up son#1. He was going on his first away from home sleep-over to her house an hour away for three days. He was very excited and had been making lists of stuff to take with him. He got ten minutes down the road and came back to beg me to go with him. I explained over and over that I couldn't go since I had the brothers to take care of. He came up with everyone under the sun that could spend their Spring Break doing that. He tried going again. Thirty minutes later he was back crying. I made him take his bags inside and unpack them after apologizing to Nana and my aunt for driving an hour over here to get him. Maybe this summer or Fall Break he'll be mature enough. He's just not quite there yet.
Spring Break=no bra for most of the week. Bonus!
Now let's pray all these 8 inches of snow we got yesterday and today, doesn't keep us from heading back to school tomorrow.
Wednesday night I went to see Alice in Wonderland as a reward for making it halfway through Spring Break. It was 3D. While it may be the last movie I see 3D, it was fantastic! I was never into Alice as a child, I was too busy reading Nancy Drew, The Bobbsie Twins and Trixie Belding. But I loved the movie---it had a wonderful cast and just great graphics. For me it was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory meets Lord of the Rings. But I wouldn't take small children--little too much anger in parts, or at least I heard some kids cry.
Thursday my mom and aunt came to pick up son#1. He was going on his first away from home sleep-over to her house an hour away for three days. He was very excited and had been making lists of stuff to take with him. He got ten minutes down the road and came back to beg me to go with him. I explained over and over that I couldn't go since I had the brothers to take care of. He came up with everyone under the sun that could spend their Spring Break doing that. He tried going again. Thirty minutes later he was back crying. I made him take his bags inside and unpack them after apologizing to Nana and my aunt for driving an hour over here to get him. Maybe this summer or Fall Break he'll be mature enough. He's just not quite there yet.
Spring Break=no bra for most of the week. Bonus!
Now let's pray all these 8 inches of snow we got yesterday and today, doesn't keep us from heading back to school tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Spring Break--Days 1-2-3
Dear Diary ~
After a gloriously indulgent weekend of good food, good girly things like mani/pedis and family stuff totally has made the transition into Spring Break a breeze so far. (knock on wood)**I shouldn't have ever said this "outloud"--after typing it, son#2 had a meltdown because lunch was an hour late due to an important phone call. Now today is very unpredictable with son#2.**
Yesterday's weather was fantastic, not too cold, not too hot & not so sunny as to give me a migraine. We were out for 2 hrs, a record for me I think. Then we topped it off with ice cream--could Spring Break start off any better I ask you?
And my head cold is almost gone and completely manageable. Hallelujah!!
My sanity saver for the win is my iTouch and podcasts/library books to listen to. The radio stations without commercials alone make this such a treasure. Any type you can imagine! I just finished the book "Kabul Beauty School" by Deborah Rodriguiz which is based on a true story. It was fascinating read by the narrator. I think that always helps. But it's so fun to listen while doing chores I hate or cooking dinner to drone out the kid shows and arguments. I like the feeling of accomplishing two things at once too, but maybe that's just me.
My next book is "Pieces of My Heart by Robert Wagner--his autobiography. It's good so far and he reads it.
More later, gotta go take some heartburn meds & run to the library when Hubbo gets home to rescue/save/tag in for me.
After a gloriously indulgent weekend of good food, good girly things like mani/pedis and family stuff totally has made the transition into Spring Break a breeze so far. (knock on wood)**I shouldn't have ever said this "outloud"--after typing it, son#2 had a meltdown because lunch was an hour late due to an important phone call. Now today is very unpredictable with son#2.**
Yesterday's weather was fantastic, not too cold, not too hot & not so sunny as to give me a migraine. We were out for 2 hrs, a record for me I think. Then we topped it off with ice cream--could Spring Break start off any better I ask you?
And my head cold is almost gone and completely manageable. Hallelujah!!
My sanity saver for the win is my iTouch and podcasts/library books to listen to. The radio stations without commercials alone make this such a treasure. Any type you can imagine! I just finished the book "Kabul Beauty School" by Deborah Rodriguiz which is based on a true story. It was fascinating read by the narrator. I think that always helps. But it's so fun to listen while doing chores I hate or cooking dinner to drone out the kid shows and arguments. I like the feeling of accomplishing two things at once too, but maybe that's just me.
My next book is "Pieces of My Heart by Robert Wagner--his autobiography. It's good so far and he reads it.
More later, gotta go take some heartburn meds & run to the library when Hubbo gets home to rescue/save/tag in for me.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Mentally Retarded
This is a ongoing debate across the country, state-by-state as well.
A friend asked me recently how I felt about it since at least one of my sons has this label in his school records. And I've found government agencies love to use this as an umbrella term for many different illness or diseases. I had to take some time and think about it, but this is my take on the whole thing--today.
To be honest, I hadn't heard about this until my friend pointed out the stories. And truth be told, I will use the word on occasion without thinking in a sentence like this: "I can't believe that person just pulled out in front of all those cars--that's retarded." I can't think of the last time I called someone retarded. Even when they ARE, I usually say "slow".
If I find myself having said the word, I immediately feel guilty now. My kids have to have certain labels in their files for some assistance we get through school and the first day I saw son#2's as MR, it staggered me. I NEVER thought of him as mentally retarded. He knows what I am saying, he is aware of so much---retarded? But I realize now it's an IQ level standing. If your IQ falls below a certain number, they label you MR. Sad but true that it's not based on skills. /shrug
I don't find too much offense in the word itself just in the way it might be used, as in if you're calling my kid a retard or retarded, I might find we don't agree and I want to punch you in the nose.
But there is obviously still a level of retardation out there in the world. To be frank, my dad grew using the N word and not in the way it's used today. More in the way of identifying someone's work ethic/color of their skin.
He had to learn it wasn't acceptable now a days and meant something different to different generations.
I think the same can be said of the word retarded. We've grown, evolved as a nation...let's hope we can all find a more precise word to label someone or describe them in this day and age.
A friend asked me recently how I felt about it since at least one of my sons has this label in his school records. And I've found government agencies love to use this as an umbrella term for many different illness or diseases. I had to take some time and think about it, but this is my take on the whole thing--today.
To be honest, I hadn't heard about this until my friend pointed out the stories. And truth be told, I will use the word on occasion without thinking in a sentence like this: "I can't believe that person just pulled out in front of all those cars--that's retarded." I can't think of the last time I called someone retarded. Even when they ARE, I usually say "slow".
If I find myself having said the word, I immediately feel guilty now. My kids have to have certain labels in their files for some assistance we get through school and the first day I saw son#2's as MR, it staggered me. I NEVER thought of him as mentally retarded. He knows what I am saying, he is aware of so much---retarded? But I realize now it's an IQ level standing. If your IQ falls below a certain number, they label you MR. Sad but true that it's not based on skills. /shrug
I don't find too much offense in the word itself just in the way it might be used, as in if you're calling my kid a retard or retarded, I might find we don't agree and I want to punch you in the nose.
But there is obviously still a level of retardation out there in the world. To be frank, my dad grew using the N word and not in the way it's used today. More in the way of identifying someone's work ethic/color of their skin.
He had to learn it wasn't acceptable now a days and meant something different to different generations.
I think the same can be said of the word retarded. We've grown, evolved as a nation...let's hope we can all find a more precise word to label someone or describe them in this day and age.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Ten Things Tuesday
1. Tomorrow my "baby" turns four years old! How is this possible when I still look like I just had him?
2. Son#1 is growing up and I'm thankful that he still likes me. Today. He wants to go spend Spring Break with Nana. We'll see. I don't know who would get bored to death first, him with no internet access or her with all his Star Wars and YouTube playlists ramblings.
3. I got to meet a friend from college at the airport Sunday. We haven't seen each other in 14 years!! We crammed more hen clucking in that 2 hours than should be humanly possible. The people around us were so distracting to me. Rather interesting sorts at the Starbucks airport. I almost threw up on the way back to my car. I took the shuttle and some insane tan skinned man made so many twists and turns at an ungodly speed my equilibrium could not keep up. But it was worth it Lisa!!!!
4. Son#2 is having a good few weeks of school. We'll see what Spring Break holds--what's that they say? Don't borrow worry? One minute/hour/day at a time.
5. I have a new humidifier and with my recent head cold, I'm in love with it. It's small, ultra-quiet and no filters to clean. It uses a water bottle!!
6. I'm thankful that this is the final season of LOST. I think the first rule of LOST fan club should be, don't talk about LOST. Just let it unfold and be surprised like the rest of us.
7. The weather this week and weekend were temps in the high 60's. Thank ya Jesus! But what's up with the birds waking up so early now? Do they possibly know it's Daylight Savings Time?
8. I'm thankful that someone is starting his trial tomorrow that ripped off $35,000 from my uncle who may die in the next three days. I'm hoping for the guilty verdict.
9. Thank you to whoever invented the Vicks nose inhaler. My kids call it my nose chapstick.
10. And lastly, I'm very happy my family made a trip with all of us to Wal-Mart this weekend. Rare thing for all of us. Son#2 pushed the cart, son#3 got to walk not ride, and son#1 tried not to walk into people while playing with my iTouch. It did remind me why I go to the grocery store by myself.
2. Son#1 is growing up and I'm thankful that he still likes me. Today. He wants to go spend Spring Break with Nana. We'll see. I don't know who would get bored to death first, him with no internet access or her with all his Star Wars and YouTube playlists ramblings.
3. I got to meet a friend from college at the airport Sunday. We haven't seen each other in 14 years!! We crammed more hen clucking in that 2 hours than should be humanly possible. The people around us were so distracting to me. Rather interesting sorts at the Starbucks airport. I almost threw up on the way back to my car. I took the shuttle and some insane tan skinned man made so many twists and turns at an ungodly speed my equilibrium could not keep up. But it was worth it Lisa!!!!
4. Son#2 is having a good few weeks of school. We'll see what Spring Break holds--what's that they say? Don't borrow worry? One minute/hour/day at a time.
5. I have a new humidifier and with my recent head cold, I'm in love with it. It's small, ultra-quiet and no filters to clean. It uses a water bottle!!
6. I'm thankful that this is the final season of LOST. I think the first rule of LOST fan club should be, don't talk about LOST. Just let it unfold and be surprised like the rest of us.
7. The weather this week and weekend were temps in the high 60's. Thank ya Jesus! But what's up with the birds waking up so early now? Do they possibly know it's Daylight Savings Time?
8. I'm thankful that someone is starting his trial tomorrow that ripped off $35,000 from my uncle who may die in the next three days. I'm hoping for the guilty verdict.
9. Thank you to whoever invented the Vicks nose inhaler. My kids call it my nose chapstick.
10. And lastly, I'm very happy my family made a trip with all of us to Wal-Mart this weekend. Rare thing for all of us. Son#2 pushed the cart, son#3 got to walk not ride, and son#1 tried not to walk into people while playing with my iTouch. It did remind me why I go to the grocery store by myself.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Ten Things Tuesday
1. I just took son#3 to the doctor and it's just a virus. I have pneumonia phobia. He has a runny nose, wet cough, tearing eyes and small fever at night. His appetite isn't normal and he fell asleep in the floor this afternoon after lunch. Not the usual energy dynamite he usually is. I'm happy he's not contagious and that it'll run it's course with some Mucinex to push it on it's way.
2. I love Bugles!! They are a blast from the past, have quite the crunch and a unique taste. Almost like a tall, skinny Corn Nut. What's not to like? Unless you're my college roomate who HATED my Corn Nut fetish. She said they smelled like dog food. Just means more for me!
3. I went to see the movie Valentines Day this weekend and LOVED LOVED LOVED it!! In case you missed it, it was good--go see it.
4.Time for mushy stuff. Isn't it great when you find a very fun, cool friend God places in your life? And even cooler when she turns out to have so much in common with you? You can jump right into the meaty talks about life, love and family. God seems to know what he's doing---imagine that.
5. My mom just left from a 2 day visit and the kids and I really enjoyed her time here. I'm VERY thankful the kids have at least one grandparent that is close-by and loves to play with them.
6. It's been fun introducing son#1 to the old school arcade games. He's pretty good, to be expected from this generation I guess. Brings back lots of memories of my Atari and hours of playing Pac Man with my dad.
7. I'm thankful for a husband that worked his cute little tushy off Sunday doing ALL the laundry, ALL the dishes and picked up the house. What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man! I'm also thankful he's figured out his place. Ooops did I say that out loud?! What I meant was that his place is beside me. (Holding the vacuum.)
8. I've broken an addiction this year, it's best I've fessed up to it. I love the time I've gained for Mon-Wed nights. Please refrain from throwing anything that stains. I'm off the show American Idol. For some reason, I had no desire to watch AI this season. I could care less about the horrendous try-outs, the sob story pieces, criminal backgrounds and the not quite good-enough singers. As I heard somewhere else, this isn't Make-A-Wish. Every person has a sob story somewhere in their life. All I can figure is my patience is shot for our society complex that makes people feel they are owed something or entitled anything, especially to this thing called fame. No you are not. So you can sing or have a talent. Got news for ya, we all have talent somewhere in us. But I don't think if some guy in Wisconsin is good with carpentry tools that we owe him 15 minutes of TV time and a contract with This Old House just because he stood in a long line all day or because his buddies told him he's got skills.
Wow, did you see that? Someone threw some box out there for me to fall onto. It says SOAP on it. Hmmmm I'll have to watch out for those from now on.
9. Mr. Coffee came to live at our house the day we got home from our honeymoon. He hadn't failed me in 12 and half years, until Sunday. I was SO sad. I went to Wal-Mart thinking a new coffee maker can't be hard to find and ended up having a meltdown probably needing one of my sons pills if truth be told. I finally made it through the process which seemed to take as long as those rose ceremonies on TV. I still feel old because I don't think those things are made as well as they used to be. They just seem flimsy and clumsy. Why can't they just have my same one I had? Is that too much to ask?! I kept Mr. Original Coffee just in case it was a one off. I'm not sure he's realized that he's not top dog anymore. *sniff
10. And I'm thankful for catalogs/magazines. I love them. I get an extra jolt when I get the mail and it's not all junk and bills---a catalog can make that all better. It maybe an unhealthy obsession if you look around my house at how many containers are hiding them, but I can't help it-- I luuuuv them. How then I ask you could I throw them away!?
2. I love Bugles!! They are a blast from the past, have quite the crunch and a unique taste. Almost like a tall, skinny Corn Nut. What's not to like? Unless you're my college roomate who HATED my Corn Nut fetish. She said they smelled like dog food. Just means more for me!
3. I went to see the movie Valentines Day this weekend and LOVED LOVED LOVED it!! In case you missed it, it was good--go see it.
4.Time for mushy stuff. Isn't it great when you find a very fun, cool friend God places in your life? And even cooler when she turns out to have so much in common with you? You can jump right into the meaty talks about life, love and family. God seems to know what he's doing---imagine that.
5. My mom just left from a 2 day visit and the kids and I really enjoyed her time here. I'm VERY thankful the kids have at least one grandparent that is close-by and loves to play with them.
6. It's been fun introducing son#1 to the old school arcade games. He's pretty good, to be expected from this generation I guess. Brings back lots of memories of my Atari and hours of playing Pac Man with my dad.
7. I'm thankful for a husband that worked his cute little tushy off Sunday doing ALL the laundry, ALL the dishes and picked up the house. What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man! I'm also thankful he's figured out his place. Ooops did I say that out loud?! What I meant was that his place is beside me. (Holding the vacuum.)
8. I've broken an addiction this year, it's best I've fessed up to it. I love the time I've gained for Mon-Wed nights. Please refrain from throwing anything that stains. I'm off the show American Idol. For some reason, I had no desire to watch AI this season. I could care less about the horrendous try-outs, the sob story pieces, criminal backgrounds and the not quite good-enough singers. As I heard somewhere else, this isn't Make-A-Wish. Every person has a sob story somewhere in their life. All I can figure is my patience is shot for our society complex that makes people feel they are owed something or entitled anything, especially to this thing called fame. No you are not. So you can sing or have a talent. Got news for ya, we all have talent somewhere in us. But I don't think if some guy in Wisconsin is good with carpentry tools that we owe him 15 minutes of TV time and a contract with This Old House just because he stood in a long line all day or because his buddies told him he's got skills.
Wow, did you see that? Someone threw some box out there for me to fall onto. It says SOAP on it. Hmmmm I'll have to watch out for those from now on.
9. Mr. Coffee came to live at our house the day we got home from our honeymoon. He hadn't failed me in 12 and half years, until Sunday. I was SO sad. I went to Wal-Mart thinking a new coffee maker can't be hard to find and ended up having a meltdown probably needing one of my sons pills if truth be told. I finally made it through the process which seemed to take as long as those rose ceremonies on TV. I still feel old because I don't think those things are made as well as they used to be. They just seem flimsy and clumsy. Why can't they just have my same one I had? Is that too much to ask?! I kept Mr. Original Coffee just in case it was a one off. I'm not sure he's realized that he's not top dog anymore. *sniff
10. And I'm thankful for catalogs/magazines. I love them. I get an extra jolt when I get the mail and it's not all junk and bills---a catalog can make that all better. It maybe an unhealthy obsession if you look around my house at how many containers are hiding them, but I can't help it-- I luuuuv them. How then I ask you could I throw them away!?
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