Friday, July 29, 2011

Friday Randomisms

Wow!  Where have I been?  I don't even know.

The kids came back so life is back to normal for us.  Jacob had football try-outs this past week, so next week, we'll be back in to swing of practices.  Being this is the first year he's played for this league, I don't know ANYTHING about ANYTHING, including even when the games are, so this should be interesting.  Sara went to a gymnastics class and really enjoyed it, as she always does, so I signed her up for that.  And before long, school will be starting (August 22 or 23, depending on which kid we're talking about) and all that that entails.  And don't forget Scouts.

I did buy a giant wall dry-erase calendar and hopefully that will keep us organized.

Shut up, stop laughing.  It could happen.

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Still no luck finding a house.  I'm so frustrated with the entire process.  It seems like it's always like this for us and I don't know why.

Our biggest issue right now - right now - is getting Sara to and from school once she starts.  Because she's in the ALL (Advanced Learning Lab) program, she needs to go to a different school in town.  Which means, unless we live in that school's boundaries, we need to get her there.  And with me working now, that's harder than it might be otherwise.  I don't really know how this is going to turn out.  I'm trying not to stress about it, but that's just not my nature.  I like to have everything figured out and it's the not knowing that's killing me.  Mitch's schedule changes so often that it's nearly impossible for us to count on him being able to drive her.  Mitch says "Oh, it will all work out, it always does".  And then I want to scream. 

It might all work out indeed, but I may find myself with a lot of time on my hands during the school hours, if you know what I mean. 

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The fact that I want to see the movie "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" concerns me a little bit.  It's times like this that I'm glad I have a 12-year-old boy I can drag with me and it will look like I'm doing it for him.  But he tends to put too much salt on the popcorn.

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I'm hoping to update my book blog soon.  But if you're looking for recommendations, I suggest "The Passage" by Justin Cronin.  I just found it this is the first book of a planned trilogy.  I can't wait for the next one (and two)!

Also, I always suggest Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series.  Right now, I'm reading Jennifer Weiner's "Then Came You".  It's a little different from her other books, and I just started it last night, but I'm really enjoying it. 

If you have any book recommendations, feel free to comment here or send me an e-mail.  I'm always looking for new things to read, in spite of the fact I have about 50 actual books at home I need to read and probably over 100 on my Kindle.  (Those free Kindle books on Amazon really keep me stocked up!)

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Take care and have a great weekend!

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Ten on Tuesday

Things my kids used to say that they've since outgrown :(

  1. Woggly - As in "Don't sit at that table at the restaurant, it's all woggly,"
  2. Plogged - As in "I have a cold and my nose is plogged up,"
  3. Flurry - As in "I can't see through these binoculars, everything's all flurry,"
  4. Cigrette - As in "Yuck, it stinks like cigrettes in here,"
  5. Uncle Dah-an - As said by Dan "I didn't realize my name was supposed to be 2 syllables until you had kids,"
  6. Realize - As in "Look, there's Aunt Lisa!  I realize her car!"
  7. Wetter - As in "To get your clothes clean, you put them in the wetter, then the dryer,"
  8. Broom - As in "I have to broom the grass off the driveway,"
  9. Jacoby - This was Sara.  She called us Mommy, Daddy and Jacoby.
  10. Yogret - For yogurt.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Random Sunday Night Thoughts

I love Sunday nights when you don't have to work on Mondays.  Except there's nothing on TV on Sunday nights.  So I'm rewatching the Wimbledon Men's final that I had DVR'd this morning.  The dog is barking occasionally at people shooting off fireworks, so there'd be no point in trying to watch something real anyway.

Speaking of the DVR, the recordings on mine are embarrassing.  Zombieland, The Addams Family, The Wizard of Oz, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Pulp Fiction.  And Wimbledon.  Like it was set up by a teenage boy hiding a Judy Garland obsession.  I feel like I should record something grown-up, just in case someone is keeping track.

Sara's hamster staged another break-out today so I had to deal with that.  It took me half an hour to catch the stupid thing and put her back in her cage.  The entire ordeal could have been considerably shortened if I wasn't so freaked out by having to pick up the hamster.  But those little hamster feet are yucky.  I did finally manage to pull out Sara's bed far enough to fit the ball back there and push her in.  And then dump her back in her cage.  If she escapes again, she's on her own.

I haven't left the house, except to walk the dog, since I got home from work on Friday. I have to go out tomorrow to get dog food. Weekends like this confirm for me that without Mitch and the kids, I am quite literally an internet grocery account and 15 cats away from being that lady.

Happy 4th of July everyone!