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School Days, School Days
Posted by: | CommentsWell, it is the eve of both of my kids headed to school all day. The first week had a few bumps, but nothing major. I think that Becca is realizing that the carefree days of summer are gone, and it’s time to get to work. Oh, and she’s not really all that happy about it. She’s been acting out a bit. She has a tv in her room that she watches for about a half an hour before bed every night.
She lost it until September 6th.
The television was the prize in a battle of wills between the two of us. A battle of wills? Guess what. I’m gonna win every. single. time. There was screaming, there was crying. In the middle of all of this she told me (in a very high pitched, loud voice) that she was going to call my mom and tell her how mean I was being to her.
So I dialed the number for her.
Grandma told her that maybe she should take a rest.
Score one for Mom (and Grandma).
She hated me for about an hour, but all is good now. The hate came back for a bit right before bed, but she’s decided not to move out.
God, I can’t WAIT until she’s a teenager.
(as I’m writing this…I just broke up a fight…and yelled for her to not stomp up the steps)
Anyway, I have a full week to myself, and it’s getting filled. Work tomorrow, get my hair done on Tuesday, take the dog to the vet on Wednesday. I’m thinking that Thursday might be a day to stay in my jammies extra long and read a book. Or watch a rated R movie. At 11:00 in the morning. Imagine that.
But it just hit me that, after that first week, I have to start school. It’s only two classes, and I’ll definitely have the time to do it. It’s all online. One of the classes is a programming class, which I’m looking forward to. It won’t really be like ‘work’ because I actually enjoy that kind of stuff. But the other class? English Comp 2. Blech. It’s the last class I need for my Associates Degree (it’s an associates degree in, well, general-I-couldn’t-make-up-my-mind-what-to-be-when-I-grow-up stuff). Now, I don’t really mind writing. But I like writing here…in that conversational tone. Official papers with footnotes and references? Papers in which I need to force an opinion on somebody. Ewwww, HATE IT! So guess what? I’m gonna come here to complain.
Consider that your fair warning 
Perceptions
Posted by: | CommentsSo, here’s the progress on day 5:
Can’t wait!
I have to share a little funny with you from yesterday. I was going through the junk mail, and there was a bunch of stuff from Kohl’s. First, YAY!, I got a 30% off coupon for next week. That just means shopping. Can’t pass that up. Second, there was a separate book with ‘intimates.’ This was the picture that was on the front:
I’d guess that would be a giraffe print? Maybe a ‘crackle” bra? Well, Chloe set me straight. She hopped up to the kitchen island where this ad was sitting and stated, “Mom! That lady is wearing a steak bra!”
Classic.
Have a great weekend!
Who Turned Out The Lights?
Posted by: | CommentsLet me tell you about the big, crazy storm we had on Friday. Friday started out great…eighty degrees, sunny, and just a little breezy. My neighbor called me to sit outside for a bit while the kids played. We did just that, and then it was time to head to the bus stop. As we’re getting ready to go, it started to drizzle. So, we pile ourselves, Chloe, her four year old and the one year old that she watches into her mom-mobile (aka mini-van). The bus stop is not even two blocks away. By the time we park the van, it starts to rain. A lot. And holy wind, Batman! I looked through the windshield and saw a trampoline tumbling through a yard and into the street. It was crazy. Another Mom jumped in the car with us and we waited for the bus in the storm. When it came, we just piled every kid we could into the van. I got home, picked up the pieces of one destroyed playhouse, let the dog in (yes, he was scared and very, very, wet), and got on the horn.
There was damage everywhere. Trampolines were ruined, tons of shingles were missing (thankfully, not from my house). And the icing on the cake? No electricity. If you’ve never experienced a loss of power with small children, you are missing small people asking you the same thing about eight bazillion times. ”When is the power coming back on?!?!”
We got through the first hour and a half pretty easily. I actually took a little nap while they watched the battery operated television we have. Then it died. So, I told them to just play! It wasn’t dark. So they did play blocks for a while, and they were ok (aside from fitting that famous question in whenever they could). We got a bath and got ready for bed. Still no power. I was figuring that it would come back overnight. No such luck. They woke me up at 6:50 am. I very calmly (but sternly) looked at them with my one open eye.
“Can you do me a favor? Brush your teeth, get an outfit and brush your hair. Mommy needs some coffee, so we’re going out for pancakes.”
That took the edge off. We had a great breakfast, went to Downey’s House, I did my work and we came home. And, YAY! We had power.
Everybody made it through the “big ordeal” just fine. Except maybe for the dog. He starts to whimper every time it starts to sprinkle when he’s outside. 
One little snippet from the weekend that I have to share. As we (which includes Tony) were out and about yesterday, there was a “gentleman” who just wouldn’t let me in to merge while I was driving. He wasn’t very nice. Tony let him know that while he was looking in his rear view mirror. I’m sure the man read Tony’s lips while he said “Thanks for letting her in, Dickhead!”
Becca promptly said “Yeah! You’re a stickhead, man.”
I’m sure glad she said THAT.
Happy Mom
Posted by: | CommentsI love it when everything goes the way I want. Not that everything is perfect, but we rolled pretty well this holiday weekend. Day two of spring break involved a trip to the outlet mall. New clothes, shoes and sunglasses for the chicks. (And 40 percent off at Old Navy! Yay!). Then, we stopped for some lunch. Granted, it wasn’t exactly the lunch that I would have chosen. It was Burger King. With an indoor play area. But hey, it worked.
Next? Hair cuts for the girls. Then we were off to neighborhood happy hour. Beer and snacks for me, and lots of kids, swings and a trampoline for the kids. We had a great time, and we didn’t leave until midnight. I must say, I have a great bunch of neighbors. The only thing missing on Friday were mani/pedis 
Saturday I got to see my brother and his family, and enjoy the AWESOME EASTER BREAD that my Dad makes. He ships it up to us from Florida. Yummy. I thought for sure that the girls would be sooooo tired that they would have fallen asleep by 8:00. notsomuch. I think the bath (that I couldn’t skip, because they were absolutely filthy) woke them up. Easter involved another egg hunt (in which both of my kids won prizes – THANK GOD!) and dinner with family. Beautiful weather all weekend.
Today they spent the day at my sister-in-law’s while I went to work. Another beautiful day.
I’ll end the update with a couple of things that Chloe said. Last night she asked me if, when you go into the hospital to get your baby taken out, do they give you a tattoo? I explained that no, that’s not how it works. When she asked for more info, I told her that, WHEN I WAS A GROWN UP, I paid a tattoo artist to give me a tattoo. She told me that she wants a star tattoo. Then I told her how much it hurts.
She’s weighing all the facts.
At my sister-in-law’s today, while Chloe was inside and my SIL was outside, she opened the door and asked “Aunt Missy, is skin meat?”
Uh….OK.
And I’ll leave you with that.
A Store For Giants
Posted by: | CommentsChloe and I went to Costco today. I’m sure you can already see where this title is going. We needed some groceries, but not a ton. We ended up with 54 rice crispy treats, milk, half and half, a gigantic container of strawberries, cashews and some other stuff. All food (except for the ‘Home Defense’ bug spray. What a deal. A gigantic container for only 8 bucks). I don’t go to Costco all that often. Why? Because I end up walking out with food, a new book, a video game, and other stuff that I THINK I need.
As we were walking through the bakery (because I told Chloe she could get cookies), we browsed. Have you seen the Costco cupcakes? They are gigantic! I mean, they have to be three times the size of a normal cupcake. Chloe then asked me if the food in there is made for REALLY big people. Yup, I guess so. I do have to say, though, that I DIDN’T buy the coconut cream pie because it was just too damn big. And I would have to eat the entire thing.
We paid for our groceries, and stopped to buy our customary churro. As we were driving home, Chloe talked to me about what she did in school today. They were talking about weather. She said “Mom. Weather is either a tiger or a sheep.”
:::huh?:::
OOOHHHHHHH, you mean either a lion or a lamb? OK, I get it.
By the way, today got a lamb
