Sometimes my boy cat, appropriately named Einstein, will find a bit of cat hair on the floor and tries to eat it. Today he found a clump of hair that we hadn't picked up after brushing him and tried to eat the thing - it was the size of a baseball.
So I painstakingly washed my car the other day. I scrubbed it and got all the road grime and leftover salt residue off. It was shiny and pretty again and I squeegied the windows and didn't leave streaks. Came home and it rained two hours later. >:
One night at dinner we were discussing cheese and how one of our favorite restaurants offers Cheese Whiz as an option. I said Cheese Whiz is disgusting and I would never eat anything named after a bodily function. We then spent the rest of the meal trying to figure out what other food(s) are named after a bodily function...so far we have only come up with shiitake mushrooms.
Found a new super fun website that has now become our fav: www.mylifeisaverage.com
Enjoy.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Home Alone
The kids are at a concert and I get the house all to myself! Yay! Although what do I do with a quiet empty house? Clean of course! How lame is that?! I don't sit and enjoy the quiet, I clean. I need to get a life...
The kids are a little sad about their concert though. The concert is at Rockettown which is a music venue started by Michael W Smith. It's also an indoor skateboard center but it happens to be in the wrong area. They are tearing it down to make room for a new convention center. There is a lot of controversy surrounding the new convention center and now my kids are part of the opposition. They are going to tear down a music venue that never has tickets over $25 and is geared for ages 21 and under and is a dry venue. Hopefully Michael W Smith will reestablish this one of a kind venue in a different building...
We have really enjoyed the Olympics. Each time we turn it on there is something really cool going on. We got to see Sean White win and do the amazing McTwist and we saw some Snowboard Cross which is the coolest thing ever! We got to see the women's short track speed skating wipe outs and a few good skiing wipe outs as well. We haven't watched much but what we've seen has been awesome. We also got to hear the network miss the language censor of Sean White's coach. %^@!*# :)
I wasn't going to type much tonight, but I'm trapped. I have a cat on each side of me snuggling against my legs. It's the craziest thing because they are both laying the exact same way. They are also making my legs really warm. The warmth of the cats combined with the warmth of the computer is making me really uncomfortable not to mention the fact that I can't move without disrupting them so my rear is getting a little sore. What I don't understand though is why my cats think that snuggling is putting their butt against me.
The kids are a little sad about their concert though. The concert is at Rockettown which is a music venue started by Michael W Smith. It's also an indoor skateboard center but it happens to be in the wrong area. They are tearing it down to make room for a new convention center. There is a lot of controversy surrounding the new convention center and now my kids are part of the opposition. They are going to tear down a music venue that never has tickets over $25 and is geared for ages 21 and under and is a dry venue. Hopefully Michael W Smith will reestablish this one of a kind venue in a different building...
We have really enjoyed the Olympics. Each time we turn it on there is something really cool going on. We got to see Sean White win and do the amazing McTwist and we saw some Snowboard Cross which is the coolest thing ever! We got to see the women's short track speed skating wipe outs and a few good skiing wipe outs as well. We haven't watched much but what we've seen has been awesome. We also got to hear the network miss the language censor of Sean White's coach. %^@!*# :)
I wasn't going to type much tonight, but I'm trapped. I have a cat on each side of me snuggling against my legs. It's the craziest thing because they are both laying the exact same way. They are also making my legs really warm. The warmth of the cats combined with the warmth of the computer is making me really uncomfortable not to mention the fact that I can't move without disrupting them so my rear is getting a little sore. What I don't understand though is why my cats think that snuggling is putting their butt against me.
Monday, February 15, 2010
My Car Won't Let Me Be A Ninja
For the last month my son has not had a full week of school due to the weather. What's really crazy is that he would miss like one or two days for not feeling well and then the weather would turn bad giving him even more days off. It's going to seem like torture having to go a full 5 days in a row once the weather lets up.
Last week it was SUPER dooper cold but I was able to unlock all the car doors and open them to take Devan to school. So what's the problem you ask...the little mechanism that is triggered by the door handle to let me open the door and keeps the door closed didn't want to work. It let me open the door but then job over, it was done. "You want the door closed, hold it closed yourself cuz I'm cold so I'm done." Okay, I tell you what - ow! Wrists were not meant to be contorted in that manner and then hold a car door closed while you are driving! After I dropped Devan off I decided to give it one more try to see if the mechanism was done giving me attitude. AAAAHHHHH (that was an angel chorus in case you didn't know) it worked! Happy, happy, joy, joy!!! I was very glad because I was getting on the freeway, oops, interstate in a block...that would have been weird trying to hold the door closed going 70+ mph. Not to mention that fact that my wrist would have gotten stuck in that crazy contortion and I probably would not have been able to use that hand at work all day. Like when you carry a heavy grocery bag for a long time and your fingers are curled around it for so long you can't uncurl them....you know what I mean.
I do love my car, it's great. It runs, it has a crack free windshield and new tires and it's paid for. Best of all, it has 007 on the license plate. How can I not love my car? I treat it nice .....and yet it still gives me grief..grrrr...like when it is cold and wet and the weak front locks won't work. The driver's side doesn't like to open on cold wet days. Maybe it does this when it hasn't gotten to drive anywhere fun or interesting in a while. hmmm. Most days the passenger side likes to copy the driver's side (it can never come up with it's own ideas, but always along for the ride - hee, hee) but the back door is my friend. The back door (not really a hatch back or tail gait so not quite sure what to call it) will always open for me, much love to the not tailgate door! so I end up crawling the entire length of my car, over the back seat, and between the front seats to get seated and start the car - this repeated maneuver has lead me to a deeper understanding of myself and my inability to be an acrobat...or a ninja. While I'm not sure I ever wanted to be a Ninja, just knowing I really wouldn't be successful at it makes me kind of sad that I can't be one. I wonder who is entertained more by me trying to crawl through the car in my heels and work clothes, my car or my neighbors...
Random observation - we have a lingering Christmas decoration - the mistletoe that the kids duct taped above the entry to the kitchen is still there. eeee, hee, hee, it's almost as if it's saying "kiss the cook!"
Last week it was SUPER dooper cold but I was able to unlock all the car doors and open them to take Devan to school. So what's the problem you ask...the little mechanism that is triggered by the door handle to let me open the door and keeps the door closed didn't want to work. It let me open the door but then job over, it was done. "You want the door closed, hold it closed yourself cuz I'm cold so I'm done." Okay, I tell you what - ow! Wrists were not meant to be contorted in that manner and then hold a car door closed while you are driving! After I dropped Devan off I decided to give it one more try to see if the mechanism was done giving me attitude. AAAAHHHHH (that was an angel chorus in case you didn't know) it worked! Happy, happy, joy, joy!!! I was very glad because I was getting on the freeway, oops, interstate in a block...that would have been weird trying to hold the door closed going 70+ mph. Not to mention that fact that my wrist would have gotten stuck in that crazy contortion and I probably would not have been able to use that hand at work all day. Like when you carry a heavy grocery bag for a long time and your fingers are curled around it for so long you can't uncurl them....you know what I mean.
I do love my car, it's great. It runs, it has a crack free windshield and new tires and it's paid for. Best of all, it has 007 on the license plate. How can I not love my car? I treat it nice .....and yet it still gives me grief..grrrr...like when it is cold and wet and the weak front locks won't work. The driver's side doesn't like to open on cold wet days. Maybe it does this when it hasn't gotten to drive anywhere fun or interesting in a while. hmmm. Most days the passenger side likes to copy the driver's side (it can never come up with it's own ideas, but always along for the ride - hee, hee) but the back door is my friend. The back door (not really a hatch back or tail gait so not quite sure what to call it) will always open for me, much love to the not tailgate door! so I end up crawling the entire length of my car, over the back seat, and between the front seats to get seated and start the car - this repeated maneuver has lead me to a deeper understanding of myself and my inability to be an acrobat...or a ninja. While I'm not sure I ever wanted to be a Ninja, just knowing I really wouldn't be successful at it makes me kind of sad that I can't be one. I wonder who is entertained more by me trying to crawl through the car in my heels and work clothes, my car or my neighbors...
Random observation - we have a lingering Christmas decoration - the mistletoe that the kids duct taped above the entry to the kitchen is still there. eeee, hee, hee, it's almost as if it's saying "kiss the cook!"
Monday, February 8, 2010
Snow Parts
It's snowing! We had 5 1/2 inches two weekends ago and now its snowing again! Love it! So far we have about and inch and a half. And I don't need to be a part of the milk and bread phenomenon that happens here. The kids are out playing in the snow tonight. From what I understand, instead of making a snowman, they are going to make a snow phallus. Normally I say that you gotta love the south (the bread/milk thing) but in this case with the snow obscenities all I can say is you gotta love teenagers.
I got a small chance to play tour guide this weekend. You know I love that almost as much as I love having visitors and especially bestest friends from Oregon. Too bad it was super dooper cold so we kept the outside activities to a minimum. Of course then they leave and get back to 55 degrees and sunny...and we get snow. All in all, I think I win!!! Fun weekend with friend then snow...yep, I win!
To make up for not updating this for so long I will share some of my "not so stellar" moments:
I was talking to my friend (we do not have a land line, just our cell phones) and I had to leave to go pick up Devan. I walked out the door still talking and had to come back into the house to search for my phone. I couldn't find it on the table or on the sofa next to where I had been sitting or on my bathroom counter and I started to panic. I began telling my phone that I couldn't find my phone when I realized, yes, the phone I was missing was the one I was speaking into...
Devan and I went to see a movie in a REALLY crowded movie theater. We got our seats and about half way into the movie I had to go to the restroom. I definitely couldn't wait until the movie got over. We were directly in the middle of the theater for optimum viewing and sound quality. Oh, tummy, hang on, I will get you out of here... I race out of the theater and make it to the restroom. Back into the dark theater where we are viewing a dark movie and oh, crap...where did we sit? I go up the stairs to where I think we are sitting and I can't see Devan. I try calling his name but he can't hear me. I squat in the aisle waiting for a well lit scene so I can see but to no avail. There is a guy on the end that lets me use his cell phone when I realize, I don't have Devan's number memorized.... I squat in the aisle a little longer and finally just risk it and go into the aisle of the guy who let me use his phone. Yay!!! I'm right! I found my seat! Of course I made Devan wait til the credits were almost over before I would leave so nobody would recognize me...just in case. Yeah, I got lost in the movie theater.
I got a small chance to play tour guide this weekend. You know I love that almost as much as I love having visitors and especially bestest friends from Oregon. Too bad it was super dooper cold so we kept the outside activities to a minimum. Of course then they leave and get back to 55 degrees and sunny...and we get snow. All in all, I think I win!!! Fun weekend with friend then snow...yep, I win!
To make up for not updating this for so long I will share some of my "not so stellar" moments:
I was talking to my friend (we do not have a land line, just our cell phones) and I had to leave to go pick up Devan. I walked out the door still talking and had to come back into the house to search for my phone. I couldn't find it on the table or on the sofa next to where I had been sitting or on my bathroom counter and I started to panic. I began telling my phone that I couldn't find my phone when I realized, yes, the phone I was missing was the one I was speaking into...
Devan and I went to see a movie in a REALLY crowded movie theater. We got our seats and about half way into the movie I had to go to the restroom. I definitely couldn't wait until the movie got over. We were directly in the middle of the theater for optimum viewing and sound quality. Oh, tummy, hang on, I will get you out of here... I race out of the theater and make it to the restroom. Back into the dark theater where we are viewing a dark movie and oh, crap...where did we sit? I go up the stairs to where I think we are sitting and I can't see Devan. I try calling his name but he can't hear me. I squat in the aisle waiting for a well lit scene so I can see but to no avail. There is a guy on the end that lets me use his cell phone when I realize, I don't have Devan's number memorized.... I squat in the aisle a little longer and finally just risk it and go into the aisle of the guy who let me use his phone. Yay!!! I'm right! I found my seat! Of course I made Devan wait til the credits were almost over before I would leave so nobody would recognize me...just in case. Yeah, I got lost in the movie theater.
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