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Does anybody else get the major spring-cleaning bug when you're going out of town?
This used to cause serious consternation in Mocha Man. I can remember really kind of fighting about it back in our younger days...
"Why should we clean like crazy and stress ourselves out when we're LEAVING??"
I don't know why. I just know I HAVE to do it or else I will implode.
He doesn't ask anymore.
He actually even pretends that he understands!
And he HELPS!
Anybody else get the deep-cleaning bug before a vacation?
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Unsupervised Children
Corene: (calling) MOOOOOOOOOMMMM! Where are you?
Me: In the basement!
Corene: (coming down the stairs) Isaac is... (pause) He got a stick.
Me: (getting up) And?
Corene: He put it in the peanut butter, and was licking it off.
Me: Where did he get the peanut butter? Who took it out?
Corene: You left it out on the table.
Me: (oops)
Me: (calling) Isaac!
Isaac: ... Whught?
(mouth full of peanut butter, hands full of peanut butter, face FULL of peanut butter, table full of peanut butter... why didn't I get a picture- FULL of peanut butter? Sorry to all the peanut moms out there... I know you are probably breaking out in a cold sweat right about now!)
Me: Where did you get the stick?
Isaac: Outside-in-ot-a-tick. (Outside and got a stick)
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Nice.
Without me knowing, my silent-while-destructive son went OUTSIDE, got a stick, brought it inside, and was using it as a utensil to devour a tub of peanut butter.
Excuse me, I need to go pluck a few gray hairs.
Me: In the basement!
Corene: (coming down the stairs) Isaac is... (pause) He got a stick.
Me: (getting up) And?
Corene: He put it in the peanut butter, and was licking it off.
Me: Where did he get the peanut butter? Who took it out?
Corene: You left it out on the table.
Me: (oops)
Me: (calling) Isaac!
Isaac: ... Whught?
(mouth full of peanut butter, hands full of peanut butter, face FULL of peanut butter, table full of peanut butter... why didn't I get a picture- FULL of peanut butter? Sorry to all the peanut moms out there... I know you are probably breaking out in a cold sweat right about now!)
Me: Where did you get the stick?
Isaac: Outside-in-ot-a-tick. (Outside and got a stick)
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Nice.
Without me knowing, my silent-while-destructive son went OUTSIDE, got a stick, brought it inside, and was using it as a utensil to devour a tub of peanut butter.
Excuse me, I need to go pluck a few gray hairs.
Friday, March 20, 2009
The Lottery
I have roughly 11,000 posts swirling in my head these days, with seemingly only 30 seconds of energy to ever devote to this poor neglected blog.
Confession: I've realized that I have kind of a perfectionism in my writing which keeps me from posting anything unless I can "craft" it to be good writing (Nothing like a trained writer, of course, ha ha, but at least thoughtfully written). And, though I have the time to sit and jot short notes down, I just never hit "Publish Post" because I've not read and reread my words enough to change it into something that I would consider "well-written".
So, the blog goes un-updated. Sigh. I really do miss it. I miss writing.
Anyhow, I'm not letting this hurried post stop me from hitting "Publish Post" to share with you this little gem of a Bible verse.
Many of my friends have been waiting in Charter School lotteries... If you're not familiar with the process, your child's name goes into a hat with 300 other applicants who want to go to that school, and the names are drawn randomly for the 22 slots available. Then they draw each name in order for the waiting list. You wait for months to get "that letter" that says what number your child's name was drawn as. You pray that it NOT be #300. This month has been the month most schools have sent out their lottery results.
It's totally random.
Right?
Proverbs 16:33 - The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
Maybe not so random, after all... Muwahahaha.
Somebody is behind it all. And He loves you and knows what you need. (Luke 12:22-34)
Confession: I've realized that I have kind of a perfectionism in my writing which keeps me from posting anything unless I can "craft" it to be good writing (Nothing like a trained writer, of course, ha ha, but at least thoughtfully written). And, though I have the time to sit and jot short notes down, I just never hit "Publish Post" because I've not read and reread my words enough to change it into something that I would consider "well-written".
So, the blog goes un-updated. Sigh. I really do miss it. I miss writing.
Anyhow, I'm not letting this hurried post stop me from hitting "Publish Post" to share with you this little gem of a Bible verse.
Many of my friends have been waiting in Charter School lotteries... If you're not familiar with the process, your child's name goes into a hat with 300 other applicants who want to go to that school, and the names are drawn randomly for the 22 slots available. Then they draw each name in order for the waiting list. You wait for months to get "that letter" that says what number your child's name was drawn as. You pray that it NOT be #300. This month has been the month most schools have sent out their lottery results.
It's totally random.
Right?
Proverbs 16:33 - The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
Maybe not so random, after all... Muwahahaha.
Somebody is behind it all. And He loves you and knows what you need. (Luke 12:22-34)
Monday, March 2, 2009
Priceless
Scene: In my Ebay work room, while I'm photographing a tank and shirt that might just win the "most hideous" award for something we've sold (and, let me tell you, that's sayin' something! Cuteness is NOT a requirement for what I sell on Ebay).
Ava: Ooooooooooooooh. Mooooooooommmmmmmmy. That shirt is SOOOOOOO beautiful! Can I touch it?
Me: Sure, you can touch it, careful!
(Ava touches material)
Ava: OOOOOOOOOOHHHH! It's sooooo soft, and the flowers on it look like raindrops! Oh, mommy, I wish I had a shirt like that!
Me: Do, you, really?
Ava: But YOU could wear it, mommy! Oh, mommy, you should wear it!!
Me: (laughing) It's not my size. It's way too big for me!
Ava: That's ok, you could wear it like a short little dress, with tight pants, like tights that are pants, you know? It would be sooo fancy!
Me: Yeah, I know what you mean. I don't think that would look very good, though.
Ava: WHY NOT???? (Donning her Fancy Nancy pose, head cocked, hip out, fingers splayed)
I think it would look lovely!
Me: (Laughing)
Props: Shirt pictured below, best described as part house coat, part bowling shirt, best suited to be worn by a woman in curlers sporting a ciggy.
Sometimes I can not even believe these things sell on Ebay in 2009.
Cost to buy ugly shirt: $3.oo
Sold on ebay for : $24.10
Chance to have above conversations and laughter that ensued:
Priceless
Ava: Ooooooooooooooh. Mooooooooommmmmmmmy. That shirt is SOOOOOOO beautiful! Can I touch it?
Me: Sure, you can touch it, careful!
(Ava touches material)
Ava: OOOOOOOOOOHHHH! It's sooooo soft, and the flowers on it look like raindrops! Oh, mommy, I wish I had a shirt like that!
Me: Do, you, really?
Ava: But YOU could wear it, mommy! Oh, mommy, you should wear it!!
Me: (laughing) It's not my size. It's way too big for me!
Ava: That's ok, you could wear it like a short little dress, with tight pants, like tights that are pants, you know? It would be sooo fancy!
Me: Yeah, I know what you mean. I don't think that would look very good, though.
Ava: WHY NOT???? (Donning her Fancy Nancy pose, head cocked, hip out, fingers splayed)
I think it would look lovely!
Me: (Laughing)
Props: Shirt pictured below, best described as part house coat, part bowling shirt, best suited to be worn by a woman in curlers sporting a ciggy.
Sometimes I can not even believe these things sell on Ebay in 2009.
Cost to buy ugly shirt: $3.oo
Sold on ebay for : $24.10
Chance to have above conversations and laughter that ensued:
Priceless
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