Facebook Catch Up

In case you are one who isn't on facebook, much...a random sampling of some of my random thoughts lately:

Apparently I walked around the backyard for a 1/2 hour accidentally spilling dirt into a few holes. Good thing Mojo was there to walk behind me and get it all out. Way to be on the ball, pup.

  

My curfew was lightning bugs, mom didn't call my cell, she yelled my name, I played outside with friends, not online, If I didn't eat what my mom cooked then I didn't eat. Sanitizer didn't exist, but you COULD get your mouth washed out with soap. I rode a bike without a helmet, getting dirty was… ok,… and neighbors gave a darn as much as your parents did. Re-post if you drank water from a garden hose and survived!

I'm pretty sure if my sneakers had a care label, they would definitely say "Hand wash cold, or toss in the washer whenever you feel they must be cleaned before wanting to put them on. It's totally fine. Air dry." (layers of dirt and mud=not wearable to me)

 "An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it."  ~Robert Brault

It's always nice when you catch the green light, especially when it's that "one" that seems to take years to cycle through. :)

"If I had a flower for each time I thought of my Mother, I could walk in my garden forever." - unknown

My youngest just decided to make himself a bowl of chocolate milk. Really?! 

This morning + me = total flake. Apologies to the nth degree! (after my neighbor had to go to the hospital to have her baby while her husband was out of town...her son spent the night at our house, so I totally arrived at a birthday party 1 and 1/2 hours late...I thought it started at 2 instead of noon...lame)

FINALLY, this week, the two reality shows that I watch finally both eliminated the two people I have been wanting gone for weeks. (if you watch something other than those two, I can't say whether it was a good week for reality tv or not...did you least favorites say good-bye as well?) (bye-bye Kendra; bye-bye Jacob)

...and the award for the BEST FREAK OUT goes to, Polly Greenwood for her continuous flinging long after the offender had been flung, screaming all the while, and remarkably, not waking the children. (Um...pretty sure it was a scorpion...but my flinging skills are off the charts, so I'm not quite sure. :))  (seriously...I reached up to flick off something that landed on my neck...it stung my finger and screamed and flung and flicked screamed some more and cried ...it was ridiculous! But it really did surprise me and it really did kind of hurt. All was well by the next day.

"Ten pounds be damned. Inside me is a spark of the divine." ~ Jennifer Williams Fields (via elephantjournal)

There's a time and a place for natural cleaners. Then there are the jobs that require clorox cleanup and a hazmat suit. (that clorox-appropriate place would be a teen boy's bathroom. seriously)

Four Thank you cards and an invitation greeted me in my mailbox today! Woohoo! You all totally made tossing all the junk mail worth it today! (And you are VERY welcome!)

“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours”
~Swedish Proverb

"I freakin' want stuff and you don't let me have it."
(my eldest)  (Sorry, rule numero uno in the parent handbook: when your kids want stuff...don't freakin let them have it.)

What I meant by "what?"...wasn't "I was confused by that really complicated sentence, please restate it in a different form" It was "I will have to reclick, I didn't notice that" But thank you for making the very short sentence reworded. lol i gotta love Aimee

"Aw MOM! I have a FREEZE-BREAK!!"

(That's Aidan-speak for Brain-Freeze)

"If Donald Trump is president in 2012, I'll buy you a car."
"But I'll be old by then"
"That's NEXT year!"
"Oh, okay. Wait, so you're saying you don't think Donald Trump will be president?"

Exactly

A politician flies 1st class; a soldier flies in a C-17.
A politician's pension is not reduced; a soldier's is clawed 50%.
A politician enjoys an expense account; a soldier must justify extra rations.
A politician vows to defend their country; a soldier actually keeps that promise.
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I was really getting used to Alex being able to drive himself around. I would have said that the kids are too busy to for me to be the lone chauffeur, but it's working; still, being a car down is a pain. On the plus side, I have a wonderful non-crashed car and lots of energy and health to do it all.

The greatest man in history had no servants, yet they called him Master. He had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher. Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer. He had no army, yet kings feared Him. He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world. He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him. He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.

Back to Best Buy we go today. Hopefully they haven't sold the receiver we returned yesterday. We would like to get the playstation remote back.