recap of the week

So it has been a looooong week! Starting with Tuesday. I somehow was able to take a 2 hour nap! This never happens, even at night! I found out why later on Tuesday night... I began getting a cold. Not good! On Wednesday, the boy got his tonsils taken out. This has been planned for a couple of months, but some people thought I just decided this. I coughed and hacked my way through it, and then the boy and I came home and slept. There was some drama in the waiting room, but you will have to ask my mom for those deets.

Thursday went fine, the boy ate a double cheesburger from Wednesday night for his Thanksgiving dinner. I slept a lot, ate, went to K-Mart (where there was a sweater for $70?? If I'm paying that much for a sweater, it isn't going to be from the big K!), then planned for the black Friday attack.

It began with leaving at 3:30am for Kohls. We got there a little before 4, waited in the car for the doors to open, and by the time we were to the doors, the line had gone. We had the list, divided and conquered. We were out by 4:30. On to JCPenney's, where they were sold out of the aqua globes. Next on to Wal-Mart. Two of the advertised toys were not there! I had to talk with the manager, who said there are no rainchecks, and the price won't be the same when they do find the pallets! Bait and switch??? Then on to Best Buy, where the guy in the Wii games section was super fabulous!! I think I may have cut in line to pay, but that's just payback for two years ago there!! Then on to Target. I hadn't encountered much trouble so far, so we thought maybe I wouldn't find any. (The past 2 years, I've had to cause trouble at injustices I've seen in stores) Well, Target "security" began with telling us lazies that they weren't going to open the grocery side doors for 45 minutes after they opened the other ones (last year it was 5 minutes, which was fine!). Then I watched as the loyal employees locked the exit doors, leaving only one set of doors available for shoppers to enter/exit, and as it was a mass entrance, no one could exit if something happened. I loudly voiced my concerns to my fellow shoppers as well as the head of "security" who then had to tell the loyal employees to unlock the exit doors after he insisted they weren't locked. Then Mar snuck in line and almost had to knock out a dumb lady. They aren't getting MY business for a while. Then on to breakfast. I think this may have been a bad idea, cause it zapped my energy and I was ready for a nap. We went back by Wal-Mart, hoping the missing pallets had resurfaced (they hadn't), then by Walgreens, then back to Meems. I took a little nap, then gathered my kids and went home.

Friday evening we went and hung out with friends. We had a FABULOUS time! I saw the first James Bond with Daniel Craig. He is better than I thought he would be! On the way home, I got pulled over for speeding, but in my way, I didn't get a ticket. The poor kids are getting a skewed view of the system. This is the third time they've been with me when I've been pulled over and gotten a warning. But, they also heard that I have an "excellent" driving record! Now that is a laugh and a half!

Saturday found us sleeping the day away. We had to be normal for about a couple of hours when boyo and mar came up for a game of life and a hair dye. We went back to bed after that and stayed there until this morning! It is amazing that the boy has not gotten this cold. A result of blessings and prayers, I'm sure! The girl has gotten it though, and has become super meow! I think we are going to sleep away another day!

bad case of the 3 o'clocks

So, since I can't sleep, I'll blog... The girl and I watched the AMA's the other night, and I was surprised that I can forget a shirt, but I can still remember all the words to the NKOTB songs. I was never an NKOTB fan, either!! Ask my sister, she will testify! I also noticed that their dance moves have not changed since their first go round. I then surprised the girl with the song purple rain as I was inspired by Rhianna's hair. Again, knowing all the words. If this stuff is in my mind, how am I forgetting the most basic things as putting on a shirt?

Anyways, I figured I'd leave ya'll with a list of my 3 favorite boy banders...

1. Justin Timberlake. He is by far the most successful person to come from a boy band. I think I love him almost as much as Ellen does.

2. Chris Kirkpatrick. I think this is how you spell his name. But as the voice of my favorite animated boy bander, Chip Skylark ("my shiny teeth and me!") how can I not love him!

3. AJ from BSB. Why haven't I seen this loveable bad boy on Celebrity Rehab yet? Did he really take to sobriety? I hope so!

And now I hear some moving around... I think one of the kids may have a case of the 3 o'clocks as well...

yes, I saw it

I saw the Twilight movie yesterday!!! I read the first book, and it was alright, but not good enough to make me want to read the whole series. The movie was what I expected from the books, and I think this would make a great CW mini series, and would have stayed more true to the chronology of the book. I'm going to see the rest of the movies, because as a fan of campy teenage angst filled dramas, this was FABULOUS (with jazz hands going on). Somehow I missed in the book that all the talking of blood was really an analogy for S-E-X. I think that in the books there was enough detail and words on everything else, I must have glazed over it. But in the movie, I was scandalized! The book was just over worded smut, I guess! Hmmmmmm...

On another note, I got my DTV converter boxes today. Our main TV needs a better antenna, and that is with the upgrade! I also discovered that I can't watch CBS yet, because they have not switched over. I have been muttering bitters for the last hour as I hooked it up because, I did not sign up to be cable-less, I thought my happy life would provide that for ever, or until I had gotten mad at ALL the cable and satellite companies, which would take pretty much the rest of my life. Then the bitters continued as I had to do electronic work. I hate hooking up wires and plugging stuff in and finding plug strips and paying attention to set it up right. And then to have it not work out as good as it is supposed to!!! I now have to get someone to hook up a real antenna outside like the hillbilly I am to be able to watch TV from the couch! What fun, bring on the holidays, I'm full of cheer!

an open letter...

Dear Carl Edwards,
Please date my mommy. I know you're engaged, but if it doesn't work out, my mom is open. I think you're a great sport, a good racer, and an awesome guy. My mom drives her fusion fast, but not as fast as you! Go Ford! I'd like you to teach me how to do back flips, too! Does that AFLAC duck annoy you as much as it annoys me? I've got nothin else, so have a good off season, and I'll be watchin for you next year!

Your man,
The Boy

sleep deprived...

I thought I was in need of sleep a month ago, but it's getting worse!! I have given up on getting a good night's sleep, and am in search of a good concealer. Out of the three I have, the cheap, stick one works the best. I am also in search of an IV for my diet coke, as it is about the only thing keeping me moving. My sleep helpers aren't even working that good, as the 2 o'clock wide awakes are getting more intense. I think if I wouldn't wake the kids, and it wasn't so cold, I would be climbing the stairs. So, if I'm getting more forgetful and flaky, please stick with me, cause hopefully I will get so sleep soon... I'm so tired that I can't even get a nap in. Oh, well, it should eventually come, I think. Maybe when I'm done with this semester and I've gotten my grades...

proving me wrong...

So the kids got clearanced out lunchables this last weekend. In it was a little water bottle with a kool-aid thing to make your own... So, the smarty kids they are, decided to create their own at home... The boy comes out with some new kool-aid, I'm wondering where he got it, and he goes on to tell me he used a regular kool-aid packet. So as punishment, I tell him he has to drink it in front of me so I can see his reaction. When I explained to him that it would taste bad because there wasn't any sugar, he didn't believe me... So, he has drank most of it with a straight face. The girl made hers, took a drink, and poured the rest down the drain. To which I proclaimed to the boy that he can now be a homeschooler with his lack of sugary drinks, and that I can now feed him cheerios without sugar, and so on, as taunting can go when he is stubbornly telling me how good it is. I think he learned his lesson... if not, I've got to find him some "ice-milk" for dessert and powdered milk to drink, since he has lost any sense or sense of taste! Doesn't this also mean that I can feed him vienna sausages, and canned peas? I'm hoping I can break him before that, because those are two of the most disgusting foods ever, right after the chef boyardee (not franco-american) that nasty cat-food filled ravioli...

most heartbreaking comment

I had thought that the most heartbreaking comment I had heard was, "Remember when my dad was my REAL dad and we did....." The girl has been starting her memories with this phrase for some time. Tonight I found that the boy has his version. "My dad quit being a good dad in 2007" is what he said. Ouch, but true. And what can I say to them except that I'm sorry things happened this way, that people make bad decisions that mess things up so much.

Also of note this last week, the boy had a wire pop out. I was doing my homework when he came up to me and said, the girl and I were wrestling around, and her foot caught my mouth, and my wire popped out. It was on his cheek, outside his mouth! I put it back in and took him to the ortho the next day. I'm still trying to figure out how that happened, with no crying or anything, just laughter and giggles... who knew the girl has such monkey toes?

where did she go?

So yesterday after school, the girl went to find her kitten. Mallory was gone. The turkey the girl put out for her is still there today, so I'm thinking that she went to live with someone for real. I dodged that bullet pretty well, as the girl kept asking if we could make it our pet for real. My most recent response was that if I wanted to take care of something else for almost 20 years, I'd have another kid, and that at least a kid would learn to use the toilet in a few years.

In other news from yesterday, at bedtime the girl told me that she had to sleep in my bed because Goatelyn (formerly Goatly) was already asleep in my bed and she has to sleep with her. Then, Goatelyn jumped off the bed in the middle of the night and I had to rescue her. How the girl could hear the thud of a bean bag on carpet in her sleep, I don't know... I'm starting to think I may have company when I jump on the crazytrain!

anybody need any help??

There is no need to fear, Super The Girl is here!!! Can I help you? Do you need help, cause I'll help you if you're stuck!!
(Wearing her Wonder Woman costume, long red socks, and red pumps with socks on the heels because the nails are showing, also white flowered gloves. Now she has taped her cape round herself like a dress.)

I need to go get lipstick on.....

The Girl

what I did at school today

Dear Santa,

For Christmas I would like the lego turbo car. I'd like it to help my lego skills. My skills are good but I want to make them even better.
Also, it's a set that just let out. It's so cool. Plus, it has realy good detail.
I can't wait until Christmas.

Your man, The Boy

P.S.- How's it been?

uuuuggggghhhhhh!!!!!

Both kids had homework tonight... firstly, they both had math. The boy is beginning division, and I caught him trying to cheat with a calculator already. The girl is learning I'm not sure what, but it involved "steps," I think it is adding. Next came reading. The girl is supposed to read a book called "ships and boats." Do you think she really wants to read this? Do you think I really want to listen to it? It was torture!! 14 pages of stab-our-eyes-out agony. But, we made it! Onto the boy's next assignment, his book report. It isn't due until Friday, but with our schedule we have to get as much done as possible. So the boy seaches for the book for a half hour (while the girl and I are learning about water transportation), and can't find it. I ask if he left it at school, and get a blank stare. The girl and I assist in looking for another 15 minutes, with no success only for me to ask if he maybe took it in the car. He then smacks his head and looks in his backpack. It's not there, he left it at school!!!!! I'm biting my cheeks trying not to scream! I better get my bag packed cause I hear the train a comin. Next stop, crazytown!

new blog on list

I've added a new blog to my blog list!! Be Centsable is fabulous!!! It has links to fabulous bargins, and printable coupon sites... I've got to replace the big computer so I can print!! So have fun checking it out, and hopefully it will help all of you be as anal about saving at least $50 at each Wal-Mart visit as I am!!!

Announcing.....

My mouth with braces. I thought I was just getting the behind-the-teeth wire put in again. But, the ortho put the braces on my front too! I got to choose my colors, so of course I chose the colors of my favorite high school football team (who are now 11-0, way to go team!!!)! My mouth hurts bad, and I can feel my teeth moving. Momma says that I will have a more handsome smile when I'm done with the braces!

This message is sponsored by the boy!

this is what I looked like before!

do you like it?

Hey everybody! I picked out the new page! I think it is beauuuuuutiful! It's sparkely and it's pink, and I want someone to make me a dress like it! I hope you love it as much as I do!

I love you like I love this page!
the Girl

happy day for me!!!

It's a happy day for me!! Sarah dog came back to live with me!! She missed me sooooo much!! I love her sooooo much!! I hope she doesn't get sick again!! I also have a new kitten. Momma says that it can be an outside only kitten, and that it can be given away. I named it Mallory and gave it some ham. It is sooooo cute!! Momma is sad cause her happy momma juice is not being made anymore. I think it will make momma more crazy! That's all I want to say for now!!

I love you like I love my pets,
the Girl

a sad, sad, day

So, I'm back to drinking at least 2 cans of Diet Coke a morning. I decided to go back to the Tab Energy in the AM. I looked at the grocery stores, walmarts, even gas station, and I could not find it anywhere! It is the BEST tasting energy drink around, like a cherry jolly rancher, a stronger cherry 7up! So I go to coke.com and find that it is available all over North America. However, I've been through this with Coke before, and know that it is a regional distribution thing. So I call the local bottling plant. They tell me that the syrup has been discontinued, and there will be NO MORE! A sad, sad, sad day for me. This is the second time Coke has done this to me (Fanta Pink Grapefruit?)!!!!! I guess I will just have to keep with my 2liter a day habit, then and hope that the syrup formula becomes generic! I guess I will just have to troll the online markets looking for some discounted closeouts! RIP Tab Energy, RIP.....

voting...

So the kids and I took our usual morning treats to our 2 favorite election officials, and man were we in for a surprise!! Usually there is plenty of time to hang with them, but there were HUGE lines! We dropped off their diet cokes and candy, with extra for the other officials, and left. I told them I would come back and vote when they call and tell me they need lunch! It's a good thing the kids voted early, since they would have been late to school if they had to wait in line!