From my 8 year old daughter's "Meet the Author" page...
"I like to go swinging."
Enough already. I miss my husband. I would like him home please. Hopefully between church stuff tonight and possible snow tomorrow, the days go by quickly.
Speaking of Steve, he bought a camera last night. A Nikon D80, I think. It has 10.2 megapixels and lots of other features that I'm sure I'll never use. I'm so excited! I can't wait to use it. I've had this camera for almost 4 years now. Now that he has a camera, I fully expect to see pictures of his travels on his blog tonight.
I straightened my hair again today. Steve can't stand it straight, so I figured I would straighten it a time or two this week. It's just fun and different. I feel like I'm undercover or something. I also used a microderm abrasion kit from Mary Kay. My face feels as smooth as a baby's skin. It's all red, but it's smooth.
My 1099 from working for my dad last year should come today. Should be able to file our taxes tonight or tomorrow. We are going to get a new dining room table. I'm so excited. I'm so tired of using the one we have. Steve bought it for a dirt cheap price at a flea market in France when he was still in the Air Force and living in Germany. I love antiques and all but I think it must have once belonged to some very short french people. It would also be nice to have a table that we can sit around as a family.
Yeah, I'm boring the crap out of myself, so I must be boring you all too. I'm going to type up this school project for Ashley titled, "The Girl That Goes Inside Of A Computer". Now that is a catchy title!
Who taught you how to ride a bike?
My dad, on the side street by my house. I had a Strawberry Shortcake bike. I remember peddling, looking behind and realizing he had let go, the fear and excitement of it all. My mom was there watching too.
This makes me insanely happy. Katie Holmes wears spanx too! Just like me! I didn't realize hollywood stars had to resort to things of this sort to control their jiggling too. Heh. It's amazing what you find when the kids are all too busy playing legos, your husband is out of town and you have lots of time to aimlessly surf the internets.
Have you ever started a trend? Followed one?
Submitted by It's Raining Calculators.
In 6th grade I started making friendship bracelets with my close circle of friends. You know the ones where you are basically making knots out of embroidery floss? Yup, someone outside of my school showed me how to make them, so I came to school and showed my friends. Then everyone wanted one. The teachers were getting mad because they were everywhere, preoccupying everyone's time.
Oh, and in 1st grade, there was the caterpillar trend. You see, during recess you could either play on the black top or the soccer fields. Just beyond the fields, there was a playground and some trees. That year, gyspy moths had infested this one tree. I took notice as I was obsessed with creepy crawlie type things.
Every day after lunch, I would run out to the tree and take some out of the tree and stash them in my lunchbox to take home with me. I had been going alone, but there were a lot of caterpillars, too many for my Smurf lunchbox, so I told a couple of friends. Then some boys came over one day, wondering what could be so interesting about this tree. It all culminated in most of Miss Denise's first grade class going out to the tree after lunch and filling up their empty sandwich baggies with as many caterpillars as possible.
We took our prized possesions back into the school with us and stashed them in the book cubby beneath our seats.
About halfway through whatever lesson followed recess, they started to escape. Miss Denise quickly took notice as we were all distracted with trying to get them back into our baggies. Miss Denise took action. She began to throw the baggies with the precious caterpillars out the open windows. I began to cry as I pictured the poor things plunging to their deaths.
As for following trends, lots of them. Too many to list.
Did any of ya'll say that when you were a kid and you were excited about something? Am I the only weird one? I once dated a guy who said, "Okie dokie Pookie-Pokey". I didn't date him long. I think I made him cry when I told him I wasn't interested in him any longer.
Yeah, so, as I was saying....goodie goodie gumdrops!!!! Steve forgot to take the camera with him so he could blog his trip. Well, he's decided to go buy a new camera. That isn't the only good thing, one of the guys that is on the trip with him is a professional, he really knows his stuff. They are going to Best Buy to get a camera. Whoohoo!
Don't get me wrong, I do love my little HP photosmart. It has been faithful to me. It still works. However, I would like more megapixels. Seriously, what girl doesn't get all weak-kneed over megapixels? Especially when you would like to take professional quality pictures in your own home so that you never have to step foot in an over-priced bad quality photo studio. It's also less embarrassing when you have to threaten that one child with the attitude that doesn't want to smile with no bedtime snack for a week if they don't cooperate. Unless you are taking the picture in the backyard and the neighbors are weeding their garden or something. Yeah. Not that I would know that. I'm just saying.
Camera! I'm getting a new camera! Whoohoo!
I meant to stop and buy milk yesterday on my way home from taking Steve to the rental car place. I totally forgot. I had to make the kids egg sandwiches for breakfast. Of course, it was a treat for them. They are probably hoping I forget to go out and get milk today too. Around here, it's cereal, oatmeal, and sometimes if I feeling nice, waffles, all things they can make for themselves. Well, everyone but Josiah. Although, he will be 7 in a week. Don't want the boy growing up having mommy do everything for him. I want to teach him to be a self-sufficient man. But still, 7, isn't that young to have to fetch your own breakfast? Sigh. Perhaps I just don't want him growing up so fast.
I'm trying to focus on the pluses of Steve being away. It's hard, but every once in awhile I can think of one. Like putting my hair up in the ponytail and putting on a baseball cap, huge sweatshirt and old baggy jeans. No makeup or any of that kind of stuff. Like I once heard a preacher say, "If the barn needs painting, paint it." Trust me, this barn needs painting. But if Steve isn't around, why bother? Not like I'm trying to impress anyone around this place.
I'm off to shower and throw on my warm comfy clothes and run to the store. Hopefully I don't scare too many people.
I survived. I'm about to go to bed. One good thing about Steve being away is that I get to watch all the gross medical shows on Discovery Health and TLC. He hates that kind of stuff. Tonight's shows were "I eat 33,000 calories a day" and one about Primordial Dwarfism. The first show also helped keep me from eating the entire bag of yogurt covered pretzels and the two bags of semi-sweet chocolate chips that I forgot I had bought for all that Christmas baking I was going to do. I'm such an underachiever. Heh.
The kids spent most of the day also watching TLC, conjoined twins, families of 14 or more kids, you know, the usual. I figure it was educational too, right? Better than vegging out in front of the Disney Channel. I can only watch the same episode of "The Suite Life with Zac and Cody" five times. After that my head will explode. Luckily, Kristen is sending duct tape, just in case I accidentally watch one this week.
Tomorrow, I will tackle Steve's job for me this week. Sorting through our junk to sell on eBay and taking pictures of it. He seems to think we have some decent junk to sell. Considering my addiction to the clearance section of Target, some extra cash couldn't hurt around here.
Goodnight all. Perhaps tomorrow, I'll explain the hobo. Or I'll just keep you all guessing.
I am relying on you all this week. I'm going to be bored out of my mind and ready to lose my mind. I'm a single parent this week. Steve is out of town on business. He hasn't been out of town since the summer, and the kids and I went on that trip with him. So yeah, insanity coming, by tomorrow evening. If you really care, send all the duct tape you have. Thanks!
If you were told you could relive a moment in your life, which would you choose?
Submitted by Slight Diffusion.
The first time I met Steve in real life. I would love to stand in line with him at Starbucks and look up into those spectacular green eyes of his. I would love to sit at our little table sipping my cafe mocha and rambling nervously while he sat there looking at me with an amused grin. Yeah, I would like to do that all over again.
