Faith in Humanity Restored by Carl

Today I was in a FLURRY (freaking large hurry) getting everyone out the door. We barely had time to drop off kids on time when we all piled in the car. These mornings are reoccuring in our house. I usually make it out of Pjs, not this morning.

Got to the first destination Thing 1's preschool.
Drop off complete.
Right around the block..... stutter.... stutter....Car dead.
I pulled it into a "parking spot" meaning someone's driveway :(
And grabbed Thing2 and the Fish and walked myself to the corner market. Where I proceeded to call my husband on the phone 15 times. No answer.

I walked into the convience store the kind I had walked to as a child just to get candy like "poprocks" and I asked where the nearest gas station was. There was a gentle man behind the counter and one coming through the door. The man behind the counter wanted to help but couldn't so I asked if he had a gas can. The man entering the mini mart asked if he could help.

"I can take you to get gas"

This worried me but not too much. So I suggested I go move my car and if he could get the gas can filled I could meet him at the van around the corner. I went to give him money only he had gotten in his car.

I walked the kids back around the block and found the owner of the house ready to tow my vehicle (same as I would have if I was going to work and a big red van was completely blocking my way). I explained and two people helped me push my car out of the way.

Then I see the man with the gas can. He filled the tank with the gallon and told me where the nearest gas station was.

I asked him his name.
He said Carl. Then he told me to go the gas attendant and to "Tell them Carl sent you"
I looked at him funny and then thanked him profusely.

I started my van and went to the gas station to put more gas in. I went into the attendant and said sheepishly. I am supposed to tell you "Carl sent me"

The gas attendant looked at me like I had said "here can I buy this gum." totally straight faced. Then asked if I was with someone. I told him no I just had my two kids in the van. He smiled and said this twenty is for you to pay for gas.

Thank you to Carl, you probably will never know how much this meant to me at that exact moment. I cried myself to my daughter's preschool and dropped her off.

Questions that need answers.

I am curious to know. Why? Why do ghosts need a parachute?

This mornings Bike ride.....

OK so I have loved to talk big and say I am going to get on the bike more. This morning I loaded up all children and attached them precariously to my bicycle. And left the house by 8:15am. Well Thing 1 has to be there by 8:30am. That was just not happening. I turned around after three minutes for multiple reasons.
1. At the speed I was going it would have taken me a good 45 minutes to get there.
2. I significantly underestimated the total weight of three of MY children.
3. When I pulled up behind the car. I found that the Fish had "loaded his drawers". (in other words POOPED!) That would have been one screaming meany fish by the time we would have gotten home.

Last week I had biked to Thing2's school but there is a free way over pass (and another mile or so) that stands in between me on my bike and Thing 1's school. I am going to keep working on the whole "I can bike them to school" thing until my legs are ready for a beating.

I love that we live in a town where bikes are the norm and not the exception. If I was riding in any other city I maybe know as the "Crazy biking Mom" but since there are so very many bikers here I am just one of the crowd.


Here are shots the Band took last week on one of our rides. Notice how many children I have to pull around? And please excuse all cheesyness.

Halloween Discussions

It is time for costume picking and preparation. My husband asked me what Thing 1 wanted to be

Me: "I think Spiderman, Batman, and Iron Man all at the same time.
Band: "I think Iron man would be cool ( our friend's son is Iron Man). Maybe Thing 2 can go as Pepper Pots!"
Thing 2(who we didn't know was listening): "I don't wanna be HIPPO HOTS! I want to be sweep-in BOOTY!"

She is awfully confident about what she wants.

Preschool Update.....

Real figher fighters, sandboxes, carpets with roads on them, moon sand, and most of all the two most sweet teachers available? He has fallen into preschool heaven. I am just so blessed.

This week in Thing 1's preschool they had a fire drill complete with fire engines, and fire fighters and all the safety regulations you can think of that have been locked into my little one's brain.

Today he came home from church and said, "Mom we get Baptized by immersion." To which i replied do you know what "immersion" means?
His reply was...."yeah that is when you are in big trouble and you need the firefighters to come".

Then we clarified "emergency" and "immersion" only after I gave a soft chuckle.
He has been coming up with some really funny things lately.

Just for laughs

Here is a copy of a letter. I think this thing is hilarious! Just so happens to be the feeling this week. "Cold and Prickly"

Sorry about the language in this one:)

A real letter to Proctor and Gamble

Dear Mr. Thatcher,

I have been a loyal user of your ‘Always’ maxi pads for over 20 years and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the Leak Guard Core or Dri-Weave absorbency, I’d probably never go horseback riding or salsa dancing, and I’d certainly steer clear of running up and down the beach in tight, white shorts.

But my favorite feature has to be your revolutionary Flexi-Wings. Kudos on being the only company smart enough to realize how crucial it is that maxi pads be aerodynamic. I can’t tell you how safe and secure I feel each month knowing there’s a little F-16 in my pants.

Have you ever had a menstrual period, Mr. Thatcher? Ever suffered from ‘the curse’? I’m guessing you haven’t. Well, my time of the month is starting right now. As I type, I can already feel hormonal forces violently surging through my body.

Just a few minutes from now, my body will adjust and I’ll be transformed into what my husband likes to call ‘an inbred hillbilly with knife skills.’ Isn’t the human body amazing?

As Brand Manager in the Feminine-Hygiene Division, you’ve no doubt seen quite a bit of research on what exactly happens during your customers monthly visits from ‘Aunt Flo’. Therefore, you must know about the bloating, puffiness, and cramping we endure, and about our intense mood swings, crying, jags, and out-of-control behavior. You surely realize it’s a tough time for most women. In fact, only last week, my friend Jennifer fought the violent urge to shove her boyfriend’s testicles into a George Foreman Grill just because he told her he thought Grey’s Anatomy was written by drunken chimps. Crazy!

The point is, sir, you of all people must realize that America is just crawling with homicidal maniacs in Capri pants… Which brings me to the reason for my letter.

Last month, while in the throes of cramping so painful I wanted to reach inside my body and yank out my uterus, I opened an Always maxi-pad, and there, printed on the adhesive backing, were these words: ‘Have a Happy Period.’

Are you fu**ing kidding me? What I mean is, does any part of your tiny middle-manager brain really think happiness - actual smiling, laughing happiness, is possible during a menstrual period? Did anything mentioned above sound the least bit pleasurable? Well, did it, James?

FYI, unless you’re some kind of sick S&M freak girl, there will never be anything ‘happy’ about a day in which you have to jack yourself up on Motrin and Kahlua and lock yourself in your house just so you don’t march down to the local Walgreen’s armed with a hunting rifle and a sketchy plan to end your life in a blaze of glory.

For the love of God, pull your head out, man! If you just have to slap a moronic message on a maxi pad, wouldn’t it make more sense to say something that’s actually pertinent, like ‘Put down the Hammer’ or ‘Vehicular Manslaughter is Wrong’, or are you just picking on us?

Sir, please inform your Accounting Department that, effective immediately, there will be an $8 drop in monthly profits, for I have chosen to take my maxi-pad business elsewhere. And though I will certainly miss your Flex-Wings, I will not for one minute miss your brand of condescending bull sh*t.

And that’s a promise I will keep. Always!

Best,
Wendi Aarons
Austin , TX

When Grey's Anatomy......Fails to deliver!

On Thursday nights I get pretty excited for Grey's Anatomy. I have watch many a season and love to catch all the dirt every week. Tonight it is on. It is on tonight like every Thursday night. I am really trying to figure out why midway through my NEW episode comes in all in SPANISH!!

My spanish is not that good. Most of the times I can't understand it in English until I watch it for the second time. Stupid ABC... You get a D in my book.

Ok really I am glad for ABC.com that has the full episodes. And less comercials :)

I want to work for the NSA

I was listening to NPR this morning and heard about some guy's new book about secret phone tapping of Americans. This info is about a year old and really doesn't have much to do with what is going on today cause there is probably so much dirt going on now that we don't hear about until next year.
So what would I do if I could spy. Develope technology that did cool things. I would love to build new spy, handy, useful gadgets. My favorite person in the super hero shows is the engineer guy. Like the character on batman (Morgan Freedman's Character). I would do that if I could start my school career all over. I could just live on the edge and develop new cool stuff.

These were taken a while back but I can't stop laughing about them!

Batman and Cinderella (I warn you Unedited)

Pumpkin Fun

Oh wow we had so much fun yesterday going to the local flower shop and carving pumpkins!
They called it the great pumpkin give-a-way. I love seeing the kids dig into the gooey middle and know that I wouldn't be cleaning any of the mess up off my dining room floor (which is carpeted) I am so glad M. told us about it! We had a blast!

Thing 2 with her scary pumpkin face!

The Band Starts School

This week we haven't seen much of the Band. Thursdays are really long for him. So today we are home just hanging out. I kept Thing 2 home today because she really wasn't feeling good her cold is getting bad.

I am pulling her off the milk for a couple of days to see if her skin clears of the exema. I am thinking "pink milk" wasn't the greatest idea after all. She loves it and all of a sudden flairs up in little dry patches every where. Poor girl.

She had a fun day at preschool yesterday and her hair was up in pig tails. She wanted them out and had great hair!
and she is so shy with the camera :)

The BAND GOT A NEW JOB!!! We are so excited!

The Naps

Around here we have all had these fluke days where all three go down at the same time. And sleep for like two hours. Today was one of those days.

Only they went down at 2:30 pm and didn't wake until 5pm so I thought i was safe around 6pm to take them all to the grocery store. Without fail every time I take all three I am reminded why I never go to the grocery store with all three.

It used to be fine when they all were in the cart. Now only one (the fish) stays quietly in the cart. Thing 1 and Thing 2 do as they please whooping and hollering the entire time. We live in an area that is not so family oriented, and I happened to be a grocery store that at least tonight had only one child families there. I was shocked at how much noise my children can make in one grocery store.

We had a discussion of what is appropriate level of noise in a store where others -as well as mommy- is trying to get some shopping done. Let me just say I think I had twenty items and I bailed. There comes a point where they start hitting each other and yelling at the top of their lungs and I say.......I really didn't need cheese that bad, nor eggs nor bread. I walk out with "Pink milk mix", some tic tacs, and apple sauce. Good gracious!

This usually leads to a three week stint of shopping alone in the wee hours of the night or insane hours in the morning. Or until I forget what experience has taught me. Three children 4 and under don't make for happy shoppin' moms.

I walk in my house and don't even recognize the dining room. How did it get that messy all of a sudden? Had I failed to go into the room for the past two weeks?
SUBJECT CHANGE...

TV at our place:)

For the past six or seven months we have been using the bunny ears to capture the first 7 or so channels on the dial. This is awesome only NBC doesn't come in so clearly. We have been missing great shows like "the office". The best thing is they are online! I need to get the last season but there is a new season! We have been serious fans ever since our friends got us hooked -thanks Josh- it is honestly the only thing that makes me laugh out loud while watching.

Gots to go catch up!

Love Stories

Ok I can't get enough of this blog. It is "Twilight" with a reality show twist. This really is her life. I like reading it because of the drama. The angst, love story, and the drama.

My Super Hopeless Romance

Now you can follow. It is really getting juicy!

Long Post about all that is going on.....

I need to keep looking for shoes the fish needs shoes.

I need a new digital camera. I can't believe how expensive they got. I thought i could pick up a cheap one but 100 bucks is a cheap one now a days.

Then there is the exercising thing. I need to get out and walk. But with the kids it is hard. -not really I am just unmotivated- So I left a comment at one of my fav. bloggers. and so if she goes I'll go :) walking/running. It is so nice to put the motive in another person's hands.

My friend has started Atkins and she is looking great! Go PAO! And I am pretty sure there are tons of my friends who are getting on the healthy stick I need to join them.

Oh Wait there is the cough. Every year around this time there is this cough that comes to visit. The weather has finally changed around here and so we all have the cough. Thing 2 stayed home today. She has missed like three Mondays in a row. By Tuesday I figure all the other kids have the same cough and send her to school. She has no fever nor green gook coming from her face. So I guess she'll be good to go. She has an appointment on the 22nd for a full physical. I am going to quiz him about her itchy skin too. We need some good stuff for that. I have no clue what will work. And if she still has the cough we are going to do something about it then.

Then there is Thing 1 he is finally getting into Preschool the state funded preschool had one opening. Thank goodness. Now we have to determine if it will be mornings or afternoons:)

If he goes to morning preschool that would work best. I think instead of just dropping him off we'll be sitting in on class for the first couple of times.

Oh then there is the dentist. He has problems for a long time with teeth. His baby teeth came in de-calcified. So they will need fillings tomorrow. Hopefully we can just get it done fast. I know he will be brave. He is so tough. We all need dental appointments.

Next on the random list is the online shopping list.
$16.50 (I needed a new hand bag.) Shipping costs still cost less than a bag at Target:) And I can set this down in the mud and not worry about it getting dirty.

18.00 for two shirts at shades! I love long shirts. I can't get enough of those!

I need some clothes for the fish. He really only needs some pants. We'll see what is on sale:)
Shopping therapy here I come. Well we may have to wait for money. LOL then here I come!

I have almost finished my laundry only four more loads!

NIneteen Months....

He is already 19 months I am really sad that he is turning into this little man. A man who has gentle and fierce sides. Lately he has been extremely clingy.
Favorite things:

Shoes
Cars
Thomas Trains
boxes
Cleaning up (I know that won't last)

He can sign
"More"
"Water"
"Car"

Everything else is UUUUHH UUUHHHH!
We can't imagine with out him.