The Eeewwww Factor

I was at a meeting yesterday - Sex Ed Curriculum again.

After the first round of presentations, we were given a 5 min. break to use the restrooms.

I flew in. I was desperate.
There are 3 stalls and 3 sinks.
I was first in and second out.
The first lady washed her hands and left while I was washing mine.
A third lady came out of her stall.
I shifted sinks so she could reach the soap dispenser.
She checked herself in the mirror and left.
She didn't wash her hands.
OMG!!!
This woman has 5 or 6 kids.
She should know better.
So...
There she sat across the table from me in her perfectly pressed Ralph Lauren blouse and lovely navy blue skirt with oh so chic belt. Her hair was perfectly coiffed. Her glasses were funky.

And all I could think was EEEWWW!!!

A Zebbie Story

Zeb has a basket with his toys in it.

He doesn't play with his toys very often, but he does check out his basket every now and then to see if there might be a treat in there.

This morning, he checked out his basket and discovered that his thoughtless parents put the kitten's toys in there when they were cleaning up for the party on Saturday.

He leaned over his basket and his eyes widened.
"What is this? Kitty toys in my basket?"
He sighed.
He reached in, grabbed the noisiest kitty toy, and tossed it.
It rattled as it landed on the other side of the family room.
He turned and looked at me.
"Mom... I don't do kitty toys in my basket. I don't like kitty toys. They are loud. I don't like noisy toys and you know it."

I laughed.
I do know that he doesn't like noisy toys.

Zeb does not think I'm funny nor does he think he was funny.
He is currently watching the kitten chase butterflies and trying to ignore me.

But, he's not THAT mad... I see him sneak a peek every now and then.

Am I Nuts?

So back in September the Band Parents Organization asked me to take pictures and create the slide show for the band banquet and awards ceremony this June.
I took almost 3,000 - yes, that's 3 thousand, pictures.
I was at a meeting the other night and they told me that a student was doing the slide show. I was a bit put out. I tried to look at the bright side - I really didn't want to put this whole thing together. They were saving me a ton of time.
But to have to hand over my 3,000 pictures is irritating.
Not for nothing, but those are my pictures!
I made sure I got every single kid. I didn't want anyone to feel left out.
Besides, I took those pictures with this foolish slide show in mind.
So now, some kid is going to put it together. Will this kid use the best pictures? I don't think so.. 3,000 pictures is a lot of pictures to go through. I bet they give up after the first 500. Believe me - I've been through those pictures more than once. Will this kid make sure that everyone is in the show? I sure hope so...

Am I whining? You bet!
I'm a wee bit irritated and the more I think about it the more irritated I get.

I'm sure the slide show this kid creates will be fine, but it won't be what I had in mind. It won't be what I've pictured in my head all year. That's a bit... I dunno... umm... depressing...

Will I take 3000 pictures next year? Sure I will, but I'm not handing them over to some snot nosed kid to use. I'm saving them for when #1 is a senior. I - and I mean no one else - will create the slide show that year. Nor will anyone else create it when LLB is a senior. No way. No how.

So - what do you think? Am I over reacting? Am I nuts?

Gates are NOT

Hurdles.

We have baby gates up to keep Zeb downstairs.
Ever since #1 started running track, he's taken the baby gates to be hurdles.
He charges down the stairs (it sounds like a heard of buffalo), turns the corner, and clears the gate in a single bound!
Until yesterday.
Yesterday he took out one of those hurdles with his foot.
He took it down and broke it.
Fortunately, he didn't break his foot, too.

This morning he charged down the stairs, turned the corner, and very carefully stepped over the gate.

Friday...

It's Friday. Whew! I made it!

I'm one week closer to summer.

Since it is raining, I figured I'd hit Costco today. Pushing a huge orange flatbed loaded with groceries through the rain is what I live for. I just LOVE it!

The thing I look forward to? That berry smoothie on the way out.
Yup... I'm having one of those!

Thursday 13

Thirteen Things LadyBug Is Thinking About Today 1. LLB is now an official NJHS member. She and 10 of her friends were inducted last night. The ceremony was lovely - and short. (I like short.) 2. My ginger ale ice rings worked beautifully! And they looked pretty darned good, too! 3. The punch was delicious and everyone enjoyed it. I guess that is what it is all about. 4. I am having the PTO Volunteer Appreciation Pot Luck here on Saturday. 5. We are going to make that punch again because it was so yummy - AND the punch bowl is out and clean so we might as well get some use out of it. 6. I have a few more rooms to clean and a mountain of laundry to get done before then. 7. Mr. was mowing the back 40 when he hit a rock and severely injured the lawn tractor. It took quite a while to get the broken part amputated from the mower deck - it involved a sledge hammer and some well placed wrenches. 8. Now we just have to figure out what parts we need and order them. At one point I thought I might be looking at purchasing a new mower... Alas, that is not the case and this one can be fixed. 9. Although, my dear friend R had a terrific idea - get two mowers! Then you'd have one for each kid. They can both go out and mow! I do LOVE that idea!! It would get done faster and they'd both be busy for a couple of hours. 10. Heck, once they got really good at mowing, I could rent them out!!! 11. Somehow, I don't think they are going to go for that... 12. When I came home from dropping LLB at the bus, there was a really fat squirrel sitting in the driveway. I slowed down... He just sat there looking at my car. I stopped. He didn't move. I crept forward. I didn't want to kill a squirrel in my own driveway!!! He waddled to the nearest tree and climbed up about 2 feet. He stopped and looked right at me as if to say, "Umm... sorry... I forgot to move." 13. Zeb and I are off for a walk. It's my treat for doing chores today. Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

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Tuesday Tidbits

The children are back to school. The sun is finally shining. The water in our creek is on it's way down. Life is getting back to normal.

Zeb is getting a pedicure today. Okay - so he's having his nails clipped. A pedicure sounds so much umm... posher. He is also getting his shots - that should go over really well. He just LOVES shots and all the poking and prodding that goes along with a vet visit. I'll have to give him a really good treat when we get home.

Tomorrow LLB is going to be inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. She is a smart girl who worked hard. I have to make the punch. It seems that the teacher who is in charge of the NJHS likes my ginger ale punch. (Another mom and I made it for last year's induction ceremony when #1 was an 8th grader doing the 7th grade inductions. I'm amazed that he's still talking about that punch!!) I am going to freeze my ginger ale into nifty rings - that's a little "Martha-ish for me - but it's all about presentation, right?

I'm off to get my hair cut. Those of you who know me - don't pass out! I know... ice rings and a hair cut in the same week - it's almost too much to take!