This afternoon I trekked out to the storage shed to retrieve a beaker and some pipets from our science materials bin. We're getting ready to do some scientific exerpiments for homeschool. After I brought the beaker and pipets in this is the conversation I heard:
Eli--Aw kewl! Hey Ethan, Mom brought in a blow-it-up-bottle.
Ethan--Awesome! Moooooommmmmmm....when do we get to blow something up?
Friday, March 21, 2008
Book Cart Drill Team
More on this later. Ethan can't find his shoes. (More on THAT later too!) Back to the Book Cart Drill Team: Can I just say that this really makes me laugh? To check out the video do the following:
1) Scroll down to the bottom of this page.
2) Turn the volume off on "Music That Moves Me"--it's on the top left corner of the music box.
3) Click on the triangle in the middle of the video box under the heading "Book Cart Drill Team)
4) Watch. Enjoy. Laugh.
...and leave me your comments.
1) Scroll down to the bottom of this page.
2) Turn the volume off on "Music That Moves Me"--it's on the top left corner of the music box.
3) Click on the triangle in the middle of the video box under the heading "Book Cart Drill Team)
4) Watch. Enjoy. Laugh.
...and leave me your comments.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
How many points for a frozen Crystal Light cube?
Did you see this? Of course Shamu, Knut, Zhen Zhen can make their goal weight...they have nutritionists, personal chefs, and personal trainers. Meanwhile...I keep plugging along.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Find Their Currency
Okay, Dr. Phil--or wait, maybe it was Dr. Dobson. No, now that I think about it maybe it was Dr. Rosemond. Oh snap, one of those doctors that knows more about raising kids than we do said something to the effect about finding a kid's currency. You know, something that hurts when it's taken away-much like when an adult driver is ticketed and fined ($$ OUCH $$) for exceeding the speed limit. For a long, long, long time our boys haven't really had any currency. For crying out loud it was just this past Christmas that they got a PS2 and it was a pre-owned one at that. They have had bikes but when you can only ride around on your block and you have two good feet that's not much of a handicap if you get our bike taken away for failing to do chores or if you smart mouth mom. We don't have cable, direct, or dish TV- whoop-de-doo if you take away television. They don't have cell phones or myspace pages. You can imagine that when we give a stern "So, we're going to take away your legos!" we are met with rolling eyes and giggles.
Anyway, long ago we had planned to buy the boys dirt bikes when they proved they had their math addition, subtraction, multiplication and division mastered. Well, they're still working on the division mastery but we had the money (thanks to an income tax refund) and happened to find 2 clean, well-maintained, previously owned Honda XR's in the right sizes within a week. And thanks to my Son-In-Law to be, we got them for decent prices. Thanks for your help Kenning!
Guess what? Whoo Hoo!!! By 9 o'clock tonight both boys were fed, cleaned up, in pj's, teeth brushed, prayered up, and in bed with no jackin' around! We found their currency! Cha Ching!
Organization Swap & Hop--A Little Tip from the Laundress
Lysa has an awsome blog and I hope you'll hop over to read her wisdom. I mentioned in a comment on her blog about my idea that saves time and frustration for me in the laundering area. Take white athletic socks times 3 men and what do you get? A lot of socks, that's what! Laundry is a pain for me. Yes, we probably do have too many clothes. (Thank you Grandma, for pointing that out!) You are right, I don't have a game plan when doing laundry. No, I don't do a load every night. (Thank you dear Mother-in-Law for making that astute declaration!)
BUT I do have the WHITES figured out! Each person in this household who has a p3nis has 2 mesh lingerie bags. LOL No joke. When he takes off his white socks, BOTH socks go into his "Dirty Sock Bag." The next day, when he needs a pair of clean socks, he gets 2 socks out of his "Clean Sock Bag." That night, when he takes off his socks (or, if it's Eli, when he changes his socks 14 times a day) he puts the dirty socks in his "Dirty Sock Bag." So, when the "Clean Sock Bag" is empty for a guy, he knows to throw his now-full "Dirty Sock Bag" into the laundry hamper. I toss the whole bag of dirty socks (times 3 if all the guys are in sync with sock wearing) into the washer and let 'er rip. The whole bag (again, times 3 if all goes well) goes into the dryer. Viola! The "Dirty Sock Bag" is now the "Clean Sock Bag" and the previous "Clean Sock Bag" becomes the "Dirty Sock Bag" and I have not had to sort, pair up, look for missing orphan socks, or --and this is the best part--touch the stinkin', sweaty, smelly white athletic socks of the men I love.
Now, I know you're asking, "Oney, do they really put their dirty socks into the bag?" Well, Rick does without fail. His mamma taught him well to listen to the woman of the house! The boys? Not so much. But we're working on it. Happy washing.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Blasphemy?
This just turns my stomach. It puts a knot the size of my fist right into my gut and heart. D.W. is one of Mary Kay's hot shots. She became a national sales director in a record 3 years or something like that. (It was a very short amount of time from signing her agreement as a new beauty consultant to accepting her appointment as an NSD.) Anyway, the following quote is taken from one of her training/motivational scripts called "The Last Mile."
As a believer in and follower of Jesus Christ, my heart lurched and my stomach soured as I read it. I have to post it here on my blog because it is stuff like this that can create havoc in a woman's life. Do you see what is so wrong about telling women things like this? Do you see why I was feeling like such a huge loser when I couldn't make it all come together in my Mary Kay business? And what is so sad is D.W. is not the only one saying things like this. And there are so many women who are listening and taking words like this to heart. Are you ready for this? Be prepared.
From D.W. (Mary Kay NSD)
"God has been waiting, very patiently, for you to take off your stuffy mental clothes, and put on a robe of full-force, give me more, can't touch this, "you SO need to meet me" attitude that will absolutely dazzle Him. At the end of June, He will want you to account for yourself. Seminar is the place where He can nod His head and say "you've done well". Or can you see Him shaking His head in disappointment...again?"
Just so you realize what significance June has to a Mary Kay director/nsd: June is the fiscal year end for Mary Kay and that is when all the dollars are tallied and the big prizes awarded. Directors strive to make "Unit Club", the vacations, the bonuses, the jewelry (which is solely based on wholesale orders from them and their unit members to the company and/or recruits from July 1-June 30) Seminar is the big rah-rah 2 1/2 day session in Dallas that happens every July. Please understand that I see nothing wrong with setting a goal and working to achieve that goal. However, when you put this kind of sacriligious, smug, and self-serving stuff into the mix there is a huge problem. God, please have mercy on us.
As a believer in and follower of Jesus Christ, my heart lurched and my stomach soured as I read it. I have to post it here on my blog because it is stuff like this that can create havoc in a woman's life. Do you see what is so wrong about telling women things like this? Do you see why I was feeling like such a huge loser when I couldn't make it all come together in my Mary Kay business? And what is so sad is D.W. is not the only one saying things like this. And there are so many women who are listening and taking words like this to heart. Are you ready for this? Be prepared.
From D.W. (Mary Kay NSD)
"God has been waiting, very patiently, for you to take off your stuffy mental clothes, and put on a robe of full-force, give me more, can't touch this, "you SO need to meet me" attitude that will absolutely dazzle Him. At the end of June, He will want you to account for yourself. Seminar is the place where He can nod His head and say "you've done well". Or can you see Him shaking His head in disappointment...again?"
Just so you realize what significance June has to a Mary Kay director/nsd: June is the fiscal year end for Mary Kay and that is when all the dollars are tallied and the big prizes awarded. Directors strive to make "Unit Club", the vacations, the bonuses, the jewelry (which is solely based on wholesale orders from them and their unit members to the company and/or recruits from July 1-June 30) Seminar is the big rah-rah 2 1/2 day session in Dallas that happens every July. Please understand that I see nothing wrong with setting a goal and working to achieve that goal. However, when you put this kind of sacriligious, smug, and self-serving stuff into the mix there is a huge problem. God, please have mercy on us.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Life Without A Computer
is not fun. I was watching re-runs on dvd of Growing Pains. (Remember that sitcom?) Anyway, it just dawned on me that there are no cell phones, no iPods, no computers-either desktop or laptop-no text messaging, and get this: all the phones in the house are attached to the wall! Go figure. How did we live like that?
Seriously, my computer had been at the doctor's office for several days and I tried to catch up once in a while by stealing glances at my favorite web pages using my hubby's work laptop. Well, I have my computer back now and can't find a thing. It's taking me a little while to find my photos, my favorites, my passwords, and usernames. But I'm glad to have my blogging ability back.
Seriously, my computer had been at the doctor's office for several days and I tried to catch up once in a while by stealing glances at my favorite web pages using my hubby's work laptop. Well, I have my computer back now and can't find a thing. It's taking me a little while to find my photos, my favorites, my passwords, and usernames. But I'm glad to have my blogging ability back.
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