moon wonder

I survived MONDAY!!!

I thought there was no way my dragging butt was gonna get through it, but I did, I’m here! The only thing off about today so far… rain. It is raining, so if you want it, take it. It’s free!

HAHAHA! Oh that’s funny. I’m writing this post and looking out the window as some idiot driver turns the corner, clearly has time to see their is a garden-type island in the parking lot and drives right up on it. Must have done something because he doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. And I’m the one that has to go to defensive driving class!

Ahhh… the joys of having a nice big window to watch the world. And, I often wonder, “What the heck was that person thinking?”

So, back to my Monday.

To cap off the night, Miss K asked me this questions, “Do they make moon block?”

Now mind you I was writing up an article since she was actually suppose to be in bed, so I really didn’t catch what she said.

“Now, what did you ask?”

She said it again, “Do they make moon block?”

“Moon block? What do you mean baby?”

She looks at me with her hands moving all over - hand talker # 2 in our family - “You know. They make sun block for you in the sun. Do they make moon block for you at night?”

And that made my Monday

TTFN ~

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Ladybug Infestation

I know it is winter and ladybugs should not be flying around. Well, they are - inside my house. Ladybugs of all sizes. Have you ever seen a baby ladybug? I never have seen one until now. They are in love with my house plants, to bad there are no bugs on them.

I am not sure where they are coming from, either under the window or the vents, but regardless, they only last a few days since I have no food supply for them. Many die entering the house, others fly around and end up dying at the doors. I actually feel bad because no matter what, they can’t survive.

I know I had tons of ladybugs when I first moved in and I thought they were living in the crawl space under the house, but these ladybugs are keeping warm somehow, so that leads me to wonder - are they in my heating ducts? I don’t know, but I sure do have a ton of them.

My daughter loves them and actually she has quite a few in her room on her own plants. She has named them! Then when they die, we flush them as a way to say goodbye. She would rather flush then throw away.

I, on the other hand, do it the easy way since I have so many that die around the windows and doors - I just vacuum them up. Quick - viola! But, anyway just rambling on.

I decided today, since I share my home with ladybugs that maybe I should find out a bit about them. I found a site called Garden & Hearth and they offer a a list of 10 Ladybug facts. One really surprised me. Did you know there are around 5,000 species of ladybugs? I didn’t either! Of those 5,000 - 500 are in the United States alone.

Thought I would share. Time to keep reading!

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Her Sport is Not Basketball

Miss K… hmm… what can I say, she struggles every practice and at every game, but she loves to do it. Basketball is just not her sport. Now, it is her first year playing organized basketball, just not the family driveway basketball we normally play, so I completely understand she is still learning, but I have seen the other first-time players progressively getting better with each practice and game, not my Miss K.

She stands and twirls and skips down the court, yes it can be very cute, just never very basketball-like. Thankfully her coach is only worried about one thing - dribbling. Well, honestly, her dribbling would be a lot better if she would stop skipping. That darn skipping gets her every time.

I believe with Miss K, she goes more for the friendship and seeing the other girls then she does to actually play the sport. You know what, that is completely fine. I will continue to fire up the shiny red ride to continue driving her to every practice and game as long as she wants because I believe the camaraderie is just as important as the sport. Hopefully though, one day basketball will click for her.

The only other organized anything she has tried is Ballet and she really liked it when they got to do “ballet” moves - basically she hated learning the techniques - first position, second position, and so on. I supported her and explained that you had to learn the techniques in order to put it all together. After two years, I gave her the choice to continue and she clearly told me “No.” Well, last month she asked, “Mom, when do I go to ballet again?” WHAT?

Kids can be so confusing. Anyway, I will wait patiently for the next sport she wants to tackle, whatever that may be. I will keep taxing her around to which ever sport is in-season for her, all with the hope that Miss K will find the click - the one that makes sense to her. If none do, I will still support her for at least trying.

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The House is Not on Fire

All I heard was my daughter screaming, “Mom the house is on fire!” Here I am running into the kitchen trying to figure out what the heck is going on while smoke just pours from the microwave. I realized one thing very quickly -NEVER - let a 12 year old use the microwave without having listened to all of the directions first.

So, lunch time rolls around in our place and both of the kids want to have mac-n-cheese with their lunch.  OK, not a problem. Well they like those microwavable kind that are all individual, just made for them. As my daughter sits down to eat her lunch, I begin to make a mac-n-cheese for my son when he so adult-like states, “I can do it mom.” OK, fine, I begin to tell him the directions. “I know, I know.” You know how 12 year olds are. Well, he knew, he put the container in the microwave and I went off to use the bathroom.

Why is it that EVERYTHING happens when the mom is in the bathroom? Anyway, my daughter begins screaming, I’m trying to get put back together from using the bathroom and run to the kitchen all at once. The smell of burnt popcorn is just billowing throughout the house now. What? Popcorn? He didn’t make popcorn! Well, not popcorn, but the melted container of mac-n-cheese, burnt to the turntable because my son forgot to add the water, but remember, he knew. It was still my fault for not forcing the directions on him, but he has made them before, so I never in a million years would have guessed the one thing he would forget - to add water.

So, the burnt container is now laying underneath the snow that has fallen here in NW Arkansas. I was trying to think of something quick to get it out of the house - throwing it outside was a good option at the time.  My house SMELLS. I froze everyone out with the doors open along with the windows, but the smell is still lingering. But, that burnt smell is most likely helped by the fact that when I turned on our DVR later in the day, it too burnt out and the smell from that burn - toxic! OMG, my house smell is just grotesque. If a house could have BO smell, mine does!

So, the microwave makes everything stink, my house smells gross, and I am down my shows for the week thanks to the burnt DVR - doesn’t really matter the shows were most likely reruns anyway. We are thankful that the house really did not burn. So that is how I spent my Thursday, at home, snowed in with the kiddos!

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Happy Birthday

Today, officially is my second 33rd birthday.  Unofficially, I am 34, but that number will never increase as I plan to stay 33 for the remainder of my life :).  I figure, I can handle seconds, thirds, fourths, and so on.  I know I am getting older, no need for the number to show it.

Apparently, my daughter knows it too!  “Mommy, where is your gray hair?” is what my daughter asked me the other day.  Apparently all 34 year olds must have gray hair because she wants to know where mine is.  I can actually say that my gray has yet to poke through - I am sure they are there - just unseen.  No, I don’t cover it up with color either.  Guess I am just lucky!

I can remember thinking back when I was 16 at how old 30 seemed.  Passed the 30 mark, I realize the 30’s are still a young number.  Our bodies might feel a bit older, but most 30-somethings are still ready to go and do.  Now, I am just ready to go have a cocktail at lunch, on my company of course - thanks for the b-day present - and then go home, no kids, and take a nap!

Happy Birthday to Me!

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A Laugh A Day

You need to visit JoeTech and read his post to spammers.  I definitely got a kick out of it.  He is right about it all on so many levels when it comes to the stupid spam emails you get about how well Viagra will work for you, how you too can be a better lover in bed, or about the jewelry that is waiting for you. 

I have a hard enough time replying just to the emails that pertain to something important, then having to delete one that somehow fell through the spam block I have irritates me to no end.  So, go read the post.  Joe gets it right for everyone.

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