This N That

While sitting at dinner . . .

Me: Who did you sit by at lunch, Dude?
Dude: Him, and him, and her.
Me: Did you eat all of your lunch?
Dude: Ya . . . except my Smarties. I gave those to Him. Everyone wanted my Rice Krispie treat.
Me: Did you trade someone for it?
Dude: What? Trade lunches?
Me: No. Just the good stuff. When I was a kid, if someone had a cupcake or something that I wanted, I’d trade them my Twinkie for it.
Dude: What’s a Twinkie?

OMG! He’s so sheltered! I’m going out tomorrow to buy a box of Twinkies, Hostess Cupcakes, and Swiss Cake Rolls (which must be frozen of course!).

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Cat herding went well on Tuesday. Here are the cats I was put in charge of at the zoo . . .

They look sweet and innocent, don’t they! Well, I ended up herding only one of those cats . . . mine on the left. The other cats were banished to different teachers after 5 minutes for a complete inability to listen, follow directions, or be nice to anyone around them. Princess and I had a wonderful time

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Sitting at Texas Roadhouse a couple weeks ago with Grandma and Grandpa . . . The Gambler is playing in the background.

I start chair dancing to the music . . . Dude is CLEARLY embarrassed . . . chair dancing is to be done only in the privacy of your own vehicle, and only when people like Lady Gaga are singing.

Then I start singing . . .

So if you don’t mind my sayin’, I can see you’re out of aces . . .

Dude: Mom! Stop it!

Said, If you’re gonna play the game boy, you gotta learn to play it right!

Dude: This guy’s singing about teaching someone how to play a Gameboy? Who wouldn’t be able to figure out a Gameboy?!

Ummmm . . . ya . . . that was an “I’m incredibly old” moment!

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The most beautiful boy flirted with us at the zoo the other day . . .

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Princess has kindergarten graduation next week. I’m going to miss seeing her bring home art projects like Mrs. Hair Head

A nylon stocking, a little dirt, and some grass seed can go along way in a kindergarten classroom!

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I took the kids to a park to play some baseball with another family on Sunday. Me and David were both single parents that day, so it was just us two adults with the 5 kids. Of course, the kids wanted to play kids against adults. So David pitched and I played the field. After a couple hits, I let Duma off of her leash to help me! The kids would hit the ball, and if it went past me, Duma would sprint out there, retrieve it, and bring it back and drop it in my glove It worked out well! Even with the fielding help, David and I got a ton of exercise! When it was our turn to bat, we had to run a lot because one of us always had to make it home no matter what so we didn’t get an out. After an hour and a half, we were DONE! It was 90 degrees and sunny out and we’d all been running constantly. It was a ton of fun, and we can’t wait to do it again - hopefully with a couple spouses next time.

I’m not 40 yet, but for the first time ever, I went straight for the Ibuprofen in the Over 40 Cabinet when I got home!

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The kids and I went to pick up the camper Sunday morning - mostly because we’re so excited for our first camping trip in a couple of weeks. Turns out, the Highlander has the wrong electrical hookup. So we drove around looking for an adapter . . . turns out - there aren’t any that match our camper wiring! I’d have to buy a kit - and there is no way I’m messing with the wiring on the Highlander.

So, I have to call and get an RV place to wire me the correct electrical hookup. Not a big deal since we need them to install a brake box, too . . . just disappointing that we couldn’t bring it home last weekend

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We’ve got nothing planned for the long weekend . . . and we are EXCITED! I see a camper, bike riding, and hiking in our future. Hopefully some good barbecuing as well!

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I added another day to my work week . . . woo hoo! I was hoping it wouldn’t be until fall after the kids started school, but my boss asked if I wanted to increase my hours . . . and when I said yes, he gave me some awesome new projects to work on . . . projects that are right up my alley, with less admin stuff. The job is turning out to be pretty much what I thought it would - it’s just happening a bit more quickly than I had anticipated. I thought I’d be having this conversation with him in September/October time frame. But, I wasn’t going to say no, that’s for sure!

So YAY! I’ll still get to be home with the kids quite a bit, and they won’t have to go into summer camp, which is good for everyone. We’re all really looking forward to this summer!

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How about you? What’s up?

Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend