Tuesday, July 29, 2008

3 kids of workers...

in my house.

First there is LegoQueen. She is the worker that hates her job, never gets paid enough, yet dreams of doing the same job somewhere else. As if someone else's dishes come out of the dishwasher more quickly and easily, or someone else's dog's poop smells nicer.
She will never be content and will continually job hop.

Second is DramQueen. She doesn't want to work - she just wants you to give her money because she is cute. She is going to marry a rich guy some day.

Then third is the Hairy One. He will do any job, no matter how lowly, boring, disgusting, fun, etc. He'll do anything and he'll work his butt off doing it. When you ask him how much he's gettin' paid he tells you that he'll take whatever you will give him.
He's a little hustler though. Because when it comes to being paid he always tries to squeeze out a few extra cents. You offer 2 dimes, he counters with "How about 4 nickels and 2 pennies?" 3 dimes? "How about a quarter and 1 nickel and 5 pennies?"
He will either be a thief, a day worker, or some really rich guy who marries someone like DramaQueen.....

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Loving the beach!

Hongo called it a chipmunk- its a raccon.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Busy Friday....

Yesterday was busy. We had friends come over in the afternoon. We let the little ones swim in the pool, and we were sitting out on the porch chatting. The only thing- the flies were really bothering me. I am going to have to talk to my neighbor about the mess in their backyard. Its gross, and it attracts those flies.
Anyway we had agood time. And wouldn't you know it, my friend left and THEN I discovered I had reached a part in my knitting pattern that i didn't understand. Oh well, hopefully I'll see her on Monday and we can get it worked out.
After they left, I went on an ant hunt. The kids said they saw ants upstairs. I can't figure out where they are coming from, because I never find a bunch at once. I think there were 2 in the bathroom, and we saw 3 in the loft, but in different spots. I had Hongo spray around the outside of the house too.
We got ready and left to go to our playoff game for softball. The game went fine, we lost but had a lot of fun. Afterwards I took off my cleats and sat in the bleachers talking to the wives of some of the players. Hongo was pitching to all the kids (everyone brought their little ones last night!) and the ladies were all telling me how awesome and patient Hongo is with kids, and how come we don't have more than 3?
I don't know - Hongo isn't really a "kid person" But for some reason kids just flock to him and want to play with him.
Well, the night went on and Hongo started pitching to the guys. He was helping one of his friends learn to bat properly and maximize his power. Well, all I heard was a "WHACK" and then a bunch of people scream "OOOOOOOH" and I turned around and Hongo was hunched over. I ran out onto the field (no shoes!) and put my arms around him. I thought it was his face, but it turned out to be his right forearm. It was already purple.
Everyone was so worried. We got ice and put it on his arm. People started putting stuff away. But Hongo still wanted to play. So he jumped up and said he was fine, and went back out to pitch again!
That man - he's so crazy!
Well, its Saturday now, and i had better go pick up my room. Its pretty messy - I just got my computer fixed and I had to set it up and there are files all over and CDs that need to be put away. The chaos in the room doesn't let me sleep well, so I really need to keep it clean.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Me and my kiddos


The kids and I had to come up with a quick picture that was supposed to be handed in about oh..... 3 weeks ago. So we went out on the porch and got this one. My kids are so silly - they were making faces and DQ was being overly loving. LQ was not thrilled - she goes back and forth about liking her picture. Today's problem was that I had pulled her hair back and she would have preferred it down for pictures.
I don't know why the picture looks so grainy online - it looked pretty good when I pulled it off the camera :( We look orange, and I promise we are really not related to Ooompa Loompas....

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

106 degrees right now....

I bought a cheap little frog thermometer for the backyard.

He is melting. Seriously - I went out there and he is soft to the touch. His last message..."106 degrees." I say 106 because the marker was a tad above the 105 mark.
We will miss you frog. Join DramaQueen's frogs wherever they may be, for you all suffered the same fate....
I forgot to mention, DramaQueen had been collecting live frogs from the park the past couple of weeks. She and Daddy caught some grasshoppers and took the frogs outside to feed them and then forgot about them. The next afternoon, we had crispy frogs on the patio. Poor things.

Today's heat is different than yesterdays. Yesterday the sky was a bright and clear deep blue You could feel the sun's rays. Today the sky is more grayish, with high clouds and the heat is stifling.
The kids are dying to go swimming, but I just can't go out there right now.

Today is also a lazy day - we have sat around and vegged all day. I did make it out to the grocery store for a few things, and it was already 100 degrees according to my car.

I do love the heat, but just not lately. Maybe in my old age I can't tolerate it likeI used to.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

A little relief....


It was so hot today...it was noon and 103 degrees outside. I let the kids go out and swim for a while, but that got cute short by the unexpected rain. When my mother in law emailed this morning and said it was raining, I thought "LUCKY!" Little did I know it was headed this way.
LegoQueen quickly retreated to the comfort of her room, but the two kids and I sat under our new patio roof and listened to the rain hit the roof....they were being so cute ,I had to snap a quick picture.

I'm old, just not that old....

Today we were riding home from the library, and my ever talkative 12 year old says to me...
"Mommy, when you were my age, did they have websites like Runescape for you to play on?"
I told her no, that when I was her age, there was no Internet available.
Her next question...
"Was there television?"

YES - TV HAD BEEN INVENTED...and it was even in color....

My father in law has been messing with her - telling her all kinds of exaggerated stories about when he was a kid....

Monday, July 7, 2008

Feeling better....

I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
This weekend was exhausting....but we finally got a pool up, the backyard is clean, we have a new BBQ, and our patio has a roof complete with misters and ceiling fans.

I woke up this morning to ants in my bathroom, the kids bathroom, and the loft. So I've spent the morning pulling everything out and wiping down the trails. Ants, whatever you do...PLEASE don't go in my kitchen. I'll be sure to drop you some food out on the sidewalk, I promise. Just don't go in my kitchen....seriously.

So now that the pool is up, I throw my kids out there all day so that I can get stuff done. I can watch them while I sit and knit for a little bit, or I can take the laptop out and type a journal entry as they play. Oh, and a little tip from me - buy stock in suncreen. We are going through that stuff like crazy.

This week is supposed to be less busy (that is providing that the ants stay away, or it will get ugly here) so I hope to catch up on everything soon. I didn't take any pictures this weekend, so I am hoping to get some this week of the kids swimming.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

I promise I wasn't PMSing last week...

Because that is this week.

Let me tell you- having two females in the same house cycling at the same time is just wrong....
I'm ready to strangle her (no not really....well maybe just one hand...) because she is taking her emotions out on everyone. I heard her screaming at her little brother this morning because he couldn't find his socks. Then she has the nerve to tell me "I was TRYING to help him find socks...." No you weren't - you were yelling at him for doing something that five year old boys (and some grown men) ALWAYS do.
And speaking of grown men, if the one that is laying on my bed being useless right now doesn't get up, he's going to hear it from me. He insisted that I get a dumpster ordered RIGHT AWAY so that the clean up from the yard can be thrown in it and hauled away.
The dumpster sits empty in the garage right now as I type.

I'm tired. I'm cranky. My kids won't behave with each other for two seconds so I can have a break.
Guess I will go clean up from dinner since no one else around here is going to.
I thought when softball was over, i was going to have more time to do stuff. I see that I am spending a lot of time doing stuff that I don't want to do....