Random Thoughts

I've had several thoughts running through my head lately.  I thought I'd share them with you.

* To the clueless driver who stops in the traffic lane and flips on their hazards to check their phone you leave me speechless.  Really you do.  Do you not get that all the other clueless drivers will probably run into you?  Do you not see the SIDE OF THE ROAD.  It's safer there.  Promise.

* McDonald's makes people happy.  I sat watching the people in the drive through lane while the kids were in the play land and 100% of the people that came through were smiling and happy.  There IS a reason for Happy Meals.  Let's give the world a Happy Meal and see what happens.

* How did I live so long without liquid eyeliner?  This stuff has been on the market for how long?  I've just discovered that it stays on my watery eyes.  Nice.

* People who do not live in the D.C. area must think we've nothing to do.  News flash!  It's just the politicians that don't do anything.  Roland and I were meeting with a church leader when someone from Texas called asking this poor guy, who is responsible for thousands of people, if he wouldn't mind picking up her Glen Beck tickets.  S.E.R.I.O.U.S.L.Y.???? The United States Post Office really works!!  Give it a try.  We aren't your errand boys.  Or girl in my case.

* I cannot believe how much Aaron is learning in school.  It's amazing to watch how much that little head soaks up.  We were 'taking a nap' today and he started sounding out sentences on the Happy Meal pumpkin.  He read, "Glows in the dark".  Then he said, "Happy Meals make me happy".  OK, not really.  I'm just trying to see how many times I can use Happy Meal in my post.  He did read off the pumpkin though.

* How did I live 30 something years, going to church regularly, and not realize that the David from David and Goliath is the same guy as King David?  Makes me wonder what else I missed.

* There should be severe consequences for the person that doesn't understand that "next in line" means NEXT in line.  It doesn't mean, "Dude in the back come on down past all these women who are trying really hard to keep their kids from destroying the displays".  Not that mine would, I'm just saying..

* I'm tired of "Celebrating Diversity".  It's time for "Celebrating Similarities".  Maybe then we'd all be nicer to each other.  'Cause when it comes right down to it don't we all just want to be loved? Or have a Happy Meal?

I think I'm done ranting.  Thanks for reading.

Now That's a Sweet Ride!

What do you think of this bad boy?  (You can click on the picture to go to their website).  There are some great options out there now-a-days.  Have you ever seen a dutch box bike?  Those are gorgeous and only several thousand $$$$.  Now we just need to get them to price these fun bikes in a range the majority of the population can afford.

Mystery Solved!

No wonder we aren't getting anything out of our garden!  These thieves are bold coming in broad daylight. 

We see them at least three times a week.  While Roland doesn't like them around the kids and I do.  I think we should give the newest family on our block a warm greeting and a loaf of zucchini bread.  Oh wait, they topped the zucchini plant.  And the tomatoes.  And the hostas.  But, they did leave the watermelon!

I Thought Only Girls Did That!

A few Monday's ago I had another bad migraine.  Roland wasn't going to get home until after 10 and I was in complete survival mode.  As the kids were eating dinner and I'm crying at the table Aaron says to me, "Don't worry Mom, I can put Peter to bed.  You just go to bed".  Sweet, I know.  It was a great offer but even the migraine couldn't induce me to take him up on it.  Instead I asked if he and Peter would just go to bed (it was 6:30) without bedtime snacks or teeth brushing.  To my relief he agreed.  I told them they could read books for awhile and I'd be back down to turn off the lights and tuck them in.  I had the monitor turned way up and I heard nothing that clued me in to the fact that more than book reading was going on.  I went down about 7:30 after I heard Aaron say he was ready for bed.  The lights were already out so I just kissed my cute kids and went back to bed.

The next morning I was getting the boys dressed for school and while brushing Aaron's hair, for the school pictures that were being taken that day, I found huge chunks of it missing.  Talk about timing.  I tried to comb it to cover the bald spots and was pretty successful thanks to his curly hair.  It's very forgiving.  I sent a note to the teacher explaining what happened and asked if possible to pose him with his left shoulder forward.

I finally found the pile of hair next to his bed.  He had climbed up onto the computer desk and gotten his round tipped scissors down and gone to work.  I'm sure I would have been really upset if he'd whacked 6 inches of hair off, or gone after Peter.  But honestly, I think it's hilarious!

Isn't it amazing that he doesn't look bald with all that hair in his hand that should be on his head?  I didn't realize how much he'd cut off until I took him to the barber to get it fixed.  When we left he looked like he'd just enlisted.