cyberstalking

I have become addicted to blogs. I peruse about 20(ok maybe more some weeks) on a regular basis and when it's real slow at work those 20 can lead me further into the blogosphere (yes I goof off at work, hey at least I'm not down loading porn) For some reason if I happen to see someone out in real life who I do not know but whose blog I read I feel like some sort of stalker. Now I don't go up to them and engage in some sort of odd inane conversation but it throws me just the same.

walk to school day

yes the annual event rolled around once again. D took first year & last year I was an unhappy, tired & cranky last minute substitution but this year I planned on being the walk to school parent with C & it was much more pleasant for all involved. first of all no open toe sandals, traipsing through wet grass in sandals is just icky no way around that. we parked at the other location this year and the walk was much nicer I did not realize there was such a pretty greenway behind farragut primary school. this year they handed out books which was better than the crap that inevitably winds up in the trash by the end of the day that they handed out in the past. They have a little breakfast on the playground with muffins & fresh fruit but C is not a breakfast food sort of kid and had already had chicken & rice(with the good hot sauce you know the one daddy uses) I knew the coffee would be horrible swill so my thermos was already full and waiting for me in the car C bolted into to school to hang with his buddies-sadly no hug or kiss but barely a wave to dismiss me-at least he grabbed my hand while we were walking, he is growing up so damn fast!
I wonder in the intermediate school does the walk to school thing too?

fridge part 27..

so last night the refrigerator started leaking bluish purplish chemical smelling liquid anti-freeze? freon? I have no idea! a refrigerator repairman I am not. I did however call the repairman and even though it appears to be a new problem might as well stick with the same guy.So they can come out tomorrow between 6-10 my first thought was a little early but no big deal we are up by then but no it's p.m. He could show up at 10p.m. and quite frankly he has always run late so what is he going to show up at 11 or midnight? all I can imagine is telling him to put the dog up for the night, turn out the lights & lock up on his way out....

I think my ears are bleeding

seriously the boy does not stop talking from the second he wakes till he falls asleep-even then sometimes during the middle you will hear a conversation-usually it's just giggles but still his gums are flapping. Each and every thought, idea, bit of trivia he has or knows is verbalized. I suppose when we hit the teen years and I can only get him to grunt at me I will miss these days!

not a good way to start the day

the smell of Iams lamb meal & rice formula dog food. not good at all but I am hoping it helps poor oscar super pug extraordinaire he has been having some sort of skin allergy or rash or something for two weeks now. he has been to the vet, had a steroid shot & takes benadryl every day and I thought it was getting better but no, so I found a forum for pug owners-does everyone have a forum these days? it is apparently a pug thing so I am trying a food change & going by the health food store to look for some holistic stuff to hopefully help the poor little guy

school coupon scandal update

I have discovered the reason behind the horrible little girls selling coupon books for 1/2 price.
first prize to the top seller is 4 tickets to the the sold-out hannah montana show.
so glad I have a boy!

great way to start the day

the smell of freshly baking bread from the bakery up the street at work! Makes me want to bake some bread this weekend-yes yeast, kneading, rising the real deal-I use to bake more b.c.(before-connor). Or I could go the easy route I do have one of those fancy bread baking machine that we got for christmas oh 3 years ago and it's still in the box..

maybe when I grow up

I should be an orthodontist. I made an appointment for C first of all the more convenient office to us does not take patients??? I don't know if she meant new patients or just patients & I did not want to ask what the point of the office was if it did not take patients maybe that's were they go for cocktails or something? Earliest appointment of the day is 9 a.m. & latest is 3 p.m. must be rough...

gardening

I am resolved next year to put out a garden in our backyard. My sil was over last night & we were talking about all of the hepatitis, salmonella and food recalls this past year & a vegetable garden just seems to make sense-plus fresh veggies at the grocery store can get expensive! When I first married into the family my fil always had a huge garden each summer, I use to love family dinners it was like go to a farm stand that didn't charge you! His last few summers being up & about he only planted greens-but lots of greens, more greens than several families knew what to do with. We were living at the house the last garden year, and fil had told his church friends to come by & please help themselves to some greens. At the time we were living in the house, C was 1 & just walking so he would help pee-paw pick greens, very cute indeed but more importantly it was the good 'ol days when C took naps. Yes naps those wonderful couple of hours of bliss and quiet for mommy & daddy. We could nap as well, eat a meal or watch a movie good times, good times..anyway inevitably these church folks would RING THE BELL just to let us know they were going to pick some greens. I'm sure it was polite and all but come on did I need to know? If I looked out the window and saw strangers picking greens I was not exactly going to call the police or anything!

shysters

Each fall knox county school students sell coupon books to make money for the school system. $10 will get you a really valuable book of coupons that you can use around town throughout the year. The sales kicked off this thursday-or at least the info came home in the backpack thursday, they were off friday so we did not get any books for C to sell yet, I suppose I could have gone by the school thursday & bought some them but I didn't. C did come home with stories about what prizes you can get if you are top seller, allegedly $300. Now he won't be a top seller. Top sellers sell crazy amounts, he will sell around 15-20 enough to get a tee shirt & a few other silly awards. The top sellers are usually kids with parents that own a business & can sell them at the front counters, if it came down to it I could probably do this where I work but you have to front the $$ for the books and I don't have hundreds of dollars to do this plus 15-20 is just fine.
So friday after work we stopped by the supermarket only to be accosted by these little shysters selling coupon books for $5! They also had the nerve to ask me if I wanted to buy one! I was walking with my clearly school aged child! What am I going to say no C I won't buy a coupon book from you but I will send $5 less to buy it from these strange girls?