A Whole Lotta Randomness

• The other night when I went to program my ex husbands name into my "newish" phone, the spell check alternate to his name was "chaos".  How fitting.  Thought that was HILARIOUS.  Ok, maybe not so much.  Is that mean spirited?
• Am I the only one that notices we need toilet paper?  And of course it is always when "I" need it.  Go figure.
• I made Stir Fry tonight for dinner and used a new marinade.  It was ahhhsome.  Have you ever tried World Harbor Maui Mountain Teriyaki?
• Our churchs' VBS is next week.  I haven't registered the littles yet.  My bad.  And I didn't volunteer this year; first year in several years.  Just need a break.
• I slept on the couch last night and actually got a great nights sleep.  It was so hot upstairs. 
• I swear I sweep my floors 10 billion times a day.  I really need to invest in a power sweeper or whatever they are called.
• I finally called to get our cable installed tomorrow.  Not very excited about that.  I really don't think we need it.  We have done without it now for over a month.  But the boys want it for the sports channels, you know how that goes.  And I guess if I am to be honest, it is nice late in the evening when the littles are winding down, to turn on Sprout or something. 
• I have a million squashes. That looks funny.  I did however look it up really quick to make sure it was correct for plural.  I was going to use squashes'.  From the garden.  Unfortunately, not from my garden but from grandma and grandpas garden.  I am going to take some into work tomorrow and I am sure they will find homes quickly. 
• We went to the park tonight and some kids, they are just mean.  Mean, I tell you.  I thought about saying something but since they weren't being mean to my children I figured I should probably not.  Although, I do wonder where the parents are.  There were a couple kids that were about the same age of Hayden, who is 6, just hanging out with some other kids not much older than them.

Alright that's it for now...I purged my thoughts enough and I am getting kinda sleepy.  Shower and then to bed.  530am comes too early.  Have a great night!



Rants~N~Raves

Rants


1.  Why is the second I get on the phone does all heck break loose? 
2.  That thing that washes the dishes, its called a dishwasher and it doesn't load itself!
3.  Nor does the washing machine magically put clothes inside its barrell and starts.
4.  Oh and while I am at it...the clothes on the couch that you saw a picture of in a previous post, they don't fold themselves.
5. It's Tuesday and because things were just crazy busy this weekend AND I slacked in order to watch the Superbowl, I have to get on out of here and go grocery shopping.  I hate shopping during the week!

Raves

1.  The "paying" portion of my work day is over.
2.  The sun is shining and it's not raining (still a bit chilly but I will take it)



Until next time......


Ta-Ta For Now!

Rants~N~Raves

I am starting a new ongoing series called...

You guessed it, Rants~N~Raves.

I am not committing to posting it on any particular day nor even on a weekly basis for that matter but rather as often as I feel necessary since this is MY blog and I make the rules. 

Although I try to be optimistic and happy go lucky, most of the time on my blog, there are definite times when a Rant is clearly what the dr ordered.

So here it goes....a few Rants....


1.  Why is it whenever you are in a hurry (or have to go to the bathroom) you hit every red light?

2.  People when you are driving in your car, picking your nose, the windows are see through...We can still see you!

3.  Men in long black trench coats wearing dark sun glasses when it is clearly dark outside, don't make me feel all warm and fuzzy.  (Not to stereotype, but I would venture to say this person was up to something)

4.  Waiting in drive through for 7 minutes is not what I call fast food, just sayin (especially when only have 1/2 lunch; maybe it's a sign and I shouldn't be eating fast food?).

5. If you are going to say you are going to do something, do it and stop talking about it!

Raves....chirp, chirp, chirp... 


Yeah, not coming up with too much. Wait....

1.  It's not raining!

2.  My husband and I went to an awesome concert on Saturday night.  The Winter Wonderslam Tour w/HOH, my boy Brandon Heath and TobyMac.

3.  Our church collected 91 pairs of socks for a local homeless congregation.

That's all I have. 

It's Monday, what did you expect?

Smart Cars

Smart cars...are they really *that* smart?  I was driving next to one on my way home yesterday and it was the size of my hood and front seat area (if barely that)...The size alone doesn't seem that *smart* to me ...lol...

I know, I know.  They are *smart* in the sense of being *better* for the environment and the pocket book...They take up less space and get much better gas mileage than most cars but to me anything that compact, can't be very *smart*.  You are packed into like a sardine and it's a death trap if you ask me.  It would seem if you get into a little fender bender going 15 mph, you would be crushed...

Needless to say I won't be buying one of these anytime soon...I will stick with my soccer mom mini van that is big enough to haul all my kids around...lol...

Now give me a *smart* car that can drive itself AND take care of the kids while doing so, while I nap on our way to the next destination and I will be the first in line.

It is kind of cute, isn't it?  Key words, "kind of".

Anyone want a Smart Car sandwich?  (BTW, the pic is fake)



Boggle (d)

I’m co(r)nfused….No, I am not.  Well yeah, maybe I am or was since it was the other day.  Maybe I am just indecisive?  Anywho....

My 12 yr old and I played a game of Boggle the other  night, you know the game where you try and make as many words as you can with “linked” letters within I think 3-5 minutes or so.  Like a word search of sort. Yeah, that game.

Ty is a whiz at this game.  He can beat just about everybody in our family at this game.  And he is none to proud to make sure everyone knows this...often....

We were playing the best of 6 games.  We tied the first game and then the subsequent 4 games we each had 2 wins.   It came down to the wire...but I prevailed...so I thought.  Now mind you, after each game, we say the words on our list quick like but never the less we say them and count them to see who has the most words. 

As Ty starts looking at my list on the 6th game (did I say the 6th game), he says, "Two letter words don't count!" 

Me:  Puzzled look on face, "What do you mean no two letter words?"
"That's the rules" he snaps...
"What do you mean" I say again...he runs to the computer to look up the rules and shows me the "rules".  "No two letter words!!!!", he says AGAIN just a tad bit louder then the last time he said it (he knows he found a loophole).

I say, "Did you happen to hear me say my words after each game or did you happen to look at the words after each game we just played?"  NOW you tell me, the rules are no two letter words?   Nice.....Maybe you should have told me that YEARS ago, when we started playing the game.

He tells me the "rules" when he is losing (or so I thought).  Funny how that works.  Just sayin.

So I guess, once again, he prevailed....(hangs head low)

He is the Boggle Champion!  There I said it!  Are you happy now?

Merge

Life choices are a lot like the merge lane. 

You either "gun it" and move into traffic as fast as you can or you "slowly meander" into traffic.  As I was merging on the freeway the other day, deciding what to do (a semi truck barreling down the side of me) I was thinking about these parallels of life.  So often you can just "gun it" and make the choice to do something  OR you can "slowly meander" about life waiting for just the right time.  Just the right opportunity...but what if you don't "gun it" and miss that opportunity?   Where does that leave you?    Wondering what could have been? Or in the case of the merge lane..in the dust of the shoulder  or worse yet into the freeway barrier.


My question for you to ponder is do you gun it it through life or do you slowly meander?

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My Ode to Cheese

Cheese, Cheese, good for the heart, the more you eat, the more you ....wait, that was beans....(I know now the song is going to be stuck in your head; that was kinda the point)

Anyone that knows me, knows I love cheese.... A coworker and I were talking yesterday about grocery shopping on a budget and she said that she didn't think she could grocery shop on a budget because she is a cheese connisuier.  She is always buying specialty cheeses which depending on the kinds of course, could be rather expensive.

I "think" I might be a cheese connisuier too.  I have never met a cheese that I didn't like.  Well maybe just one: bleu cheese and it's not that I don't like it but rather I prefer not to eat it.  If it was the last cheese on earth I would probably eat it though.  There is just something about "moldy" cheese that I just don't care for. Which is kinda funny when you think about it because what is cheese?  In general terms, cheese is curdled, fermented milk. 

Fun Trivia:  Did you know that there are 670+ types of cheese in the world? 

How many cheeses can you name?  How many different kinds have you tried? What is your favorite?

Mine:  Feta Cheese!