Some random thoughts for Friday

Why is it, that I decide that the house is a filthy mess at 7:30 at night?  I decide to vacuum, then I think I might as well get a bucket of Mr. Clean going so I can wash the banisters, because they are starting- well not really starting as much as has been for awhile now, to feel a bit grimy.  Mind you, I’ve been meaning to do this for the last week, but I couldn’t find the inspiration for it and now for some reason 8:00 at night seems like a good time for it now.  I know, it was a bit odd.

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Since we’re on the subject of cleaning, I have a question for those that figure out the wonders of our universe, if I can still remember the last time I cleaned something, why can’t it still be clean?  I mean, come on!  If it has been so long since the last time I cleaned my kitchen floor, or washed my baseboards that I can’t even remember doing it, then by all means they should be dirty again.  But if I can specifically remember the last time I cleaned them, (and it doesn’t seem all that long ago) then they should still be clean!  Don’t you think?  Just throwing that out there.

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I’m trying to remind myself that I was sick this week, and that I’m not a total loser because I only got out once this week to run.  I was sick Monday, I still wasn’t 100% on Tuesday, and Wednesday I was being lazy, I’ll admit.  I finally got out on Thursday and TRMinator came with me.  It’s kind of funny to run with him.  He is used to running in spurts as fast as he can.  The last time he came with me I called him floppy.  I think he was a bit offended by that.  I showed him how I pace my breathing and try to have a bit of a steady rhythm.  He did much better this time.  Of course he had to show me up and sprint the last straightaway, but whatever.

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I think that’s pretty much all I have.  I must have emptied my head of all the random thoughts that were floating around!  Boy that feels better!

The G-man strikes again

Oh, my G-man.  Those of you who know him, know what I mean when I say that.  The latest G-incident:

It was my turn to take the boys for scout carpool.  The afternoon started well enough.  I had him get his scout shirt on and get ready to go, while listening to just a small amount of grumbling.  I went out and got in the car to wait for him as he finished putting his shoes on.  He came out without his coat, so I told him to go back and put it on.  As I sat there in the car and waited for several minutes (it should have literally taken him two seconds, his coat was right by the door) I wondered how long it could possibly take to put a coat on.  The longer I waited, the angrier I got.  I called the house (I was already in the car!) and asked TRMinator what G-man was doing.  He was watching TV!  I could have killed him!!  By this point I was fuming and I grounded him from the computer and XBox for the rest of the night.

When I got home I messaged Hubby and told him about the incident all the while wondering what screw is lose in G-man’s brain.  For pete sake!  He knew I was waiting for him, didn’t he?

When Hubby got home, he asked G-man why he was grounded.  After some cajoling he said that he got in trouble. When he asked what happened, he said that he thought I told him to go back in and hang on, instead of go back in and get your coat on.  So he watched some TV while he waited for me.  Oh brother!  Well, that makes a little bit more sense than just completely forgetting what I told him to do two seconds after I told him to do it.  That would be my G-man.  He didn’t question why I would tell him that, he just thought it was a a bit more time to avoid scouts.  That’s how his mind works.  Ahh, sometimes I think my life would be boring without my G-man.

By the way, he’s still grounded for the rest of the night.  I think he can go one whole evening without playing on the computer.  The grounding just won’t be continued for the rest of his life, as I was seriously considering.

Uggh…

I had started a post the other day, but I haven’t finished it because I have been sick.  I haven’t been sick for awhile, and I forgot just how fun this can be. (that would be in a sarcastic font if there was one)  I spent the whole day on the couch only getting up to either take my children to school or pick them up.  At this point I am starting to feel better, and I’m getting very antsy, but I still don’t have enough energy to do much of anything.  Except of course blog on my pretty pink laptop!

I have to say, my family has been pretty cute while I’ve been down and out.  Hubby ran to the store first thing this morning to get me some Sprite and some magazines to read.  He stayed to take the boys to school even though I told him that I could do it.  (I must have sounded pathetic enough.)  I told the boys they could just have school lunch today, but they made their own lunches.  I’m kind of bummed that I didn’t get up off the couch to see their efforts.

I feel like I’m on the mend, which I hope I feel better tomorrow because I’ve got too much to do!  We’ve got parent teacher conferences among other things to do tomorrow!  I don’t have time for another day of this stuff!   Uggh!

Don’t you hate it when…

You spend half the day putting all your Christmas decorations away, and make a trip through the house to find all those pesky little things that are hiding from you.  You convince yourself that you are going to get all of them this year, unlike last year, when you forgot that 4 ft. tall tree on your plant shelf, and by that point you were tired of putting things away so it stayed there till May.  You remember the little nativity set that is tucked away on a shelf that was in the other room.  You remember the advent calendar candy streamers, and even remember where you put the thing that you pulled down to make room for said streamers, and put that back up.

At this point you are feeling pretty good about yourself.  You remembered to put everything away.  You’re not going to find anything else in a month and then have to go into the dungeon of your house and try to find room in your already fairly neatly packed and somewhat organized Christmas boxes, to put this forgotten, neglected decoration away.

Then your mom points out something that should be fairly obvious to you.  I mean, they are hanging on the railing that separates the kitchen and the family room, come on, it’s a spot you look at every day!  Ah yes, the second set of Christmas stockings.  Huh.  How on earth did you miss those?  If I didn’t know you so well, I would have said that you were blind!  Especially since they are pretty much out in the open.  They weren’t hiding from you!  Sheesh!!

In case you weren’t sure, the dummy in question is me.  And, yes, they are still up.  I may just leave them up till next Christmas!  We have these stockings because the one with my name on it is the one I had as a kid.  My grandma’s friend knitted my brother and I one when we were little.  When I got married, she made one for Hubby and sent it to me.  Then when each of my kids were born, she knitted them one also.  I think it’s so neat that she did that for us, I have to put them up somewhere.   These are the stockings that Santa usually puts an X Box game in it for each of the kids.  Needless to say, they usually make a beeline for these Christmas morning. 

So much for my careful check of the house to make sure I got everything!  Oh well, one less thing I have to put up next year, if they are still up by then!

Good job Iowa!!

Let me preface this by saying, I’m not generally a huge football fan, but I had to watch this game!  In case you didn’t watch, Iowa beat Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl, 24-14.

You can take the girl out of Iowa, but you can’t take Iowa out of the girl!

What a couple of nerds!

Yes, this is how hubby and I spend our evenings.  Just for the record, I was getting TRMinators spelling list of the school website.  Of course as soon as I was done with that I started surfing the web.  Don’t judge me!

Happy 2010!

Happy New Year!  How did you spend your New Year’s Eve?  Was it like this?

Or this?

We spent our New Year’s Eve with our neighbors at a neighborhood party.  We have great neighbors, so it’s fun to get together and see what craptastic white elephant gifts everyone has come up with this year!  I am quite proud that I actually stayed up till midnight, and was still lucid when the ball dropped.  That is somewhat of an accomplishment for me!