The Puddles

Today has been an assortment of stories . . .

No phone, no tv, no internet

Makes for a quiet house, but allowed me to take a break from work and get a guilt-free shower.  Of course, I had hoped that it would be out for a while so I could make a run to the grocery store, but it was not to be.  At least when I got back to work I was clean!

The Little Girl is Upset

Ainsley gets in the car and states that she is upset because some of the kids in her class got in trouble and this made her sad.  “Why can’t everyone just behave?”

Where is the can opener?

I have one can opener.  It is having issues.  It won’t open the cans completely and then I can’t fix it without saying curse words under my breath and a crowbar.  But I don’t open too many cans so I forget that I hate the can opener.  Well . . . Chris decided to throw it away (I didn’t like it after all), but neglected to tell me.  So I needed to open a can for dinner tonight and . . . no can opener.  Chris had to find a pocket knife.  Now I just have to remember to buy a can opener!

Reality vs. Fantasy

Ben’s stories are really good.  He gets compliments all of the time.  But now I can’t get a straight story out of him.  Everything that happens winds up getting majorly embellished these days.  I have found that I am asking a lot, “Ben. Really?”  Got to real him back in without crushing his ability to tell awesome stories.

The car says it’s 120 degrees outside.

I can’t make this up.  While waiting for 45 minutes in the car rider line at school, the car actually read 120 degrees.  It is a scorcher outside.  I was walking into the house after getting the kids and looking at the porch furniture and wondering when I sat on them last.  It is hard to say with nearly 40 days of over 100 degrees.  Having grown up in this weather, I beginning to think that I am a misplaced Yankee sometimes.  The north and it’s seasons are calling me today.  “Move north.  Move where God has blessed the land with sweet cool wind.” it whispers to me.  Last week, Madie noticed the house down the street that had been toilet papered. I told her that happened three days ago.  Only then did I realize that the kids hadn’t left the house for three whole days.  That’s not good.  At least they are all in school now.

I’ve got to watch what I say.

I asked the kids to turn off all of the extra lights and clothes curtains.  The power company is threatening rolling blackouts.  I made the mistake of telling the kids. So when they walked into the bathroom and the bulb had turned out they thought the black out had started.  They walked around for the rest of the night with flashlights.  At least they had fun with the idea even though I was terrified of no a/c.

It finally rained!!!

Is it ok to be jealous of the East Coast right now and the possibility of hurricane slamming into their coast?  Because I am terribly green with envy.  We did get a wonderful rainstorm tonight.  The kids danced in the rain.  We were all terribly excited.  Even though it cooled down the world for a little bit . . . I could go for a hurricane.