Perfectly Imperfect

I so considered stringing my son up by his toes yesterday. We all got up an hour earlier to get him to school early for a “club meeting”. I drive him up to the front of the school to drop him off and at that moment he says, “Oh? Yeah? My meeting is after school today.”
“What?” In my head I’m thinking…I have organized my whole morning around this and you just now remember? Why didn’t you think about this LAST NIGHT before we all set alarms etc.? Okay…deep breath…count to 10. And I respond… “I have to go pick up my friend and get the little ones off to their P.E. class then I can bring you back.” (I can’t leave him to sit there for an hour because the school is located in a sketchy neighborhood and although I’m not happy with my son at this point, I do want him to come home again.) He says, “But I’ll be late then.” I respond “You’re point? It was your mistake and this is what I have responsibilities to do.”
We manage to get him back in time and drop him off without my head exploding due to incessant apologies from him.
Fast forward… Time to pick him up from school. It’s late because he’s stayed after for his “club meeting”. I arrive and he gets in the van all excited about his day. He proceeds to tell me he has to be there early again the next day because he’s going to be on morning announcements and he has a special pass to get into the school early. (I’m just turning out of the parking lot when he realizes he doesn’t have the pass…he’s lost it on the way to the car. Mom exploded! I pull back around, park, get out of the car and start walking to the office when…the cloud above us decided right at that moment to dump on us. So…wet now from rain, we walk up to the office and it’s locked. A girl comes to open it for us and another lady proceeds to fuss at me because the office was closed and I should have walked around to the back of the school to enter. Never mind the fact that she’s still standing right there and it’s pouring down rain outside, and I’m just crossing through the building and out to the courtyard…I don’t think so! The poor child who opened the door for me was just standing there with her mouth open. I smiled at her and said, “Thank you for being so considerate and helping someone out of the rain.” Then proceeded to walk past the lady with the nasty attitude and out the door to the courtyard. DS apologized all the way home. I told DH the story and his response was…”What did you do to DS to make him want to tortue you so today.

Fall is my favorite time of year. Living in Florida, we miss some of the signs of the times and thus have to create our own. Andrea on one of my yahoo groups shared this earlier and I can’t wait to give it a try.
Pumpkin Spice Latte
makes enough for two generous servings

2 cups milk
2 Tbsp canned pumpkin
2 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp vanilla (yes, the recipe says tablespoons! )
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (OR 1/4 tsp cinnamon, 1/8 tsp cloves, 1/8 tsp nutmeg, and pinch of ginger)
1/2 cup brewed espresso (OR 3/4 cup strong brewed coffee)
whipped cream for garnish, if desired

Combine all ingredients and cook over low heat until flavors are combined. Pour into large coffee mugs, garnish with whipped cream (optional), and serve with ginger snaps. Think FALL!

Current Mood:

I got over the desire to have the chicks very quickly.  They stunk big time.  No matter how often you cleaned, they would have a dirty box within 5 minutes.  I had better things to do that clean chicken poop several times a day.  They went to the feed store last Thursday.

I still have a neighbor’s rabbit on my back porch.  I’m hoping she’ll go back home soon.  I know they’re home as I’ve seen their car out front, but I haven’t heard from them about their rabbit yet.  If I don’t hear soon I’ll call and we’ll take her back.  Now my sis is wanting me to keep her dog for them while they go on vacation.  I think I need to begin charging rent for the creatures that are coming to visit.  Makes me think of the “Dog Hotel”.

Only 4 more weeks of school (officially). I am so ready for a break.  It’s not so much the “homeschooling” as the running DS to his school and back and all of the events that go along with that.  He had a track meet yesterday from 4-7:30 pm.  UGH!  By the time we got home it was 8:30 pm and time to start the bedtime routine.  It takes such huge chunks out of my day.

I just finished re-reading Pride and Prejudice.  I so enjoyed it.  I’m going to read Wuthering Heights next.  I found a book at the bookstore that is a “companion novel” to pride and prejudice.  It is supposedly written from Darcy’s point of view.  Having stories retold from another character’s point of view is fairly new to me.  I do remember reading some fairy tales from other character points of view (The Three Little Pigs from the Wolf’s point of view etc.).  After reading the Twilight series, I found a link to another book that she had started of Twilight from Edward’s point of view.  Someone posted it online before she finished it and she may never finish it now.  (I hate when someone does something like that and thinks they’re so cool for it.  Ruins it for everyone else!)  I really hope that she can eventually go back and write it as it was great fun to read.  My only issue with the novel that I saw in the store is that it was not done by Jane Austin herself.  But it is tempting!  There are several others by various authors that continue to story from the ending of Jane’s book.

There were a couple of books out a few years back that were compiled of short stories written by various authors in the style of Hemingway.  “The Best of Bad Hemingway”  These stories were written for a contest held at Harry’s Bar & Grill, in Century City, Calif.  I laughed so hard when reading that book.  So I guess I do enjoy when others try to write in the style of a specific author.  I think I just talked myself into going back to B & N to get the book.

Current Mood: Celebrating

DD lost her first tooth on the top yesterday. She was so excited. Being Easter Sunday made it all the more special for her. Today we’re off to the book store. Happy Monday all.

Current Mood: Cheerful

First of all…Happy Easter. This to me is the most important holiday of all as a Christian. If it weren’t for Easter, then Christmas would just have been any other birthday. Wishes for Easter blessing go to all of my friends and family.

I cleaned out the box that holds our baby chicks last night. They have been housed in our bathroom thus far to keep them safe from kitties who would like to have a chickie dinner if given half the chance. Well this morning was enough. I walked in and the smell was overpowering. I even gagged. They had to move outside. We have them on the porch for now but will move them into the garage for the night. PU Our bathroom has been scoured and cleaned and the smell is going away. Whew!

My family is coming over here for dinner today. I guess I’m going to have to go and get started on something to eat. Enjoy your day.