No. 1.
I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime. Seriously.
I'm on cloud 9. Forget turkey. The best part of Thanksgiving happened Saturday night.
And to celebrate (with apologies to KU fans Allison and Kathy, and NU fan Brad):
Four football fans go rock climbing one afternoon, a Nebraska fan, an Oklahoma fan, a Kansas fan, and a Mizzou fan. They had been arguing all the way up the mountain about who among them was the most die-hard fan.
Upon reaching the top of the mountain, the Nebraska fan proclaimed to the other three, "THIS IS FOR THE HUSKERS!" and promptly threw himself off the mountain as a form of sacrifice, screaming "GO BIG RED!" as he fell to his death.
Not to be outdone, the Oklahoma fan jumped up and shouted, "THIS IS FOR THE SOONERS!" and threw himself off the mountain.
Refusing to be outdone by the Nebraska and Oklahoma fans, the Mizzou fan rose to his feet and yelled at the top of his lungs, "THIS IS FOR THE MU TIGERS!" and without hesitation pushed the KU fan off the mountain.
26 November 2007
16 November 2007
He'll either be a brilliant lawyer
or a psychopath. Or a brilliant psychopath lawyer.
(is that redundant? --sorry my lawyer relatives and friends, couldn't resist--)
My middle son, age 5, is showing a great capacity for drawing very, very fine lines with ethics. He's also good at pushing and pushing and pushing right up until he finds where the line is.
Point No. 1:
Amazingly, he does nothing wrong. It's always his younger sister. Or some kid at school.
Point No. 2:
When he stole a magnet from school yesterday, he informed my spouse that "The guardian angel on my shoulder must have been looking away for a minute."
Point No. 3:
He informed me early in the school year that he could get into some trouble at school every day, but not a lot of trouble.
How is this possible, you ask?
His teacher does the green-yellow-orange-red system. You get in trouble, you lose your green popsicle stick and get a yellow, and so on.
But to get to yellow, you get three strikes.
So my son, Lord love him, has been getting two strikes, knowing that he can.
I informed his kindergarten teacher of this at parent-teacher conferences a month ago. She was, um, a bit surprised he figured that one out so fast. So she's been keeping a hawk's eye on him to nip him in the bud.
Yet, he managed to steal a magnet from school yesterday. My poor spouse got to lower the boom on him, because I was in grad school last night. When I got home, the boy was chastened (sort of).
We sent him to school with the magnet, a note, and the requirement that he apologize to his teacher and fess up to what he did.
I'm going to pick him up from aftercare in 20 minutes. I'm really hoping that he had a good day, but yet, still learned a lesson.
This parenting thing is HARD, y'all.
(is that redundant? --sorry my lawyer relatives and friends, couldn't resist--)
My middle son, age 5, is showing a great capacity for drawing very, very fine lines with ethics. He's also good at pushing and pushing and pushing right up until he finds where the line is.
Point No. 1:
Amazingly, he does nothing wrong. It's always his younger sister. Or some kid at school.
Point No. 2:
When he stole a magnet from school yesterday, he informed my spouse that "The guardian angel on my shoulder must have been looking away for a minute."
Point No. 3:
He informed me early in the school year that he could get into some trouble at school every day, but not a lot of trouble.
How is this possible, you ask?
His teacher does the green-yellow-orange-red system. You get in trouble, you lose your green popsicle stick and get a yellow, and so on.
But to get to yellow, you get three strikes.
So my son, Lord love him, has been getting two strikes, knowing that he can.
I informed his kindergarten teacher of this at parent-teacher conferences a month ago. She was, um, a bit surprised he figured that one out so fast. So she's been keeping a hawk's eye on him to nip him in the bud.
Yet, he managed to steal a magnet from school yesterday. My poor spouse got to lower the boom on him, because I was in grad school last night. When I got home, the boy was chastened (sort of).
We sent him to school with the magnet, a note, and the requirement that he apologize to his teacher and fess up to what he did.
I'm going to pick him up from aftercare in 20 minutes. I'm really hoping that he had a good day, but yet, still learned a lesson.
This parenting thing is HARD, y'all.
12 November 2007
AAUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH
People at work are driving me nuts.
Others are being supportive.
It really is a toss-up some days on who outnumbers whom.
Others are being supportive.
It really is a toss-up some days on who outnumbers whom.
07 November 2007
New Crockpot Recipe
I tried a new one tonight. It went over so-so, but I suspect it is because I live with picky people.
Chicken Burritos
1 14 oz. can of corn
1 14 oz. can of black beans
1 package of taco seasoning
1 package of ranch dressing mix
4 chicken breasts
1 16 oz. jar of salsa.
Mix the undrained corn and beans into crockpot with spices. Add chicken on top. Pour salsa over all. Cook in crockpot on high for 4-5 hours.
Heat up tortillas when you get home. Shred chicken, and add your favorite toppings w/bean and corn mix.
I like it. The chicken went over well with the picky. Most of my crew hates beans (black, pinto or kidney), so that part was a hard sell.
Warning: This is very filling.
Chicken Burritos
1 14 oz. can of corn
1 14 oz. can of black beans
1 package of taco seasoning
1 package of ranch dressing mix
4 chicken breasts
1 16 oz. jar of salsa.
Mix the undrained corn and beans into crockpot with spices. Add chicken on top. Pour salsa over all. Cook in crockpot on high for 4-5 hours.
Heat up tortillas when you get home. Shred chicken, and add your favorite toppings w/bean and corn mix.
I like it. The chicken went over well with the picky. Most of my crew hates beans (black, pinto or kidney), so that part was a hard sell.
Warning: This is very filling.
03 November 2007
Note the (small) changes
I still haven't gotten around to doing the template the way I want it, but I did edit the left bar.
Note the new books we at Mommy-Tracked are reading, as well as the link to the Amazon.com gift list. It is under my name, but it reflects the wants of our entire Mommy-Tracked family for the upcoming holidays (and in the case of the eldest, Turkey-day birthdays).
That latter change is for family only. For those in the friend/outside unknown reader loop, you can browse to see what we are up to, but do not buy us anything. : )
Note the new books we at Mommy-Tracked are reading, as well as the link to the Amazon.com gift list. It is under my name, but it reflects the wants of our entire Mommy-Tracked family for the upcoming holidays (and in the case of the eldest, Turkey-day birthdays).
That latter change is for family only. For those in the friend/outside unknown reader loop, you can browse to see what we are up to, but do not buy us anything. : )
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