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All posts for the month March, 2010
Video Of The Week
Posted by Heather on March 25, 2010
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Hodgepodge
Hodgepodge (plural hodgepodges): A collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.
The above describes my life perfectly the last few weeks! My life has truly been a hodgepodge lately! So in keeping with my hodgepodge life I figured I would write a hodgepodge post!
I like the word hodgepodge, can you tell?
- A few weeks ago we did our outside Spring Cleaning. We pulled weeds for hours upon hours. We even planted a new pear tree in our backyard.
With all this cleaning up of the yard and flower beds we decided that we needed to give our old buddy Weeder Gnome a new friend. So we found Raker Gnome and added him to our pathetic little flower bed in the backyard.
Now I want to find or make a wooden sign that says: The Good, The Bad and The Gnomely!
- With Spring comes Spring Break which my 2 girls had last week. The girls and I actually went to the beach one day with some friends of mine. Yes, I actually have friends! It was windy, about 70 degrees and the water was cold at about 63 degrees! My youngest daughter and I were the only two brave enough to go into the water! When we got to the beach we found a leftover sand sculpture from the day before.
Since we had a few little ones with us we decided to move just a little bit further on down the beach away from any leftover sand sculptures!
- My youngest daughter has been working on a Science Fair Project for the past few weeks. She decided to see which type of liquid a seed would grow better in. She planted sunflower seeds in 4 pots and watered them with tap water, coffee, vinegar and Sprite. Well we have a winner: Coffee made the sunflower seeds sprout the fastest. Tap water came in 2 days later. Sprite grew mold but nothing else and vinegar didn’t do a darn thing
I did not help her at all with her project unless you count paying for the materials and the photos to be printed helping!
- Along with all the above hodgepodge I have had to juggle softball practice, softball games, work, prom shopping, choir concerts, etc. The list goes on and on. And I wouldn’t want it any other way!
Posted by Heather on March 24, 2010
https://purplecoloredglasses.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/hodgepodge/
Prom Time
My oldest daughter officially has a boyfriend. This would be the same boy who has the Trans-Am. He is a senior and she is a junior.
He has officially asked her to the Senior Prom!!!
Damn boy!
I hate to shop! I REALLY hate to shop with my oldest daughter!
I broke down and took her shopping today. I actually had fun shopping with her. I told her I would pay for half of the dress. She tried on about 10 different dresses and finally decided on the very last one. She put it on and said “This is the one! It makes me feel like a princess!”
She picked out a black dress that has a little grey and off white with it. It is very classy! Here is a picture I found of it:
It cost… are you sitting down? Remember this is a Prom dress…are you ready? The cost of the dress with tax was $27.10!!! Since she was such a great little bargain hunter I paid for the dress myself. I told her to take her money and get her hair done!
Prom is a month away and I am sure she will drive me nuts until then! Oh did I mention I told her to leave the tags on the dress until the day of the Prom? I told her “Just in case they break up before then!” She thought I was kidding!
Now all we have to do is find shoes. Oh Joy!
Posted by Heather on March 20, 2010
https://purplecoloredglasses.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/prom-time/
Video Of The Week
Little House on the Prairie
Merle Olsen
Rest In Peace
Posted by Heather on March 11, 2010
https://purplecoloredglasses.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/video-of-the-week-64/
The Language Of Kids
I have come to notice that kids have their own language. You see when I say something it pretty much means what comes out of my mouth. If I tell them to take out the garbage it means Take Out The Garbage!
This morning I was in the kitchen making lunches and my oldest daughter came in and asked me, “Do you need any help?” I turned and laughed at her and said, “It’s not going to get you to school any earlier if you help me out!” She couldn’t figure out how I knew what she really meant. She hates it when I can understand her language!
Here are some other examples:
- “Mom, do you need any help cooking dinner” really means I have a TV show that starts at 7 can you hurry up?
- “Mom, do you need to go to the store today?” really means I am out of chewing gum can you get me some?
- “Mom, can you help me with my book report?” really means I waited until the last-minute to do this. Can you do it for me?
- “Mom, are you going anywhere today?” really means Can you take me to the mall?
I am also fluent in mumble!
Posted by Heather on March 10, 2010
https://purplecoloredglasses.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/the-language-of-kids/
The Dating Game
My oldest daughter, who is 17, has had “boyfriends” before but they never go out on dates. At least not what I consider a real date. They usually just hang out around my house and watch television or hang out at the park or the mall.
Well last Wednesday my daughter came home from school all excited. I knew something was up because school is never exciting! She was asked out on a real date! They planned to go to the movies after school on that Friday. She was nice enough to double-check with me if she could go which I had no problem with. I really appreciated the fact that she asked me first.
The boy who asked her out on a date has his own car. It’s an old black Trans Am. I am a little jealous of his car! My daughter has gotten a ride home from school a couple of times with him so I felt alright with him driving her around.
The afternoon of the big date I went about my normal business and I didn’t really think much about my oldest daughter being out. I have raised her well and whatever choices she makes are hers to make and she knows I am here if she ever needs me. My husband on the other hand was having a bit of a fit and he kept worrying about her. I half expected him to be waiting for them on the door step when they got home.
My youngest daughter beat him to the door step! My oldest daughter and her date pulled up in front of our house and there was my little one sitting there waiting for them! The boy got out of his car and walked over to my oldest daughter and gave her a …hug!
I thought my oldest daughter was going to kill her little sister! If looks could kill my little one would definitely be 10 feet under!
Posted by Heather on March 3, 2010
https://purplecoloredglasses.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/the-dating-game/
You Said What?
The Eyes In The Back Of My Head 