Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Bridge back to the boat house
It's been a rough adjustment back to the working world after our brief trip to the Adirondacks. What I wouldn't give to be there still..
Best of all was spending all day everyday with my kids and hubby. I miss them.
Best of all was spending all day everyday with my kids and hubby. I miss them.
Friday, May 06, 2005
Teaching Our Children ALL the Words in the English Language
Last weekend we had a (rather sudden) road trip to Milwaukee and stayed in a hotel. It became a special fun weekend for the kids filled with swimming in the hotel pool, new toys from the Goodwill in Madison (our favorite - it's the best!) and more meals at McDonald's than I thought were gastronomically and calorically feasible.
I'm not sure what brought it up - but while we sat on the hotel room floor cross legged (ewww!! Can you just imagine the filth on that floor?) letting the kids eat tons of candy (bad mommy.. at least the baby only had part of one or two Dots..) somehow the expression "ho" came up. And my dear husband explained just what the word meant and how to use it. What a banner weekend for our parenting skills. We spoiled the kids rotten with candy, meals out and new toys.. and taught them the word HO.
So, when the phone call comes from my 7.5 year old step-daughter's bio mom or my 4 year old's preschool teacher tells us our daughter will not be welcomed back at their Christian preschool for the next school year.. We'll know why.
Alternatively, if the girls and I are shopping at Target and they see those Bratz dolls and say out loud: "I don't want a Bratz doll. They all look like skanky hos." I will beam proudly at them and hope the other mother's overhear their proper use of the word: "HO".
I'm not sure what brought it up - but while we sat on the hotel room floor cross legged (ewww!! Can you just imagine the filth on that floor?) letting the kids eat tons of candy (bad mommy.. at least the baby only had part of one or two Dots..) somehow the expression "ho" came up. And my dear husband explained just what the word meant and how to use it. What a banner weekend for our parenting skills. We spoiled the kids rotten with candy, meals out and new toys.. and taught them the word HO.
So, when the phone call comes from my 7.5 year old step-daughter's bio mom or my 4 year old's preschool teacher tells us our daughter will not be welcomed back at their Christian preschool for the next school year.. We'll know why.
Alternatively, if the girls and I are shopping at Target and they see those Bratz dolls and say out loud: "I don't want a Bratz doll. They all look like skanky hos." I will beam proudly at them and hope the other mother's overhear their proper use of the word: "HO".
Seems apt, scarily enough...
| Your Birthdate: July 13 |
| Being born on the 13th day of the month should help make you a better manager and organizer, but it may also give you a tendency to dominate people a bit. You may be more responsible and self-disciplined than you realize. Sincere and honest, you are a serious, hard working individual. Your feelings are likely to seem somewhat repressed at times. You are apt to be much more practical, rational, and conscious of details. Your intolerance and insistence on complete accuracy can be irritating to some. |
Thursday, May 05, 2005
List of Threes
Stolen shamelessly from another Blog I admire - but the answers are all my own.
Feel free to take and answer your own, too.
"List of Threes"
Three names you go by:
1. Mommy
2. Carolyn
3. Fart-face (you'd have to know my husband to know that this is a term of endearment and I do not have a flatulence problem!)
Three screen names you have:
1. cea9
2. Okaasan
3. c e anderson9
Three things you like about yourself:
1. I am a hard worker.
2. I can be funny (when I'm not being bitchy).
3. I have a knack for foreign languages.
Three things you hate/dislike about yourself:
1. I can be bitchy at times.
2. I tend to be judgemental or critical in nature (thanks for the genetics Dad!).
3. My current physical shape and size. I know it's temporary - but it's getting on my nerves.
Three parts of your heritage:
1. German
2. German
3. German
Three things that scare you:
1. Things that go bump in the night.
2. The thought of harm befalling my children
3. Random home invasion.
Can I have 4? I'm a really anxious person:
4. World opinion of the U.S. thanks to 8 years of Bush Administration (lack of) Foreign Policy.
Three of your everyday essentials:
1. Iced Tea
2. Pressed powder (e.g. Cover Girl)
3. Music
Three things you are wearing right now:
1. Goodwill Old Navy shirt (looks Asian-y, Black w/ Lotus flower and criss-cross Kimono(?) type stiching)
2. Black cardigan
3. Hand me down pants from my (now much skinnier) friend Angie.
Three of your favorite bands/artists:
1. Tegan + Sara
2. Razorlight
3. Snow Patrol...
but ask me again in 5 minutes and the list will have changed again.
Three of your favorite songs at present:
1. "Somewhere Else" - Razorlight
2. "Bam Thwok" - Pixies
3. "Since U Been Gone" - Kelly Clarkson
Three new things you want to try in the next 12 months:
1. Downsizing - my body, hours at work and clutter in the house.
2. Riding my bike on a more regular basis.
3. Piping Hot Binding - a new quilting technique
Three things you want in a relationship (love is a given):
1. Witty repartee
2. Intelligent conversation
3. Honesty
Three things you just can't do:
1. Run a marathon.. heck, run 1000 yards for that much.
2. Most sports. Basically anything requiring excellent coordination
3. Lately... can't seem to balance the checkbook anymore. Lost that ability sometime during my last pregnancy. Poof! Gone.
Three of your favorite hobbies:
1. Quilting
2. Reading (fiction / blogs/ trashy magazines)
3. Crossword puzzles
Three things you want to do very much right now:
1. Quilt
2. Read
3. Write
Three places you want to go on vacation:
1. New Zealand
2. Disney (with the kids)
3. Coastal South Carolina
Three things you want to do before you die:
1. Go to New Zealand.
2. Finish several quilts and publish a book.
3. See my children successful and happy as adults.
Feel free to take and answer your own, too.
"List of Threes"
Three names you go by:
1. Mommy
2. Carolyn
3. Fart-face (you'd have to know my husband to know that this is a term of endearment and I do not have a flatulence problem!)
Three screen names you have:
1. cea9
2. Okaasan
3. c e anderson9
Three things you like about yourself:
1. I am a hard worker.
2. I can be funny (when I'm not being bitchy).
3. I have a knack for foreign languages.
Three things you hate/dislike about yourself:
1. I can be bitchy at times.
2. I tend to be judgemental or critical in nature (thanks for the genetics Dad!).
3. My current physical shape and size. I know it's temporary - but it's getting on my nerves.
Three parts of your heritage:
1. German
2. German
3. German
Three things that scare you:
1. Things that go bump in the night.
2. The thought of harm befalling my children
3. Random home invasion.
Can I have 4? I'm a really anxious person:
4. World opinion of the U.S. thanks to 8 years of Bush Administration (lack of) Foreign Policy.
Three of your everyday essentials:
1. Iced Tea
2. Pressed powder (e.g. Cover Girl)
3. Music
Three things you are wearing right now:
1. Goodwill Old Navy shirt (looks Asian-y, Black w/ Lotus flower and criss-cross Kimono(?) type stiching)
2. Black cardigan
3. Hand me down pants from my (now much skinnier) friend Angie.
Three of your favorite bands/artists:
1. Tegan + Sara
2. Razorlight
3. Snow Patrol...
but ask me again in 5 minutes and the list will have changed again.
Three of your favorite songs at present:
1. "Somewhere Else" - Razorlight
2. "Bam Thwok" - Pixies
3. "Since U Been Gone" - Kelly Clarkson
Three new things you want to try in the next 12 months:
1. Downsizing - my body, hours at work and clutter in the house.
2. Riding my bike on a more regular basis.
3. Piping Hot Binding - a new quilting technique
Three things you want in a relationship (love is a given):
1. Witty repartee
2. Intelligent conversation
3. Honesty
Three things you just can't do:
1. Run a marathon.. heck, run 1000 yards for that much.
2. Most sports. Basically anything requiring excellent coordination
3. Lately... can't seem to balance the checkbook anymore. Lost that ability sometime during my last pregnancy. Poof! Gone.
Three of your favorite hobbies:
1. Quilting
2. Reading (fiction / blogs/ trashy magazines)
3. Crossword puzzles
Three things you want to do very much right now:
1. Quilt
2. Read
3. Write
Three places you want to go on vacation:
1. New Zealand
2. Disney (with the kids)
3. Coastal South Carolina
Three things you want to do before you die:
1. Go to New Zealand.
2. Finish several quilts and publish a book.
3. See my children successful and happy as adults.
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