You would think that crayons and wine have nothing to do with one another.
You're wrong. Just ask my daughter Melody. In a rare event, I bought wine at the store while she was with me. How does this connect crayons and wine? Here we go...
1. If you eat green crayons, it will affect your system. You could, potentially, excrete green pee. Yuck.
2. There is a wine that is called Pinot Grigio.
3. Melody talks like a goober.
So here we go...
I am looking at the wines, trying to decide if I'll buy one, and if I do which one it will be. Melody, being the helpful girl that she is chimes in. "Look mom, just get this pee-no-green-no." Since I hadn't eaten any green crayons this was pretty funny to me. I'm not sure where the pronunciation came in at, but I had a glass of wine last night, and this morning I peed-no-green-no. I guess maybe wine and crayons don't have much in common after all....
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Ok, kudos to one of my very good friends (that I hardly ever get to talk to, but maybe with the invention of the blog and myspace we can connect more...). She's always been beautiful, funny, smart, and for some reason, my friend too! (Crazy huh?) I wish I could say she was the pretty one and I was the ...something, but she really was the pretty one, the smart one, the clever one, and the funny one. I might have been more athletic, but she was much more talented. We grew up together in West Texas, and really were very close. She knew me better than anyone else did when we were younger. Anyway, she just won Mrs. Montana... How cool is that? Pretty much the coolest thing ever! Anyway, for those of you who check my site (yeah, YOU Melissa!) here's the link - it's really cool!
http://mrsmontanaamerica.com/
Leah, if you check this blog, YOU don't have to look at the link - you lived it. But you can scroll down to see the silliness that is my life! Love you, and am very proud of you. Tell your mother hello and I'd love to hear from her too.
http://mrsmontanaamerica.com/
Leah, if you check this blog, YOU don't have to look at the link - you lived it. But you can scroll down to see the silliness that is my life! Love you, and am very proud of you. Tell your mother hello and I'd love to hear from her too.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
At it again...
Well, a new Saturday, a new marching band competition. This week we were in the huge metropolis that is Little Elm. Hmmm. Yeah, it really is a town, and it really has people that live there, and it really is growing quite quickly... Go ahead and giggle, I'll wait - I have all day actually...
Ok, now that you finished gfawing about Little Elm, let me tell you about the competition. First of all, Taylor came to this one, and it was an ALL DAY event. He did great. We left our house at 9:00, and got home at 9:10. Not 10 minutes, but 12 hours and 10 minutes. We got to the competition late, and left early... Believe it.
The girls band was in 7th after all 30 bands played in the preliminary round. After the preliminary round they moved from 7th to 3RD! Second week in a row to move up, but this was a huge move! We were really proud of them. They've work so hard. Two down, 3 to go in this season. Wow!
On another related note, their football game won on Friday Vs. Grandbury. Yeah! That was a good bus ride home...nice change...
Ok, now that you finished gfawing about Little Elm, let me tell you about the competition. First of all, Taylor came to this one, and it was an ALL DAY event. He did great. We left our house at 9:00, and got home at 9:10. Not 10 minutes, but 12 hours and 10 minutes. We got to the competition late, and left early... Believe it.
The girls band was in 7th after all 30 bands played in the preliminary round. After the preliminary round they moved from 7th to 3RD! Second week in a row to move up, but this was a huge move! We were really proud of them. They've work so hard. Two down, 3 to go in this season. Wow!
On another related note, their football game won on Friday Vs. Grandbury. Yeah! That was a good bus ride home...nice change...
Monday, October 8, 2007
Really?
My new favorite word. Really. You can say so much with one word, your tone of voice, and a look. I have discovered that I can say whole sentences with that one word. It's amazing...Really!
Here are a few examples.
Tone: disbelieving
Look: One raised eyebrow
Word: Really?
Meaning: Have you lost your mind? You truly plan on shoving 1/2 a burrito into your mouth and then trying to talk around it and tell me about your day? REALLY?
Tone: laughing
Look: smile
Word: Really?
Meaning: I heard that pickup line in second grade. Not only is your line older than your mother, but I'M older than your mother! Get a grip, and a girlfriend that is in 5th grade! (By the way, I teach sixth grade...)
Tone: flat
Look: bored
Word: Really?
Meaning: Just in case you can't tell, I don't care what you're taking about. Not only do I not care, I'm not going to start caring. I can't believe I'm wasting my time sitting here listening to you when I could be searching the building for chocolate...REALLY!
See what I mean? There is just no limit to what I can communicate using tone, a look, and one word. The sky is the limit - Really!
Here are a few examples.
Tone: disbelieving
Look: One raised eyebrow
Word: Really?
Meaning: Have you lost your mind? You truly plan on shoving 1/2 a burrito into your mouth and then trying to talk around it and tell me about your day? REALLY?
Tone: laughing
Look: smile
Word: Really?
Meaning: I heard that pickup line in second grade. Not only is your line older than your mother, but I'M older than your mother! Get a grip, and a girlfriend that is in 5th grade! (By the way, I teach sixth grade...)
Tone: flat
Look: bored
Word: Really?
Meaning: Just in case you can't tell, I don't care what you're taking about. Not only do I not care, I'm not going to start caring. I can't believe I'm wasting my time sitting here listening to you when I could be searching the building for chocolate...REALLY!
See what I mean? There is just no limit to what I can communicate using tone, a look, and one word. The sky is the limit - Really!
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Marching Band Competition #1
Well, the twins had their very first competition yesterday, and they did pretty well. They placed 5th after the initial march, and during the finals managed to move that up to 3rd. It seemed that the final rank was based on a combined score from the first and second march, so moving up 2 places was pretty good.
They got #1 for color guard, effects, and drum line. (None of which the twins are in, but they were still really excited)
Their day was really hectic, and tough. (10:30 am to 11:30 pm) They got to the first competition, marched, and loaded the bus and drove 1 1/2 hours to a second competition to march again! There had been a delay in the second competition though, so they had to leave before they got to compete to march in the finals of the first competition. Their bus pulled in with 20 minutes to spare before they were on the field. I'm sure all 20 minutes were spent unloading the bus and running to the field! It must have been difficult to juggle all of that in their brains and still pull out a great performance. There were about 25 bands in the competition, so 3rd was awesome.
Way to go girls!
They got #1 for color guard, effects, and drum line. (None of which the twins are in, but they were still really excited)
Their day was really hectic, and tough. (10:30 am to 11:30 pm) They got to the first competition, marched, and loaded the bus and drove 1 1/2 hours to a second competition to march again! There had been a delay in the second competition though, so they had to leave before they got to compete to march in the finals of the first competition. Their bus pulled in with 20 minutes to spare before they were on the field. I'm sure all 20 minutes were spent unloading the bus and running to the field! It must have been difficult to juggle all of that in their brains and still pull out a great performance. There were about 25 bands in the competition, so 3rd was awesome.
Way to go girls!
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Mighty Hunter...
To understand why this is so funny for me, you have to understand a couple of things.
1) My husband is from New York, and is not really comfortable with killing small game.
2) When a snake was in the yard a couple of years ago, I was the one that went out with a shovel and had to kill the silly thing. He wouldn't have anything to do with it, and in fact, a day after it was dead and covered in ants he swore it was blinking. Nevermind that the head was seperated from the body...
3) We live in a new house, in a new development, and have mice in the area...
Ok, now that the preliminaries are covered, let me continue by informing you of the "glue traps". Inside the garage, there are glue traps that little critters get stuck on. Yea! That means they aren't in my house. However, since it's glue, they can live for days. and days. and days. Yuck.
So, I don't like it, and have told Doug to take care of it. His glue traps, his mice. So, the mighty hunter emerges...
He stalks his prey with a hockey stick...(No, I'm not kidding) He sneaks around it, takes careful aim, and WHACKS it on the head. Now the mouse is dead, and the mighty hunter does the victory dance. (the dance consists of putting the dead mouse in a wal-mart sack and putting it on the porch until trash day)
The mighty hunter has gotten to practice his skills and hone his craft lately, and has even had help in his hunt - Addison has become involved. She will go out and sniff the fresh kill, and although I'm sure she would like to lick it at this point, she's not allowed to...by me. Yuck! Eventually, Doug would like to train the dog to go out, pull the mouse off the glue trap, eat the mouse, and reset the glue trap. Wish him luck.
1) My husband is from New York, and is not really comfortable with killing small game.
2) When a snake was in the yard a couple of years ago, I was the one that went out with a shovel and had to kill the silly thing. He wouldn't have anything to do with it, and in fact, a day after it was dead and covered in ants he swore it was blinking. Nevermind that the head was seperated from the body...
3) We live in a new house, in a new development, and have mice in the area...
Ok, now that the preliminaries are covered, let me continue by informing you of the "glue traps". Inside the garage, there are glue traps that little critters get stuck on. Yea! That means they aren't in my house. However, since it's glue, they can live for days. and days. and days. Yuck.
So, I don't like it, and have told Doug to take care of it. His glue traps, his mice. So, the mighty hunter emerges...
He stalks his prey with a hockey stick...(No, I'm not kidding) He sneaks around it, takes careful aim, and WHACKS it on the head. Now the mouse is dead, and the mighty hunter does the victory dance. (the dance consists of putting the dead mouse in a wal-mart sack and putting it on the porch until trash day)
The mighty hunter has gotten to practice his skills and hone his craft lately, and has even had help in his hunt - Addison has become involved. She will go out and sniff the fresh kill, and although I'm sure she would like to lick it at this point, she's not allowed to...by me. Yuck! Eventually, Doug would like to train the dog to go out, pull the mouse off the glue trap, eat the mouse, and reset the glue trap. Wish him luck.
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