Friends

Sometimes I wonder what exactly is wrong with me.       How could I have friends and not know it??

And  my gosh, what do you say when someone says you have beautiful shiny hair?
I am so suprised when someone complements me, or says they missed me the other night at (insert gathering/party/whatever)   I dont really know what to say....   
And Im not sure why!!!                 

Its going to take some getting use to,  but I am putting myself out there.   In this whole..  Friend world.

   Setting up Playdates at the park,   INVITING PEOPLE OVER TO MY HOUSE!    
This in all new territory for me.   I had friends as a kid, but hitting the teenage years(for many different reasons that i wont get into)   I had exactly 0  friends.     

       Hence, I have no experience with friends,unless my new adult friends want to help me build a big sandcastle at the park, earn girl scout badges, or ambush  a neighbor with the waterhose and demand to know if hes wearing a wig or is that his REAL hair?     

I guess I'll just have to be myself,  (since thats who they like in the first place)     and see how things go!!!                  annd im Diving it!!!   I'll let you know, (or rather I'll record it for myself to read later, because im pretty sure no one reads this)    how things go...........

Fun with dick and jane

Bedtime is becoming a very difficult time for me.
Trying not to burst out laughing.
nay,  trying to read and being unable because of laughing.
Not being able to explain to your daughter why your laughing.

It all comes from the ultimate dick and jane story book collection my mother in law gave Belle for christmas.  

It reads something like this-

  oh, oh, sally.   See dick and jane go down. down, down, down.   oh, oh,oh,  funny dick,  funny jane.      

Come dick, come dick,  oh, oh, oh, come and see jane go down.       funny jane.

I see funny dick.     look jane look!   oh, oh oh, jane look!  funny dick.

Sally said, oh, dick!    pretty pretty!   make it big, big, big,!     
jane said- run away puff!  run away spot!

It has me longing to read little house on the prairie again,   or dr. seuss.          but no....  every night!     thank goodness its only 367 pages.   And thank goodness its plastered with perfectly innocent pictures that take up most of the page. 

No more Susie

Whew!   My poor babies were sick for a whole week!    Had that awful norovirus that's going around.      And of course my niece Susie who I get paid to watch during the day, stayed with her retired grandfather because her parents (understandably) didn't want her to catch it.     Little did i know, I would get a call (the day everyone was back on their feet)   from my sister in law.  we'll call her evil incarnate.   no, the wicked witch of the west..   welllll...  maybe just holy terror.              

anyway, i get a call from holy terror and guess what?   it was such a hardship for them to get her dad to watch Susie  they found a different babysitter!  who will stay at their house!     sorry for the short notice.  hope there's no hard feelings.            

BOY did i have a lot of feelings!      omg you Bi*ch! that's how i pay my mortgage, how can you do this to me you spawn of evil!!???      wow.     i don't have to deal with your bratty kid anymore!     I don't have to deal with you anymore!    (she  who finds it a much bigger offense if one of your kids makes a mess than if they lie and manipulate and even lie about not liking  food because they don't want to eat anything but captain crunch??  )          I don't have to listen to your lies, i don't have to listen to you Bi*ch,  and I can focus my energy on my babies, instead of focusing it on keeping them safe from your brat!
No, I didn't say any of that to her, but i realllly wanted to.    

So, things will be supertight $ wise for a while.   (like eating beans and conserving gas tight)
         But I am already a lot less stressed, and my house is staying clean because Susie is  a three year old wrecking crew like nobodies business.

In other news,   sarge and I are both sick now, and we spent the whole day in the living room with the kids watching Disney movies.   I am so happy to be blessed with a husband who likes kid movies!  we did get into a very deep discussion about  they fairies in pixy hollow..
Sarge- so, why is it they only deliver seasons and stuff in England?
Me-  well, think about it.   its totally unrealistic that that small amount of fairies  could bring changing seasons to the whole world!
Sarge- no, they totally  could do it. its magic.
We went on in a similar vein about homeward bound, Anastasia, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, Franklins magic Christmas, and Beethoven.
Not the worst way to spend a sick day :)
Oh, and Im reading Frank Baum's   book about Santa clause.  very entertaining!