Yo!

So far I like high school =) Way more professional than the
other school was getting to be, and my kid is actually taking
an interest and learning something. Course he's only been
in school 7 days.

I have come to the conclusion I just butt heads with anyone
living in Ohio. Funny to say that as I was born there and lived
there for the first five years of my life, but the next person
I meet from Ohio and I'm just saying 'see ya'.

Working on the fall cleaning. This week will be doing the windows,
valances, blinds, light fixtures, furniture and floors of the living
room and dining room.

Reconnected with a dear friend yesterday. Just took a shot
on Google and shot an email to someone in Georgia with the same
name, and viola, it's her. We haven't talked in about 13 years,
she remembers my son as a baby. She is a very intelligent and
apparently successful person, with 2 equally as fine kids.
While we tend to exaggerate some on the internet, I have no
reason to doubt what she says, as most of her stories fall into
place from when I knew her before. Yeah, someone with some class!
She was my maid of honor at my first wedding.

Started Christmas shopping. Uh oh.

Still planning on sending hubby to AZ in the fall, but there
is also a house we looked at in Nevada we'd make an offer on
if it goes on the market. It is repossessed by a bank and
we can't find out what the situation is on it. Across the
street from a good friend =)

Slowly working up the courage to cut my own hair, it needs it.
Been studying and watching videos and I know what to do, and
really want to try it. Not so much a money thing (but all
savings help) as much as I want to learn it and who better to try
it on than me??

The Asshole Song By Jimmy Buffett

Just pass the bottle

Woke up this morning and was informed there was no signal on the tv.
Coffee.
Took a shower, got the laundry started, called the Dish Network guy.
Coffee.
Went to town on a back to school shopping trip, came home, called
the Dish Network guy again.
Hubby came home, reset the box on the tv, it's fine.
Called the Dish Network guy back to tell him to cancel my service call.

Get the kid busy organizing his back to school stuff. He informs me
that it all won't fit in the new backpack. That's when I considered aspirin.
We put the stuff in the old backpack, hopefully he'll lose some junk
at school and the stuff can then fit in the new backpack.
Kids next door rang the bell and inquired if I knew who owned the
white and tan dogs.
That did it, extra strength please!

It's that time again

Some say the public education system is going downhill quickly.
I am one of those people.
Last week, we stood in line for TWO FRICKIN HOURS JUST
TO REGISTER THE YOUNGUN FOR HIGH SCHOOL. Not efficient
in my book, and if they can't run that right how should I
expect them to....oh never mind.

I could homeschool easily here and have been looking into it -
On so many levels I could do a better job and occasionally
think about various ways and methods of teaching. But I don't
want to deny the whole high school experience if possible, so
we'll give it a go with the public system. They regularly
p*** me off though - the teachers can't write, grade papers,
and teach when they don't know how themselves. I guess that is
what bothers me the most, when I get an email from a teacher with
many words misspelled, etc.

CLASSIC LITERATURE - Almost a thing of the past. Lately I've
been reading 'Little Women'. I have vowed to re-read some classics
and re-charge my brain. In between the classics I'm into the
Stephanie Plum series, ROFL. Mixing it up a little bit there!

Get me out of here!

Missouri that is.
Mis-ery.

Bear with me. I knew what I was getting into with people
when we moved back to the midwest...I will not insult any
midwesterners or former midwesterners on this page. The
people are different, yes. Besides the point.

This weather is nuts. Are we in the south, the midwest, what?
In the winter it can get cold, just not as long as it does
in other places, and we get snow and ice storms here. Then
spring finally comes and you spend the entire spring hiding
from the tornado potential. Summer gets here and it sizzles,
with that humidity it sucks! Fall isn't that bad in all
honesty.

Hopefully moving to AZ. If not AZ then hopefully Nevada.
Not Nevada then hopefully ANYPLACE but here. Had enough
after seven years!!!! I want back to that low or no humidity.
Back to the mountains. Back to the southwesterners =)