Damndelions - those damn yellow weeds
Buddadamn - Curse word created by Jim
Snarkastic - Sarcastic to a whole other level
Ambidickstrious - Can {ahem} do things with both hands - (MOM if you ever read this TUNIE'S friend Amy made this one up!!!)
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Bidding on Bozo
There have been SOOOO many times in my life when I've wished I've had a Bozo Button (I know that the Button part isn't a proper noun, but I think that the Bozo Button commands respect). Almost daily, in my head, when someone does something that I think is innate to their responsibilities (mostly at work), I think, in a snarkastic tone...(did I just make up a new word? snarkastic?) "Well YOU deserve a Bozo button."
There are times, however, when I am giddy and really wish that I actually had a stockpile of Bozo Buttons to pass out to people who have genuinely earned such an honor. But, alas, though we lived a mere 2.5 hours away from Chi-town, we were always kept so far away from Bozo, Cookie, and the Grand Prize Game!...
But, in 3 days 18 hours, and 11 minutes - that could all change for me...for I have bid on a Bozo button on E-Bay.
Just think - I may be able to proudly display my Bozo Button and at the opportune moment point at it and say, "Gee...if only I had another. I'd surely give it to you."
Out bid me and I'll put on my clown suit and kick your ass.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Oh the torture...
Oh the pain and torture of it all...
I am weaning myself away from so much DCL. (otherwise known as Diet Coke w/Lime.) I'm not giving it up entirely, but trying to cut back a little. I drink WAY. TOO. MUCH. DIET. COKE. Oh the headache. Oh the sadness.
Isn't it a pretty can? All sparkly and happy and full of joy? Yes, I know a fountain one is EVEN BETTER but you gotta love the lime too.
Yes I know about yummy flavored water and iced tea and all that, but it just isn't the same. And my headache is massive. And when does school start?
Oh and about my fab-u-lous fruit fly plan? Forget about it. My fruit flies have super powers. They can outlive two kinds of Raid, Windex, fly paper, wine/soap/vinegar, and hair spray. I hate those little buggers. My Christmas card will be signed from all of us and our 134,782 pets. We'll have just adopted them by then.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Tips from Tunie
Things I have just discovered that I love...
WD 40 - IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM!!! I ruined a shirt of RP's and had a t-shirt of mine with grease spots (okay, I'm like a kid - wiping my greasy paws from popcorn on my shirt...) I had already washed the both twice and they were considered RUINED. Put WD40 on them and the spots were gone. Fab.U.lous!
Left to Tell: One Woman's Story of Surviving the Rwandan Holocaust - Just read this book in two days. Totally not my type of book at all - but I loved it. Eight women lived in a bathroom without talking or moving much for three months. The author is younger than me. She's got amazing faith.
Fruit Fly Cocktail - My peaches got too ripe - now I have a GAJILLION fruit flies in my house. They seem to like the cocktail I made them - vinegar, red wine, and dish soap. Problem for them is, they drown in it.
Farm Corn - Okay, not a new passion, but seriously. I love that stuff.
More to come...
And if you have other fruit fly tips to share, please do.
WD 40 - IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM!!! I ruined a shirt of RP's and had a t-shirt of mine with grease spots (okay, I'm like a kid - wiping my greasy paws from popcorn on my shirt...) I had already washed the both twice and they were considered RUINED. Put WD40 on them and the spots were gone. Fab.U.lous!
Left to Tell: One Woman's Story of Surviving the Rwandan Holocaust - Just read this book in two days. Totally not my type of book at all - but I loved it. Eight women lived in a bathroom without talking or moving much for three months. The author is younger than me. She's got amazing faith.
Fruit Fly Cocktail - My peaches got too ripe - now I have a GAJILLION fruit flies in my house. They seem to like the cocktail I made them - vinegar, red wine, and dish soap. Problem for them is, they drown in it.
Farm Corn - Okay, not a new passion, but seriously. I love that stuff.
More to come...
And if you have other fruit fly tips to share, please do.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Failing
Thank goodness we have one GT student in the house. Evidently I failed reading comprehension. Scary for all my former students out there.
After weeks of deciding about what type of cake to make for the fair, we have 12 hours until the cake is due. As we did the final pour into the pan of our coffee cake, KN said, “Is this really a single layer?”
Single layer?
Oh.
No. Actually there are four layers.
KN, “And wouldn’t the topping be considered ‘other toppings’”
Oh yeah. I guess it would.
So the description reads, “Make a single layer cake with no frosting or other toppings.”
Yeah, a four layer coffee cake with topping probably doesn’t count.
12 hours and counting.
Moving on to choice #2.
After weeks of deciding about what type of cake to make for the fair, we have 12 hours until the cake is due. As we did the final pour into the pan of our coffee cake, KN said, “Is this really a single layer?”
Single layer?
Oh.
No. Actually there are four layers.
KN, “And wouldn’t the topping be considered ‘other toppings’”
Oh yeah. I guess it would.
So the description reads, “Make a single layer cake with no frosting or other toppings.”
Yeah, a four layer coffee cake with topping probably doesn’t count.
12 hours and counting.
Moving on to choice #2.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Miss Independent
Happy Freakin Fourth of July...
Evidently I don't know how to function without my children. They left this morning for Grandma Camp, and I am wandering aimlessly through the house. I could go to the pool, but it is overcast and could rain. We could take a bike ride, but that pesky rain thing again. Would love to shop, but have no money and can't spend anything. I would scrapbook, but how can you sit and scrapbook in a messy house? I could clean, but who wants to clean on July 4th?
Thus I am cleaning (blah!) my kitchen and watching all of Season One of The Office. Funny show.
Next I might take a nap. It's a wild one today at our house.
Evidently I don't know how to function without my children. They left this morning for Grandma Camp, and I am wandering aimlessly through the house. I could go to the pool, but it is overcast and could rain. We could take a bike ride, but that pesky rain thing again. Would love to shop, but have no money and can't spend anything. I would scrapbook, but how can you sit and scrapbook in a messy house? I could clean, but who wants to clean on July 4th?
Thus I am cleaning (blah!) my kitchen and watching all of Season One of The Office. Funny show.
Next I might take a nap. It's a wild one today at our house.
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