Thursday, April 28, 2011

Just so you know . . .

The tornado news and the adoption news is just too depressing to write about tonight, although both are constantly in my prayers right now, I'm going to focus for this post on the lighter sides of life!
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Just so you know, I will not be getting up in the middle of the night to watch the royal wedding.

But, I did for a few seconds think about setting my DVR to record it and then I remembered I don't have a DVR anymore.

We canceled our cable a year ago and with it went the DVR. And do you know what? This is honestly the FIRST TIME in the entire last 12 months that I've wanted to DVR something and not been able to. How is that possible? Because I have zero shows I watch! Zero.

And I'm not really even disappointed about missing the royal wedding. I'm sure there will be enough clips floating around the internet to more than satisfy the 45 seconds of attention span I have for the big event.

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Speaking of celebrities, I saw Wonder Woman in person last week. And can I just ask, "What's up with the skimpy outfit?" Maybe it's because I had my 3 children with me that I was more sensitive to it, but wouldn't it be easier to fight all those bad guys in, I don't know, yoga pants?!!!

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If I have to dig one more plastic Easter egg out of my puppy's mouth I think I'm going to go completely nuts. Seriously, it's been a busy week and we got home late last Sunday, so the kids hadn't even opened all their eggs and have been gradually doing so all week, but the very second one falls on the floor (And those eggs? They roll!), Madeline the puppy is on it and she takes off running with the egg as if it is a fine prize. I have to catch her, pry open her clamped tight mouth and dig the slobbery egg out before she crunches it and swallows some sharp pieces. So, first on tomorrow's agenda is definitely to get rid of all the eggs!

My kids, the little packrats that they are, have deemed a few of the cooler plastic eggs (like the ones that look like sports balls) treasures they want to keep forever in an "egg museum". My oldest even has plans to charge admission for people to come visit the egg museum. So, there are going to be some unhappy campers when they realize all the eggs have been packed away!

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My daughter had to get an allergy shot today, and while there my 3 year old announced loudly (if you've ever been within a couple miles of my 3 year old you know he's LOUD) to the entire very crowded waiting room that he had to go poop! As I was gathering my purse and other child to take him to the restroom, I shushed him which only caused him to say in the same loud voice, "But I need to go poop!" Every eye was on me as I escorted him out to the hallway restroom. Good thing I don't have a shred of pride left. Motherhood does that to a person, doesn't it?

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Last week some asked what the going rate was that the tooth fairy pays for a tooth. Well, our tooth fairy pays $5 in gold one dollar coins for the first tooth lost and then either $1 or $2 (again in the gold coins because the tooth fairy is fancy like that!) for subsequent teeth lost. I truly can' t remember whether it was 1 or 2 dollars. And honestly, our tooth fairy is doing good to remember to show up at all. For first teeth she's pretty reliable but after that big event it's kinda dicey.

My kids have told me stories of friends at school getting $15 for a tooth from the tooth fairy. I just said, "Well, I guess their tooth was worth more than yours. Maybe they brushed it more!"

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8 comments:

  1. I don't really have any desire to watch the Royal Wedding, either...

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  2. YES! Surely that $15 tooth was brushed more AND flossed. I am going to remember that for when we hit the tooth fairy stage!! Love it!

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  3. LMAO.. maybe they brushed it more... that's good stuff! I agree on Wonder Woman's garb. As a kid I thought that outfit looked very uncomfortable & wanted to write to her to let her know that there are much more comfy things she could be wearing. My mom didn't know her address though. Stop in & read Fraggin Friday Part Deux

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  4. That was very smart of you to chuck your cable if you don't even watch much. I think that tooth fairy is nuts for paying $15 for a kid's tooth! I don't care about the wedding at all since I don't know those people. Pomp and pageantry does not impress me and quite frankly, spending all that money on a wedding is just ridiculous!

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  5. Had to laugh about the eggs because I keep digging them out of my 9 month old's mouth. Joy. lol

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  6. tooth fairy inflation - wow - it was a $1 back when our kids were young. Maybe you should explain the fairy needs to pay for the higher price of gas. I like your brushing and cleaner tooth idea.

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  7. I hear ya on the tooth fairy showing up after the first tooth. I can't tell you how many times I fell asleep to quickly to go play tooth fairy. Yikes!

    I *think* I finally have all the eggs put up. The ones that weren't put up headed to the garbage can...compliments of my puppy chewing them too! lol

    And...I'm guilty. I got up early to watch the wedding. :)

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  8. Gma4444 still hides eggs for my two (ages 16 and 19), and they go for them like crazy! Did I mention they have money in them?

    I can so relate to that tooth fairy business, and I'm going to link to that fragment later this week :)

    Sorry, now I have to go poop.

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