Watching a Movie

Licking the Beater

"Okay, it's straight to the bathtub for you!"

Awesome Pictures By Ruth

Notice John's Constant Clutter around the computer. It does not matter how many organizers I buy he just fills them up and keeps going and he does NOT like me throwing his stuff away.

Here's a cute Kate peeking around her bedroom door.

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Here's a cute Kate posing by the fireplace.

Here's a cute Kate being her exuberant self. (Image this, but in the car with volume on high.)

"Peace, Dudes."

A Bad Guy In My Bed

A few nights ago just as I was tucking Rachel into she said, "There is a bad guy in my bed." I groaned internally, but sweetly said, "No there's not, Rachel. Our house is safe. Your bed is safe." Rachel said, "No. Look, Mom." She pointed above her. Rachel is in the bottom bunk of a metal bunk bed. So there are metal bars and a mattress right above her head. I looked up and indeed there was a bad guy in her bed. I said, "Oh my goodness, we do not want that here." Rachel said, "Yeah, it's a bad guy." I took the bad guy upstairs and asked Ruth, Kate, Johnny, and Adam who put the bad guy in Rachel's bed. No one confessed. But Rachel did sleep soundly last night.

What Is That Smell?

Today while I was driving near some stinky factories, Adam asked, "Mom, what is that smell?" I said, "Stinky factories." Adam replied, "No, it smells like your stinky armpits." Feeling aghast, I think, "I really hope that is not true."

Mistborn Spoiler Warning

John and I finished reading the third book in this fantasy trilogy, Mistborn. We both really enjoyed books I and II and most of book III until the author killed off the two main characters just near the end of the book. John was very unhappy about this. I think I was too sleepy at the point that we read this for me to really care. The day after we finished the book, Johnny asked John how his day was. John responded that he had a bad day. Johnny asked why and John said that it was nothing important, just something imaginary. I was a little lost at this point. Then I realized that he was feeling upset about the trilogy that he had enjoyed so thoroughly end in a way that made him feel rather depressed. I don't think I have ever felt sad about a bad book ending, but I did feel rather like people I had known and loved had died when I finished the final book in the Anne of Green Gables Series. I think John is really cute to let a book spoil a whole day. It is funny how something imaginary can affect our emotions so significantly.

A Food Storage Lunch

We had to get our house painted, as well as replace a lot of the siding. We had some money saved up for this project, but not enough. So the last two weeks we have been eating just what we happened to have in the house to help with the bill. As this week progresses, it is getting more and more difficult to find food for lunch that I don't have to think about and prepare 2 or 3 hours ahead of time. This morning I did not have time to prepare for lunch early. When lunch time arrived, I had to start rummaging through our can goods. I ended up giving us mandarin oranges, canned refried beans with cheese and plain tuna fish. I just thought how funny it was to have such an odd variety for lunch. Adam and Anya ate the tuna fish, and Rachel and I ate the beans. We all had some of the mandarin oranges. Luckily, I have been able to get us through without having to break into our actual year supply stuff. Fortunately it is only two more days until payday. Then I will go grocery shopping. Deli sandwiches and grapes sure sound good. I think I will make bread tomorrow morning so we can have a normal lunch.