Really? Really????

"Do you notice anything different?" I asked, pointing to my head.

You see, I got a haircut.

6 inches. I cut off six inches...of hair...from my head...hence the pointing.

That would be half a foot, people. With my thick hair, that probably weighed more than a pound. That'a a lot of hair.

When swept up it looked like a small dog.

You would have to be deaf to not notice.....

"Hmmm. Uhhhhh.....did you get your hair colored?"

Are you kidding!

Now what.....

They have all left me. Grown up and decided to leave me at home all alone to eat bon-bons and watch soap operas.

Finally!!

Too bad I don't have any bon-bons (Hubs would eat them before I even had a chance) and I am not interested in soaps...have enough drama in my life with a my teenagers.

So after I kicked my kinder to the curb....not literally, sheesh you must think me a monster... I came home and thought to myself,

"Now I have all this time to myself....what am I going to do? I could go through the closets...or go through the garage....or maybe I should do some family history work....what about starting that backyard project."

"But wait!. I don't have to do any of those things RIGHT NOW! I am really tired...like really tired. As in I have woken up everyday this week at 4:50am to help my oldest get of to early EARLY morning seminary and I am totally feeling it."

And so I kicked off my shoes, pulled back the covers and went to sleep....

...for three hours!!!

I am not going to lie. It was GLORIOUS!

What did you do today??

You want how much???

Over $500.

I can do a lot with $500.

....change all four tires on my van.

....feed my family for half a month.

...buy all needed school supplies for all of my 5 children.

...maybe buy a horse. Okay, maybe a donkey. Llama?

Or I could write a check to the hisgh school band booster so my son can be in band.

What the...what??

High school is sooooo expensive!!!

How do you cool YOUR house?

Yup. We are smack dab in the middle of summer. It's pretty much hot wherever you go....at least as far as I can see....and I can see far. LIke the moon. The stars. The great abyss. See, far.

My point: It is hot. So we cool our homes to keep us from melting into the pavement. But not everyone cools their house the same way.

There are those you have central air...that's us. It was a must when we were looking for houses to buy.

Others use swamp coolers. Such a weird name...and kind of insulting if you ask me.

There are window units....which require you to open your window to cool off your home....huh? This one confuses me a bit but so does the phrase "Fun Run," so who am I to judge?

Ceiling fans, electric fans, paper fans...whatever it takes to stay cool.

My son came up with a way to cool our house about a month ago. That is, he decided to open the freezer door....and leave it open....

....for NINE HOURS!!!!

He came home from football practice and had to grab some ice for his water. Apparently he got side-tracked and forgot one important thing: Close the freezer door.

Off he ran to help our friend do some heavy yard work for 5 hours. I picked him up as soon as I got off work and we went to dinner and a movie.

I wish I could say that when I walked into the house it was like an icebox. However, that was not the case.

So in case you were considering this method of cooling your house this summer....

...DON"T.

A confession

I stole a pen.

On accident.

From the bank.

It was in the container with my license and receipt.

I grabbed it all, threw it on the seat, and drove away.

And there the pen sat.

I stole a pen!

Can we still be friends??



*And it wasn't even a good pen.

Always and Never

Those are two words that shouldn't be used when speaking to or about your spouse.

Except when it is true. And what I am about to say is true.

When it comes to cars, bad things always happen to me. And when it comes to cars, bad things NEVER happen to Hubs.  Always to me. Never to him.

If the car is going to break down, it's going to be with me. Always to me. Never to him.

If the registration has expired and a ticket is issued, it's going to have my name on it. Always me. Never him.

If there is going to be an accident that will total a car, you can count on me being the driver. Always and forever me. Never in a million years him.

So, it will come as no shock that as I was driving to pick up Kobe from football, I suddenly heard a loud hissing sound echoing off the neighborhood walls.

"Ugh!! You've got to be kidding!! What now?"

I pulled over, got out and followed the sound....which lead to a flat-ing tire.

Really? Really?? This is like the 5th flat tire that I have had to deal with. Guess how many he has had? You guessed it....none....at least not since we have been married.

Ugh.

Car problems and sea food. Always me. Never him.

Ever!!!!!

  

Do you miss me?

He left me.

Hubs is gone. Has been gone for the past 5 weeks. He won't be back....

... for two more weeks. (Did I scare you? Heck, that scared me when I typed it and I knew it was a joke...)He's getting his masters and the program requires him to spend 2 summers in Washington DC.

Translation: It requires me to stay at home with my 5 children for pretty much the whole summer. Yeah, I'm pretty much bald and baggy eyed by now.  Truthfully, it hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be. My kids have been great.

About two weeks into the summer, my sisters took all but the youngest of my children. Don't you just love sisters. It was really nice. I was worried how Brig, my 5 year old, was going to do. He had already been Hubs-sick and I didn't want him to feel Home-sick. He had almost changed his mind about going the night before but in the end decided to go.

After the first day, I called and got him on the phone.

"Hi Brig! How are you?' I asked.

"Hi Mom! I'm not missing you. I'm not missing you at all."

Well, apparently he doesn't get Mom-sick.