The Facts of Life

So the other day I wrote about some good news that had some bad news with it... Ever since then The Facts of Life theme song has been running through my head. The only problem is I couldn't remember all the words... So I looked them up:

You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have
The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life.

There's a time you got to go and show
You're growin' now you know about
The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life.

When the world never seems to be livin' up to your dreams
And suddenly you're finding out the Facts of Life are all about you, you.
It takes a lot to get 'em right
When you're learning the Facts of Life. (learning the Facts of Life)
Learning the Facts of Life (learning the Facts of Life)
Learning the Facts of Life.

Sorry if it gets stuck in your head too, but at least you'll know all the words!

My friend has this picture on her 'facebook photos' and people have ALL kinds of comments to make about it. I think we look cute... but maybe that's because I was there and have no perspective!

My opinion...

Those who know me know that I rarely have a strong opinion on anything. I'm more of a two-sides-to every-story, look-at-things-from-all-points-of-view type person BUT...

This morning on the Today show with Matt and Meridith I hear the shocking news about an 11 year old boy who shot his soon to be stepmother, DEAD.

On top of that, he used his own gun the "charmingly quaint" Beretta AL391 Urika 2 Youth 20 gauge shotgun...

WHAT?!? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!

If there are grown-up people who want to protect themselves from bad guys, feel free.

But boys should NOT have access to guns that can kill.

There are soooo many reasons: they are impulsive, invincible, sensitive, accident prone, suicidal... Children don't always see the promise of tomorrow or think the consequences matter, its all about how they feel today... You can fix or get passed almost anything, but not death.

I am saddened and outraged.

With the good comes the bad.

We got our taxes filed and we get a return... Yey !

All the money is going toward bills... Boo!



The kids went to the dentist and don't have any cavities... Yey!
Luke has to go back to have a baby tooth pulled because the grown up one is coming in behind it already... Boo!

I am choosing to see the glass 1/2 full today;-)

Luke's turn...

We were bored ;-)

For those who don't know, if you click on the triangle you'll see this is a video!!

We didn't have any big plans for mid-winter break so by the end of it we had to make our own fun.

Back to school tomorrow!

Outta the house!

The boys were out of school this week for mid-winter break.
Too bad they were sick for the first half of it :(
Poor things. Poor Mom.
We finally got out of the house today...

We went bowling with some friends this morning. Then we dropped 645 off for an oil change and walked arcoss the street...

... to the park, and had a picnic lunch.

And Luke lost a tooth eating his apple!

It was good to get out!

A giggle from the back seat

Yesterday we made the looong drive out to Grandma and Papa's house.

On the way Luke was staring out the window and said, "He's circling his prey."

I said, "Oooo, is there a big bird out there?"

Riley said, "He should go back to his nest to pray."

president's day

The children's school has a 'joke box' that all the students can put jokes in, then on Friday the principal picks about 3 of them to read during morning announcements.
The catch is you can't look them up on the internet or in a book, they have to be original. So sometimes we make up jokes... and remember I have little boys here.
This one was deemed inappropriate for school, but still funny:

Q: What do you call the 16th president's poo?
A: A Lincoln Log

Ha, ha, ha!
Happy President's Day!

What is Luke wearing??

I should explain Luke's outfit in the 'jj11925' video.
It was mix and match day at school so he wore sweat pants with a dress shirt with a Hawaiian shirt over top. On his feet he wore a black sock and a white sock, then a white shoe and a black shoe. He had a tie on too, but it didn't make it home.
Sometimes I forget that everyone doesn't know what I know and I should explain things a little better;-}

Look at what else my camera can do...

I have a Wheel of Fortune 'Spin I.D.' and we made up a little song to remember it. If you ever happen to be watching Wheel of Fortune and you see the Spin I.D. 'JJ11925' please let us know because I only have 24 hours to claim my prize. Here is the song to help you remember too!

PS... The TV is on so the children are of course distracted by it. I was just messing around with the video function on the camera, not really going for a staged publish worthy production;-)

After my hair girl 'helped'

In her defense, there wasn't much she could do with my 'do'.

However, I don't think this look is for me;-)

Where does one find ubber stylish bobby pins anyway??

Bang update

Still bobby pinning...

I have a color appointment tomorrow so I'll have to face my hair girl with really short, uneven bangs.

Maybe she can help.

If not I'll have to invest in some ubber stylish bobby pins. If there even is such a thing!?!

Ask and you shall receive

So Dave has been back from his business trip, and things went back to normal. I guess I felt that I deserved more than normal after holding down the fort all by myself... Because I was being a little short with him.

He told me I should take a bath (which is like telling a 3 year old they should take a nap) and I said "Yes, I need a bath AND I need you to be extra nice to me."

He took the kids out to dinner Sunday night, I took my bath, and he came home with flowers.

Thanks sweetie!

Bad hair day

Had a bad hair day yesterday...

Chopped at my bangs before running out the door to volunteer in Riley's class...

Ended up bobby pinning the now really bad bangs back...

Will probably be bobby pinning the bangs for a couple weeks...

Probably should've just bobby pinned in the first place...

Lesson learned;-)

Just practicing (see previous post)

Riley and his soccer class.

pictures

I bought a new camera at the big Day After Thanksgiving Sale at Fred Meyer (thank you Heidi) and it took me awhile to sit down with the manual and figure out how to take a decent picture with the thing.

Next came the dilemma of loading the software, then I still had to actually get the pictures from the camera to the computer.

Well, I am happy to report that today on February 3rd a mere 67 days later... I DID IT!

This is the boys at Ruby's Diner. Dave is out of town at his first Las Vegas convention (I know, I know) so we treated ourselves.

More photos to come...

Ever seen the Direct Buy infomercial?

Have you ever seen the Direct Buy infomercial and wondered 'what is the catch?'...

Well, I went to one of their open houses that are kind of like a time share presentation and I am here to tell you 'the catch'.

It's called $5,860 for your membership and dues for the first 3 years and $200 a year for dues in years 4-10. After that your yearly dues go up to whatever the current rate is at that time.

AND if go to an open house and do not sign up at that time, you cannot become a member for the next 7 years.

I didn't sign up... I guess I'm outta the club at least until Jan. 30, 2016!!