I think Colm has a future as a librarian or a book reviewer or something of the sort. He has come up with a system to classify his books. Since we usually read in his bed, the system goes like this: books he likes get dropped on the floor to the left of his bed when he is done with them, books he doesn’t like get dropped on the right and books he kind of likes go at the foot of his bed. Most books make it to the “like” pile, very few make it to the “kind of” pile and I have noticed that most of the books that make it to the “don’t like” pile are non-fiction books. At least he knows what he likes!
There are going to be some big changes around here come August, one of them being me being employed. Someone is going to actually pay me money to do something. See, the tricky part is though, I have to actually get a job. With the boys gone at school for a large chunk of the day I would like to do something productive. There are a few catches, however. I need a job that would allow me to be home with the boys on breaks, during the summer, and when they are sick. Additionally, I would like to go with them on their field trips and be at their holiday parties. I would also like to be able to volunteer at their school and eat lunch with them every once in a while before they get to be too old and too cool to have their mom do that. I also only want to work during the hours they are at school. Also, I would like to get a job near their school to minimize the driving. I have a job in mind, but someone already has that job. She has mentioned that she has thought about quitting though. Would it be rude of me to remind her that she had mentioned in the past that she might leave her position? Just a gentle nudge. I will wait and see how the whole getting everyone to school and getting everyone picked up thing goes and see what happens from there. I have a feeling I am not going to find my dream job. I am not in a rush, but it would be nice to receive a paycheck.
Does it bother anyone else? What I understand from this is that the FDA has approved beef and milk that has come from cloned animals to be sold as food. That bothers me. What is also troubling is that they don’t have to label it. It’s already been decided that such products are not kosher. I think I’ll either convert, go back to being a vegetarian or start raising my own animals.
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Finished a book tonight…it is a story of a family who loses two family members in one night, how the family’s truths are revealed to them over the course of a weekend and how forgiveness can heal all things. Good and fast read.
On Sunday night I was cooking dinner when out of the corner of my eye I saw a large flash come out of my oven and then there was a loud pop. Not good. Whatever happened, it tripped the circuit brakers. We didn’t turn them back on either. We felt like there was something major enough wrong that we should probably let an electrician handle it. So, finally, today an electrician was able to come to our house. It took him quite a while to figure out what was wrong, but he kept at it and finally figured it out. Our stove and cooktop are only supposed to be pulling a certain amount of amps, but the cooktop alone pulls almost as much as both of them together are supposed to pull. How did that happen? Well, I guess we didn’t get the cooktop we were supposed to get when we built the house, but they didn’t take that into consideration when they wired our house. So now they have to rewire that part of our house or something like that. So, we have been eating out the past few nights. Tonight I got out the crockpot. I hope they get it fixed by tomorrow. I like to eat out as much as the next person, but it does get old after a while.
I am so excited! We are getting a Whole Foods less than ten minutes away from my house. I hate trekking all the way up to the other one. I don’t know when it will be done, but hopefully it won’t take too long since the building used to be a grocery store…all they have to do is fill it with yummy food.
You know it has been a banner day when you can get two blogworthy quotes in less than 12 hours. The newest addition:
Mom, my boogers are dancing.
Stop licking the dog.
If I have to tell you who I was speaking to when I said this then you don’t know our family very well and even if you aren’t sure, I bet you can make a pretty good guess.
Fresh cilantro is a gift from God. It is so good! Everything tastes better with fresh cilantro…okay, not everything, but you know what I mean. It’s really good and can make great food taste even better!
I am not a big fan of riding the bus and Liam does not ride the bus. I rode the bus growing up from second grade through about ninth grade. It was fine, I survived, but I hated standing outside in the weather. There was also a guy at my bus stop in middle school who was a jerk…and if you miss the bus…well, you miss the bus. Also, the bus is a great place for things to happen without any adult to intervene or really know what is happening. The principal at Liam’s school even implied that the bus is not the best place in the world for a kid. That said…this morning I really, really wished Liam was a busrider. Colm was FAST asleep this morning and I had to wake him up to take Liam to school. I am sure the construction workers working across the street think I beat my children…Colm screamed and fought me for a good five minutes as I tried to stuff him into his carseat. My upper arms were tired when I finally got him snapped in. Maybe it would be worth paying for the bus for the few days like this when it would be nice to let Colm just sleep, unfortunately, Liam has let me know that he DOES NOT want to ride the bus.