I was thinking yesterday about my ramblings last week about other people’s decisions about family size, housekeepers and schooling and I know I have jinxed myself. I am going to get pregnant, which will bring us up to three. The child will be born in the summer, which will mean we will probably decide to hold him/her back a year so they can have a “growth year” since everyone else is. Then, since I will have three kids and won’t have time to clean the house, I will have to hire a housekeeper. I should learn to keep my mouth shut, or in this case, my fingers still.
Archive for November 26th 2007
I miss my old grocery store. 🙁 I have had to find a new grocery store. It has taken me several weeks, but I think I have found one. It’s hard though. You have to figure out where everything is, which means it takes longer to actually shop. They also may not have the same brands which can be a bit difficult for the children to deal with. (Thank goodness they carry Liam’s cottage cheese or I would have a mutiny on my hands.) What I like about my new grocery store is that it seems that everyone I know or have ever known seems to shop there. In the two times I have been there I have run into several people from church, the parents of my roommate from freshman year, one of Liam’s former preschool teachers and a former coworker who I haven’t seen in about three years. Not only can I grocery shop, but I can be social and have a variety of different reunions all at the same time. Oh, yeah, and the food selection isn’t so bad either. 🙂
Along the same lines…I was at the grocery store near my grandma’s house, which is in a small town in Missouri, last week buying some ice cream for her birthday. Wow! Small town grocery stores suck. Seriously. Not only do they have zero selection and are on the small side…when I was walking around trying to find the ice cream, I walked past the meat section where the butcher was mopping the floor talking about how good squirrel meat is. Uh, huh. I will say, however, the lady at the checkout counter was exceptionally nice.
We went to go see this movie today. I think I liked it. It was great for the kids…there was no cussing, name calling, sex, etc. I think the worse thing that was said is that a child calls another child “weird”. The thing that was kind of weird about this movie is that it is being billed as a movie for kids, which I guess it kind of is since it is about a toy store. However, there are some pretty serious parts of the movie, too. It was not as light-hearted and whimsical as I thought it was going to be. The boys seemed to like it though, however, I think some of the seriousness went over their heads. So, I am not recommending that you run out and see this movie, but if you need something to do and have an hour and a half to spare…
The next movie Liam wants to see is The Water Horse and then there is the Veggie Tales movie which comes out in January.