(Many of these are updates from past posts)Remember back to a post I did in August when I was espousing how much I loved Kmart? If only because they have jeans for boys for seven dollars? I bought a bunch remember. Two pairs of them had knee blow outs this week. I am so glad they were only seven dollars a pair. They will make great cut offs next summer.
Why did I suddenly have a dream last night about high school? That was odd.
My two year old is so close to being potty trained, I love it. He told me for the first time in the car yesterday he needed to go. Well, that is great, except we were doing sixty five on the freeway, with no potties in sight. My specific goal over the Christmas break--get that kid on the potty train! He has some super hero underwear that are the size of a grapefruit. It's so cute!
I am not in the Christmas spirit yet at all. Everyone around me is. There is ten more minutes to November, and I am milking it for all it's worth!
They are saying we are supposed to get snow tomorrow. That is highly unusual for where I live, but I would absolutely invite a day to be holed up in my house. Seriously doubt it.
I have been so busy selling candles the last few weeks, if you say the word "votive" to me again, I might get angry. I get this way every year. Might be one reason why the Christmas spirit is coming slower than usual.
My dog has been acting strange lately, and I can't figure out why.
I love the idea that seems to be pretty pervasive this year. Instead of giving extravagant gifts to people, give an in kind donation to a favorite charity. My aunt has asked for this specifically. So I will be giving a donation to a favorite charity for her.
Our family is also doing something different. Instead of buying gifts for all the adults, which gets extravagant. Each adult buys a fifty dollar gift. We do some sort of exchange on Christmas morning, and you get one nice fifty dollar gift. I like it! Some of my inlaws are retired and certainly don't need to spend a lot of money on me. But this could be fun!
My husband is baffled at what to buy. Post me some suggestions for him. I think a copy of the "Scene It" game is a good one. I also think a fifty dollar gas card would be ultimately practical, though lacking in the "heartfelt" department. I am not supposed to know what he chooses. We each do this independently. I like it!
JM visited Santa at the mall over Thanksgiving. Santa asked him what he wanted. JM answered, "I'll have to get back to you on that."
Haven't had any more hits from the wannabe-pedophiles in a week plus. I think my sharing about salvation scared them away.
The two year old child in our state's foster care system is still up for grabs. The state released a statement today saying they need more time to really consider this. Click here for that little blurb. Again, kudos to the foster parents who saw this coming and started going to the press and shed a spot light on this. I have the feeling the media attention will get this kid to stay with his foster, soon to be adoptive, parents.
Connections Academy is advertising like crazy on the radio here. Plus they are having an event next week for prospective families to come check them out and also take the kids roller skating. I don't think we'll be able to attend, but I hope they do it again soon. I am getting pretty excited about this.
Get ready. My stalker will be on the move soon. Why? Because it's the holiday season and she seems to act weird this time of year.
Also, you remember my example of my cousin's husband getting shamed by my stalker? Look back at "Defanging the Beast" sometime last August. My cousin has filed for divorce. I don't know the reasons why, so no comment there. I am sure he is looking forward to the holidays this year without my stalker being in it! He is yelling "Freedom!" at this point.
My sons will both be shepherds in our church's Christmas pageant. My oldest will have a speaking part. Nice!
JM came home from school with an award yesterday for most improvement in his efforts to work. I told him how proud I am of this, and that award got posted on the fridge. I think suddenly he is taking school more seriously, and it's not just all a social event for him. I am glad!
There you have it. My random thoughts for the time being. I'll have some more later.
4 comments:
Happy December 1st! I love reading your random thoughts, AM!
We loved the chili recipe...my hubby's first words, "I can't taste the bacon"...oh well, guess I put more in next time. After eating it, we went to Costco and bought a nice, big Crock Pot! Yeah, I'm excited to use it.
Ummm....let your hubbie, J, know that this is chili, not a bacon cheeseburger. You're supposed to taste spices, beef, and beans. Silly man! (For our readers, she tripled the bacon on this recipe!) It is still a yummy recipe. My hubbie thinks I should enter it in a chili cookoff. Hey, nice job on the crock pot. You'll love it!
Buy M a $50 gift certificate to amazon so he can buy some new books about the Old Princetonians. =) I know that's what I want for Christmas, just on different topics.
One idea for B. When AA was getting close to being on the potty train, but not quite there yet, we carried the tiny potty and a roll of toilet paper in the van with us everywhere we went. I remember two Christmases ago, we were out looking at Christmas lights and all of the sudden she had to go. And she didn't know how to "hold it" yet. No problem - just took her out to the van and let her go. We only had to do that a couple months before she transitioned to normal life. And it completely saved my sanity.
I am sensing a whole new post just on the finer points of potty training. I think we could have a really good discussion on this. I will take your advice, KB. One thing that I have learned doing this with the second child--if you ever want to see how different children are, try potty training. Each child is very different in what rings their bell to get the grasp of the whole concept. I think we will do the potty in the car, though.
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