just wondering….what do large families do for Christmas gift giving? Just trying to draw names seems to be too complicated for us. What the heck?
And, should everyone agree on a system or people just do what they want? I’m ready to head out of the country to celebrate this year. Less stress. 
into the generation gap. “H” asked if I had ever heard of Ann Arbor.
I said I was pretty sure it was a city in Michigan.
He then gave just a slight eye roll and said, “Mom, it’s a band.”
Mini smiled and told me to “go with it.”
sigh
Driving with mini the other day we were having a casual conversation about school. She mentioned taking a logic class this year because it would look good when she applied for colleges.
She’s either growing up and realizing school isn’t where you go to catch up with all your friends OR she’s been cleverly replaced by an alien look a like.
I was proud of the thoughtfulness no matter who it was sitting beside me.
I’m so grateful for cousins. Mini and H had a great time with the Texas clan this past week. Tatiana will be there next week after a brief stint here with the fam.
Paul’s mom and dad put together a photo album for each of the girl cousins to remember this week for years to come. What a great idea.
I missed mini. We have one day before she heads to Nebraska for a week with my parents. sigh.
for two weeks I’ll be missing my mini-me as she visits Texas and Nebraska family all by her lonesome. ugh. She’s not suppose to grow up this fast. She is such a joy to be around. Paul’s and my family love to have her come visit and spend quality time together. I just miss her so much while she’s gone. 
from off of the ceiling.
Yeah, only me. I can’t even blame my kids. The cup dropped off the ironing board (ok – I knocked it off) and it landed right side up. Whew, or so I thought. The impact actually caused the coffee to leap straight into the air, hit the ceiling and mostly land back in the cup. ugh.
Which brings me to my next complaint…who the heck invented the popcorn ceiling?
I got a call the other day from Mini saying she needed socks for her uniform. So, after just arriving home from dropping her off I grabbed the long gray socks and headed out the door. When I got there a young man met me at the door (he was washing windows) and saw me with the socks. He said, “you here for the shake down?” Not knowing exactly what he was talking about I said “yeah.”
I met Mini coming down the hall. She was washing windows on the other side of the school. She smiled, of course, and thanked me for the socks. She pointed to the office and I looked in to see the 7th grade class all standing there waiting for parents to bring school approved clothing. Most of them just didn’t have the appropriate socks or belts. Mini was actually dressed correctly according to the school policy on uniforms. The teacher wasn’t sure if she needed socks with the type of shoes she had on. She was fine. Oh well.
They aren’t kidding around. I better get to ironing the kids clothes for tomorrow. Wouldn’t want them to have any wrinkles.
…comes the sun. What a beautiful sight once the sun came out. I must admit, I wanted more snow and ice and rain. It was what I’ve been missing all winter. Of course this arrives with Spring but oh well.
The timing could have been better. Had this come during the week our kids could have had a snow day or two. I LOVE special occasions when school is canceled and we are home together with no agenda.
We all did nothing today. OK, Paul got stir crazy and had to “check” the roads. Spinning out in our cul-de-sac was particularly fun – for him. Mini had to stop her artistic expressions because she was destroying our nasal passages. I don’t know exactly what she was doing – it involved modge podge, glue and a candle. Recipe for disaster and a fire truck, I know. I told her we’d have to post pone the “project” until we could open windows without freezing us out. The thing is sitting in our garage right now. The dog won’t even go in there it stinks sooooo bad!
So, that’s about it.
PLEAS BURY US IN SNOW! I LOVE THIS WEATHER.
