you got me again!

i am not the most keen on driving....
well, i don't mind it,
but i would rather not drive on the highway,
or any major roads....
and in a perfect world, i would be the only one on the road...while i am driving....
but because that last one isn't possible,
i seem to figure out how to get where i want to go,
through neighborhoods, and back roads, and all that fun jazz....

well there is this neighborhood that i can cut through to get to and from the road that the mall is on....
its an nice little neighborhood with enough traffic calming things...to make a normal person hate to drive through it,
however, i love it!

all except for this

yeah i know
it seems harmless enough
its just a stop sign ahead warning sign

so you may wonder....
why do i hate that sign so much

i'll tell you

for some reason tonight
i felt the need to come to a complete stop at that sign,
on my way home from the mall....
i sat there....
and wait for the cars at the nearby intersection to go....
and wondered
why haven't they gone?
what is wrong with them?
don't they know they have the right of way?
i even went so far as to beeping my horn....to say....HELLO!!! you can go!!
all to realize...
i didn't have to stop
i was in the wrong...
i was the idiot...
not them!

so i just .... went,
then got to the stop sign
and actually did the right thing...
stopping,
and then going again
like a normal driver would do!
but feeling all to stupid to admit i was wrong!

ok, so the worst part about this....
and the most funny part....
i've done this like 10 times in the past year!
seriously!
and each and every time...
i think the same things
and then feel like a complete idiot when i figure out....
i didn't have to stop!

she's my favorite!!

i love zoe!
the first time i ever heard her read
five little ducks

i was so hooked by her!
she is tooooo flipping cute!!

so for your viewing pleasure....
here are some of my favorite zoe videos
the lord's prayer


children obey your parents


i've got the joy joy joy


amazing grace


because he lives


i love you lord


there are so many more!
:)
i can't wait to see what she does next!

zoe's youtube page is....
http://www.youtube.com/user/zoeitoh

warning!!!

if you have kids
you need to know all about this
i'm for sure going to go to school
and talk with my kids about
this horrible epidemic...
it is totally scary
and only we can help to keep kids
and ourselves safe
being a child of the 80's
i am so thankful that the vaccination was available
but kids these days....
they have other things to worry about....
so being the adults in their lives....
please please take heed to this warning
and get the children in your lives vaccinated!

am i supposed to laugh?!?

found a new blog that makes me laugh!

president barack obama's teleprompter has its own blog
to be quite honest, i'm not 100% sure this blog should be funny
but i think it is,
but even if it isn't
i am going to keep laughing like it is! :)
so i'm not big on politics
i've got my opinions, but i honestly don't like to talk about them
but in a nut shell....
here is my #1 political view....
i feel that who ever is elected president
will do a far better job at it than i ever could
and that is why,
not matter what any one else says
i feel that all our past presidents
and present president
and respective future presidents
will all do amazing jobs with the circumstances they have at hand....

so because i don't really get into politics....i was quite shocked at how much i was interested in this blog!!!
i think the best part of the blog is, totus (as it likes to be called)
is quite honest about all the happenings that are going on
especially when it comes to his job.
cause you know....
his job is stressful
and
his job is crucial
i mean, he does know the president so well,
that he helps to finish his sentences!

thank goodness that totus has taken time out of his busy schedule
to keep the masses informed!
and keep me laughing!!!

the pictures will take you to his blog!

maybe i should just....

as i sat here this morning,
to have some quiet time
with me, god, and the birds chirping outside...
it was perfect...
and just what i needed...
until
i heard turbo going to town in the bathroom unrolling the toilet paper!
UGH!!!

all i can think....
maybe we should buy the scott's 1000 sheets roll, so she has more to work with?!?!

frustrated

i just received an email that said....

You will be getting a new student Thursday morning. He is coming from Mexico.

seriously....
i have no problem with getting yet another e.l.l. kid....
but shouldn't there be some cut off for transfers
or for that matter....new enrollments

i mean it is hard enough on our transient population
when an e.l.l. kid transfers from one school to another in our county....
in fact, our county research says transferring sets an e.l.l. student back a minimum of 6 weeks

but...that is when the kid has actually been in an english speaking environment....
how completely unfair is it that these poor kids are enrolled....
with only 57 more days of school, and expected to be able to preform at grade level by the time the school year ends?!?!?!

and to make matters worse, this poor baby (and all the other ones who move to our school from mexico), can not be held back, even if he is not ready for first grade. by law, we are not allowed to hold a child back due to a language barrier....which i completely understand, however, if we are teaching them basic things they need to know to be able to be successful in school....
i feel it is so much more important they have a firm foundation to build on, than no foundation at all!

please pray for this little kiddo,
he is gonna need it!

that was weird!

i didn't have a fever....
i didn't have any chills....
i didn't feel icky....
i didn't feel dizzy....
i didn't feel queasy...
yet....
something must have been wrong with me.....
wanna know how i know?!?!

yesterday....when i finished run/walking (ok seriously.....mostly walking, but it was 38 and raining....and i went...even if i mainly walked the 3 miles....and looked like a drowned rat when i was done....i went!)
i got this text from flake.....
diesel pulled out a clump of turbo's hair, damn dog....wth?

at first....i giggled....and then....it began to happen....
i started feeling that something was different....
strange....
weird....
but by the time i arrived home....i was feeling back to normal

when i got inside....
flake showed me this....

and then....it really happened....
i felt bad for the cat!

see.....i told you something must have been wrong with me!!

but don't you worry about me,
the first time she tried to bite me....
i was over that feeling!
:)

***update.....
the cat is fine
the cat was fine as soon as this happened
the amount of hair that was pulled out was only about the size of my palm....
and we have NO clue where it came from....there is no place on her entire body that even remotely looks as if she has missing hair.....
and.....
the cat still feels the need to "play" with the dog.....

quote

my little friend....
who happens to keep me very entertained
who happens to be 5
who happens to be a boy
who happens to be special (living with a diagnosis that falls on the autism spectrum)
who happens to be very articulate
comes up with some awesome things to tell the class....
all school year long i have heard these things come from him
and wondered....
wow....why would a 5 year old say that

"you aint the boss of me....mrs. boy is"

"bom chicka wah wah"

"mrs. boy, i don't smoke weed"

"i'll suspend you"

"what the hell"

"i drink beer."

"my uncle said he was gonna beat the hell out of me if i didn't stop calling him an asshole"

"would peter griffin say that?"

well, i'm not sure how you feel, but for me....
i'm pretty sure this takes the quote of the day....week....month....year award

"i'm not pregnant"

but just incase you might not think so,
i'm sure he will repeat it another 100 times today,
just as he has been for the past week!

change

i'm not big on change
i am 100% sure my resistance to change comes from moving as a child
which always led to
changing homes
changing furniture
changing towns
changing schools
changing friends
changing churches

it wasn't always the easiest
and i promise i didn't always take the change with grace
the same grace the my mother always seemed to have
when we would get the phone call
which said....moving day is ....
i never liked it

so to this day,
i'm totally content to keep things as normal as possible
and by that i mean
i eat the same things over and over
i always go to the same places over and over....and drive the same route to get there and back
i do things in the same order, and totally dislike when things change my routine

keeping in mind that i dislike change so much,
that i typically don't try new things
and don't like to go to new places
and have major anxiety (ok maybe not major....but you know) over the new or unexpected....
i dislike when coke or pepsi come out with new flavors
i dislike when hershey's come out with new kisses
i dislike when companies do the whole new and improved thing with their boxes or packaging or whatever.....

so i never expected to find and love these


so when i first heard of the nerd's bumpy jelly beans....
my first thoughts....
what was wrong with normal jelly beans?
what was wrong with just nerds?
why would you mess with two perfectly good things....mr. willy wonka?
i had feelings of disapproval, and i had decided never to ever give my time or taste to these new jelly beans....

but then....it happened....
i looked at those.....
bumpy....
funny.....
jelly beans
and decided.....
why not....
and now....
i'm hooked....
these are the best.....i seriously mean that....best
jelly beans i have ever
ever had in my entire life!


don't get me wrong
they look funny
but they are good

i must say.....thanks to flake's sister for introducing me to my newest favorite jelly bean....
and....
on that note....
i have to admit....

change isn't always that bad!

prayers needed

jonah and his mommy and daddy need our prayers.
jonah came into this world only a few days ago,
his mommy and daddy had prayed for him, and were so thankful to meet him
because not so long ago, his big brother gabe was born into heaven.
jonah was born with a rare skin condition, and is needing our prayers.
jonah's mommy and dadddy are also in need of our prayers, because as you can imagine they are longing to hold their baby. they continue to praise god for his love shows strong, with amazing doctors and people out in the blogging world that are able to give gifts of knowledge when it comes to the rare condition that jonah most likely has.
please be in prayer for this sweet family.
go to their site, show them you care, and having them in your thoughts.
please be in prayers for all of the care givers at the amazing children's hospital here in town.

**
if you have facebook
you can join his prayer group....here

yay yay yay

it is just in the baby stages....
but ....
it is snowing
yay!
you know i've mentioned my love for snow and winter before

so.....the past few times we have gotten snow....
it has stopped...... before i can get out to play in it...
and not started again
that did not make me happy .... at all!

so i decided.....
that was not going to happen again

i asked flake if he would come take a picture with me out in the snow
he said...
wait a while...

umm.....no!!
i promptly grabbed my camera....
and headed out and took a few pictures by myself ....

(i'm sure all my neighbors thought that was quite weird....like i care!!!)

i was giggling with glee
(kind of like i do when i watch the soup)
what could be better than beautiful fluffy white snow?!?!

that's when sweet flake came out to join me!!
yay!

we got some cute pictures.....
(can you tell i love the snow....almost as much as i love to torment him!)
and then i was satisfied....
for a little while at least....
but i'm sure i'll have more to come

this is if noaa is speaking the truth!!!!!