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  • You Must Be Tired, Because You’ve Been Running Through My Mind, ALL DAY!

    Glen and 1st snow '09

    Glen in his best Aberzombie, Jr. pose.

    I've carpooled with Carpooling Mom for several years, now — which, by having 4 kids, in 4 different schools and having said that, means I really can't tell you exactly how long, since, you know, I don't remember — this year, I am in charge of the morning/afternoon run(s) to my 10-year-old son's school.

    "Do I really have to sit with ALL those boys?"

    Which means that my youngest daughter (she's 8) suffers through at least 10 minutes of fart jokes and, well, whatever 9 and 10-year-old boys, you know, talk about.

    [sound of crickets chirping]

    Okay, so, just in case you do NOT know what 9 and 10-year-old boys talk about (yes, I see YOU, over there, hunching down in the back, surrounded by headless dolls and terribly pink lip gloss) let me tell you what they talked about, this week.

    Picking-up girls!

    Yes, all 3 of the boys were comparing their best pick-up lines:

    1.  You must be a library book, because I'm checking YOU out!

    2.  I must be a paperclip, because I'm attracted to you LIKE A MAGNET!

    3.  I must be dead, because you look like an angel!

    The first one is my favorite and I know what you're thinking (maybe) so, like, which one did my son come up with?

    [drum roll]

    "I don't have one!"

    Perhaps it's because he's got sisters.  I doubt it.  Since, one of the boys has got 3 sisters, too.

    "Wait, wait, I've got one!!!!"

    [see title of post]

    "Holly says that will just get you slapped!"

    He's turning 11, tomorrow (the oldest kid on the carpool) so, between his sisters (and me) I'm hoping, you know, he can at least begin to set some sort of precedence, for other fledgling teenage boys in the neighborhood.

    "Yeah, well, maybe that's why she does NOT have a boyfriend!"

    Somehow, I doubt it though.

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  • Wordless Wednesday: 365 Days – Tired Mom, Walking

    Tired Mom, Walking

    Welcome to my world…where EVERYDAY, is laundry day!

    Another snapshot courtesy of my 365 Days microblog project — where I'm taking a self-imposed timeout, every day, to post wordless (you're welcome!)

    Check out the Official Wordless Wednesday HQ
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    Also, I'm letting it ALL hang out on Flickr

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  • This Ones Tricky, You Have to Use Imaginary Numbers, Like Eleventeen

    This Full House Rock Band

    I give up, you figure them out…

    When I told my husband, Garth [not his real name] I was pregnant with our youngest, it didn't come as much of a surprise, really; not like the first time, I mean, when he closed his eyes, fell back on the bed, grabbed his head (with both hands) and sort of just laid there, for a few minutes, moaning.

    We had already signed the contract on this house (less full, at the time) and then came Valentine's Day and, well, he WAS there when it ALL happened.

    Three more (+) signs, later:

    "Well, at least, no one will have to sit alone, on the rollercoaster."

    Then, all of a sudden, our lives turned into one big Dr. Seuss book:

    One Kid, two kids,

    Meh, what's one more kid

    Some have brown eyes, except their brother

    Don't ask me why

    Go ask your mother.

    Little did we know, all those days (and nights) ago, how prophetic my husband words would be.

    GAH!  Now, I'm speaking in rhyme?  Hang on, this will be real quick. 

    [slams head on laptop]

    There, that did the trick…I mean…where was I?

    Rollercoasters?  Feh, they're for wussies.  Raising tweens and teens?  Best get your barf bags ready, now.  Not only will they make you eat your words…

    "I will never YELL at my kids, ever."

    They'll make you chew on them a bit, first, before spitting them all over your sensible shoes, too!

    "HANG UP YOUR WET TOWELS, DAMMIT!!!"

    Wet towels.  Tragic.  I know.

    [sound of puking]

    I got sick, this week…NO, I'M NOT PREGNANT!

    [knocking on wood until knuckles bleed]

    I know, because I got my period at the same time (you're welcome!) it's how I roll and, well, best get your heating pads ready, now.  Being a woman sucks.  Being a woman of a certain age, sucks wet poodle.

    "Go back to bed, Mah!"

    It was already dark, the kids were ALL home from school (thank you, Carpooling Mom!) but, it was the quiet that woke me.

    "Buh, dinner…breakfast dishes still…I gotta go…um."

    Stupid analgesics.

    "Your sick, we got this."

    Aaaand, with a slightly confused and saddened heart, I turned toward the stairs, thinking that perhaps it was good that the kids were learning to take care of themselves (jinx) and slowly climbed closer to the realization that, one day, they won't be needing me, at all.

    "Sheesh…she's like a kid, sometimes."

    Judging by the frequency of my bathroom stops, I imagine it will be real soon, too.

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