My two cents worth

Found two cents on the trails this morning. First money I have found this year. Might have to change my route. 

Shorts

I'm not sure where to start on this one.

Nick has been complaining that Alex takes his clothes. If I put them on the stairs (they have to put away their own clothes) then Alex will (accidentally, I think) put on something of Nick's. 

I need to jump in here a minute and let you know that over the years, Alex gets all of Nick's hand me downs.  Well, not so much anymore.  They are both in men's sizes.  No more passing down clothes.

If you listen to Alex's side of the story you get a different perspective. Alex thinks Nick says these things because he is wearing Nick's hand-me-downs.  He thinks Nick sees the clothes Alex is wearing (the ones that don't fit Nick) and wants them back.

Nick said that there is a pair of shorts that he had a couple of years ago that he got to wear for a week when he was in Florida.  He said it was a great week that he had with these shorts.  Once he got home, they disappeared and have not surfaced.   He believes Alex has them and has been secretly wearing them.

Last night things got heated up because of the shorts.  Alex got up from dinner and took the shorts off and threw them at Nick, who then said that he didn't want them anymore because he (Alex) wore them.  I believe the exact words were, "I don't want them because his butt was in them."

The shorts did get taken (by Nick) and were quickly put in the washing machine.

They are in Nick's possession.

For now.

I didn't do it

Brace yourself for a summer of hearing, "I didn't do it."

Happy Birthday, Newton!

Newton turned twelve yesterday. His golden birthday. We had cupcakes to celebrate. Newton's wish of Pippen going away has yet to happen. 

Moving On

Alex has graduated 8th grade.  They call it "Moving On" over here.  I'm not sure if it's a politically correct thing or what.  I call it graduation.

I can't believe he is going to be in high school in the fall.  Time sure goes by fast!

I hate Ironing

I don't think there is an explanation needed.

Does anyone enjoy ironing?

I remember my mom would let me iron.  Little things.  Well, mainly my Dad's hankerchiefs (they were clean.....I hope?)  I think she was preparing me for a life of ironing.  Trying to get me to love it.  She never liked doing it.  Maybe she wanted me to take over her ironing?

I work with a couple of people that say they do not own an iron.  I don't think I would survive without an iron.  I have to hang a lot of clothes.  Good for the environment and good for my marriage.  <I'm married to a tall guy.  Hard to find tall man's clothes.  When clothes shrink (if they are not a tall size), they shrink in length, not width.  I learned this the hard way when we first got married.  Now, I have tall kids, so I just hang a lot of clothes.   Saves on my dryer and benefits the environment.

Some of the clothes that I hang need a little touch up with the iron.  (it's the hanger's (the person hanging the clothes) fault)  If you just pull them out of the washer and hang them, they will be wrinkled.  You have to give them a little shake.  Sometimes I'm in a hurry and forget.  That's where the trusty iron comes in and saves the day.

I can only iron about 5 or 6 things at one time.  Any more and it pushes me over the edge.  I try to stay on top of it otherwise there is an ironing pile up.

Today I had to iron Alex's clothes for graduation and thought I would share with everyone how much I hate ironing.

Scary Journey's Month in review

It's that fun time again!  Google search words!

A lot of my search words were for Girl Scout ideas and led to posts like Panera Bread tour or a specific badge.  I thought I would just share the amusing ones.  Unfortunately there were only a few this month.  I guess that means I have to start writing more...

Here they are:

Taking scary journey

That's what we are doing here...taking a scary journey inside my life

Thank you for being my m & m

 My teacher appreciation post.  People must have been scrambling for ideas for gifts for Teacher's appreciation week.  I had quite a few hits.  I also had some hits for coaches gifts.

Making hats out of construction paper

I had to look this one up.  When did I make a hat out of construction paper?  This one is an image for my witch's hat that I made one year for Halloween.

scary pictures you don't see at first

Yea.  That one confuses me a little.  It's a scary journey here.  I do post the usual scary pictures once in awhile (messy kitchen counter, pile up by the front door, etc.).  I guess everything I do here is just scary so I shouldn't be surprised at this one.

I had quite a few searches for girl scout badges and bridging ideas.  Hope I helped some people.

I'm hoping to have some amusing searches for next time.

Stay tuned.