Friday Fragments

My week… in fragments

Sep 10th, 2010

I was in the kitchen washing dishes and having a conversation with the oldest son. During the conversation, I had an urge to go so I told him to “Hold that thought.” As I walked into the bathroom, I heard him humming the Jeopardy tune. He finished up as I walked back into the kitchen. That boy’s just not right.

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Speaking of the oldest… hubs, son, and I were having a conversation about people from Mississippi (famous people). As we were talking about bands, I asked the oldest “Guess who else is from Mississippi?” to which he replied “I don’t know.” I said “3 Doors Down of course.” Then hubs said “What about Brett Favre?” to which son said “I didn’t know that.” Hubs and I both looked at him like he was nuts and at the same time he started laughing and said…. “I just realized what you said. For some reason when you said Bret Favre my brain was thinking Jeff Gordon.” WhaHUH? HOW do you get Jeff Gordon out of Bret Favre?

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Apparently the thing to do when coming home from school on a Friday and having the following Monday off for a holiday is… running back and forth through the house saying “YES YES YES.” Lil Man gives a whole new meaning to ‘chicken with his head cut off.’

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‘We interrupt this marriage to bring you… FOOTBALL SEASON!’

College football kicked off Saturday. My team won. Against an unranked team. I’m happy they won. But… an unranked team. Nothing to jump up and down about. Then again, their 25th consecutive regular season win IS something to jump up and down about. Yeah. *doing a happy dance* (For the record, Hubby’s #2 team lost… it wasn’t a pretty loss either. Better luck next time. Maybe. I say #2 team because he has come over to my side… I’ve recruited him to MY team! Yay me! Plus, his team really made him mad. Long story. Stupid story. One that changed the entire history of the college. Oh well.)

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Took my Lil Man to the doctor on Tuesday– he’d been complaining of his ear hurting and running fever since Sunday. The doctor’s appointment went good until it was time for the s-h-o-t. He worked himself up pretty good about it, then when the time came, didn’t even know he’d been stuck. I had him laying on his side facing away from the nurse, and told him to take deep breaths like the doctor had him doing. As soon as he exhaled the second time, she got him. He never even felt it. Later… he laughed about the bright fluorescent orange smiley face band-aid that was on his booty. And I should add… he would NOT let me take it off! (Oh, and the diagnosis was strep. Ugh.)

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Our air conditioner went out on Wednesday… can you say HOT?! Wednesday night was pretty miserable for all of us. The AC repair man came out yesterday and had it fixed within 10 minutes. I could have kissed him! (Not literally of course.) I think I thanked him about a million times. I was never so happy to feel cool air again. I tell ya… I really believe that little saying “don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone” now. I sure do love my cold air!

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Priss and I got hair cuts this week. I went completely different… and suggested a certain cut for Priss so our hairstyles would be different. She seemed to think this was a great idea because we did have the same style (or she had the same style as me considering I’ve had the same style for about 12-13 years. How incredibly boring am I?). I went with a totally different look…. hair cut to the shoulders, layered, with bangs. I haven’t had bangs since 1997 or so. When it was Priss’s turn, she ended up describing the exact same cut I’d just gotten. We convinced her to go no-layers, only cut off about an inch or so, and do thin whispy bangs. When it was all said and done, she thanked me for talking her into the cut she got… because now we don’t look alike. (Is that really so bad?)

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While looking over my Friday fragments, I realized I really lead a boring life…lol. Oh well. I love this boring life. And it’s really not as boring as it sounds honest… the kids keep us in stitches most of the time. Because they’re all nuts, and stuff.

(Enter title here) Yeah, I got nothin…

Aug 13th, 2010

by Nickie.

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I usually TGIF on Fridays… because it’s the end of the week and I know I’ll have hubby and kids all to myself for two glorious days without any interruptions or work or errands or all the other stuff that we do Monday through Friday. But… I’m just too exhausted to get excited about the weekend– even though I have a great day awaiting tomorrow. This week has been… long. And the past two days have been even longer. I’m tired… physically and mentally exhausted. So, I’m going to make this short and sweet, but am going to include some good weeklies (memes) because I’ve found some really great blogs through these…

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Sunday was the start of our revival week at church. It was… awesome! There were several turn their lives over, and we will be having our 4th (or maybe it’s 5th) Sunday of baptisms this Sunday. God is amazing!

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We have a great Ladies’ Day seminar coming up tomorrow. I spent last night (and will be there tonight) helping get things ready/decorated, etc. Even though we were there for work, we had awesome fellowship.

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My Little Man is having better days at school. He did get in trouble on Monday, and again yesterday, but it’s getting better. He’s learning, quickly, that there is certain behavior that is unacceptable… even while Mommy’s not around.

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On Tuesday, Priss auditioned for the role of Dorothy in her school’s production of The Wizard of Oz. On Wednesday, she found out SHE GOT THE PART! I am so very proud of her. Also, she will be singing at our Ladies’ Day seminar tomorrow. IF I can get my hands on a digital recorder, I’ll have that to show off later. (My digi-camcorder is still at our house (the one that’s in another city, that we moved out of and intend to put on the market if we can ever get the rest of our furniture and stuff) and I don’t think I’ll have time to go get it.)

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I asked for your prayers for my friend Charlotte and her husband Jim– I have an update. Things didn’t go as expected and they are looking at Jim being away for the better part of a decade. This has devastated Charlotte, Jim, and the kids, naturally; and all who know and love them as well. PLEASE continue to pray that God’s will be done– we know there is a reason Charlotte and Jim are going through such tribulations, and we know that God has a plan; He is in control of everything, even the bad times.

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Now… I think it’s time for a nap. Why not check these out while I snore… enjoy!

TGI and a very good F!

Aug 6th, 2010

by Nickie.

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After the week I’ve had, or actually after the past couple of days I’ve had, I’m happy, MORE THAN HAPPY, to say that my Little Man did sooooooo much better in school today. And he didn’t cut anybody’s hair. In fact, he didn’t cut anything!! Of course, he got severely punished last night for yesterdays kinder-salon incident, and apparently this punishment stuck. And he was GOOOOD! He promised me he’d be good, and he did!!! I’m so proud of my big Little Man.

Priss has had a good couple days of school too. She came home yesterday and stated that 7th grade is awesome. She didn’t even want to go to school; then on the first day, she comes home boasting about how great it is! Kids. Today, she said school is so awesome she just loves being in 7th grade. Just wait till the homework starts… bet she’ll be singing a different tune then!!

I’ve been hopping around the net, reading loads and loads of blogs (and still have loads and loads to go) and have found so many great ones I’ll never get my reader caught up! But, that’s ok. I’ve also found some fun and interesting memes, and this is one of them…

So this is my week summed up. I sorta already started it, up there *points up*…heh.

I said I’d never walk through the doors of a Wal-Mart again, but Wednesday, I walked through the doors of my least favorite Wal-Mart. (I tried to avoid it, I really did. Went to Dollar General first, then K-Mart. Wal-Mart was the last resort. And believe me, the temp was reading 106 so I wasn’t store hopping for the fun of it!!) I don’t know about the ones in your area, but the one I went to has to be managed by monkeys. Honestly. No, monkeys could do better. I couldn’t find anything. You’d think they’d have all the school supplies together, right? Wrong. They were scattered all over the store. Some at the front. Some by health and beauty. Some by electronics. And some were even by the housewares department, on the endcaps. I was so mad and frustrated by the time I finally got out of there, I looked like the TNT in a looney tunes strip. UGH..no.more.Wal-Mart. And by the way, what Wal-Mart runs out of crayons. I mean really, crayons? HOW do you run out of crayons?

Did you know that if a pre-teen girl can’t find a really cook book bag before the first day of school that the whole world will come to a screeching halt and the planets will crash into each other? No? Me neither. But apparently it will. Or not. Because my pre-teen went to school without a book bag, and as far as I can tell, the planets are still properly aligned and there has been no catastrophic cosmic collision to speak of. Unless you count the one where her drama and my temper didn’t quite see eye-to-eye. But that’s more like an explosion on Mars than the extinction of the Milky Way.

Can someone tell me why men’s deodorant works better than women’s deodorant? I ran out of deodorant, and, well, I was too lazy to go a mile up the road and get more so I used hubby’s instead. I think I’m going to keep on using his because it actually works. Apparently this has been a well kept secret. I’ve asked him a time or two—because it has been, honest to goodness, 100-106 degrees lately with heat index of 115-130… it’s flippin hot people—why I seem to be all wet and gross about the pits and he’s not. I mean, we were both in the same place at the same time doing the same thing… yet he seems nice and dry while I have the most not-so-lovely wet spots about my pits. He just shrugs this stuff off. Well, secrets out bub… now I know! (And yes, I use his razor too!!) I’ll never have wet pits again! YES!

Did I really just blog about deodorant? Man, I need new stuff! o_O

By the way, I somehow managed to lose my cutting board to the oven/range… that sucker just jumped right off the counter and slid in that little tight spot between the wall and oven. If I were a diving judge, I’d give it a 10 because it was a perfect jump. Maybe it was trying to hide from me? Tired of being cut up all the time? Who knows. What I do know is it’s still there. I really miss that cutting board.

Now, I’m going to go shopping again. But not at Wal-Mart. I’d rather have wet pits.