I'm seriously considering changing the name of our blog to just that.
Last night we had friends over for dinner. They had just left and I was shutting the front door when this thing shoots off of the wreath on the door, just inches from my face, and lands on the floor. "Stop!", I yelled to Wade and Kade as I turned and saw them walking out of the room, "There's a RAT in the house."
Yes, I was almost attacked by a rat. If that thing had jumped on me I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be here posting this morning. As it was, I picked up the closest object I could use as a projectile, Jake's tennis shoes, and took action. Wade saw it and ran to head it off from escaping the room. The rat saw him and turned back towards me. I took aim and let a shoe fly, missing. It headed back towards Wade who managed to take a huge swipe at it sending it flying towards the open front door. Sadly, he missed and instead the rat smacked into the wall right next to me just missing Daniel's face by a whisker's length. I took aim with the other shoe and stunned the thing, but not enough. It ran back towards Wade who got one more good swipe at it in sending it flying back towards me and Daniel before it took off towards Kade. Kade happened to be holding a drum stick from BAND HERO in his hand. THWACK!!! The thing ended belly up with it's tail broken off quivering on the floor.
Our friends who had left heard the commotion as they were getting in their car came running back in. Well, the husband did. I talked to my girlfriend this morning. She didn't come running back in. She was paralyzed with fear and was so glad that the rat didn't jump on one of them as they were walking past it. She said she would've wet herself if she had been in the room during the combat. In hindsight, she said she saw the entire episode from the window and it was pretty dang funny. She wishes she had thought to turn on her cell phone video to capture the moment. But, being paralyzed with fear, that thought only came later. One of their sons grabbed the carcass, Kade grabbed the quivering tail, and ceremoniously chucked the cursed thing into the bushes.
Daniel was quite traumatized by the whole event. Who wouldn't be after almost getting smacked in the face by a flying rodent? He was hysterically crying as we went off to bed and wouldn't walk on the floors. I had to carry him. Of course, that is all he can talk about this morning, but at least he is walking around on his own.
For the life of me, I can't figure out how the dumb thing ended up on the wreath. Our doors are 9 feet tall and mostly glass. I'm thinking maybe it was on the roof and jumped from there to the wreath? Argh. Who knows. I'm out of time, but I will write about our homes in Alabama and the rat and the chipmunk who honored us with dying in our walls when I have a minute. I'm off to attempt an 8 mile run in training for the 1/2 marathon that is quickly approaching. I wonder if I'll run faster if I visualize a large rat chasing me?
Monday, January 25, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Where'd they go?
There are a few things, that no matter what, seem to always be missing around my house:
1. Socks. Where oh where do all the socks go? Granted, all 4 of my kids are guilty of taking them off in the car and leaving them there. Weekly I pull about 20 pairs out and maybe some get knocked out of the car while they are getting in/out? Wade has a horrible habit of hiding his under the cushions of the sofa when he is sitting/lying there but at least I can usually find two socks for a pair. The kids? Never. I have been sorting socks all morning and have at least 50 that are missing their match. Kyrie loves to wear mismatched socks for some oddball reason, so maybe I'll just dump them all in her room.
2. Silverware. I am thinking that these must accidentally get thrown away with the garbage because where else would they disappear to? Wade has been known to use things such as my expensive, nice kitchen knives for handyman work. I'm pretty sure our first house in AL has a few steak knives closed up in the roof from when he was repairing some shingles. The rest of it? I do not know.
3. Important papers/bills. My desk is supposed to be off limits to everyone but me. Fat chance of that happening. I had to sign the boys up for baseball this past week. For the life of me I couldn't find Daniel's birth certificate. I know where I keep them in the safe, but his wasn't there. I then remembered I had it out for his birthday trip to Disney in Nov. (annual members get a $70 gift card to use on merchandise on their birthday....or out of staters get a free pass on your birthday, but you have to show your birth certificate) and had put it in one of my desk drawers. Guess what? It wasn't there. After an hour of searching I found it on the floor of the gun safe. I know I didn't put it there. Oh well. I pulled it out and stuck it back in my drawer to take to the ballpark on Tues. Wade decided to go there today to fill out his coaching apps., so I went to grab the birth certificate for him to take and low and behold...it wasn't there. Jacob's was, but Dan's was missing again. I really thought I was going crazy until my loving spouse said, "Oh, I saw that in there and grabbed it." It was back on the floor of the safe. Sigh. I won't bore you with how many hours of my life I have wasted looking for important papers that he has moved thinking I would lose them.
4. Wade's keys. Enough said.
5. The boys' Sunday shoes. Every Sunday it is the same story. Frantic searching for their church shoes. This past Sunday Jake couldn't find his, so I told him to grab his tennis shoes. For some reason, he decided to wait until we were in the church parking lot to inform me that they weren't in the car. He went to church in his socks. The very next day we pull into the school parking lot (a 20 minute drive each way) and Kade figures out his shoes are not in the car. He went to school in the slippers I had on and I had to fill my tank up barefooted in 32 degree weather. I was running on fumes and had no choice. And it made me fuming mad. Maybe they will both figure out to make sure they have shoes on their feet or in their hands ready to put on before we leave the house?
6. From my list you can probably conclude that my SANITY is definitely oozing out of my brain. Little by little, I am losing my mind. I need to laugh a lot to balance out the crazy because really....all of the above are replaceable and the situations could be funny if looked at in the right frame of mind. So, if you see me laughing uncontrollably some day, just know that it is in an effort to not lose my mind.
1. Socks. Where oh where do all the socks go? Granted, all 4 of my kids are guilty of taking them off in the car and leaving them there. Weekly I pull about 20 pairs out and maybe some get knocked out of the car while they are getting in/out? Wade has a horrible habit of hiding his under the cushions of the sofa when he is sitting/lying there but at least I can usually find two socks for a pair. The kids? Never. I have been sorting socks all morning and have at least 50 that are missing their match. Kyrie loves to wear mismatched socks for some oddball reason, so maybe I'll just dump them all in her room.
2. Silverware. I am thinking that these must accidentally get thrown away with the garbage because where else would they disappear to? Wade has been known to use things such as my expensive, nice kitchen knives for handyman work. I'm pretty sure our first house in AL has a few steak knives closed up in the roof from when he was repairing some shingles. The rest of it? I do not know.
3. Important papers/bills. My desk is supposed to be off limits to everyone but me. Fat chance of that happening. I had to sign the boys up for baseball this past week. For the life of me I couldn't find Daniel's birth certificate. I know where I keep them in the safe, but his wasn't there. I then remembered I had it out for his birthday trip to Disney in Nov. (annual members get a $70 gift card to use on merchandise on their birthday....or out of staters get a free pass on your birthday, but you have to show your birth certificate) and had put it in one of my desk drawers. Guess what? It wasn't there. After an hour of searching I found it on the floor of the gun safe. I know I didn't put it there. Oh well. I pulled it out and stuck it back in my drawer to take to the ballpark on Tues. Wade decided to go there today to fill out his coaching apps., so I went to grab the birth certificate for him to take and low and behold...it wasn't there. Jacob's was, but Dan's was missing again. I really thought I was going crazy until my loving spouse said, "Oh, I saw that in there and grabbed it." It was back on the floor of the safe. Sigh. I won't bore you with how many hours of my life I have wasted looking for important papers that he has moved thinking I would lose them.
4. Wade's keys. Enough said.
5. The boys' Sunday shoes. Every Sunday it is the same story. Frantic searching for their church shoes. This past Sunday Jake couldn't find his, so I told him to grab his tennis shoes. For some reason, he decided to wait until we were in the church parking lot to inform me that they weren't in the car. He went to church in his socks. The very next day we pull into the school parking lot (a 20 minute drive each way) and Kade figures out his shoes are not in the car. He went to school in the slippers I had on and I had to fill my tank up barefooted in 32 degree weather. I was running on fumes and had no choice. And it made me fuming mad. Maybe they will both figure out to make sure they have shoes on their feet or in their hands ready to put on before we leave the house?
6. From my list you can probably conclude that my SANITY is definitely oozing out of my brain. Little by little, I am losing my mind. I need to laugh a lot to balance out the crazy because really....all of the above are replaceable and the situations could be funny if looked at in the right frame of mind. So, if you see me laughing uncontrollably some day, just know that it is in an effort to not lose my mind.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Conversations With the Kids
Dan: Holding up pictures he has drawn
"Mom, these are the floods (jelly fish)."
He then proceeded to tell me their names, which were really out there and I could never spell if I wanted to.
"These are their testicles."
"Their what?"
"Testicles"
"Dan, do you know what testicles are?"
"Yeah, those long string things." (wiggling fingers in the air)
"Oh, you mean tentacles."
"Yeah, their tentacles."
Testicles, tentacles, long stringy things....all the same if you really think about it.
"Mom, these are the floods (jelly fish)."
He then proceeded to tell me their names, which were really out there and I could never spell if I wanted to.
"These are their testicles."
"Their what?"
"Testicles"
"Dan, do you know what testicles are?"
"Yeah, those long string things." (wiggling fingers in the air)
"Oh, you mean tentacles."
"Yeah, their tentacles."
Testicles, tentacles, long stringy things....all the same if you really think about it.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas... A Few Weeks Too Late
It's sleeting today. Yes. Sleet. In Central Florida. I think it's about 34 degrees out right now. I managed to turn on the gas, light the pilot, and get the fire place going. Not sure why, but it keeps going out after 20 or so minutes. Maybe a high temp max auto switch off or something? Ehhh..who knows, as long as I don't blow us all up we're good.
We had a nice Christmas. Wade and I spoke the Sunday after in Sacrament meeting then the kids and I loaded up and headed to Alabama. Wade met us there Thurs morning. Funny story...I called him Wed afternoon. He was grumpy with me on the phone, said he would call later, but never did. So I didn't bother to call him back. All day Wed. I kept asking myself why I didn't book his flight for Thurs since I was sure his office would be closed for New Year's Eve. I even wondered if I could change his flight, but since he didn't call back, I didn't worry about it, just figured we'd see him Fri morning. Thurs morning Daniel woke early, so I headed downstairs with him to feed him and keep him from waking everyone else. Quite a feat in a house with 8 kids and not a lot of insulation between the flooring. Around noon I headed upstairs and happened to see I had some text messages and voice mails. "Hey, I'm here at the airport. Are you picking me up? Should I rent a car?"
Hahahaha....Wade got left at the airport. Really, not a big deal. He just rented a car and went to visit some friends at UAB, BUT, if he had bothered to call me back Wed night that wouldn't have happened. He was feeling forgotten or something and pouted all weekend long. We had a nice dinner at Taj India with Mark and Michelle Sat night and Michelle and I enjoyed a girls night out at Taste of Thailand (best Thai coconut soup ever...even better than TukTuk in LA. Dan and Jake were in heaven playing with Fox all week even though it was freezing outside. Kade read a complete series of novels...The Lighting Thief...and was entranced. Truly makes me happy since it is the first non-fiction books to hold his imagination and interest. He was upset when he was done after book 5. I've tried to get him started on Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites. I'm sure he'll like those too, but so far, no dice. He wont even try. Kyrie saw old friends and went out just about every night.
I was in heaven because of Yogurt Mountain. I love frozen yogurt with fresh fruit. Not the soft serve icecream type, but the real frozen yogurt, no sugar, fat free, tart stuff like I enjoyed every day in LA. Think Pink Berry or Red Mango. There is nothing like that close by here. I'd love to open a shop, but Wade isn't on board with that. I'm considering buying a mixing/serving machine to intall at home so I can eat it for breakfast and lunch daily. I need to look into the cost. I'm not kidding. I want one at home. That and Mochi for toppings with the fresh mango....yummy.
We had a nice Christmas. Wade and I spoke the Sunday after in Sacrament meeting then the kids and I loaded up and headed to Alabama. Wade met us there Thurs morning. Funny story...I called him Wed afternoon. He was grumpy with me on the phone, said he would call later, but never did. So I didn't bother to call him back. All day Wed. I kept asking myself why I didn't book his flight for Thurs since I was sure his office would be closed for New Year's Eve. I even wondered if I could change his flight, but since he didn't call back, I didn't worry about it, just figured we'd see him Fri morning. Thurs morning Daniel woke early, so I headed downstairs with him to feed him and keep him from waking everyone else. Quite a feat in a house with 8 kids and not a lot of insulation between the flooring. Around noon I headed upstairs and happened to see I had some text messages and voice mails. "Hey, I'm here at the airport. Are you picking me up? Should I rent a car?"
Hahahaha....Wade got left at the airport. Really, not a big deal. He just rented a car and went to visit some friends at UAB, BUT, if he had bothered to call me back Wed night that wouldn't have happened. He was feeling forgotten or something and pouted all weekend long. We had a nice dinner at Taj India with Mark and Michelle Sat night and Michelle and I enjoyed a girls night out at Taste of Thailand (best Thai coconut soup ever...even better than TukTuk in LA. Dan and Jake were in heaven playing with Fox all week even though it was freezing outside. Kade read a complete series of novels...The Lighting Thief...and was entranced. Truly makes me happy since it is the first non-fiction books to hold his imagination and interest. He was upset when he was done after book 5. I've tried to get him started on Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites. I'm sure he'll like those too, but so far, no dice. He wont even try. Kyrie saw old friends and went out just about every night.
I was in heaven because of Yogurt Mountain. I love frozen yogurt with fresh fruit. Not the soft serve icecream type, but the real frozen yogurt, no sugar, fat free, tart stuff like I enjoyed every day in LA. Think Pink Berry or Red Mango. There is nothing like that close by here. I'd love to open a shop, but Wade isn't on board with that. I'm considering buying a mixing/serving machine to intall at home so I can eat it for breakfast and lunch daily. I need to look into the cost. I'm not kidding. I want one at home. That and Mochi for toppings with the fresh mango....yummy.
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