Just got back from a Saturday morning walk with my good friend Kara and good dog Tucker. It's a good day for baking something to take to our friends house tonight. By the way, my husband is s-t-i-l-l wearing the old T-shirts and now when I comment about it he just laughs at me.

Why did the words on my blog suddenly become bigger? If anyone knows how to fix this please email me.

The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands

Someone please tell me what this is all about: I buy my husband white T-shirts at JC Penney's - they are a certain brand because that's all he likes. I bought the same exact T-shirts that he wears now. Yet he is still wearing the old T-shirts. You can see his skin tone thru the shirt!

A few weeks ago:

ME: Here are your new T-shirts.
Paul: The are too big.
ME: They will shrink. They are exactly the same size as the ones you have now.
Paul: OK

Today:

ME: Why are you wearing your old T-shirts?
Paul: They are too long. You said they would shrink but they haven't.

I give up.

One thing I hate about this week: Easter candy. Sugar was not meant to be consumed in large portions. It makes kids just plain creepy.

Kindergartener shows me a picture of a rainbow:

"Is this a shooting star?"

My nephew turned three weeks old yesterday. I got to hold him on Saturday for the very first time. For a three week old baby he makes really funny faces. He was sleeping in a basinet that my mom has at her house and at one point my whole family was in there just staring at him. We are officially IN LOVE.

Update:

Some of you know that due to recent events our car is no longer capable of speeds higher than 40 miles per hour. This makes traveling difficult and slow and going to costco almost impossible. Well, this morning I am going to pick up our new (to us) Ford Ranger!!! It will be the first car we have ever bought together. Is anyone in the market for a fabulously well aged Nissan Sentra - great "around town" car.

Quote of the day:

"So...how often do you wash a kid like this?"

-my little brother to my sister in law about her three week old son

Quote 'o' the day:

"I'm not gettin' any younger here."

- third grader, age eight

Oh Crap!!

Today as I was playing a game with the students in a moment of frustration I said a big no no. I was supposeed to be watching the students to see which one raised thier hand first and I was reading so I missed it. I looked up and as I realized my mistake I rolled my eyes and said, "Oh CRAP!". Instantly I clasped my hand over my mouth as the classroom exploded in laughter and looks of shock...

I apologized.

I hate Spring forward. That's all I have to say.

Today Paul and Peter dug a garden in Peter's backyard (our neighbors house). When they were digging they found a glass pipe...

Me trying to wake Paul up this morning...

ME: Good morning glory.....................wake uuuuuuuuup............................Seize the day!.........................CARPE DIEM!

PAUL: (mumbles) What's the point?

later...

PAUL: What d'you say about a carpet day?

Quote of the Day:

"We ain't stayin' at the Hilton lady."

-Paul's comment to me complaining about some drawers in our kitchen

Quote of the Day:

"Please don't push or crowd. We will be opening the doors momentarily. "

- official at a job fair for teachers I went to yesterday

Note about this: Teachers never follow the rules. They always talk in class or staff meetings, cut in lines, etc.

I just read a really good book, Blue Like Jazz, by Don Miller who lives here in Portland.

"The first generation out of slavery invented jazz music. It is a music birthed out of freedom. And that is the closest thing I know to Christian spirituality. A music birthed out of freedom. Everybody sings thier song the way they feel it, everybody closes thier eyes and lifts up thier hands."

-Blue Like Jazz, page 239

Quote of the Day:
"She was the best wife in the world for fifty five years....we'll see her again in a better place. Even better than New Jersey."

- Paul's Grandpa

Quote of the Day
"Annie, it wasn't a nice present when I threw up on you that one time was it?"

-anonymous preschooler who really did throw up on me in Sunday School

Believe it or not, I have never been to Learning Palace. I always thought it was for teachers who weren't creative enough to think of things on their own (I can be snobby sometimes, everyone has an ugly side). Well, today I went and let me tell you this place is like cocaine or heroin for teachers. Seriously, I could have spent ALL day there. If you are a parent or teacher, let me warn you, it's a dangerous place. Fortunately, I was there to spend my church's money (I am in charge of getting supplies for preschool Sunday School), so not much damage was done. I had myself convinced that since I can write teaching things off on my taxes and they give a ten percent discount it's really practically FREE. You'll be happy to know that I have landed safely back in the land of reality.

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