Another Quote of the Day:

"It's just a fact of life, black people can BARBQUE. It's a whole 'nother world o' cookin'."

-Paul, after eating some ribs at our friend Letha's graduation party

Quote of the Day:

"Hmmmm.... I think I need those."

-five year old girl looking at some shoes (they start younger every day!)

A deli owner is being credited with saving the life on a 90-year-old customer who never misses her morning coffee. So when she failed to show up the other day, the owner got worried and called police, who rushed to her home in the nick of time. Parsippany police say that if Chris Kim hadn't called them, his 90-year-old customer probably would have died in her bath tub, where she had been trapped for almost two full days. That's customer service ...

Joke of the Day:

"So John Kerry walks into a bars and the bartender says, 'Why the long face?'"

It's officially b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l outside today and I'm staying home from work, partly because I'm "all stuffed up" and partly because -hey- it's 85 degrees today. Our weekend was great, Paul and I helped his parents get moved into their new house. It has a hot tub, so we're pretty excited about that.

Other things we did this weekend:
-bought kumquats (Paul swears that I will like them)
-rocked out at church
-barbecued
-walked at Hoyt Arboretum
-ate out at Red Robin (the place we always go when we can't decide where to go and don't want to try anything new)

Note to the Teacher:

We had a problem with student inserting inappropriate things into the pencil sharpener. When I confronted them they said it was an "experiment".

Quote of the Day:

"I think New Year's Eve is just a conspiracy to make you want Jamba Juice the next day. Think about it: hangovers, resolutions... um... it's winter, so you don't get much fruit in your diet..."
"Do you think maybe the holiday is older than Jamba Juice?"
--Two guys in line at Jamba Juice.

Yesterday I saw "The Velveteen Rabbit" at the Keller Auditorium.

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...