My Silly Boy

Today was Daniel's first day back to school after Christmas, and I guess his teacher has decided they can write their own memos now. Anyway, Daniel really wanted me to read what his school journal-whatever-it's-called-book-thing said. So I flipped to it, and this is what it said:



I acted really impressed and said, "Wow! You wrote all that yourself?" He proudly confirmed my suspicions. I went on, "It must be because you're extra clever!" "No," Daniel tells me, "The teacher just wrote it up on the board, and we were supposed to copy it." It was way funnier in person, actually, not very funny at all in writing. You had to see the facial expressions, and hear the seriousness in his voice.

You know what else is weird? When your kid starts making pop-culture references and you're pretty sure he knows the meaning behind them. *sigh* They grow up so fast.

(PS John- Did you notice that I flipped the photo? Thanks for the clever idea.)

A Tiny Spider Made A House In My Toilet Today

Last night Launa asked me to go to "the snuggle bed" (my bed) with her, so we could snuggle in there without the boys. I couldn't tell her no, so up we went. When we got there I snuggled with her, and she snuggled with me and I asked her what she wanted to do, and she chose a song to sing (Jesus Loves the Little Children), then said "Let's talk!" I asked her what she wanted to talk about and she said, "Superheroes, princesses, parents, God, Jesus....everyfing!" So we talked about each of those subjects. I love that God and Jesus are on her list of things she wants to talk about. Makes a mom feel like at least she's doing something right. (Besides, she's way cute!)

What Do You Think?

About this lipstick? I tried a bunch on the back of my hand (I had a $40 Victoria's Secret card to use up, so it's not cheap lipstick.) and I decided on this, but I don't like it as much on my face as I liked it on my hand (I never like the lipsticks I pick out for myself, they never come out right). Anyway, I can't ask Jeremy, he doesn't know anything about lipstick, so I want my lady friends to tell me if the color is good or bad. And where would I wear this color (if I can actually wear this color out of the house)?

Is My Face Red...But Not TOO Red

I suppose I was wrong about the hook-up date. They hooked us up with Internet on Dec 30. I must have misunderstood. But I still couldn't get Internet, because they failed to send me my modem. *sigh* It took over an hour being shuffled around, put on hold, having my call dropped, and having to wait on hold again to finally get this mess straightened out. But now I have Internet, and a free modem, so here I am, I am back (a week later), and I choose not to dwell on ickiness. I'm still waiting to hear about the bank teller position, but I spoke to the branch manager who is a friend of my sister in law, and I hope to hear from him soon. I'm also considering other options.

I watched Jurassic Park for the first time in probably close to a decade last night. It's pretty scary. I think it's scarier now that I'm a mom, and I think of those kids. (Yeah, I know it's a movie, and also I'm a sucker, but there you have it.) What have you all been up to? I'll have to make the blogging rounds.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOUGUYSLLNEVERBELIEVEIT!!!IPASSEDTHETELLEREXAM THATIWASSUREIFAILED!!!WOOHOO!!YAYME!!IHAVEAGIANT BRAINANDIAMNOTAFRAIDTOUSEIT!!!BRILLIANCEPERSONIFIED, THATSME!!!!YEEHAW!!!RESPECTABLEJOBHEREICOME!!!

(That's what it originally said, but I guess it got cut off, because I didn't put any spaces in it.)

Yeesh!

Ok, so I still don't have Internet. Here's the short version:
I called AT&T to get home phone and Internet. I told the salesman that I needed their cheapest Internet service. So he put in the order and tells me it's going to be $95 a month! I freaked out and told him that's WAY more than I expected. He told me that with fees and taxes that's what it came to. I still wasn't happy, so he "throws in" a "free" DSL modem, and a $50 cash back deal, and knocks the monthly price down to $85/mo.................. yay.................. So I took it, because I knew that AT&T has the best price, I shopped around. Anyway. They told me that our phone would be hooked up on Tuesday (I ordered service on Thursday). It's starting to get late on Tue, and I still don't have phone or Internet. So I call to see if they plan on coming out, and if I have to be home. They tell me that there was no work order to have the phone hooked up that day, but they'd get the phone hooked up for us. While I was talking to the customer service girl, she wanted to confirm the work order, so she looks at her screen and says to me,"There are 4 speeds of Internet access, and I see you want the fastest speed, is that right?" Me: "WHAT?! NO! I told the guy that I needed the cheapest service!" So she was really nice and fixed the problem for me. But she had to cancel the old order and put in a new order, so I lost like 4-5 days on my Internet order! She told me that she couldn't call to see if they could rush my order, because I had to give it 24 hours, or else she would do it. I called the Internet people the next day, and explained about the scuzz-bucket that was trying to pad his commission, and that I take online classes I have to have Internet for, and the girl I spoke to couldn't expedite the order, b/c gthe computer wouldn't let her, so I asked if she had a manager I could speak to, so she schlepped me over to him, and he explained that there is a block on expediting orders in my area, and that he had tried to expedite a few orders before, and just got reamed for it. So they can't hook me up until...really....January 30. So, there will be no more crankiness for the next month. I know you're all disappointed, but I'm sure there will be lots to talk about until then! Meanwhile, I have a new home phone number. Maybe I'll call some of you with it. See ya!

Merry Christmas!

I know it's late, but Merry Christmas everyone. Hope your day was great! Love you!