My top adviser…Eat your heart out Obama!

This back-to-college thing is whipping my blogging rear end. I find the time I used to blog, I am doing school work instead.  This is a good thing technically because my nursing degree pays the bills, not the blogging thing.  That all said. I do miss it, and will get back in the groove when I have the time.

Tonight Elle said something that I deemed blog worthy so I will share with you my loyal readers (hi mom!).

On the way home from karate tonight Enu and Elle were bugging me to stop at Arby’s and get them a drink and a snack. I said “no” of course, as mean moms do and they continued to beg.

Elle finally says, can you just get us water? I’m thirsty and water is free.

To which I used the powerful I told you so weapon reminding them that they are to bring water bottles to karate.  I then tell them that Arby’s cannot give out water if you are not buying anything else. I do not know this for a fact, I am guessing. It seems like a good guess though that they would have this policy.

Feeling as if I had won I was happy for the silence until I hear Elle…” When you are President I want that to be the first law you make. Arby’s needs to give out free water even if you don’t buy anything.”

Right then and there I  made my first campaign promise and probably my last!

 

We all say dumb things sometimes, me especially.  I am pretty forgiving and have a good sense of humor so don’t worry about offending me for the most part.  Yesterday, however, the Avon lady at the fair said something so stupid that the kids insisted  I blog about it.  So, here it goes.

(Walking up to the Avon booth to look at the chapsticks with all four girls.)

Avon Lady:  Wow, you have your hands full!

Me: Everyday

Avon Lady: Are you a daycare?

Me: No, they are all mine. (Really there are only four, and they were behaving so it’s not like we were a walking tornado of twenty kids in matching shirts.)

Avon Lady:  Are you trying for a boy?

Me:  No, we are done.

Walking away as fast as possible I ask the girls if we should try for a brother….they all started laughing and saying things like ” I can’t believe she said that.” “Blog about this mom” and then Enu of course ” I want a baby brother!”.

I was happy that no one was overly sensitive or mad, it just rolled off them and was a funny family moment. When I told Hubbylater, he told me I should have told her we were trying for a tan kid but kept getting black or white.

When telling people I have four girls I often hear the “trying for a boy” thing, but only when they cannot see the girls.   I also hear the daycare thing, especially if there are cousins or friends  with us making us a bigger group.  I have never heard the two at the same time though when the kids are present and visible.

I just have to laugh.

Meg printed off her blog and made a pillow and a bag from old T shirts. Three blue ribbons!

Enu made a bag from a T shirt and made a poster about making Puppy Chow (Chex mix) snacks for the animal shelter. She also made a pillow. Three blue ribbons.

Elle made a bag and a pillow for two blue ribbons!

 

 

Yesterday I went to my neighbors garage sale hoping to find some good clothing finds for my older girls.  I found several cute things for them including this shirt for Meg:

I thought she would like the recycle theme to it since she just completed her Girl Scout Silver award on recyling jeans.  I’ve never bought the VS Pink for them before, but it was only $1 and brand new so what the hay.

I get home and sort out the loot to the kids.  I pick up said shirt and find this on the back:

 Wonderful. I just encouraged my 12 year old to save water by jumping in the shower with someone.  Perfect. Just what I was hoping to do as a mom.

We are thinking the front will make a fun pillow for her room…

 

And yes, I’m sure that cowinkadink is a word, I just don’t know it that is how it is spelled.

So the other day I was at Target.  Target is a big deal to mom and I as we don’t have one close and have to drive a good hour to shop there. Mom and I went to Target and I was looking for a birthday card for Meg.

Instead I found this card:

 

 

The card is hilarious of course, but what makes this a cowinkadink is that we were at this town was because I had a consult appointment for breast reduction surgery that day.  I had to buy it even if I had no one to give it to.  It was worth the money just to blog about it.

I’ll talk more on my possible surgery if it comes to fruition. Let’s just say the card was uplifting for me at that moment!

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