No school for three days.
Freezing temps.
Icy roads.
Restless kids and mom losing her mind.
PJ5 has learned three new skills during the last three home-bound days:
---Opening "twist-off" lids
---Pouring his own drink
---Climbing whatever is available to get what he wants
We've had some interesting times, in case you can't tell.
1.28.2009
1.21.2009
A Great American
Well, I had a few tears in my eyes yesterday as I watched pieces of the inauguration proceedings. And it wasn't because I was witnessing an important moment in history, which I was. No, it was because I was saying good-bye to the Bushes. I had tears in my eyes as I watched the dignified couple welcome the new "First Couple" to the White House. And again as I watched them board a helicopter to leave the White House grounds.
He was such a man of integrity, and I hate how the media has made fun of him and criticized him. The media has ceased to be unbiased in the last year. He has been treated with such disrespect by our own American citizens, as well as the media. It makes me mad to hear it said that he has contributed to the loss of our moral standing with the world. When our nation was attacked he went after those who were responsible like any Texas boy would. He sent a message of "no tolerance" to terrorists and those who support them. No, if the moral image of our country has been tarnished it is by the media, and by the "stars" whose lives are seen by other countries as typical of Americans.
I'm not saying that I have agreed with every deicision he made. But at least he stuck by his decisions and was not swayed by public opinion. He did what he believed was best for our country in the long run and I admire and respect him for that.
I will miss him and I hope we can find another like him within the next four years.
Good-bye, George "W", and God bless you!
He was such a man of integrity, and I hate how the media has made fun of him and criticized him. The media has ceased to be unbiased in the last year. He has been treated with such disrespect by our own American citizens, as well as the media. It makes me mad to hear it said that he has contributed to the loss of our moral standing with the world. When our nation was attacked he went after those who were responsible like any Texas boy would. He sent a message of "no tolerance" to terrorists and those who support them. No, if the moral image of our country has been tarnished it is by the media, and by the "stars" whose lives are seen by other countries as typical of Americans.
I'm not saying that I have agreed with every deicision he made. But at least he stuck by his decisions and was not swayed by public opinion. He did what he believed was best for our country in the long run and I admire and respect him for that.
I will miss him and I hope we can find another like him within the next four years.
Good-bye, George "W", and God bless you!
1.13.2009
Great taste
We've been watching the "old" Star Wars movies, enjoying the cheap rental rates at a video store that came to our area recently. Usually we watch them after the kids go to bed (almost like a date), but yesterday morning I was watching the end of the last one which we had started the night before. The kids were just playing, not paying any attention to the movie (since it's not animated or little kids singing). But when the Star Wars Theme Song came on with the credits their heads came up, and NB watched through almost all the credits, just listening to the music.
For those who don't know, that theme song is a thrilling piece, written by John Williams, a musical genius of the 20th century (he also wrote the theme for Indiana Jones). I remembered that the boys did the same thing with a few other movies with good music---Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, to name a few. I thought 'They must have great taste in music!'. Then I remembered how NB liked hearing an electric guitar being played at the music store, and how he wil bop his head whenever he hears rock-like music played...Well, maybe they just like music, period.
For those who don't know, that theme song is a thrilling piece, written by John Williams, a musical genius of the 20th century (he also wrote the theme for Indiana Jones). I remembered that the boys did the same thing with a few other movies with good music---Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, to name a few. I thought 'They must have great taste in music!'. Then I remembered how NB liked hearing an electric guitar being played at the music store, and how he wil bop his head whenever he hears rock-like music played...Well, maybe they just like music, period.
Strange habits
I was thinking about this the other day:
I noticed something about PJ a few years into our marriage. When he talks to someone who has a foreign accent, he starts to speak with their accent also. I'm not kidding, it's true! I've seen him do it with people he worked with from India. I've heard him with our hispanic neighbor. It's totally unconscious, because when I mentioned it to him, he was surprised. He may be more aware of it now, since I said something. And, when he has been with any "country boys" (at work or elsewhere) he sounds as "Okie" as the rest of them (this accent comes quite naturally, I'm afraid).
I don't know why he does it, and I'm sure he's had some strange looks from people when he starts talking like them. He is not purposely mocking. I think it has something to with the fact that he is such a good listener and conversationalist---he just joins in with the person he is talking to. I wonder if he would be good at picking up other languages in another country.
I was thinking about this and the humorous side of it, and realized I do something similar and just as funny. If I have just put down a book to talk to PJ, he can tell sometimes what genre of book I've been reading. If I have been reading a Western (I inherited this taste from my dad), I talk like a cowboy, dropping my g's and everything. (e.g., "I been thinkin' 'bout somethin'") And if I've been reading an English regency era book (one of my fav genres), I use expressions and words from my book. So, I talk like the characters in the book I'm reading. (Some books lend themselves more easily to this than others.)
So, I guess we all have funny quirks. And you just learned some new ones about us!
I noticed something about PJ a few years into our marriage. When he talks to someone who has a foreign accent, he starts to speak with their accent also. I'm not kidding, it's true! I've seen him do it with people he worked with from India. I've heard him with our hispanic neighbor. It's totally unconscious, because when I mentioned it to him, he was surprised. He may be more aware of it now, since I said something. And, when he has been with any "country boys" (at work or elsewhere) he sounds as "Okie" as the rest of them (this accent comes quite naturally, I'm afraid).
I don't know why he does it, and I'm sure he's had some strange looks from people when he starts talking like them. He is not purposely mocking. I think it has something to with the fact that he is such a good listener and conversationalist---he just joins in with the person he is talking to. I wonder if he would be good at picking up other languages in another country.
I was thinking about this and the humorous side of it, and realized I do something similar and just as funny. If I have just put down a book to talk to PJ, he can tell sometimes what genre of book I've been reading. If I have been reading a Western (I inherited this taste from my dad), I talk like a cowboy, dropping my g's and everything. (e.g., "I been thinkin' 'bout somethin'") And if I've been reading an English regency era book (one of my fav genres), I use expressions and words from my book. So, I talk like the characters in the book I'm reading. (Some books lend themselves more easily to this than others.)
So, I guess we all have funny quirks. And you just learned some new ones about us!
1.05.2009
Update
Alright, we're back from our 2nd Christmas of the season, which technically was celebrated in the new year. (I think it's time to go through the toy box again.) The last two weeks have been busy with holidays, trips and sicknesses (yes, that's multiple). We were out of town on Sunday and realized that neither of us had told anyone we were going to be gone. Of course we didn't realize this until Sunday morning! This weighed on my conscience the rest of the day, but I'm not sure it bothered PJ as long.
My poor son's internal clock is all messed up. PJ5 was sick last week and took daytime naps during that time (he usually doesn't nap). Now his sleep pattern is messed up. He either can't go to sleep at his bedtime, or else he wakes up really early and then gets tired in the afternoon. Today he woke up at 4:30 a.m.; then this afternoon he came off the bus, crying and they said he had fallen asleep at school and didn't want to wake up. Somehow, I felt like he was more upset about falling asleep at school than about having to wake up and get on the bus to go home. School is where you play and learn, home is where you sleep. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong.
Well, gotta end. It's time to put the boys to bed---and hopefully soon to sleep!
My poor son's internal clock is all messed up. PJ5 was sick last week and took daytime naps during that time (he usually doesn't nap). Now his sleep pattern is messed up. He either can't go to sleep at his bedtime, or else he wakes up really early and then gets tired in the afternoon. Today he woke up at 4:30 a.m.; then this afternoon he came off the bus, crying and they said he had fallen asleep at school and didn't want to wake up. Somehow, I felt like he was more upset about falling asleep at school than about having to wake up and get on the bus to go home. School is where you play and learn, home is where you sleep. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong.
Well, gotta end. It's time to put the boys to bed---and hopefully soon to sleep!
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