Good Weather and Good Baseball

We have been having a good time at JUCO this year. We have fun every year, but now that the kids are getting older it has been so nice. Konman is 9 and the perfect age. He has been getting every players autograph, some probably more than once. I don't think he even knows who has signed his 3 baseballs. The Kirsten8tor has hardly whined at all. I don't have to tell you what a rare occurance that is. She has been getting autographs, also. The weather has been so nice. We have only missed 3 games. The kids are still in school, and they know if they whine or act tired we will be staying home. You would never know they were sleep deprived.

Cheeto the Beloved, Where Art Thou?

At Grandma's house where the Kirsten8tor left him!!! So don't be making threats or blaming me. It is your own darn fault!

So here is the story....Last night we went to my Mom's house to watch the American Idol finals. I let Kirsten come with me for a bit of a girls night watching AI. She insisted on bringing her 2 favorite Webkinz(Sliver the tiger snake and Cheeto the cheetah that is really a Jaguar) We watched American Idol, then waited for Kirsten8tor to put all the dress up clothes away, and then we left. When we were almost home I get a call from my mom and she says,"Tell Kirsten, not to worry I will take care of Cheeto for her." And like a dummy sitting on a ventriloquist knee I deliver the message to Kirsten8tor. Who proceeds to cry, very loudly with out taking a breath, as if we told her we were going to amputate her leg and she would have to hop around for the rest of her life. So my mom decides to entertain herself by asking her, "Since Grandpa is gone can Cheeto sleep with me or should she just throw Cheeto in the closet?" Yes folks she got even louder! Oh the thought. Kirsten8tor proceeded to wail all the way home and continued as she walked in the door, and walked around the house, and walked around the house again. So I told her to go to her room, go to bed, and keep it down. She eventually got quiet enough that I couldn't hear her or I'm just slowily going deaf, either way I was happy. Until I went to bed! She had written me a note. The note went like this

To Mom
From: Kirsten8tor I want Cheeto back
then a picture of Cheeto asking to be brought back

I want Cheeto back this week get to work now!

turn page over with and arrow

on other side-

1. I want Cheeto back
2. This week
3.so get to work on it
4Or I will be maber(madder) than I have ever been

Get to work on it right now!


Don't worry she is alive, but this morning we had a little talk. I told her that even if she ever wants to see Cheeto again she had better get an attitude adjustment! And if I get Cheeto back this week. She will not be getting Cheeto back for 2 weeks. If she was lucky!!!!

The last time something like this happened, and Kurt got after her for something. She left a picture on his pillow of a fire breathing dragon being chased by a monkey. She then labeled the dragon as Dad and the monkey as her. I found more humor in that drawing!

Adventures in Real Estate

This is what happens when you are a real estate agent showing vacant land and the following conversation takes place. As we are driving down dirt road on the property, since they have a truck and the terrain is a bit rough they offer to drive, so I hop in the back seat.

The wife says "Hey what is over there? I want to look over there"
Husband says "I can't get over there."
Wife says "We are in the truck can't you just go through there?"
Realtor says "Or we could stay on the road"
Wife says "Can't you just go through there?"
Husband says "Fine!"

Just for the record when this happened and they were apologizing. I simply stated, "This is so going on my blog." I did get their permission. Some of you might know these folks and I would love it if you gave them a hard time. Sorry the pictures and video aren't the best quality, I shot them on my cell phone.

Shameless Plug

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What is in that Peace Pipe?

First off, HELLO ALL! I've been reading your blogs even if I'm not adding to mine. This working thing takes a lot of time. I'm really enjoying the adventure.

It seems like lately there has been plenty of conflict in my life, between my husband, extended family, and my children. My children have started arguing with me and each other every chance they get. When Konman (whose been learning about Indians at school) gets bored he starts looking for something to argue over and Kirsten8tor just argues and debates because she can(and she is pretty good at it). So after the kids had been arguing about the same thing for the upteen time, I told them for the upteeth time "I don't want to hear about, nobody is dieing or gushing blood, work it out amongst yourselves or else I will send you both to your rooms. Do you remember last time I said this?" (Last time they got this bad I tied them together and made them do chores, if nothing else I enjoyed it!) Well Konman starts trying to talk things out with Kirsten8tor and she(even though she is yelling) doesn't feel heard and fells the need to repeat herself over and over, until he surrenders. Finally he has had enough and can see that it is hopeless, but he wants to get in one last point so he says, "Well, I guess we won't be smoking the peace pipe today." Atleast then she finally quit making her point and gave him a very confused look. I got a good laugh out of that one. I had to chuckle at the thought of "What if they had worked things out? Does he have a peace pipe in his room for just such an occassion?" After the week I've had, my next thought was "Can I borrow his peace pipe? I could use it"