Kids can be so funny at times. The kids had their 2nd bow clinic tonight at karate and I have to say all the kids did good tonight considering how hard that form is. Here I sit there amazed they memorized all these other forms and then to watch these kids start learning this form is amazing. What’s funny though is how they all think they learned some pretty slick tricks. We shall see if they remember these slick tricks come Monday when they try and tackle this bow again.
Everyone knows the poem What Little Boys Are Made Of, but after watching my son grow up I think they forgot a few things.
I swear Kevin (along with my nephews) were born making machine gun noises, being able to tell the difference between all these different kinds of tools and adapters. I’m sorry, but if someone asks for a Phillips screwdriver I still will ask if that’s the flat one or the other. Then you ask me what a vesa adapter I will give you a blank stare and say just a minute as I go online and google it.
So yes, while little boys are made of Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails, they are still made up of some other things as well.
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I know I’m short, but I never really thought being 5’2″ was that terribly short until I’m in the kitchen trying to cook. I swear the builders made our house for a little taller of people. While the counter top is normal, it never fails that the dishes I need to cook with are always JUST out of reach. I always end up having to either move one of the dinning room chairs over so I can get my 9×13″ pans or cookbooks or have Paul come over to help me. Thankfully for Mother’s Day I finally got a step stool to solve my problem! Now I just have to figure out where to put it when not in use.
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It never fails… at least once a year I will get the question “Do you know of any good hotels in orlando? I guess since we’ve gone down to Disney four times in the last five years, it’s bound for that question to come up. My response has always been the same. We usually rent a house versus staying in a hotel. If we were going someplace for a couple days, then we for sure would rent a hotel room, but when we are gone for a solid week, it’s a lot easier to rent a house. That way you not only do you have a full size kitchen so you can eat at home instead of eating out all the time, a washer & dryer so you don’t have to bring as much in the line of clothes, but for us it’s the room! It’s nice being able to have our own bedrooms, a living room, at least 2 bathrooms.. etc. That way when the kids go to bed, we can stay up and watch tv instead of going to bed the same time as them because otherwise they would want to stay up and try to watch tv with us.
Have you ever rented a condo/house/villa when on vacation? If not, why not? If so, what was your favorite thing about it?
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I’m a little jealous of Paul right now. Tomorrow is his last day of work for the week and Friday morning he is taking off to Kelly’s Island in Ohio to do some fishing with some friends. Supposedly one of his friends, friends is over there right now and they are limiting out so Paul is quite excited on going. Not just because the fishing seems to be good, but also because it might be the only fishing he gets to do this summer as he once again is going back on the road driving truck for his work. Last year they were working guys 60 hours a week and if that happens again this year, that means Paul’s life for the summer will be sleeping & driving truck. There won’t be much time for anything else.
Today I ended up looking online at Kelly’s Island just so I can see where he’s going and I have to say they have a lot of nice looking bed & breakfasts there. To me it looks like an area that would be better for a romantic getaway than going fishing with the guys. I was thinking maybe next year we could go there for a weekend getaway instead of the Shack up in White Cloud, but there is something about the log cabins, rustic bedding, and peace & quiet that I don’t know as if I really would want to go anywhere else. I think The Shack will still get my vote.
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I can not wait until Thursday as Kevin will be finally going to an Ear, Nose, Throat doctor regarding his hearing. No, it’s not because he plays his music on his MP3 to loud with an ear bud since 1. we don’t use ear buds, I don’t like things in my ear like that and 2. if I can hear the music it’s to loud and I have him turn it down.
If you remember back in February he ended up rupturing his ear drum, since then every time we took him in for a recheck he once again had fluid in his years. At the last recheck his doctor finally agreed to send him to an ENT. Since Paul visits and ENT twice a year we requested that Kevin see the same one.
I’m just anxious to see what’s going on. The bummer thing is Saturday he came down with either a cold or allergies. I’m thinking now he is having sinus issues as he is getting headaches in the forehead where your sinuses are. So I’m 99% sure the ENT will say he once again has fluid in his ears. He never complains his ears hurt, but I have notice his hearing is going down hill.
Since Daddy has hearing issues I always worry that Kevin will have hearing issues too and I hate seeing that come true.
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My little peanut surprised me and wrapped her friends Birthday present all by herself! I couldn’t believe how good she did considering she’s only 6 and the only wrapping presents she’s ever done was me wrapping and her ripping the tape for me.
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I’vc pretty much come to the conclusion that I no longer trust our news media anymore. While some of the stories they run may be true, I don’t like how they don’t tell the whole story and will just tell you what they want you to hear. What’s really sad is how some people just listen to ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN.. etc, and will believe everything they say without looking at if they are indeed telling the whole story.
For the longest time they were saying how our economy was in the tank. Jobs are hard to come by and for example an accountant from Michigan might have to start searching for jobs in other states by looking up accountant raleigh nc. I still hear the sob story about how people just can’t find jobs anymore, but then I hear how my cousin who just moved back to our area and got a job in less than a week. Granted it’s not a job most people would probably want (working at a greenhouse) but it will pay the bills, put food on her table and put clothes on the kids. Then there is where my husband works. They were hoping to hire 40 truck drivers for the summer and currently only have had 25 get hired on.
So I see there are jobs out there, but are people willing to do those jobs? That’s the question.
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I hope your Mother’s Day Weekend went as good as mine.
It all started with Kevin bringing his new BFF (Best Friend Forever) home with him after school. Let me just say, Kevin picked a good BFF as he is such a nice, polite little guy. They played with their Pokemon cards, then went outside to play for awhile. Then we made homemade pizza and after supper they played Just Dance for kids on the wii and some basketball.
The following morning Paul and Kevin woke up early to head up to Manton, Michigan to do some Turkey hunting. I woke up when Paul got into the shower at 4am. Then I woke up again at 4:30 when Paul tried waking Kevin up (Kevin was in bed with me) and just got up with them to make sure they had everything and were able to get on the road. It took me quite awhile to fall back to sleep and I swear I just fell asleep when the phone rang. (6:15 am). It was Paul letting me know that Kevin ended up throwing up all over in the truck. I guess he warned Paul he had some drainage and Paul didn’t realize that usually when Kevin has drainage he also throws up. Then around 7am Paul called again (at that point I thought I might as well stay awake) to let me know he didn’t know for sure what they were going to do. Stay up there or come back home. Kevin was laying down trying to sleep, but he ended up putting him on the phone and to me Kevin sounded normal. I told Paul to just go to my Parents trailer up in Mesick (15 minutes away) since we were to meet there anyways and have him shower if he’s that bad and when I come up I would bring a change of clothes.
Katie woke up to the last phone call so we ended up getting ready, went to my sister’s to let her chickens out and started heading north. We arrived at my parents just in time to quick eat a little and then headed up to the Mesick Mushroom Festival! We parked a little outside of town (maybe a block away) by some steel buildings where people could park and a trolley would take you into town. We ended up walking to town since the trolley wasn’t in sight. It was a good thing too because on the walk there we never did see the trolley.
Since people were already lining up for the parade the guys went to find a place to sit, while us women folk went shopping at the arts & craft sale. My Mom ended up buying Katie a couple of zebra striped flower barrettes for her hair and I think that was all we bought. The parade was quite “sh*tty” this year. (Yes.. pun is intended) Near the front of the parade was a horse pulling a carriage. Needless to say the horse ended up doing his deed right smack in front of us. Everyone around us was laughing, saying EWE, Gross.. etc and it wouldn’t of been so bad, but they didn’t have a pooper scooper picker upper this year so it just laid there in the middle of the road. Every time anyone, car, truck, band came along everyone would hold their breath wondering if someone (or thing) would go right through it. Someone dressed up in a dog costume came so close into taking a step into it. He was lucky a clown stopped him because his foot was in the air ready to come down in it. That would of really stunk to be him. ~wink~
Then the funniest thing happened. Why oh why did I forget my camera in the car. Up next were the shrine guys. (The old guys where their funky red hats with tassels) They were driving these little mini go carts that look like race cars that are low to the ground. They have one person lead and the rest just follow him. Well, the first guy was driving along and went off to the side and then made a turn towards us and went SMACK right through the poop! Due to him pushing on the gas trying to go as fast as he could that poop went flying up in the air and landed in his face! It was so gross everyone was laughing and wanting to puke at the same time. Needless to say the rest of the guys went way around it as they weren’t going to drive through that.
After the parade we went back to my parents trailer. While Paul and the kids took a walk down to the river, my sister, husband and her two oldest kids went to place a new Geocache somewhere. Since it was just my parents and I back at the trailer, my Mom & I ended up hiding some Easter Eggs as we end up doing our Easter Egg hunt up there on the weekend. Last year I hid them a little hard, so I ended up placing them in area’s I thought would be easier to find. Guess that’s not always the case because I think it took them longer to find them this year than last. 
After the Easter Egg hunt my sister & I drove up to town to get a few things and also do some shopping since some of the stores were having sidewalk sales. While we were up shopping, my Brother-in-law took his two boys and Kevin over to the state land to do some shooting. Once we all got back to the trailer we had supper and then Paul, the kids & I ended up driving home as we didn’t want to go home to terribly late. I would of bed Kevin would of fallen asleep since had been up since 4:30am and it was 6pm when we left, but he shocked us and stayed awake all the way home.
Needless to say as soon as we got home the kids went to bed. The following day (Mother’s Day) we really didn’t do to much. All we did was ride our bikes over to my In-laws and hung out with them for a few hours. All I can say is after this weekend I am one tired camper and wish Paul could of been home today so I could of taken a nap. Hopefully tonight I can get to bed early.
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I know most people like the smell of flowers, fresh baked apple pies, fresh mowed grass, a new car.. etc, but have you ever thought about the weird smells you like? Some of the not so common smells that I like are fireworks, campfires, the smell of gas after a dirt bike goes by,and even some cigar smells.
What are some of the weird smelling smells do you like?
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