Boonies

OK so i live in this fairly sub-urban town.  Yea we're outside of Charleston SC which has just about everything, but who the hell wants to drive 25-30 minutes to find a restaurant to eat.  Some people might enjoy this, but i would love to get in my car drive to main street and find a place to eat.  Well apparently my town is getting bigger, maybe it's because GOOGLE is opening up it's new data center just up the road.  Anyway, i digress, we just got a Japanese restaurant.  I looooooove it!!!!! 

Just opened today and so we swung by afterschool to get something to eat.  Now all we need is a Cheesecake factory and we're all set.

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:18:00 -0700

Soccer

The boy is playing soccer and he had a game this past saturday.  I did not accidentally kind of miss it like last week.  He was plaing against his best bud from class who is a really good athlete.  First quarter his buddy scores a goal.  The boy sat out first quarter and goes in second quarter in Offense.  His buddy goes in as goalie, which was great for us because now he couldn't score.  The boy and the other 2 in the front line took the ball all the way to the goal, and in a moment of glory my son gets his foot on the ball, kicks it, and SCORES!!!!

OMG i am jumping up and down on the sideline, not sure if i actually saw that right and the boy runs to me with the biggest grin on his face, pumping his arms up and down.  I was so proud.

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:30:00 -0700

total senior moment

this past week it rained all week and so soccer practice was cancelled.  on saturday morning we're all sitting around in our pajamas.  the girl is on the computer working on a book report, i'm reading the book she's doing the report on, the husband is reading the newspaper and the boy is watching cartoons.  i put the book down and look at the time.  it's 10:29 and i think out loud how strange it is that the coach hasn't called to cancel the game yet.  i call the coach and can't get a hold of him.  i call my friend to see if her coach has called, she says no.  i look at the schedule and it's an 11 am game.  in a matter of 5 minutes i showered, got  his uniform on him and rallied everyone to get dressed. needless to say we got there at 11 oclock.  the game had not been cancelled and it was a mudfest.  i am such a dingbat!!

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:35:00 -0700

Kids & Technology

It's sad to think that the things that we grew up with as normal are foreign ideas to my kids.   My daughter wants to see HSM2 again but we were invited to a birthday party.  My son  figures he'd help his sister out and tells me to "Use that Recording System I have in my room".  The VCR i ask him, "Yes, mommy, that thing".

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:39:00 -0700

Made in China

I went through my daughters toys a couple of weeks ago to take out all her Polly Pocket toys that are on the recall list.  We explained that these toys were dangerous because of the magnets and they may have lead paint.  She remembered that a few months ago there had been  problems with the dog food from china and the toothpaste.

Today she was doing homework.  After she finished we were going to sit down to have pizza and she said "I better go wash my hands, my pencil might have been made in China".

I just about lost it.        How sad that an 8 year old is concerned that something is made in china and it might harm her.

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:05:00 -0700

I’m having a cow

I was going to bbq on thursday.  The weather has been really hot (heat index around 110) and i took the kids to the pool.  We were there for about and hour and then came home.  I had taken out a steak to defrost and figured we'd shower and have dinner.  The kids were having leftover pizza.

I could not turn the bbq on.  It's quite old and the ignitor just would not work.  I tried everything and it just did not want to lite.  My husband called right around that time and of course i was so 'happy'.  As i walk back into the house i'm just bitching about the grill, he's telling me to relax and i tell him that i'm having a cow.

My son sitting at the dinner table hears me, then says "Oh mommy can you put one on the grill for me too?"

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:43:00 -0700

As Luck would have it

I was on-line today ordering the HiSpeed Cable.  I had called customer service and they had told me that i could get it for $33 for 6 months and then the regular price.  I checked on-line and they had it for $19.99 for 6 months and then the regular price.  So i go through all the steps and when it's time to check out it would not go.  I tried it 3 more times and the same thing happened, it would stall on me and not finish.  So the next time i did all the steps and the one before finishing was "To finish checking out by phone call 1-800 blah blah blah"  so i figure ok, let's try that.  Well if you call on the phone they can only offer the 33$ deal and you have to have a service call instead of the self install which is another 30$.  So i'm like "NO, i want the self install and the 19.99" and the guy is like, well i can't do that for you, you can pick up a self install at a local office, but it's not going to be the 19.99.  So i tried it one more time and it went to check out to a Live Chat where someone on the other end confirmed that it was me and that i wanted this service.  It took close to 15 minutes just for the live chat to connect.  When i complained, the girl is like, well that probably happened because your connection is slow.   And i was like DUH,  which is why i'm trying to get HiSpeed from you DumbAss.

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:32:00 -0700