10 Things That REALLY Annoy Me

1. Blowing your car horn for any reason other than say, a BABY in the street.

2. Leaving the toilet lid up.

3. Not closing the cabinet doors.

4. Not rinsing your dishes.

5. Rinsing your dishes, but then leaving them full of murky water in the sink.
 
6. Making me repeat instructions more than twice.

7. Not using your turn signal. Cars have them for a reason, Einstein!

8. Leaving empty {or near empty} glasses anywhere besides on the counter above the dishwasher.

9. Touching ANYTHING of mine without permission.

10. Putting empty containers back in the pantry, not telling me we're out of that item, then complaining because I didn't get more when I go to the grocery store. If I don't eat it, I have no clue we're out!!

I could list more, but I don't want to sound like I'm bitching! 

Untitled - by Savvy

{DISCLAIMER: She has no idea I'm putting this out there for all to read. I found it on their desk, just lying there, waiting for me to read. It was probably for a Language Arts assignment, but gives us a good look into what it's like being a cheerleader.}


We wear a mask on court & track
to hide our aching arms & back.
The things we do just for the team
may hurt us but our smiles gleam.
The mask puts on a show.

The crowd won't care, no, they won't mind
so we yell louder we don't whine.
Fighting back fatigue we dance as
the mask puts on a show.

Practice practice again & again
encouraging our team to win.
Even though we want to cry
our joyful masks are plastered dry.
Maybe someone will realize
we put on the show.

Hello. My Name is Hashish...

Driving home from school with Savvy we were listening to the radio & trying to figure out the lyrics to the song on the radio.

One part sounded like "Come on and kick me." Which could in fact be the lyrics. But she felt that made no sense.


So we listened in silence to the rest of the song & near the end I thought they said "lost my hash pipe." When I said those lyrics out loud Savvy asked what hash was.

I told her it's hashish. Which is like marijuana.

S: Oh. Sounds like an Indian name. {Said in a Middle Eastern accent} "Hello, my name is Hashish. Welcome to the Quickie Mart. $20 on pump 7. Thank you. Have a nice day."

There is now very little that is enjoyable about being unemployed

It's been over a year of me looking for a job. It now officially sucks.

I applied for additional assistance {food stamps & medical insurance} on line a few weeks ago. At the end of the questionnaire it asked how we're making it since out income is smaller than our bills {which BTW are only rent, gas, water & electricity.} and I said we are late on everything.

Then last week I get a letter in the mail from DES. We do not qualify for assistance because we make too much money.

HUH!?!?!?

I'm not even gonna try to figure that one out.

Not only does having no extra income {unemployment is just enough to pay some of the utilities} suck, but I'm actually getting bored. My creative mojo is currently asleep at the wheel.

I've been reading a lot. Sleeping even more. {Afternoon naps are more frequent!}

And worse?

I've been watching bad 'reality' TV!

Usually, I'm more of a radio/music type. I'll sit at my computer designing & listening to tunes. Lately, because my mojo won't wake up, I'll switch on the TV, flip through the channels, then stop on some horrible reality show & watch the entire hour of it!

Friday, I was good. I watched HGTV all day! Now I'm practically an expert on staging a house, fixing up a room or two for under $2000, redesigning a kitchen & bathroom, and know how to give a house great curb appeal!

Anyone out there need a design assistant who has no collage degree, or work experience, but knows a lot from watching HGTV & is willing to learn at the hands of an expert?

Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.

Hello? Hello?

Tap, tap, tap.

This thing on?

Anyone out there?

Oh, well.

I'm gonna go take a nap....

In a dry state, how much rain is too much rain?

In the 17 (or is it 18?) years I've lived in Arizona, I don't think we've had so much rain as we've had so far this week.

For the first time since the kids have been in school , a note has been sent home for parents to check the local news stations for school closures tomorrow due to possible flooding.

Wow!

The younger 2 are so hoping for a flood!

Naturally we can always use the rain. But not all at once!

Spread it out a little here Mother Nature!!

So far this week, we've racked up 3" in our back yard.



The pool most definitely will not need filling for a bit!

Everything is so wet, drippy & soaked.




And my hair??!! Straightening it is a wasted effort. Just look at that mop on top of my head.

Yuck!!




Can't wait to see how much more tomorrow brings.....

The home show was a bore.....

I worked another home show this weekend. Friday wasn't so bad, but Saturday & Sunday were soooo boring.

And I was stuck there all day!

Today, since the show was at the State Fairgrounds, I walked around a bit with my camera.







I took these on the way home. Levi thinks I'm a little nuts.

He may be right!









Well, that's all.

I'm off to make some dinner then watch the premiere of 24!

Kids Say the Darndest Things

Last night while watching Ugly Betty, Savvy goes into the kitchen to get a glass of ice water. When she gets back, she sits on the couch next to me and asks;

"Do you know why Wilhelmina is so mean?"

"Because she had a terrible childhood??"

"No. Because she's not WilhelNICEa!! Get it??!! She's Wilhel-a-MEAN-a!!"

She made that joke up.

All by herself....