In The Mind of A Thirtysomething Mom

Friday Fragments

Friday Fragments are bits and pieces of your week that are usually brief; too short for a stand-alone post, but too good to discard. Collect humorous observations, "Heard" items, and other small gems and put them together in a Friday Fragments post.  Here we go....

• On Saturday night, K had obviously had enough for the day.  She walked into our bedroom and in all seriousness said:  "Daddy, put your baby in bed."  I'm constantly surprised at the things that come out of her 3 yr. old mouth.

• Monday I was giving M her Spelling pre-test and we came to the word right.  In my wonderful thinking, I gave her this sentence:  "You write with your right hand."  Yup, teaching FAIL.

• I was watching TV one night when I came across a show on VH1 called Tool Academy.  The tag line for the show is something like "Turning complete tools into Prince Charming".  It was as stupid as it sounds, and I can never get that hour of my life back.  The worst part?  I could have been sleeping instead.

• I went to the BX (the military version of Target/Wal-Mart) and scored some great deals:

There should be another pair of crocs.  I bought them the next day.

I got 2 shirts for B, a shirt and a pair of crocs for M, and 2 shirts and a pair of cros for K.  Retail price: $103.  My price:  $37.  Woot!

• I'm an idiot.  I e-filed our taxes and filed state taxes when I shouldn't have.  In my error, we received a refund from MD of over $300.  I now have to fill out a form and write MD a check to return the money.

• I'm giving away a family four pack of tickets to the DC/VA/MD showing of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus on my review blog.  If you're in the area or know of someone who is, please pass along the word.  They can go here to enter.  Right now there's only one entrant, so chances are pretty good!  

Happy Friday the 13th!  Y'all have a great weekend!

Friday Fragments

Friday Fragments are bits and pieces of your week that are usually brief; too short for a stand-alone post, but too good to discard. Collect humorous observations, "Heard" items, and other small gems and put them together in a Friday Fragments post.  Here we go....

• I was behind a lady in line at the BX (like a Target type store for military), and she had 9 pairs of Bratz shoes.  Now I think $3.45 is a really good price for shoes, but 9 pairs?  All the same style, but different sizes?  Don't you think your child will outgrow Bratz before you get through all those sizes?

• I was preparing dinner for the crock-pot on Wednesday.  Garlic is one wicked hard smell to get off your hands!  Thanks to my twitter peeps, I now know that rubbing your hands with something stainless steel while they're under water will get rid of the smell.  Really it will!  Learn something new every day!

• Why are all those jars with "easy open" lids so freaking hard to open?  I know it's not just me right?

• B came home from school with 2 different pieces of news.  1.  He has been chosen to become a member of the Jr. National Honor Society.  2.  He's been approved to take Geometry next year.  Oh, did I mention he'll be in 8th grade next year?  Woot!  Go Bray!

• K and I were sitting at the dance studio last night waiting for M to finish her class. To kill the time, we were going a BrainQuest designed for 3-4 yr. olds. We came to a picture that looked similar to this:    The question asked "What is missing from this picture?" Now the obvious answer would be a thumb. Not to K. In all seriousness, she looked at the picture and said.... "Nailpolish." I think I have a problem.  :)

• I already knew I was weird when it came to food, but it recently dawned on me how strange I really am.  Here are some examples:

1. I hate cinnamon with a passion, but my favorite gum is Big Red
2. I hate tomatoes, but will eat ketchup on just about anything
3. I HATE onions, but will eat Funyuns like they're going out of style
4. I HATE mushrooms, but mushroom gravy on meat is incredible

• Shredfest 2009 is over!  I filled 12 bags with shred, and now 1998-2001 are but a distant financial memory.  Yea!

It's supposed to be 70 this weekend here in MD!  We'll be having fun in the sun!  Y'all have a great weekend!

Friday Fragments

Happy Friday y'all!  I decided to join Mrs. 4444's little Friday Fragments for the first time this week.  I hope I do it right, and I hope you enjoy!

• After being threatened by the dentist, B finally lost one of his canine teeth.  His permanent ones have grown in in front of the baby ones, causing them to protrude like tusks.  The dentist told him if the babies didn't come out within 2 months, he'd have to have them extracted.  It took B 26 days to get one out, now he's just got to work on the other one.  I so don't want to pay that bill!  Pray the other one comes out!

• Why does Clyde always decide to be wicked annoying and bark incessently once he's been let outside? To make it worse, it's always when I'm still in my jammies and there are people out there who can see me!  Stupid dog.

• I was going to give up chocolate for Lent.  I ate chocolate cereal on Wednesday and made brownies yesterday.  Can we say Lenten FAIL?  I've decided to give up giving things up instead.

• When is M ever going to memorize her multiplication facts?  It would make things so much easier, really it would.

• Last night was the final judging show before the finale of America's Best Dance Crew (heretofore known as ABDC).  There were 2 all girl crews and 1 all male crew left.  It just so happens that the male crew has Hok & Dominic from SYTYCD season 3 in it.  LOVE THEM!  For their final challenge, the crews had to put 5 forms of dance into their set: house, threading, krumping, tutting, and waving.  Quest killed it!  Just in case you missed it, here was their unbelievable dance from last night that sent them into the finals for next week.  It's just sick, sick, sick!

• Yesterday I posted a HORRIBLE picture I was in that someone posted on Facebook.  If you're still wondering which one I am, I'm in the God-awful pink dress.  BARF!  WHAT was I thinking?  Yea to those who guessed which one I was.  There is no prize for getting it right, other than kudos.  Sorry I subjected you to such a horrible pic with no rewards.

• Y'all see that cute little zebra over there on the right sidebar?  He's my new buddy for my rss feed.  Isn't he adorable?  I so love zebras, even when they're oddly colored.  :0)  I found him over at d:mirkku.  They also have Twitter birds and other rss animals to choose from.  Thanks to Amanda for showing me where to find him.

• I just saw a sneak peak of OPI's Brights Summer collection.  Not too impressed.  Really.  2 oranges, 1 blue, 1 purple, and a taupe.  Taupe?  In a brights collection?  Right, next.

Y'all have a great weekend!