The Big Bang

Setting: Lythgoe back porch...
Time: 1:28 a.m.

{{bang}} {{bang}} {{bang}}
{{Bang}} {{Bang}} {{Bang}}
{{Bang!}} {{Bang!}} {{Bang!}}
(pretend this step happened for roughly 4 minutes)
{{BANG!}} {{BANG!}} {{BANG!}}

Now tell me, what parent would let their children sleep outside and then lock the back door, so when the thunder, lightening, and rain begins in the middle of the night, they can't get in?

Bad mom.

I swear I prayed for their safety before I went to bed, told them I loved them. Reminded them that it might rain - all the "good mom" stuff.

I let them in after 5 whole minutes of banging. Bad mom.

Then I made them bring all their wet stuff in by themselves. In the rain. And the "freaky" lightening.

Bad mom.

{{I did remind them that it might rain though, doesn't that count for something?}}

Today's Five:
1. Safe kids.
2. Thrifted clothes. Today's outfit is brought to me by garage sales and DI. I love it! Also, I love this TED talk.
3. Ted.com
4. My mom's homemade whole wheat bread. With peanut butter.
5. Nice weather!

Five a Day is Back!

If you know anything about me, it's that I love to have painted nails and have a need to write. For the last 2 years, school MORE than satisfied the need to write, but now that I'm DONE FOREVER, I can do the blog thing.

Problem is, I can't think of anything to write about. For the past two years, I've covered everything from my great-great-great grandfather to transgendered student support, and I'm out of ideas. So, I'll list my 5 thankful-fors, and you can leave ideas!

Today I am thankful for:

1. No cavities! I learned this morning that the only thing worse than going to work on Monday mornings is going to the dentist.

2. A job. I what's even worse than going to work or the dentist on Monday mornings is not having a job to go to. I'm glad I have a job I like.

3. No school! It really sucked up all my time. And Darin's time, too.

4. Bountiful baskets. It's like Christmas, only on budget and healthy! And more often.

5. This letter I got from my son the other day:

Dear Mom,

I am sorry for begging but can I please please please have a facebook account?

K- your turn! What should I blog about?

Fall 2010 in Review

• Project lead in an upgrade at work
• My mom in hospital 3 weeks (ICU 2 weeks)
• One 30 page paper on the transgender population
• Husband grew a beautiful garden
• Myriad of other assignments
• New cute nephew
• Anemia
• Elder's Quorum secretary
• Lots of reading As a Man Thinketh
• Funeral for an excellent grandmother
• Fall and Christmas parties for hundreds of people
• Hundreds of pages of textbooks read
• Husband worked on basement bedroom
• Not enough games of solitaire
• Son B class president
• Internship
• Week in Arizona
• Fire drills for Son A
• Best spaghetti sauce ever
• Son B wrote a 30 page book
• Daughter and Son A made waffles from scratch
• Excellent report cards Son B
• Funeral for a wonderful grandfather
• Shorts everyday for Son A
• Homemade car, bank teller station, and Mighty Mug Hot Chocolate Shop from daughter
• Son B finished all the Percy Jackson series
• Surprise lunch dates at Crown Burger
• Son A finished Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
• Lots of wacky bus drivers
• An 3.9 GPA
• A husband who kept us all on track
• 2 beta fish
• 2 beta fish burials
• Working TV
• Despicable Me
• Cafe Rio with sisters
• Lots of stomach aches from daughter
• Very little sleep
• Lots of caffeine
• Lots and lots of blessings