Tales From the Compact

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

What's in your basket?

Hello blog-stalkers!

I've just returned from a spirited trip to the Walmart! I unloaded my sacks, and came face to face with my purchases.

I'm a blogging diva, and I just purchased all this stuff, and I'm laughing! I can remember a time when the only thing in my Walmart basket was tampons, Coppertone, and lip gloss.

So, it made me wonder.... what's in your basket?

Props to PrissE's Peep!

On this, my first day home from my Denver-Vaca, I would like to issue a few "props to my peeps" for doing me a few "solids:"

1. To Oma--thanks for saddling yourself to my sweet kids for 105 hours--give or take some minutes--and making sure that they received the appropriate level of parental guidance so as not to alert CPS! YOU ROCK, OMA!!!!

2. To Opa--thanks for "batch-ing it" for 105+ hours while Oma was held hostage, I MEAN stayed with the kids so that I could go to Denver with Mr. Analytical! You, too ROCK!!!

3. To my local Starbucks--on Milwaukee & the Marsha Sharp--THANK YOU for the free drink this morning!! How did you know that we did not have time for bank-card-swiping-waiting-on-the-receipt-because-the-exhaust-warning-light-suddenly-illuminated???? Plus, that's just $4.65 cents I can put toward having my recently-expired-warranty-car put into the shop!!!

4. To the Cardinals Coaches (you know who you are)--WAY TO GO!!!!!! Thanks for being there when Mr. Analytical can't...which seems to have been quite a lot lately!

5. To the Cardinals Boys Baseball Team--Just another day of being absolutely awesome, right boys?! You just can't help but ooooooze that righteous killer skill on the diamond! YOU GUYS ROCK for doing your jobs, and doing them well!!!!!!!!

6. To the Southwest Airline Pilots flying us from Vegas to Denver--thank you for doing your jobs!! I don't know if you used your hands, your feet, auto-pilot, manual drive, a shot of whiskey and a slap across the face, or what.....but you sure did jet us right through that "slight turbulence" and set us down on the ground mighty skillfully!!

6. And, last, but not least--to all my peeps who prayed-up Oma and our trip-safety. I'm pretty sure that when the bottom fell out from under our plane as it descended into Denver, Jesus pulled those prayers off the shelf and put them into action! Lord knows my poor mom doesn't deserve to have raise my children....she so artfully & effortlessly made it through raising me. That should be reward enough for one parent!

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig! It's where my heart is!!!!

Friday, May 14, 2010

Nothing to say, all day to say it.

That title isn't exactly true.

I do have plenty so say. I just get distracted by thoughts of new pool towels and cute new swim suits, then I forget what it was that I wanted to say, then I remember that it's May and we're still playing basketball, and that reminds me that I'm busy.

Plus, I love writing run on sentences. It drives my sister crazy. Or not. But, she's embarrassed by my lack of grammar skills. Also, my lack of spelling skills. Also, fragmented sentences.

What was I talking about?

Oh right.

Never mind.

In my spare time, I've been creating classes like this.

Then, I get distracted by summer again, and I order the wrong size brads for all the customers, so I have to place another order for the right size brads.

When does the pool open?

Wait, I'm getting off track again.

The Bossman and the little mooches built this great new fire pit for our backyard this summer.

Building fire pits, makes boys tired. We're really gonna enjoy it this summer.

So that's what I've been doing with my days. I want to write a whole post about Fox and Mav and their basketball team. They are having so much fun playing this year! I'll have to wait until someone tallies up all the fouls, then I can write a proper account of what's been happening. Couple things we've learned: 1. Being tall has it's advantages when you're playing basketball, and 2. Putting your 'body on someone' means a whole host of things to a little boy. Almost all of those things are funny or will cause you to foul out, or both.

Has anyone seen my pool towel?

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

I will not be left out.....

A few 'posts' ago, PrissE found some summer wedges and purchased them. I will not be left out of the purchasing loop! I found some wedges too! These are awesome and, they make me taller than all my children! Check them out!

They REALLY hurt my feet. Really bad. I have figured out that I can only wear them for approximately 750 steps. So, now, they are known as my 'Fancy Sittin' Shoes'.

Good News! I can wear them all day, if I'm sitting.