Finding time to think about school

Do you find that your brain goes into overdrive at certain times of the day? My is early morning and late at night... midday I'm in idiot mode. I couldn't come up with a creative thought right now to save my life. It's strange, really, how each person is different. I guess that goes with the whole morning vs night person.

What I hate is that right before I fall asleep is when I come up with my most creative thinking, but I'm too lazy to get up and write/type it out. I lose many brilliant ideas in the moments before slumber. I've had some good ones too, I know it, I just can't remember them.

Ok maybe they weren't that good.

I do know that summer vacation needs to be shortened. When you hear your child say "I'm sick of playing video games" you know it's time to go back to school. The demons have exhausted the trampoline, fishing and yes... even video games. I am hearing "I'm bored." so much now I could scream. They just don't like my ideas of fun though.. I've offered washing windows, hanging laundry on the line and mowing the lawn, they just won't bite on those fun activities.

Although Demon #2 did scrub the floor for me last week... she was excited to do it! I'm sure it was a once in a lifetime thing though. I'll never experience that again.

So summer needs to end. Now. 2 1/2 weeks to go.... it's just not soon enough.

I shall think about that the rest of the day. It's not a brilliant thought, but it's a thought.

Crap. I haven't even started school shopping yet.

Thursday Thunk.... huh ? It's Monday!

I'm giving everyone a sneak peek to Thursday's Thunk because this one is going to be a doozy and I think it's only fair that I give people a heads up and time to think!

Brad Paisley has a song out right now that I just love. It's called "A Letter To Me".

If I could write a letter to me
And send it back in time to myself at 17
First I'd prove it's me by saying look under your bed
There's a Skoal can and a Playboy no one else would know you hid
And then I'd say I know it's tough
When you break up after seven months
And yeah I know you really liked her and it just don't seem fair
All I can say is pain like that is fast and it's rare

And oh you got so much going for you going right
But I know at 17 it's hard to see past Friday night
She wasn't right for you
And still you feel like there's a knife sticking out of your back
And you're wondering if you'll survive
You'll make it through this and you'll see
You're still around to write this letter to me

At the stop sign at Tomlinson and Eighth
Always stop completely don't just tap your breaks
And when you get a date with Bridgett make sure the tank is full
On second thought forget it that one turns out kinda cool
Each and every time you have a fight
Just assume you're wrong and dad is right
And you should really thank Mrs. Brinkman
She spent so much extra time
It's like she sees the diamond underneath
And she's polishin' you 'til you shine

And oh you got so much going for you going right
But I know at 17 it's hard to see past Friday night
Tonight's the bonfire rally
But you're staying home instead because if you fail Algebra
Mom and dad will kill you dead
Trust me you'll squeak by and get a C
And you're still around to write this letter to me

You've got so much up ahead
You'll make new friends
You should see your kids and wife
And I'd end by saying have no fear
These are nowhere near the best years of your life

I guess I'll see you in the mirror
When you're a grown man
P.S. go hug Aunt Rita every chance you can

And oh you got so much going for you going right
But I know at 17 it's hard to see past Friday night
I wish you'd study Spanish
I wish you'd take a typing class
I wish you wouldn't worry, let it be
I'd say have a little faith and you'll see

If I could write a letter to me
To me

How fun would it be to get a letter from yourself when you are a teenager? What would you think? Would you be afraid of what you would hear, would you laugh at yourself... what would you say?

So on Thursday... everyone have their "Letter to Me" ready for the Thursday Thunk! Make it serious, comical... who cares. It's your letter to you!

Start thinking!

Tag, I guess I'm it

Kimberella at Life In A Zoo has tagged me.

The rules are:
1. Link the person who tagged you
2. Mention the rules on your blog
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged

6 unspectacular things about me:
1. I am an avid coffee drinker
2. I love watching crime shows
3. I have to play this one slot machine game every morning on Facebook
4. I run my own forum
5. I don't like bananas, but I love banana flavored things
6. The only flavor of PopTarts that I will eat is strawberry.

Now the fun part...

Tag! You're it!
1. Melissa @ The Many Joys of Motherhood
2. Jenny @ Jenny's Happy Life
3. Lesley @ Lesley's Personal Space
4. Karen @ 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires
5. Kitty @ I'm Just Me

I don't have a 6th....

Just the lake

a simple Saturday afternoon at the lake.

Wordless Wednesday Saturday

PhotoHunt 122: Dark

I really miss doing this meme. I think because it falls on a Saturday is the only reason I forget about it all the time.

I'm sitting around this morning waiting for the hubby & kids to get moving so we can head out to the lake (I'll bring my camera!) so I thought I'd dig around and see if I could find something for this week's theme, which is dark.

This is what I came up with. Demon #1 sitting at her computer.

I have no food to feed you today.

I had the strangest dream the other night that I fell asleep in the living room and when I woke up I could see into the kitchen that the refrigerator door was open so I asked one of the girls to go close it. Then awhile later it was open again, so I got pissed off because, well, you know... if you want something done, you have to do it yourself. So I went into the kitchen and the fridge door was hanging wide open and the fridge was.... empty! Someone had come in and stole ALL OF OUR FOOD!

It was weird.

I think....

Everyone should eat an ice cream sundae tonight.

Just because I like them.

Thursday Thunks - my version

The land that I love....
My family. I was born & raised here.
Ice fishing... although I haven't been in forever. I should go this year
Never a dull moment in weather... where else can you run your AC one day and your furnace the next?
Not having hurricanes... or earthquakes.
Evenings... throw on a sweatshirt and roast some marshmallows!
Sunfish... love fishing!
Oh ya betcha now
Travel... there are really cool places to visit very close to home!
As safe as safe can get. At least where I am - pretty much crime is non-existent.

The land that I hate....
Mosquitos. Need I say more?
Icy roads. God I hate icy roads.
Nut cases. Everyboby has their nuts, I just think MN has an over abundance of them.
No Disneyland. Every state should have one.
Everybody knows you... at least in the small towns. Thats a drawback... and MN is known for it's small towns.
Snow. I hate shoveling
Oooooooh I can't think of one for this.
Tornados
And thats all I can come up with...

Thursday Thunks Version 6.7

Welcome to the Thursday Thunks! Where we make you think a little bit before you blog!

This week we will answer:
We had so much fun with last weeks self-descriptions that we are sorta going to do it again!

This week we are going to take the letters of the state you live in and use each one to describe why you absolutely love your state! Then take them again and use each one to describe why you absolutely hate your state!

.... and tell your friends!

Land of the Lost movie?

Be serious. Are writers having that hard of a time coming up with new ideas that they have to take old shows and try to redo them? I have gotten over the horrible remake of the Dukes of Hazzard... sort of. I still get angry when I see the movie.... that was just one show that shouldn't be made fun of. Not that one.

Anyway, so now they are doing The Land of the Lost. A lot of people either 1. never seen the original 70's version of the show 2. don't remember it or 3. saw it, remember it and won't admit to it. I saw it, loved it and still have nightmares about it. Looking back at the show now, it was horrible - the acting sucked and the special effects were laughable. I tried to get Demon #1 & #2 to watch it one day and they couldn't believe we watched stuff like that as a kid. I think one of them said something to the effect of "wasn't there anything good on when you were a kid?", but that WAS good. For the 70's anyway. The show rocked.

Don't redo it, WTF are you people thinking? Come up with new movies - leave the classics alone! The worst part about it all is that Will Farrell is playing Rick Marshall. That just makes my skin crawl. Land of the Lost was NOT a comedy. It had its humor, but it wasn't a comedy.

If they ever redo the Buggaloos or Sigmund, all of my childhood memories will be crushed.

No parents on leashes!

I know this is going to be the silliest gripe ever, but here goes:

When I was a kid, I didn't want anything to do with my parents. I didn't want to be associated with them, nothing. Then, summer vacations came and mine consisted of running around town with friends. We didn't care where... we just went. Good times.

Now lets fast forward to now. My kids. I swear to God I didn't drop them on their heads as babies... maybe Trucker did, but I didn't. Whats wrong with them?

Saturday, as I've mentioned, was our town's festival... my kids only went uptown (which is 3 blocks away) when I went. I tried giving them money to go buy food, play games, whatever.. other family members tried.. they wouldn't go!

Sunday a church here in town had their bazaar. Trucker & I took the girls. We had to basically force them to play games. They didn't want to leave our sides. We PUSHED them towards the games and told them we'd be over sitting on a bench.

"You are going to ditch us!"

WHAT? Our kids are worried about us ditching them?!!?!? We walked up there.... it's not like they would be stranded or anything. They knew the way home.

There are kids running all over that place with no parents on leashes...why are our kids like this? On the way home we ran into Taryn's bff & her little sister. "Look Taryn! There's Kari and she's going somewhere without her mommy!"

Yeah, I know, sarcasm isn't the best way to talk to your kids, but I'm at my wits end here....

So now it's the week and yesterday I threatened that I was going to ground them FROM THE HOUSE. Go... go do something. Go bowling, go play in the arcade, go to the park, go find a friend, go to the Dairy Queen, go to the library... whatever! I even threw money at them!! Taryn has like 4 friends who live within walking distance... she didn't want to call them. "They are probably busy".

I know, I know, I should be happy that my kids stick at home instead of running around all over town doing things that I have no clue what they are doing, but I still just want them to at least... just once a week.... go be kids! This has how it's been all fricken summer long. I could understand if I wasn't always home with them, but you would think they would get sick of me. They are with me 24/7. I'm just asking for an hour...

Wordless Wednesday

Do you participate in Wordless Wednesday?

Well, you should.

Demon #2

Demon #1

The Daily Bud, which I've totally been slacking on.
I should just call this the Slacker Blog!