Father's Day 2005 

another pet peeve

I suddenly have little patience for people (mainly DH - but now my kids are starting it too) that do not answer the question they are asked. I was reminded AGAIN last night when N asked DH "whatcha eating?" when he was eating a handful of nuts. He looked at me laughing and said "What that really means is 'Can I have some?'" and I responded - "No, what it means is he's asking you what you have and instead of answering THE QUESTION ASKED, you respond with giving him some. Why not say "I'm eating some almonds, would you like some?" and then he can answer the QUESTION YOU ASKED."

He just thought I was in a pissy mood. But, he does it ALL the time. I ask him "What time do you need the alarm set for?" when I'm headed to bed and he goes off on a tangent about what is planned for the morning and I have to ask again "OK, but WHAT TIME DO YOU NEED THE ALARM SET FOR?" And, a million other examples I could come up with . . . I think it bugs me more now (because he's always been like this) because my boys are picking up the habit and I think it's an absolutely horrible communication skill to pick up.

What Planet are you from?

You Are From Neptune

You are dreamy and mystical, with a natural psychic ability. You love music, poetry, dance, and (most of all) the open sea. Your soul is filled with possibilities, and your heart overflows with compassion. You can be in a room full of friendly people and feel all alone. If you don't get carried away with one idea, your spiritual nature will see you through anything.

What Planet Are You From?

pet peeve

I read a bunch of blogs, including many written by moms who are homeschooling their children. It really bugs me when they have this attitude of being educationally superior - and then do things like use the words compliment / complement incorrectly. Oh, and spelling errors. They drive me mad as well. It's just a small pet peeve . . . I know there are plenty of teachers who don't know the difference either . . . and my use of ellipses is probably somebody else's pet peeve :)

How cool is this?

Really old plant seed grows

Enneagram Test

ISFJ - "Conservator". Desires to be of service and to minister to individual needs - very loyal. 13.8% of total population.

Free Jung Personality Test (similar to Myers-Briggs/MBTI)

Introverted (I) 65.79% Extroverted (E) 34.21%
Sensing (S) 60.61% Intuitive (N) 39.39%
Feeling (F) 56.41% Thinking (T) 43.59%
Judging (J) 67.57% Perceiving (P) 32.43%

Speaking

Your Linguistic Profile:

55% General American English

20% Upper Midwestern

15% Yankee

5% Dixie

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Interview with my kids

N – turned 3 yesterday

What's your favorite color? blue

What do you want to be when you grow up? Fire fighter

How many children do you want to have? 5

Where is your favorite place to go? Park

Where's your favorite place to eat? McDonald's

What's your favorite food? Hamburgers and broccoli and donuts

What do you like to play? dinosaurs

What's your favorite thing to do with your brother? Play


C – age 4 1/2

What's your favorite color? purple

What do you want to be when you grow up? Firefighter

How many children do you want to have? 21; 10 boys and 11 girls
that's what I want

Where is your favorite place to go? park

Where's your favorite place to eat? Rainforest Café

What's your favorite food? Mac & cheese

What do you like to play? All the games on my computer

What's your favorite thing to do with your brother? Play with him –
all kinds of stuff – whatever I want!

Me & my boys 

Well, it's been a year & 1/2. And I'm still a SAHM, I'm still wondering how we're going to pay the mortgage, I still have 2 of the cutest kids in the world!

Should I write about all that has happened in that time?

Naw - let's just charge ahead. Maybe I'll update this thing more regularly.