Finding Krissi

For Angie: Shut Up And Let Me Go - The Ting Tings For Willow Prisoner of society - The Living End My Favorite Verse Cos I'm a brat And I know everything And I talk back Cos I'm not listening To anything you say For Me: Because the video was filmed partly in Oahu. I'm so ready to go back. Jason Mraz - Im Yours (Official Video) -

Each year right before summer vacation I start to plan. I mean I have the kids all to myself for 12 weeks and I have learned that 12 weeks can either be the longest 12 weeks of my life or the shortest. One way to keep it on the short side is to keep the kids busy. Some swim lessons, maybe some tennis, maybe a short camp or two. Before you know it the summer has flown by. The way to make it on the long side. Say to yourself, "I'm tired of being busy, I'm just going to take the summer off and relax." The kiss of death mums. Kids are use to being gone and busy at school give them a whole summer off and it becomes ugly. Part of my plan has always involved a reading list for each of the kids. One thing I insist on is that they read all summer long. I make sure this happens by keeping my request list at the library full. Keeping bed time as close to normal as possible and letting them read instead of sleeping. I have to admit I have so much fun spending days researching th...

Listen to the MUSTN'TS by Shel Silverstein (of course) Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child, Listen to the DON'TS Listen to the SHOULDN'TS The IMPOSSIBLES, the WON'TS Listen to the NEVER HAVES Then Listen close to me- Anything can happen, child, ANYTHING can be I need a very big dose of optimism right now. I was wondering if anyone has seen at the pharmacy lately a bottle that said optimism? I'm hoping that with a little more optimism I can weather this up and down life just a little more. As I mentioned a day or two ago I have been in a slump and feeling like a lump. Yes, obviously I have been reading to many poems. I keep trying to rhyme everything and I am having a good time. We are almost done getting all the beds ready for planting. I have cheated and done a little bit of planting already. Hopefully, Mother Nature is kind and doesn't throw any freezing temperatures at us. A neighbor said to me today that she sees me outside all the time and wonders what I am...

Last Friday was Al's birthday. Everybody say HAPPY BIRTHDAY AL!!! She is now five years old. Okay, not really she is seven. Okay, FINE she is NINE! Yes, nine! My little girl is getting big. I don't know where the time is going but every time I look up a year has passed. Al, had a pretty good birthday. After going to a very cold, very wet, very long soccer game, we headed to Salt Lake to Build-a-Bear. Everybody say hello to Jacob Yes, my cute little (FINE almost big) girl made a boy, basketball playing turtle, named Jacob. Whom she loves. As long as it is a stuff animal I'm okay. The birthday that she brings home a basket ball playing "boy" named Jacob, whom she loves, will be a whole other story. After we got home dad made her favorite meal and the rest of us got busy making birthday cupcakes. Mom baked Kid's Decorated Pink and Purple of course! I still have one girl who loves pink and purple. Then we ate, sang happy birthday, ate the cupcakes and are still wo...

I have been in a little bit of a funk. The weather is driving me mad and making me a little sad. I push on and try to forget and pretend that I am not in a funk but at last I am still in a funk. Tonight we ran over to the library to grab a few books. Al asked that we pick up a Shel Silverstein book. Brent has never read Shel Silverstien and asked, "Why does she want a book of poems?" On the way home I read a few to him. I think he understood. Any way I ran across the following poem and it just reminded how fun this life can be. Put Something In by Shel Silverstein Draw a crazy picture, Write a nutty poem, Sing a mumble-gumble song, Whistle through your comb. Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before. I told Brent that Shel Silverstein is one of my all time favorites and I use to spend hours reading his silly poems. I think he would have been a real fun person to know. I think it is time for me to f...

Have you ever fell in love with a song? Every time it comes on the radio you turn up the volume and sing. You bee bop down the road with a great big smile on your face. Thinking this is the coolest song, I love this song! You listen to the song a million or so times and then one day you just stop. In fact you don't even think about it for a while. Then one day out of the blue it comes on the radio and you find your self with a big stupid grin on your face. Memories flood back to the time that you loved this song. Maybe you remember a car you had at the time a love or maybe just a great vacation. I love how music does that. How one minute your driving down the street, zoned out, bored, duh ta duh, the next second you are belting out a song and remembering something great. Currently I am reading a book called, "The Healing Home," by Suzi Chiazzari. Honestly it is a little hockey, a little over the top, a little crazy. You know all the things that I love. I don't th...

I have a few minutes before I am out the door. I'm always on my way out the door. Sometimes I wish my house had no doors then I could just stay home and not leave and tell people, "Sorry, can't do that. You see my house has no doors and I can't get out." But at last I have doors. However, before I once again take off out the door I thought I would tell you a bit about my bike ride. Good News: It was AWESOME! It was the perfect weather to take off into the wild. I passed ponds, rivers, little ducks, big ducks, geese, goose, mamma cows looking ready to pop, one mama horse and her new baby, can you say ahhhh, and a baby goat.  Do you know the further you get out into the country people tie goats up in their yards to keep the weeds down.  Talk about a win win. The goat feeds itself and you don't have to mow the lawn. I know my neighbor hood has a no farm animal rule but do you think I could claim it was a lawn mower and not a farm animal? I finished 30 miles right...