has anyone seen my horse?

Super Stumper #2

This week's question:
Which will freeze faster in your freezer: hot water or cold water?


Last week's question:
The 22nd and 24th President of the United States had the same parents but wasn't the brother of a President. How could this be?

Answer: It was the same person, Grover Cleveland.


I had two responses to that question and they were both correct! Good job. Let's see how many correct answers we will have this week. How many smart friends do I have?

Water, water everywhere

Our frig has a water/ice dispenser on the front. Thankfully it also came with a lock feature. Little Hands discovered the dispenser this week. She has two play kitchens and has the best time whipping things together for us to 'eat'.

A couple of days ago, she helped herself to a quart or so of water. Unfortunately she took it in the living room over the carpet to do her cooking.

Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.

I wish that the lock feature was a little fancier. One that could prevent RD from getting in and eating all of the fudge brownie ice cream before I even got one little taste- yes, that would be nice.

tech queen

I have been busy this morning trying to clean up some of the filth accumulating in this house!

I decided that GBK's Indian name would be "Little hands" .

"Little hands" goes right behind me making a bigger mess than the mess I had just cleaned so the process is very very slow.

While I was cleaning, "Little hands" decided she wanted to watch a movie. So she put in her Curious George DVD. When it was over, she came and told me that she wanted to watch her kitty cats. So I took that to mean she wanted to go outside and find her kitties. I sort of ignored her because it is hot as blazes outside and I would faint on the porch on the way out.

I stopped to take a breath, turned around and watched her take the DVD out of the machine. She set it down oh-so-carefully. And then she put in her kitty cat movie (Aristocats) into the VCR and sat down on the couch and proceeded with her viewing.

wild horses

GBK and I were riding with RD in the car yesterday. Out of the clear blue GBK started a conversation.

GBK: Mama, where's my horse?

Me: What horse baby? Who gave you a horse?

GBK: Uhmmm, Auntie Sam did.

Me: Oh? I didn't know that.

GBK: It's black and I ride him! (Shouted gleefully)

Me: Really. We will have to talk to Auntie Sam about that.

***
Where does she come up with this stuff?!

Also, when did she start speaking in complete sentences that made sense with the previous complete sentences that she spoke!?

And what the heck is RD gonna tell her when she starts asking for a pony?

This is way too much fun.

super stumper

The 22nd and 24th President of the United States had the same parents but wasn't the brother of a President.

How could this be?

one reason that I don't blog often

One reason that I do not blog often is because I can't upload pictures 90% of the time!

It makes me say dirty words and I have to move on with the rest of my day. I don't have time to sit and try 100 times to get it to work.

Maybe I am not holding my tongue right.

fried legs, back and shoulders

GBK and I went with a group to a water park yesterday. We had so much fun. It was the best time we have had in a long long time. Just a lazy day filled with water fun, no duties other than the routine stuff like eating and potty breaks.

The only bad thing that happened was I got sunburned. I told my friend- now, you are gonna have to tell me when I start turning the slightest shade of pink, that means that I am sunburned and have to go in! Because it sneaks up on me and once I am pink, it is too late.

Hours later, she said, yep you are sunburned.

Yikes.

And I wasn't even in the water the whole time!

GBK fell asleep in my lap on the Lazy River. So I tucked her in my towel and walked her across the park to a lazy chair, carrying her like a little dead body over my shoulder, with just her water shoes poking out of the bottom. I am sure people were staring. Maybe they were staring at my pink shoulders. Or at my fat thighs rubbing together as I walked. No telling. But I put her on her chair and tried to read my book (Jewel).

It was really hard to read because as I was getting settled a girl from another group came over and started going through my bag! I said- honey, that is mine. She apologized. I watched her. She starts going through my other bag! I said That is mine too! She apologized. She moved on to the next table. Started going through my friend's bag! I scolded her again. She tried to go through at least 6 bags before she finally found her bag and what she was needing. Her excuse? They had their stuff scattered all over our tables. Our reserved tables! Then the rest of her group showed up and started sitting on our tables and lounging on my drying shorts! I am thinking, what is wrong with these people?! And they kept knocking into GBK's chair nearly waking her. I was on pins and needles the whole time they were there. A sigh of relief escaped my lips as they left, secretly wishing for a cold adult beverage.

Anyways, the point of the story is- we had a blast.
She had the best time on the slides and threw her arms up in the air and yelled WHEEEE!!!

I am in so much trouble. When she is 12 she will think roller coasters and water parks are boring. Ready to move on to something more adventurous. Bungee jumping. Parachuting. Drugs. God help us all. I hope not.

home sweet home

I feel like I have been gone 2 months.

I am finally home. I have 100 things to do and my schedule is crazy.

I really need to schedule my time better.

I have so many projects and things to get worked out... I feel that I am running in circles.

At least I came home and the old freezers were off the porch and disposed of properly. I hope. They are out of sight anyway.