Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Mysteries Solved....

Nolan has been earning a ticket every time he finishes his chores at the same time or before the other children. I told him when he earned 30 tickets, we would all go to Dairy Queen. The deal was the other children could NOT slow down to assist him in finishing before them. ::snort:: Nolan reached 30 tickets yesterday. I tried to get him to wait for Mike to be home, but he simply couldn't wait. We rushed through school and headed to DQ.

Nolan's accomplishment was appreciated by all!
Mystery #1 - What does Mike do with the younger ones while I'm writing lesson plans?
We pulled up and Stacia began saying "Daddy, Daddy, ice cream". Disney Dad is so busted. ::snort:: Mystery solved.



Mystery #2 - WHERE is Zander picking up things like "Welllll...dang it, not again" when Stacia's shoes are left behind?
We do not talk like this. I was driving and said "Zander say Shoot or something not dang it..." at which point he did and I decided that didn't sound any better. This afternoon, I heard Hank the Cow dog playing in their bedroom and that rascally Hank does let loose with some inventive dialogue which Zander must "improve" on....I need to listen closer. Hank also explains some of the new attitude we've been seeing. Zander has been obsessing over Hank the Cow dog since our last camping trip.

Mystery #3 - WHY was my bed wet and cold when I climbed in last night?
You don't want to know. It was on Mike's side of the bed and since he's not home, I decided to investigate this a.m. and stay on my side of the bed. ::snort::

Mystery #4 - Why does a woman who insisted she didn't NEED a small camera and cheerfully lugged a DSLR around, suddenly not want to take the DSLR anywhere now that she's tried the smaller camera?

Sheer cussedness maybe? I don't know but I noted that the Cannon SD1000 has come down to around $200 now....and so I will have the $ to replace it saved several months sooner. LOL

Mystery #5 - What do you call an OMOMY (Older Mom of many young siblings) when she goes out in public?
At DQ Stacia primped and preened and managed to have every male over the age of 3 wrapped around her finger in 10 seconds flat. We aren't sure HOW she learned this - but wow - she's good. It has to have something to do with having 5 brothers. The kids were GOOD. Several seasoned citizens were unashamedly flirting with her. As we left a gentlemen with a million dollar smile said, "Maam, y'all got yourself a herd!" He was hilarious. We both had a good ole fashioned southern belly-laugh and we walked out smiling. I loaded the herd up back at the van so that I could get a photo of them. This sort of comment used to make me IRATE in MT - when I had 6 children and was 33 - I think I've matured. By laughing at his comment, I made his day. He made my day by being totally in love with my little ones...and it was o.k. He meant no offense. I cringe when I think of how many folks may have been trying to bless me with their comments in the past and I took offense.

The part of my herd that I had in tow today
Mystery #6 - Why is blogger so infernally frustrating????? Strange spaces, disappearing posts, not allowing pictures to be uploaded, fancy numeric/alphabraic codes so you don't know really WHAT the problem is? (no it isn't a word but I like the sound of it).

I haven't a clue but I really wish someone would teach me how to host my own blogging site...or is there a Christian blogging site out there with cool templates, "easy" use like blogger ::snort:: that I could use?

7 comments:

Linda said...

can't answer those questions, but do have a suggestion for "shoot or dang"...I say "fiddlesticks"....the kids have picked up and used it now, and it's cute to hear my son who can't pronounce things right try to say it!

DeEtta @ Courageous Joy said...

Linda - it was the pronounciation of shoot that had me worried - so fiddlesticks may work better. LOL

Cynthia said...

Where did you find such inexpensive vacuum bags?

DeEtta @ Courageous Joy said...

Online - I googled...I can check the invoice and get back to you. I had to buy 36 of them - but hey - I won't have to run across town to the ONE store that sells them for a long, long time. LOL

Emily said...

When my kids went through a phase of saying Oh my Gosh . . I quickly said, say Oh My Goodness instead.

Love all your mysteries :-)

Your "herd" is totally adorable! What a great looking bunch! Love the picture!

Unknown said...

De'Etta,
I like the idea of the tickets. We have a son who has sensory issues and this may encourage him to not quit when the task is to overwhelming.
Laura

Jodi said...

Congratulations Nolan!

I don't know the answers to your mysteries but the blogger mystery makes me crazy too.