Monday Musings

Here we go again!  It suddenly became real winter here in Dairyland.  Only in Dairyland would you see an article in the newspaper that they were going to use cheese brine to help salt the roads in winter.

Son # 1 was MIA the entire weekend.  He found the chicken farmers much more appealing.  And much to my unbelief he acts like he hardly missed us.  At all.  Imagine!

This past weekend some friends of ours taught us how to play Texas Holdem.  I'm thinking if times get very lean I could always head to the local casino to help with the budget.  Or not.

I've got a slight weakness for Christmas carols but one that I heard last week made me wonder about something.  Does Bing Crosby croon "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" in warmer climates?  Wouldn't that just be wishful thinking?  What about "Let it Snow" with lyrics that say "oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, and since we have no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!'. Wouldn't that sound strange in south TX or Hawaii?  And yes, I have too much time on my hands.

Two of the MYP are teens.   I really like teenagers and totally love ours.  They really can make you feel silly and ridiculous and completely dumb in a heartbeat.  One was with me on a walk last night in the snow.  He/she said that I didn't know anything.  I promised I'd probably seem smart again once they were moving out of the house.  The irony is that this same teen that told me how utterly unintelligent I was last night was asking this morning if he/she should wear boots.  If the lunch was made.  Where was the science paper that he/she printed? Mothers of teenagers.  A thankless and rewarding position.

We used to do a cookie exchange for many years around here.  I was making those little powdered ball cookies with ground up pecans in them and was missing the exchange.  I miss the brunch we had together.  I miss the humongous cookie assortment we came home with.  But I don't miss the sugar and fat that came with it.  Who am I kidding?  Yes I do miss the sugar and fat.

Here's a couple funnies one of the MYP showed me last night:

I've done this.  I couldn't believe one of ours didn't do the extra credit so it would be 104% instead of 100...  my bad.

Actually our MYP don't really talk back.  I think it is imperative that we listen and they feel heard...

((Sorry))