13th birthday

Saturday was my oldest daughter’s 13th birthday. We had a swimming party.
Music + swimming + friends + cousins + pizza + cupcakes + ice cream + later on a movie +slumber party = FUN!
My mom called her from China. She had reception on her cel phone.. amazing, I think!

Ragu

Tonight I had my first experience with canned spaghetti sauce as spaghetti sauce. I’ve used it before as pizza sauce, for eggplant parmesan or chicken parmesan, even for baked ziti. But never for spaghetti.
It wasn’t so bad. Not the same as Mom’s homemade sauce, but great for a quick dinner.

Thursday Thirteen

13 things about Titanium
1. My sister & her family are moving here next week.
2. They are buying a house 5 miles away from me.
3. It’s been a really long time since I lived close to either of my sisters. I’m looking forward to it.
4. This [...]

letters to the ex

This afternoon, I mentioned to the kids that I thought writing a letter to their dad every couple of weeks would be a good idea, since they don’t see or don’t talk to him very often. I talked it up.. saying how it would be good for him to know about their lives…. their friends, [...]

Dark Lord

For a couple of weeks, I’ve been looking for a book that the library says I have. It’s called Dark Lord and is listed on the library site at $26.95 to replace.
Wanting to find it and avoid paying the $26.95, I asked the library to do a book trace, as I was certain I did [...]

Radio Disney

If you have been listening to Radio Disney this afternoon, you may have heard my daughters. Youngest daughter called in to request a song & oldest daughter was squealing in the background. Actually, they were both squealing. They’re thrilled to have been “on the air.”

China

Mom is leaving for 3 weeks in China today as a delegate for a student ambassadors group.
A few weeks ago, she came home from 3 weeks in Europe.. one week in Italy, one week in France and one week in Spain.
For the China trip, she’s had to have a slew of immunizations (including typhoid) [...]

webrings

This morning I joined the Oklahoma Blogs webring, as I was born in Oklahoma, live in Oklahoma, have lived here for most of my life, and am a blogger…. I fit the requirements.
After that, I was thinking about other webrings that might be fun to surf or to join, if I share [...]

who’s the bomb?

Yesterday at work, Rachel, a coworker, was really happy about something she had done in the new computer system we’ve recently begun using. She said, “I need a sign that says, “Rachel, you’re the bomb.”
So, our supervisor, Chandler, said that he’d get her a sign when he went to lunch.
When Chandler got back, [...]

who’s the bomb?

Yesterday at work, Rachel, a coworker, was really happy about something she had done in the new computer system we’ve recently begun using. She said, “I need a sign that says, “Rachel, you’re the bomb.”
So, our supervisor, Chandler, said that he’d get her a sign when he went to lunch.
When Chandler got back, [...]

Things I’ve overheard in the past few hours

(As La Bamba came on Radio Disney)A: I love this Hawaiian Chinese sounding song!B: It’s Spanish.A: Oh. Yeah. Whatever. (continues to sing song)
B: It’s just natural flatulence.
B: Mom! She gave me a wedgie!
A: When I wore red shorts & they got wet, it turned [...]

Things I’ve overheard in the past few hours

(As La Bamba came on Radio Disney)A: I love this Hawaiian Chinese sounding song!B: It’s Spanish.A: Oh. Yeah. Whatever. (continues to sing song)
B: It’s just natural flatulence.
B: Mom! She gave me a wedgie!
A: When I wore red shorts & they got wet, it turned [...]

Thursday Thirteen

13 things about Titanium’s universal remote

1. Tonight, the batteries mysteriously fell out of the tv remote.
2. When youngest daughter put them back in, they got put in upside down. Oops!
3. When this was discovered, enough time had passed to make the codes no longer worked to operate the tv, vcr and dvd player.
4. I tried [...]

spat the dummy

I saw this phrase, “spat the dummy,” on a forum that I belong to & am dying to use it in a conversation.
The person who posted it, said that it is an antipodean (she’s in New Zealand) phrase meaning to spit out your pacifier in readiness for a tantrum.

I’ve seen 60 of these movies… what about you?

Saw this on teflonjedi’s blog & thought I’d give it a go.
Supposedly if you’ve seen over 84 movies on this list, you have no life. There are 164 movies total. Mark each you have seen and then repost with how many you’ve seen as the subject:
(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show [...]