Headline that caught my eye.

Secret Santa

Lyn

Jackpot!

When Chosen One and I ate Saturday night for our anniversary one of our topics was what we would do if we won the lotto. Earlier in the day we watched a show on TLC that was about regular people who had won a power ball and what they did with their money. One man won a gazillion dollars and at the time he was unemployed and needed back surgery. The things is purchased just boggled our minds. Statues and statues of people/goddesses/animals that were each at least $200,000. What? I mean it is his money and he did do several good deeds that the show highlighted but 50 statues each worth that much is just not for me.

Anyway, we decided to play the lotto that night. Can't win if you don't play! We purchased 11 tickets in honor of eleven years. Ten quick picks and one ticket we used important dates. About 10:30pm we checked the computer and what do you know...................

SOME ONE IN OUR TOWN, small Texas town in the middle of nowhere, WON THE LOTTO!

But is wasn't us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Someone in or around our little town is EIGHTEEN million dollars richer!!!!!

But is wasn't us! Ah well............being poor is not soooo bad. Eighteen million would probably have brought us a whole lotta trouble. I mean who needs a new car?!. Who needs all the stress of buying new clothes or a new house?! Truly, who needs it?!

I would have liked a new car. Not a Bently or anything just a regular ole new car for a family of 4. Nothing big.......

Lyn

Details

Today was math and handwriting. Importance stressed on the details. Don't forget to carry the one. Remember to cross the t. Wise One is artsy so we are working on making a one look like a 1 and a seven look like a 7. He would love to go straight to cursive but I am making him patiently learn to print neatly. Again, cursive appeals to his artsy side. Details my dear one. Details. Lets not jump ahead.

While working at the local high school I found that many kids can not write neatly to save their lives. Seriously. And lets not even start talking about spelling. In the computer age of texting and shorter phrases and abbreviating everything handwriting, and the importance of it, have fallen by the way side.

This article was interesting to me. Are we losing the art of handwriting? Not in this house.

Lyn

Reunited

I read this this morning and knew what I would blog about. Oh how this fits in to 30 Days of Nothing for me. All that I have and take advantage of daily. This sentence just made me cry. Simply made me cry.

"My poor parents, they always said, 'We wish we would find all our kids'"

You must go and look at the slide show. The look on their faces. They have been apart for 65 years thinking the other was dead.

How little I have to worry about. My family is all snug in their beds. Nothing threatening outside. No big bad wolf that we have to run from. This lady, Hilda, was ten years old when she fled with her sister. TEN YEARS OLD! Wise One is 8, I can not imagine him being seperated and making it on his own. I can not imagine being seperated from him. Oh the pain and grief this mother went through. And many other mothers as well.

We, my family, really have no idea. Really.

Lyn

A little bit of goofiness.

In order to distract myself from troubling world affairs like this and this we spent most of the three days reading some silly books. They kept us/me laughing and a few made us think!

I wasn't able to find this one on Amazon but she does have other that I will be checking out.

There's A Frog In My Throat! 440 Animal Sayings A Little Bird Told Me by Loreen Leedy & Pat Street

A couple of our favorites that we have worked into our conversations:

Does a chicken have lips? meaning No! No! No! (the boys find this hillarious and end up forgetting what they originally asked me for!)

mouse potatoe meaning frequent computer user ~ Wise One

watch it like a hawk meaning guard it carefully ~ Rowdy One

Geogra-fleas! Riddles All Over the Map by Joan Holub

Turkey Riddles by Katy Hall & Lisa Eisenberg

What Do You Hear When Cows Sing? and other silly riddles by Marco and Giulio Maestro

Plenty of giggles!

Lyn

News

I do not watch the news unless there is severe weather in the area. Really, I can not think of the last time I watched a news cast. To much information for me. I scan the headlines online and in papers. I hear enough through word of mouth. If something interests me I research it more. My choice. Not shoved down my throat by some newscaster. Now don't get me wrong. I do not totally have my head in the sand. I do want to stay informed. I do want to be aware. But on my terms, under my limits.

Perfect example: This story saddens me. I can not imagine what the family is going through. Or what they go through just by turning on the TV. Why do we have to be told every. stinking. damn. detail? Why? If the family wishes to know that is their call, their business, but if they don't then they should not be scared to watch the news for fear of being told to much information ABOUT THEIR FAMILY MEMBER.

Pray. Pray hard. That is all I can do. And keep the news off!

Lyn

I'll admit it.

I have been checking the news, daily, waiting for the newest member of the Jolie-Pitt clan to be born.

I know.....

Belive me, I know.......

Bigger things going on in the world........

I KNOW!!!!

But I have admitted it and that is the first step!

Lyn

Randomness on a Thursday, no less...

First off, is randomness a word? Well, works for me......

Is it just me or has Katie Holmes be pregnant for like EVER!!!!

Just sayin'

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The Chosen One rearranged the living room today. It gave me such laughter when the dog came in and did a double take. Really, was F.U.N.N.Y. Can you imagine his dog thought "Am I in the right house?" giggle, giggle, giggle

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Wise One and Rowdy One are playing so good this afternoon. Just their chatter and laughter makes me smile. They really have their own language. So sweet. One day they will be big strappin' men but today they are sweet, curious, little boys.

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I want to homeschool. The boys want to homeschool. The Chosen One is a bit more reserved. But, I want to homeschool and the boys want to homeschool so he has to come around, right?

big decisions..............several concerns.............heart strings tugging...

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Money, not always my friend, a little to controlling.

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Humanities class just makes me wonder.......and read more..........I love it!

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Prepare for a fresh day tomorrow, FRIDAY,

Lyn

One last thought for the day

Brad and Angelina ~ just for the heck of it and it would be a really good laugh, would you release the name of your kid as "Brangelina"? You don't really have to name him/her that, but release a statement calling him/her that. Please? I think it would be real funny! And if you said he/she was like 30 pounds at birth, that would be even better.

Just sayin',

Lyn