Before the rumors start spreading(actually it's a bit late at this point, the rumors started weeks ago.) my wonderful, amazing, caring, compassionate, thoughtful, funny, hilarious hubby is now the Second Councilor in our Ward. It's been tricky the past week to keep the news to myself, but we managed to survive without telling the whole neighborhood (there may have been a small water fight over some of the rumors but they were picking on me!) The biggest issue was Mita's Eighth Birthday was Sunday and I had know idea what his schedule was going to be so it was hard to plan on what to do. It all turned out pretty good in the end. Rita was quite upset with idea of not sitting with her dad though. For the past two years she has wanted only me, now she decides that Daddy is the number One person and Mamma ain't cool enough. Personally I think she wants to sit up on the stand just so she can be the center of attention. Honestly, what is wrong with kids these days?
Stay Cute!
Monday, July 20, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
TAFHYS
While living in France I used to send out group emails called TAFHYS they stood for just about anything we could come up with likeThose Amazing French Hoffmans Yelling Sporadically Hubby would make comments in (these things) I just came across these gems and thought I would share one. Names have been changed of course.
Dear Everyone and dog toto too (Hey, what about me!),
Is there anyone out there NOT being copied on my emails? I should send these to the two mothers and have them send it on to everyone else. I thought I would have my own little exclusive club but NO. My moms are going to make me share wheather I like it or not. Okay I'm done with my venting. I'm glad your all along for the ride. If you ever get an inckling to let me know you are out there, PLEASE send me an email. I LOVE to hear about people. If you think it's useless information, think again. Why do you think I've got a bunch of quotes rolling around in my head. I love useless info. Isaac enjoys the good old useful stuff, so send us ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. I hope this email gets passed along. (Whew, was that as long as I thought it was? Yes, bad,bad Cutey. She sent out the e-mail without my ever needful editorial additions. So, you get two today, and you get to see how much of an impact I make, or don't on the value of these things.)
Well here in Mita's loving France the wheather is GREAT! (no I don't know what she means either) It's May now and that means we can do what we want, so say the french.* I walked Chicka to school today and just loved it. Such a beautful day should be enjoyed and shared with anyone willing to make like Colombus and cross the Altantic (she means make like Leif Erickson and get here quicker). Only the other way. After we, being Mita and Mister in the strooler (stroller), Munchkin walking, (and herself), Munchkin then wanted to run all the way home. The only problem was that Munchkin was wearing her Tucker pants, ie. pants that sagged on her bottomed (they hung off her butt, OK?). Well two steps into the run the pants started to slip. Usually at this point Munchkin will stop, complain about her pants, then pout for the next minute. Not today. No, she just grab(ed) those sorry pants and ran. Imanage this scene if you can. Munchkin running full bore downhill, with both hands holding up her pants a little to high with her elbows swinging wildly. Wish I had a camara (digital vid, for sure, as I try to see through my tears of laughter).
Chicka is doing well in school. I'm trying very hard to convince her that she needs to learn french (this is rapidly rubbing off, the French don't capitalize any country names, even and especially their own. I haven't found a good explanation for this yet other than laziness). Her opinion is that if the kids are trying to learn english (see, there it isn't again) and that if she has a english speaking teacher, why bother? Kids these days are getting too smart for my tastes. And to think that I convinced myself that it was okay not to do well in school because I was going to be a stay at home mom. Next time I have kids I'll earn a PhD in everthing (of course, I don't think that this "next time" is going to be on this planet, fortunately).
Mister is delvloping (developing) more and more everyday. The Moms are going to hurt me soon if I don't send pictures. I'm working on it. We need to get more RAM if we are going to get anything else done on our computer. I used to think that Mom2 was a little on the paronid side when she would talk about her computer problems overseas. Let me tell you, she wasn't exagetning (that would be, "exagerating").
I hope ALL of you are doing well. Hope life is happy with you. BYE
Dear Everyone and dog toto too (Hey, what about me!),
Is there anyone out there NOT being copied on my emails? I should send these to the two mothers and have them send it on to everyone else. I thought I would have my own little exclusive club but NO. My moms are going to make me share wheather I like it or not. Okay I'm done with my venting. I'm glad your all along for the ride. If you ever get an inckling to let me know you are out there, PLEASE send me an email. I LOVE to hear about people. If you think it's useless information, think again. Why do you think I've got a bunch of quotes rolling around in my head. I love useless info. Isaac enjoys the good old useful stuff, so send us ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. I hope this email gets passed along. (Whew, was that as long as I thought it was? Yes, bad,bad Cutey. She sent out the e-mail without my ever needful editorial additions. So, you get two today, and you get to see how much of an impact I make, or don't on the value of these things.)
Well here in Mita's loving France the wheather is GREAT! (no I don't know what she means either) It's May now and that means we can do what we want, so say the french.* I walked Chicka to school today and just loved it. Such a beautful day should be enjoyed and shared with anyone willing to make like Colombus and cross the Altantic (she means make like Leif Erickson and get here quicker). Only the other way. After we, being Mita and Mister in the strooler (stroller), Munchkin walking, (and herself), Munchkin then wanted to run all the way home. The only problem was that Munchkin was wearing her Tucker pants, ie. pants that sagged on her bottomed (they hung off her butt, OK?). Well two steps into the run the pants started to slip. Usually at this point Munchkin will stop, complain about her pants, then pout for the next minute. Not today. No, she just grab(ed) those sorry pants and ran. Imanage this scene if you can. Munchkin running full bore downhill, with both hands holding up her pants a little to high with her elbows swinging wildly. Wish I had a camara (digital vid, for sure, as I try to see through my tears of laughter).
Chicka is doing well in school. I'm trying very hard to convince her that she needs to learn french (this is rapidly rubbing off, the French don't capitalize any country names, even and especially their own. I haven't found a good explanation for this yet other than laziness). Her opinion is that if the kids are trying to learn english (see, there it isn't again) and that if she has a english speaking teacher, why bother? Kids these days are getting too smart for my tastes. And to think that I convinced myself that it was okay not to do well in school because I was going to be a stay at home mom. Next time I have kids I'll earn a PhD in everthing (of course, I don't think that this "next time" is going to be on this planet, fortunately).
Mister is delvloping (developing) more and more everyday. The Moms are going to hurt me soon if I don't send pictures. I'm working on it. We need to get more RAM if we are going to get anything else done on our computer. I used to think that Mom2 was a little on the paronid side when she would talk about her computer problems overseas. Let me tell you, she wasn't exagetning (that would be, "exagerating").
I hope ALL of you are doing well. Hope life is happy with you. BYE
Monday, July 6, 2009
Buy American (when it's a good idea)
To start off with I'm going to pat my own back by saying what a great American I feel that I am. I truly believe this country is one of the greatest countries in the world and that we have some of the best people living the land of the free and the Home of the Brave. I even do most of my shopping as close to home as I can get. I figure if I'm going to spend money on taxes it might as well be in my own city if not my own county.
But when it comes to buying cars I will only buy Asian. Consumer Reports has always rated most Asian cars above and beyond any American made car. NPR's own Car Talk has mentioned several times how great Toyota's and Honda's are. And I hate to mention it, but the 1994 Toyota Camry Hubby and I bought USED 12 years ago is still running strong at 350,000 plus. Well, from what I hear anyway. We gave it to my Grandpa when it had 190,000ish miles. Then we bought our 1999 Toyota Sienna Minivan and we have had no major repair problems to complain about. Right it's miles sit at 156,683. And we plan on driving it right into the ground. And I haven't even begun to talk about how cool our very used 1991 Toyota Pickup truck is. By the way it's seen 188,903 miles. Nothing compared to what my Grandpa has seen.
Used dealerships don't see many Toyotas or Hondas. But they are full of good old American cars. Of course before you buy ANY car please check out Consumer Reports.
You do the math.
Do YOU think our next car is going to be a Toyota? Or a Honda? Can you blame us for not buying into Government Motors?
But when it comes to buying cars I will only buy Asian. Consumer Reports has always rated most Asian cars above and beyond any American made car. NPR's own Car Talk has mentioned several times how great Toyota's and Honda's are. And I hate to mention it, but the 1994 Toyota Camry Hubby and I bought USED 12 years ago is still running strong at 350,000 plus. Well, from what I hear anyway. We gave it to my Grandpa when it had 190,000ish miles. Then we bought our 1999 Toyota Sienna Minivan and we have had no major repair problems to complain about. Right it's miles sit at 156,683. And we plan on driving it right into the ground. And I haven't even begun to talk about how cool our very used 1991 Toyota Pickup truck is. By the way it's seen 188,903 miles. Nothing compared to what my Grandpa has seen.
Used dealerships don't see many Toyotas or Hondas. But they are full of good old American cars. Of course before you buy ANY car please check out Consumer Reports.
You do the math.
Do YOU think our next car is going to be a Toyota? Or a Honda? Can you blame us for not buying into Government Motors?
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