Day Dreams, not whiskers on kittens

I spend some time fantasizing about what I would like to be when I grow up. I have for quite some time thought I really should have been a nurse like mom, they are helpful to everyone and they get to wear scrubs. I don't know what it is, but I really like scrubs, I like to wear them and I like to look at people in them. Not really good reasons to be a nurse, but whatever, it's my daydream. Now Sunday Matt comes up to me and says I think I have a tick in my hair, so I roll my eyes (of course i roll my eyes, when am I not rolling my eyes) and gesture him to show me and sure enough there is a giant tick attached to him head. Here is where I know I can't be a nurse, it was so gross I gagged and insisted he go wake up him Dad from his fathers day nap and have him deal with it, because I AM NOT! I didn't help, I didn't watch all I did was make sure they remembered every step, like hello disinfect it once it's out!! Make sure you got the whole head. Even now I feel like vomiting, I think I will come up with a new dream and just be happy wearing my scrubs to bed.

My kaleidoscope garden

I know I'm weird, but I was in the garden today and was loving how many different colors I have right now. So many people here do only certain plants and they are everywhere, yellow day lily and red knockout rose. Its a beautiful and easy combination and I admit I have it in the front, but the back is where I have my fun. I suppose next I'll be out there taking pictures of my raspberries, apples, peas, beans, squash and lavender. The neighbors already think I'm odd so why not? kaleidoscope, hmm well the spell check says it's right so who am I to argue??

Fun news

Well I took Matt into the Dr today to make sure he didn't have H1N1, swine flu or strep throat and luckily for us he doesn't. A couple of boys from scout camp have it, I didn't think he did but I wasn't 100% positive. On Sunday while he was passing the sacrament he went white as a ghost and started swaying, we took him right home but he's still been sick. And now Elle has a slight fever and headache, the DR thinks it's just some viral bug, kinda a nasty cold or something. So that was good news. I also have my yearly case of poison ivy. It's on my neck and a rather uncomfortable spot, that begins with a B. LOL sorry I know none of you want to know this, but I have to say it, because it REALLY itches and I am not sure how it ended up there. Kirk pulled out a bunch of it from the front yard but I stayed far away. Although I did bring him a drink and then took the cup from him, but I'm pretty sure I didn't then rub the glass against said spot. My neck makes some sense. Knowing me it started on my neck and then began to move. Every year I get this and over the next few months it will continue to pop up in different spots, poison ivy loves me! I do not love it!

pointless ramble

So Matt is gone this week for BS camp like I mentioned before. I was expecting a quiet nice week, but Connor is filling in for Matt by picking on the next younger brother so there has been no rest for the wicked. At one point Connor was sitting on Matt's bed playing xbox against AJ who was in the basement playing and I thought this would be really nice if Connor could have his own room, so AJ could have his own. Combine this thought with the idea we had for maybe 5 hours of moving to Ft Lauderdale and we looked at houses with 5 bedrooms so everyone could have their own space, it was a nice thought. It made me think back on when we were in law school in a 2 bedroom apartment above a parking garage and I had all three kids in room. I realized I totally couldn't remember how my family fit into the house on Hyde. Up until Bex I think Ken and Bard shared a room while Marshall and I had our own, and then I think Bard and Marshall shared while Ken and Bex did, is that right? Weird I can remember Bex's crib, but then it triggers back to what I remember as Kens crib in Utah and it gets blurry after that. I don't really remember my original thought as I started this post, I'm babysitting some nieces and a nephew and I took a excedrine for a headache, so there you go. Is my point that it's ok to share a room? Again don't know. :-) And don't worry we aren't moving.

Grossness

OK is that not the most disgusting thing you've ever seen? And not that it's white or unshaven but the fact that I can count over 26 bites on that one leg alone!! I was outside for less then an hour weeding my garden and this happens!! Hello anyone want to remind me why I like Georgia? Oh yeah I don't. Although so far we don't have that west Nile virus like the mosquito's in Colorado do. I sent Matt off to his 2nd year of scout camp yesterday, I really hope he remembers to put on the bug spray that I sent him with. I hope he fits the old bathing suit that he packed since he forgot to pack his new one. We had to buy him hiking boots, the kids fits NO normal priced hiking boot oh no, he only fits the nice expensive kind. He is a 9 double wide, how is that for fun!! I'm just so excited that someone in the house has bigger feet then me!!

Diet breakers

I believe when one is going to break a diet after only two days one should do it really well. I think a chicken strip from McDonald's dipped in ranch with fries and a coke is perfectly splendid for a diet breaker!! I only ate one chicken strip well and a bite of another and I split the fries with Connor so I didn't go hog wild or anything! If only McDonald's served Pepsi, ahhh Pepsi!

Misery

Tonight I am finished with my first day of the flat belly diet. I made it through exactly 8 oz of sassy water before dumping the whole lot down the drain, and I cheated and had 5 dark chocolate covered almonds. It is 28 hours since I had my last Pepsi and I am jonesing. I read a book that had a fine enough plot but the sub plot depressed me so much I couldn't enjoy the main plot. Over all a very unsatisfactory day. At least I won't forget to cook the roast tomorrow and it's only 10 o'clock and the roll dough is already in the fridge. Off to bed before I break down and eat something!!