5 Adjectives and Game Day

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5 Adjectives –

Ree @ Confessions of a Pioneer Woman had an interesting post today.  And, she asked for us to reply with 5 adjectives to describe ourselves.  Mine were – almost without thinking….

  1. Wife
  2. Mom
  3. Teacher
  4. Grieving
  5. Believer

What are yours?

Game Day –

Today we were all dragging.  J3 still had a sore throat…my allergies are kicking my butt again….and I had some cleaning I wanted to do.  I just couldn’t bring myself to do the standard Reading, Writing and Math – ok, it’s more than that…but you get the point, right?

Instead the boys and I played games.  Mainly card games…with breaks for me to clean the bathroom, the boys to vacuum (and me to revacuum), and the like.

It was a nice break from normal lessons and we all seemed to enjoy it – hope to do it again soon!  In fact, I hope to be teaching J1 how to play Cribbage…I thought we had already done that, but I guess not.  Looking forward to that!

Shh…Momma’s counting

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Sorry I’ve been a bad blogger.  However, I’ve been an excellent knitter! ;-)  I made serious headway on my side to side cardigan – the body is done.  I had the shoulders seemed but then took them out because I wasn’t happy with them.  Then it’s the sleeves and neck egdge…..and 5 buttons and it’s done! 😀

Then I need to dive right into a Christmas stocking for JGirl.  I spent the better part of one day last weekend starting and stopping.  I have nothing to show for it but a bunch of frustation!  I think I’m going to abandon what I was trying to do (use my Grandmother’s pattern from 1940-50) and just do one like I’ve been doing the past 3-4 years.

I’m still mourning the yarn/projects that the moths ate.  I want to make Jayne hats for my brother’s family, but I have to buy all new yarn.  Boo

I started some knit hats for the boys for a purse project (something I can keep in my purse and work on as I have time).  It’s finally getting into the 70s this week — woo hoo! 😉

Anyway, sorry for the lack of posts – but I’ll reward you all with pictures of my projects real soon!

A lesson for me

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I’m feeling very burdened.  We awoke to a flat tire.  All the tires need to be replaced, but we could only afford to replace two right now.  Then the tire guy told Eric that the brakes are paper thin and need to be replaced.  Again!

But you know what?  We all woke up this morning….safe and semi-healthy.  Yes, there was a flat tire but we had the cash to pay for the tires we bought – so no debt.  We will have more money in the next 30 days to buy the other two tires and the brakes.  We didn’t lose a tire – or the brakes – while on the road thus putting our family in danger.

I can focus on the negatives or I can focus on the positives.

I need to work really hard right now to focus on the positives.

Even if I’m the only one doing it.

Lyrics to Weird Al’s “White & Nerdy”

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Just in case you were wondering…. (see video link on this post)

White & Nerdy by Al Yankovic

They see me mowin’
My front lawn
I know they’re all thinking I’m so white and nerdy
Think I’m just too white and nerdy
Think I’m just too white and nerdy
Can’t you see I’m white and nerdy?
Look at me, I’m white and nerdy
I wanna roll with
The gangstas
But so far they all think I’m too white and nerdy
Think I’m just too white and nerdy
Think I’m just too white and nerdy
I’m just too white and nerdy.
Really really white and nerdy.

First in my class here at MIT
Got skills, I’m a champion at D&D
MC Escher – that’s my favorite MC
Keep your 40, I’ll just have an Earl Grey tea
My rims never spin, to the contrary
You’ll find that they’re quite stationary
All of my action figures are cherry
Steven Hawking’s in my library
My MySpace page is all totally pimped out
Got people beggin’ for my top eight spaces
Yo, I know pi to a thousand places
Ain’t got no grills but I still wear braces
I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise
I’m a whiz at Minesweeper – I could play for days
Once you see my sweet moves you’re gonna stay amazed
My fingers’ movin’ so fast I’ll set the place ablaze
There’s no killer app I haven’t run
At Pascal, well I’m number one
Do vector calculus just for fun
I ain’t got a gat but I got a soldering gun
Happy Days is my favorite theme song
I could sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong
I’ll ace any trivia quiz you bring on
I’m fluent in JavaScript as well as Klingon

They see me roll on
My Segway
I know in my heart they think I’m white and nerdy
Think I’m just too white and nerdy
Think I’m just too white and nerdy
Can’t you see I’m white and nerdy
Look at me, I’m white and nerdy
I’d like to roll with
The gangstas
Although it’s apparent I’m too white and nerdy
Think I’m just too white and nerdy
Think I’m just too white and nerdy
I’m just too white and nerdy
How’d I get so white and nerdy

I’ve been browsin’, inspectin’
X-Men comics, you know I collect ‘em
The pens in my pocket, I must protect ‘em
My ergonomic keyboard never leaves me bored
Shopping online for deals on some writable media
I edit Wikipedia
I memorized Holy Grail really well
I can recite it right now and have you ROTFLOL
I got a business doing websites
When my friends need some code, who do they call?
I do HTML for ‘em all
Even made a homepage for my dog
Yo, I got myself a fanny pack
They were havin’ a sale down at The Gap
Spend my nights with a roll of bubble wrap
Pop, pop, hope no one sees me
Gettin’ freaky
I’m nerdy in the extreme
And whiter than sour cream
I was in AV Club and Glee Club and even the Chess Team
Only question I
Ever thought was hard
Was do I like Kirk
Or do I like Picard
Spend every weekend at the Renaissance Fair
Got my name on my underwear

They see me strollin’
They laughin’
And rollin’ their eyes ‘cause I’m so white and nerdy
Just because I’m white and nerdy
Just because I’m white and nerdy
All because I’m white and nerdy
Holy cow, I’m white and nerdy
I wanna bowl with
The gangstas
But, oh well, it’s obvious I’m white and nerdy
Think I’m just too white and nerdy
Think I’m just too white and nerdy
I’m just too white and nerdy
Look at me, I’m white and nerdy