The epic fail post

Last night I finally had time to bond with my computer and sit down to write a post. I was kind of excited because we have been on this ride called "life with four kids" and we have been at def-con 5 for about two weeks now. In fact, I keep getting nickel and dimed by things that keep creeping up out of nowhere...

I was in the process of reminiscing because I had found an old cd with pictures on it from a Christmas play from church. It was dated 2006. I had a moment of silence for the cuteness of the kids. Specifically, Chloe.

From the time she was old enough to realize what Disney Princesses were, she was on a quest to own every Disney princess dress there was on the market. In fact, we have more pictures of Chloe in princess dresses at church than we do in "normal, pretty girl, foo foo dresses".  Seriously, she became known for wearing these kinds of dresses ALL. THE. TIME.  I thought they were going to bond with her skin and we would have to surgically remove them.  Oh, and by the time you get to number four you are so glad that you even made it into the car to go anywhere that had a specific starting time that if they had a Disney princess dress on, then WOW!!  Look Mom!  I can be somewhere on time!



So as I was reminiscing and wondering how time had slipped by so quickly, and making a lovely post, the lights flickered. We had a good hearty storm on the horizon. So bad that my sister sent a text with a picture of her view of the ominous clouds on their way. We are up on a hill and should have a good view of any storm coming but we are also surrounded by trees. So, we have no view of any storm coming our way. 

Well, after the first flicker I was anticipating a full on electricity loss and indeed, there went my pictures and my sappy post. We experienced what the Amish do every day. Except I was playing with my 3G phone and we also didn't smell like horsey doo doo. So really, I guess there is no comparison.  Never mind.  We just went to bed early.

Before we went to bed though, we had to revert to our Amish roots of being in darkness and sit in a warm house with our iPods and itouch's and iPhones and we suffered... We also played the Geosafari globe quiz. Rockin' the house in the 'hood, y'all!

But really, that is not what this post is about at all. I still have no Internet service in the house. Rodger does in his office, but apparently his new computer has gone on strike (the one he bought for himself but is still in our house). Too many dust bunnies the size of jack rabbits? Poor work conditions? I don't know and Herr Reel doesn't know either.

I'm here to brighten your day with a few conversations that we have had today . The first was with Rodger at breakfast this morning. At the table.  While I was trying to get breakfast.

Rodger: Hey, if you want to run down to the greenhouse and buy some plants for the garden then go ahead.

Me: what garden? (because we are doing landscaping and I thought he might be referring to actual flowers. I mean, my heart actually pitter pattered for a second that he was going to encourage me to spend money on REAL FLOWERS!)

Rodger: For the food garden. I already have beans, tomatoes, and some lettuce. No viney things though.

Me:OK.

Rodger: It seems like something is eating the viney plants down in the garden at the bottom of the hill.

Me: Well, there are plenty of herbivores around to eat them if it isn't fenced in.

Rodger: Yea, I know. That's why I peed around the garden the other day. That is supposed to help. Hey Zach, next time you have to pee go down to the garden and pee around it. not on the plants, just around them. If you pee on them, it will kill them.

OK.  Send boys down to bottom of hill to use their sprinkling skills...  check.

Conversation #2 occurred in the car today as we were coming home from a dental appointment for all four kids.
Josh:  I think I want to be a midwife!  Do you have any idea how much money they make a year??  I mean seriously, they are rolling in the cash.
Me:  Pause.  Pause.  Pause.  (Has homeschooling my children come to this?  Is this what has happened??  I am going to have to pay for years of counseling for them after graduation.  Maybe that should be their graduation gift - free counseling for a year...)  Um, Josh.  You can't be a midwife!  HELLLOOOO!  But you could be a midhusband.  However, you'll be dealing with...  things all day that you won't want to deal with.
Josh:  (cricket cricket cricket)  Well, this is an awkward conversation.  Maybe that isn't the career for me.

No.  I didn't think so. 

Love,
Tammy