Random Friday

Okay, so you know how I just got those great new clam-diggers from Old Navy? I wore them, then washed them, then wore them. At the end of the day of the second wearing, I noticed a hole next to one of the front pockets!! Another hole is starting to come in on the other front pocket! What is up with that, anyway? I don't have the receipt anymore, but I'm so taking them back. I mean, that's just ridiculous. Wearing through on the second wearing!

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Today I returned some of the equipment I had used for winter guard to the high school that it belongs to. I walked into the "guard room" (which is just a storage space that has guard and percussion stuff in it, as well as choir risers), and lo and behold... the room was a disaster area. No kidding. Poles and silks and equipment were scattered everywhere. Clothes and make up and purses... everywhere. Some of our new silks (that we had gotten for the past season!!) were crumpled on the floor, getting very dirty. A couple were even stuck under a riser, and one is snagged and I think ripped. I am SO not happy with my girls. Those silks cost almost $40 each!! This is the ghetto, poor school! I had to beg to get those silks!

Of course, my girls aren't the only ones that use that room. A lot of other kids do, too, now. I talked to the band teacher, and it is now going to be completely off limits. I wonder if it will lock.

I spent some time and got a bit cleaned up. Ches had to go to work, so I will go back one day next week and finish it. I'm just so upset at the lack of respect the kids have for their own equipment. We don't have a lot of money to spend on stuff, so we really have to take care of what we've got. We have to make do with what we already have. If they continue to treat things like this, then why should anyone take us seriously, and why should I fight for them to have new, good equipment?

I'm just so mad.

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Aiden's new favorite book du jour is Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Williams (he is the author and the illustrator). It's such a cute book. Aiden had me read it twice last night before he went to bed, and he already has it memorized. He's been walking around all day saying, "True Story". If you don't know this book, check it out.

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Last week I read Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. It was a really cute book. Not too hard to read (I think it only took me two days to read), but still enjoyable. I could relate to the main character, Rebecca, in the ways that I feel my debt consume me so much. I could also relate in that I want the good stuff (although I have never owned anything quite as nice as her. No Chanel or Prada or Jimmy Choos for me!), but lack the funds for anything. I could not relate to her in that she is seriously able to keep buying and buying and buying when she has no money! But I still enjoyed reading all about her. Oh! And there are two sequals! So I have something definite to get next time I'm at the library (Tuesday morning!! Yay!)

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Have I ever mentioned that Dallin is a genius? Well, it's true. Lately, all it takes is either Ches or me showing him a sign once, and he picks it up. Or he tries to figure it out (you should have seen him trying "no". So cute).

Oh, and he figured out how to make the "lazer" part of my light saber come out... all by himself. That's right. By himself.

I have the smartest kids on the planet. Don't try to dispute me on this one. No matter what you say, I'll still completely believe in my little geniuses. :)

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I love my visiting teachers. Seriously love them. [For a description of visiting teachers for you non-LDS readers, check this out.] So, Sister M. came today, but Sister H. couldn't make it (I think her son is getting married and they have a reception tonight. Not sure). Sister M. brought two grocery bags and said, "I hope you won't be offended by this, but I saw you the other day and you just looked so tired, so I made you guys dinner. You can use it tonight or freeze it and use it whenever."

The greatest part was I was just thinking about how tired I am and I should think about dinner in case I need to run to the store, but I didn't want to, and do we have the money to order a pizza because that would be the easiest thing.

Sister M. made spaghetti (noodles already cooked, so I just have to heat it up) with a meat sauce, salad (with cucumber, tomatos, and dressing all in seperate containers since she didn't know what we would like on our salad), parmesean cheese in it's own container, two kinds of bread, a stick of butter (real butter!), homemade chocolate chocolate chip cookies, and a half gallon of ice cream.

This was just what I needed! I love Sister M.!!

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Song of the Day: Fairytale of New York by the Pogues. Why? I have always just liked this one. A lot. I think I'll have to download this to my iPod. I haven't listened to it in a while, and it's stuck in my head right now.

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Quote of the Day:
Charlie Brown is the one person I identify with. C.B. is such a loser. He wasn't even the star of his own Halloween special.
-- Chris Rock