Treasure Hunters...did you watch it?

I watched it and nearly busted a gut with all the laughing I did.

Thankfully I had taped the show so I didn't miss any of the ridiculously funny moments.

Crawling under the rocks. Taking apart piles of sticks. The "logic" used to open the combination on the steel box? HILARIOUS! That hick team really cracked me up.

I didn't much care for that "family" that was outright MEAN to the other teams. Stealing a clue from another team. Outwardly mocking other teams. But this was also the team that 'prayed' before they started another day. Hmmm.....

I can't wait to watch the latest episode here tonight. I will definitely be taping it once more.

Are you going to watch it? Let's see if the Genius Team comes in 2nd to last place again! HA!

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It was even FUNNIER than I thought it would be.

Staying IN the mine for 11 hours?

After being at the Tower Rock for how many hours, they leave to get something to eat? Why didn't they go through "drive-through" on the long trek OUT to Tower Rock?

And that one family that is undercutting the other teams? They created another scene with two other teams. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Anyone who watched it will know what I meant by that.

And the Grad students? Those girls are strong! They picked up their fallen teammate and didn't complain!

But WHY didn't the Air Force team try to cover up that hole they dug up?

LOADS of summer laughs with this show!

Such a sap...

ME! I am such a sap!

Why? I just adore that Liberty Mutual commercial they've been running.

You know the one I"m talking about. It's that one where it shows individuals helping other individuals out. The man picks up the kid's toy off the ground. The lady pushes the man out of the way before a bunch of boxes fall on him?

It's the fact that one person's consideration. One person's concern for another can influence another person. Someone who sees the kindness. [sigh....]

I adore the fact that THAT can happen. That people can shows kindness to strangers. That one person can influence others without thinking about it.

Now do you show kindness to strangers? Just because? If so....THANK YOU!

Snippets for today

Today is Saturday so here are snippets from our day!


We scheduled a haircut for the Bear. I walked in to let the gal know that the Bear was there. The Bear and the Hubs sat down. The Princess and I walked out.

"Come on Daa-dee. Wets go! Come ON!"

The Bear is waving to my husband to get up and follow us.

"No Buddy. You're getting a haircut."

There was a bit of crying and complaining as I continued to walk away to grab a coffee at the Stawbucks.

The Princess and I came back to find the Bear in a chair getting his hair done.

My husband? Standing right next to the Bear. Holding his little boy chin still.

Yes. The Bear is still a little skittish when it comes to getting his hair cut. He didn't have a happy face at all. He was Mr. Blank Face.

When he finished? He looked over at me.

"Good job Buddy! You look good."

I gave him a thumbs up. He gave me a HUGE grin. And then gave me a thumbs up.


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I did some decorating today. Put some of that decorative window film on some small oddly shaped windows we've got in our guest bedroom.

The windows? There are three of them. About 18 1/2 inches across. About 19 inches at the tallest section. But they've got this soft arch business at the top. And the windows are not symmetrical to the wall of the room. The left-most window is about 1.5 feet from the nearest corner. The right-most window is about 3 feet from the nearest corner. And the windows are at about 5 feet up the wall.

So you see my dilemma. Their location makes a window covering selection VERY difficult. I don't see putting a cellular shade on there for such a small window because I'd have to do an outside mount. The fact that those windows aren't symmetrical in the room just make me crazy.

Due to their location, we don't necessarily have to cover them. But the windows face Southeast so we get sun in them ALL day long.

And right now? In the summer? The sun starts coming up 4:30am. By 5:30am, the sun is streaming into that room.

So below you can see the pattern I selected. The light going in the room now is softer. More muted.

Once I put the film up on two of the windows, I could already tell that the room would be a lot cooler.

And the family? They all ended up laying on the guest bed as I installed the film on the windows.

"Maw-mee? Wha yew deeewing?"

"Mom, why are you spraying water on there?"

"Wha's dat?"

"Why are you pushing it down with that card?"

Yes. I had to answer 100 questions as I'm trying to put the stuff up. But it's up and it looks GOOD!


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We went out to get me a new cell phone. Mine was not holding a charge for very long.

As I was standing there getting all the changes done to my new phone, the kids were laughing and giggling and running arund behind me. I turn around and they're using the Hubs as their personal play thing. He was standing there like a Raggedy Andy doll. They were throwing his arms up in the air and watching them fall down. The two kidlings thought this was the FUNNIEST thing.

Thank goodness the kids were having a good time while I 'took care of business'.


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It was so nice being able to have an early dinner and then hang outside for a bit.

I brought out the bubbles so the kids could run around. On a mission. So they could get tuckered out!

Thankfully, we had some Gymboree bubble solution left. Those bubbles last a LONG time. Even when they land they don't pop. They'll just sit on the floor, the wall, or whatever.

The kids had a blast popping the bubbles in the air. Stomping the bubbles on the ground. AND watching the bubbles float up. Up. UP into the air until they couldn't see them anymore.

Bubbles are cheap fun.

I LOVE it!


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So it was a good day. How is YOUR weekend going?

Did you see Prince this morning?

Prince was on Good Morning America today!

I'm just watching it.

He's in this fabulous pale pink suit with a dark turquoise shirt underneath. He looks good for as old as he is. He still looks young. He still can move. He can definitely still jam.

And he's got Sheila E with him still!

They just did "Let's Go Crazy!"

WOW!

Working with not my regular equipment

Today I have had to use my personal home desktop to get my work stuff done.

Why?

My laptop has a BLACK monitor. Yeah. I know it's already black normally. But it's black when I turn ON my computer. That's right folks. A dead monitor.

I tried a couple tricks that I'd heard about. Opening and closing the screen. That worked. Once.

So right now I'm listening to musac.....while waiting for someone at "d-e-l*l" to pick up their customer line.

We'll see what happens. What we can work out. I mean it's an older laptop - an Inspiron 1150. I guess it's a bit over 2 years old. I got it already used by a couple other employees. It's definitely a hand-me-down. REALLY. Compared to some of the spiffy new models that the latest new employees got? Geez! Mine is a relic!

At least I've been able to access my work email but I don't have ALL the files that I need. The VPN that we use for work isn't working on my desktop computer. ARGH!

We'll see what happens AFTER this call.....

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I'm off the call now. No resolution.

That's right. Nothing. Nada.

You know what I have to do? Call another department tomorrow.

Why?

Because MY computer's warranty expired. EXPIRED! May 12, 2006.

Did you read that? The warranty expired just over a month ago. Kind of like how a car ends up needing tons of repairs after 100,000 miles.

So tonight I'll be removing the monitor off my personal computer, which is also a Dell, and try to hook it up to my laptop. And detaching my monitor from my CPU? Not so fun. I've got to haul my CPU out of the desk and unscrew the prongy thing and all that and then push the CPU back into the desk cabinet.


But on a lighter note? I received the Lands' End kids school uniform catalog today. The clothes in there? The skirts and pants? VERY cute! I know that anything I select from there will last the entire school year and still look good. Additionally, they've got girls stuff in SLIM! Just what the Princess needs! So I'll be school clothes shopping tonight. Yeah...I know it's still summer but you parents with slender kids KNOW how difficult it is to find clothese that actually FIT in the waist and the length.

Little bit of this

I haven't had a ton to say lately. I think that with work and all, I have been completely brain tired at the end of the day. So my fingers haven't been moving along to create entries as of late. There's stuff going on in my brain (other than work) during the day but it hasn't made its way onto here. OY!

I really like the new coffee lids at Mickey D's. That little flip over top? It actually stays in place when you flip it over!

Had my oil changed at the dealer the other day. And they forgot to reset the oil life guage. Again! I've had my oil changed over there three times. They've managed to forget to reset the thing TWICE!

My car is DIRTY! The road to my son's daycare was being repaved, so we had to use a dirt road for the last two days. I'm thinking of getting it professionally cleaned because it is a big ol' mess!

One of the newer girls at work is annoying me. She's been making comments about getting 'bad' data from my guys. But the source where my guys are getting data is NOT the best. I've been biting my tongue so I don't lash back at her. I don't want to say anything bad and regret it. So hopefully with my last email where I attached a file that was run yesterday for Monday data AND attached a file for Monday that I ran today...it'll show her the discrepancies.

My daughter is tan! This is the most brown she's ever been. At school they've been running through the sprinklers after they eat lunch. She finally told me about this and I sent her off to school with her bathing suit & a towel in her backpack. The other little girls had been changing into their swimsuits to run through the sprinklers and my girl was just running through in her clothes! Silly girl of mine!

We had our first night with our new bed linens and it was NICE! It felt so luxurious in our bed!

I have got to get on the ball and get my daughter signed up for more summer classes. The sessions she is in right now finish up at the end of June. I still have to figure out whta to do with her for July.

But I have to tell you that the FALL session (aka FIRST GRADE) starts August 7th! Yeah!

Summer tv is boring, boring, BORING!

I feel boring, boring, BORING!

I'll find some inspiration to write soon. I will. I know I will!

Then there's the other bump in the road

Yes. There was another bump that we've just finished up with.

The bed thing. The child in our bed thing. The family bed.

My son is now back in his bedroom. Sleeping. Alone.

How did we fix it?

Actually, it's all kudos to my Mom.

When the Hubs and I were having our weekend alone, my Mom put the Bear into his bed. You see, my Mom and Dad like to sit in bed and read and chat at night. So the Bear would NOT be comfortable in the bed with them. They'd end up keeping him up. So that's why my Mom tucked him neatly into his bed.

Once the Hubs and I got back home (after 2 nights in his bedroom), the Hubs tucked the Bear into his bedroom. And that's where he's been since.

I didn't want to mention it sooner because I didn't want to jinx the situation.

But we're all happier. And ALL sleeping better at night.

YEAH!!!!

A bump in the road

My son is basically potty-trained. But he still goes #2 in a pull-up. NO surprise there. My daughter was the same.

About 2 months ago, my son suddenly was having accidents at school. 4 out of the 5 days he was there. Just out of the blue! It was when he was napping that he was having these leaks. I'd have to bring home his wet linens home in a plastic bag every day. Pretty tedious.

Then two weeks ago, he just as suddenly stopped having accidents. Just like that.

So for the last two weeks I haven't had to bring home a plastic bag full of pee'd on linens. Yeah!

Just a little bump in the road, eh? Whew! I'm so glad that's over!