Ramblings

A few days ago I started a new post and never finished it. It was about mowing the lawn. Really? Why would I write about that? Oh because it took forever and I did it all by myself while Derek was in class and my little hands were sore for days afterward. I still have a blister healing on my thumb. But then as I started to work on it again I decided that really no one cares about me mowing the lawn. It's just some regular day to day thing that just gets taken care of.

But isn't that kind of what blogging is all about? The day to day mundane tasks that seem to get overlooked as we go about our lives? And our maybe not so mundane take on those things? Like for example, the day that this happened or this happened. Things that you would never know about had my little ol' blog not been around.

Anyway so this week has been pretty boring. No words of wisdom have popped into my head. So far no crazy things have been muttered from my children's mouths. I'm just enjoying one of the last couple of weeks of summer as we gear up for a new school year.

I'm thinking about going and buying a few cans of paint this weekend so I can start to finish (ha, ha) painting the living room. But really that is not going to happen. There is no way I can handle the 2nd story walls and why I ever took on this project is beyond me. I am going to have to bite the bullet and hire someone to finish the job. That was the original intention and we even got bids a few months ago but once all of the things in the house started breaking I decided to try to tackle that project myself. Now I have half painted walls in the entryway and blotches of colors that we have no intention of using on other walls and it's all very sad looking to me. And worse is knowing that I can't finish it by myself. But I also know that I can't hire anyone right now so we are just going to have to live with it. But for how long?

Kyle got a hair cut yesterday and he looks so little to me now. I think when his hair is shorter he looks younger to me because his little round face seems more babyish. I didn't intend for her to cut it quite that short, but he was happy. He walked in, climbed in the chair and told her, "I want a mohawk!" So I said, maybe just a faux-hawk. So she styled it that way for him and he was so proud because he looked just like Jason from Go Fish. Jason was his favorite and he even got a high-five during the concert.

The house is quiet (it's nap time for Kyle and I guess Katie is up playing in her room) so I think I will take advantage of that and go read before Kyle wakes up again. Then we are off to Y for swimming.

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My Beloved Followers

Wow I read a post on Suburban Turmoil the other day about Facebook and being unfriended. I felt that today when I looked at my blog and saw that my number of followers went down 1! Nothing like a blow to the ego when you lose a follower, especially when you only had 10 to begin with! The good news is that the one who parted was not someone I knew directly, but it still stung. And now all of you who are thinking of doing the same are slinking in the corner going, oh - she really pays attention! The funny thing is I didn't think it really mattered to me. But I do wonder, did I offend or did I bore? It's not like I'm one of those people who sits around and has time to comment on every blog I read. Which I know is the quickest way to add followers. Nothing against it, but really I have too much to do with my time and family than to sit around and read blogs all day. And I'm not a consistent blogger - I don't post daily and I probably never will. There are things worth talking about in my life and then there are things that aren't. I don't want to lose the ability to filter out that which is not worth writing about just for the sake of posting.

So, to my dear followers, know that you are appreciated and loved. I do care that you are here and that you choose to take time out of your day to peek into our lives. And if any of you out there that stalk from afar would like to be made public - all you have to do is sign into blogger and choose to follow me. There's no requirement to have a blog. All it does is show a list of which blogs you follow on the blogger page after you sign in. It's simple really.

And if you choose to not follow me any longer, that's okay too. I will try not to let it get to me. And I'll try not to post about it again, but I'm not making any promises!

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MIA or just M?

Wow, I started this post last Friday and am just now getting around to finishing it. So, I am going to delete ALL of it and start over. Done!

It's been a week since I posted, so here's the recap:

Monday - blur.
Tuesday - work plus more work at Open House. Blur.
Wednesday - not my favorite day this year. I had a dentist appt in Houston and plans to eat lunch with bff Marcie, but when I left the dentist my car was dead. Called a tow truck who jumped it and then drove to meet my dad at what he thought was NTB (notice the B for battery), but was really just Discount Tires, no B for battery. Now my car is dead AGAIN. He jumps it and I follow him to B for battery place while my engine light is on and my oil light is blinking. I'm driving down the freeway reading my owners manual and freaking out because it says severe damage to engine can occur if you drive while the oil light is blinking. Luckily it was all a show because of the battery. I got a new battery and discovered the lights went away, as well as my window operation and my car stereo. What?!?! It's an anti-theft device which is all nice and good, except I didn't steal my own car. So after more research in the owner's manual, I learn that there is supposed to be a card with a sticker that has a code on it. Hmm. I bought this car used and seem to recall that there was no owners manual in it, they just went and swiped it from another Pilot on the lot. So, no card, no sticker, no code. I called my service guy and he gave me this long story about how it's impossible to get the serial number off the radio for two years of Pilots, but if they can get it off then he can look up the code. Otherwise, he'll have to find the originating dealer and see if they have the code. Well, I can't get to the dealer until Friday. My kids just did not understand why they could not listen to HSM3 on the stereo. And well, if that won't work, just put on KSBJ. Sorry kids. But actually it was sorry mom because you don't realize how much noise is filtered out by your music until it's gone. Not to mention how lonely it is in a car when you have no music. We survived using my walkman phone which can play FM radio, but that sucked my phone battery dry too. Turned out that my serial number came right up on the stereo - I wish he had just told me how to do it. If you ever have that problem, let me know I can tell you how to get it. I also can fix your auto-window...both of these things he could have done over the phone on Wednesday, but you know then I wouldn't need the Honda guy, right?
Thursday - blur
Friday - got my stereo fixed! Hooray!

Not really sure what else went on last week. Derek and I went to A&M on Saturday for his 15 year reunion. We went to the basketball game against K-State and watched the Aggies get outscored. It was a good game though.

That's about it. Not feeling too excited about blogging anymore. Could this too be one of those hobbies I do for a while and then move on to something else? Should I add it to the list of hobbies past? quilting, scrapbooking, painting, etc.? I don't know. I guess only time will tell. Have a good one.

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