My piece o’ the pie

These small simple pleasures that make up a life

Good thing it’s not a pressing decision August 30, 2007

Filed under: DS3 — gihrose @ 7:27 pm

DS3 has pretty consistently said he wants to be a firefighter when he grows up.  Ever since he got the “when I grow up” concept.  However, in the past week, we’ve gone through no more firefighter, now I want to be a hunter (???) and then settled for a few days on astronaut. 

Why does he want to be an astronaut?  Well, that would be so that he can sleep hanging upside down in midair.  This morning, though, the indecision on this matter was especially keen.  Just in the drive to school we went from astronaut back to firefighter to a power plant worker to an asphalt worker (I do not know what that means, no) to a construction worker that builds big bridges. 

Since I’m 42 and still trying to figure out what I want to be when (if) I grow up, at least this provides some evidence that he is, in fact, my son and not some child who was switched at the hospital - a possibility that crosses my mind whenever he takes a bite of something chocolate and leaves it claiming not to like it (as though that is even possible) or when he says “no thanks” to ice cream. 

 

Calmness in our lives August 28, 2007

Filed under: Notes from all over — gihrose @ 6:15 pm

[copied and pasted from elsewhere]

I am passing this on to you because it definitely works, and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple advice heard on the Dr. Phil show, you too can find inner peace.

Dr. Phil proclaimed, “The way to achieve inner peace is to
finish all the things you’ve started and never finished.”

So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn’t finished, and before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of White Zinfandel, a bottle of Bailey’s Irish Cream, a bottle of Kahlua, a package of Oreos, the remainder of my old Prozac prescription, the rest of the cheesecake, some Doritos and a
box of chocolates. You have no idea how freaking good I feel.

Please pass this on to those you feel might be in need of inner peace.

 

Sunday morning, home alone August 26, 2007

Filed under: random accounts and musings — gihrose @ 3:40 pm

Wow.  This is remarkable.  DH just got all the boys dressed and took them all to Home Depot.  Either I’ve been a major bitch lately, he feels sorry for me, he’s hoping I can get some work done or… I dunno. 

We both actively avoid shopping with all three of them in tow.  Usually, we’ll take one at a time so it’s a) bearable for us and b) a special thing for them. 

 He didn’t say a word and I didn’t suggest it.  He just took them.  I don’t quite know what to make of it but I’m enjoying the quiet and lack of interruption.  I wonder if there’s any chance this will be so enjoyable that it could become a Sunday morning ritual.  It never hurts to dream, right?

 

Conversations with 4 year olds August 23, 2007

Filed under: DS3 — gihrose @ 10:15 pm

DS3 is in my office blowing up my exercise ball.  This is a big thrill for them, btw.  Something worth fighting over, as a matter of fact. 

 Anyway, he sees a picture of DH and I from the day before we got married and asks me “when was that picture of Daddy and you from?”  I tell him that was from a long time ago.  Before we had any kids.  After a long pause he says, “but… then… wait.  How could you be a grownup?”

Uh, yeah.  DH and were (on paper, anyway) grownups for a looooong time before we had kids.  So, then, he asks me how long has it been since I was one.  Then how long since Daddy was one.  Then he says “so… are you going to have anymore birthdays?”  Well, gee.  I certainly hope so.  Getting older does suck in many ways but it still beats the alternative!

 

Vacations: Done! August 19, 2007

Filed under: travel — gihrose @ 7:56 pm

Whew!
Miles Flown: 7400
Miles Driven: 2400

Totally ready to get back to my regularly scheduled life. Pictures to follow. Hopefully, some sort of trip summary, too.