Daily Musings #20

I've seen that - it's funny!

That is a good one!

Well, February vacation is officially upon us!

Not so funny - my actual airbag actually deployed for real. I mean yeah, the video WAS funny, but I'm so bummed about my car that anything that reminds me of it is depressing. But that was funny!

x, Carrie

You GO, GrannyGirl!!! I want to be just like her some day!! LOL

Me too..I love the spunk in that old woman!

I like Andy's Cookie Toss!

Hmmmm ....
I wish I could play video on my computer. Or at least get it to play faster.

Still on dial-up, right? Bummer.

Yeppers.

Still on dial-up. Still out in the sticks. Still slow as molasses.

But, at least you're still with us!

Good point, Sue. x, Carrie

I love molasses!

Still .....
killing time until the Daytona 500

... gingersnaps ....

Cookies!! I love cookies!!!!

And german chocolate cake!

if we are talking molasses - shoofly pie!

Can you make it without crust? (Pretty much stopped baking since my daughter got celiac disease.)

x, Carrie

ANYTHING chocolate!!

shoofly pie is kinda like pecan pie without the pecans, so it would be challenging without a crust...

Sounds like it would make a great "pudding", though!

It's too late for dessert. Y'all are making me hungry! Thank goodness there aren't any Mallomars left.

What happened to the Mallomars, Harper????

Um, did I say Mallomars? No, I didn't.... um, never you mind what happened to them! (whistling, looking at ceiling...)

(whistling, looking at ceiling...)with the evidence on her chin. LOL

I never leave evidence!

She probably learned that from DS! Actually, my girls are AWFUL about not leaving evidence around. They open forbidden candy and leave the wrappers behind, create off-limits MySpace pages and leave them open on their computer desktops, steal my clothes and then shed them in sweaty little heaps on the bathroom floor. And yes, before you ask, they were raised by wolves and they were brought up in a barn.

x, Carrie

Well, hopefully, each and every one was DEE-LISH!!!! LOL

I wouldn't know; I never get to eat them. NO Louise, we're more worried about the MySpace pages announcing they're 19 and single when they're 13 and underage! (You have to certify that you're over 14 when you join, and i guess she figured as long as she was going to lie, she may as well make it a whopper!)

x, Carrie

Sorry, Carrie - I was responding to Harper's "She doth protest too much" response re: the Mallomars!! I was hoping "whoever" ate them found them each to be dee-lish! LOL

I don't envy you raising kids in the "MySpace" generation!!

Believe me, Louise, punishment was swift and severe. x, Carrie

Carrie:

You are a good parent to monitor that MySpace stuff. I wish more parents were as involved in what's going on in their teens' lives as you are.

I read their e-mail - it's one of the Rules. No MySpace. Facebook's ok - I have one too so I can keep an eye on her.

The fourteen-year-old doesn't have a Facebook. She's been breaking a lot of Rules recently.

x, Carrie

Both of my daughters were "difficult" at 14 - you have my sympathy, Carrie :-)

shucks, Michaela, come to think of it, I was "difficult" at 14, if my mother had noticed.
x, Carrie

I tell all my intro students about the horrors of 14 year old daughters - the male sudents look very puzzled, and I tell them that they "have been warned!" The female students just smile :-)

The problem with being (around) age 14 as a female is that you're so emotional from hormones all the time, that it's harder to just enjoy life.

I remember last year in 8th grade, my dd was so stressed by the guidance counselor trying to get her to decide whether to go to regular high school (for academics leading to college) or trade school (graphic arts).

Why would a kid have to make a decision like that? Who knows what you are going to do at age 14? Poor girl.

Agreed. DD#2 has 'decided' she's going to Harvard, Harvard Med., etc. and I hate to discourage her, and I'm glad she's got high goals for herself, but jeepers, I'll hate to be around when the rejections start coming in.

xx, Carrie

I'm glad I'm not 14! Kids are so much more knowing now. Knowing, but not that much more mature. I was lucky to have a quiet daughter who didn't have myspace and facebook to play with.

Wow, Harvard! It doesn't hurt to have lofty dreams!

It's been miserable the last few days. Sunday we hit 60*! That was great! I walked around the yard, plowing thru the snow like I was wading in water.

It was all very zen. Then the next day it snowed.