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Friday, October 14, 2011

Friday Night Leftovers: the truly random edition

Welcome to Friday Night Leftovers hosted by the fabulous Danifred of Sippy Cups Are Not For Starbucks...
  • I am seriously jonesing for the new Kitchenaid 10th Anniversary Cook For The Cure Raspberry Ice Stand Mixer. 
  • I would have no room for it (even if I currently had the money for it) and would have to get on the laundry room renovation I have planned stat. 
  • That renovation ain't happening anytime soon. 
  • I spent 4 hours volunteering in Gabe's classroom 2 days ago. Budget cuts mean our little school lost all their kindergarten aids. This means Gabe's teacher has 20 kids including 2 partially mainstreamed special ed kids and one child who speaks NO English. Teaching 5 yr olds is like herding cats. You can NOT teach that many 5 yr olds without help. Going in once a week is the least I can do. 
  • I think my dog Jolie has SADD or Selective Attention Deficit Disorder. It's also known as the I'm old and don't give a shit disorder.
  • I forgot to say that Marty is kicking serious azz in ROTC. He got his first two ribbons, his first promotion, was asked to join the drill team, and got a 100% on his inspection when Area Manager came to do his annual unit inspection. 
  • Marty is on his way to Sugar Mountain, NC and Camp LutherRock with his church youth group. They are going hiking, doing a ropes course, and having camp fires. I hope he has a wonderful time.
  • Rys and I were totally freaking out Marty last night when we were singing songs from The Rocky Horror Picture Show and doing the Time Warp.
  • I'm making denim tote bags out of old jeans. I went to Goodwill and bought jeans with the most embroidery and bling I could find. The bags are turning out sooooooo cute.
  • The fabulous Jenn over at Mamahood.org is giving away a $50 EdenFantasys gift card. Head on over and enter to win.
Head on over to Danifred's and check out the rest of the leftovers. Y'all have anything you want to share with us?
Posted by Kristin at 5:59 PM
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anotherdreamer · 702 weeks ago

LOL about freaking Marty out with Rocky Horror and dance.
Awesome about him in ROTC, very cool.

Both my dogs have SADD... well, one of them is actually deaf now, but she has always had this "if I can't see it, this isn't happening" and since she went deaf, it's worse... she sees you telling her to do something with sign language, but then she looks away and pretends she didn't see it. And since she's deaf, well once she looks away you don't exist anymore lol. The other one has been trying to pretend he's deaf too, but we know he's not (he can hear awfully well when he wants to...)
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Kristin · 702 weeks ago

Too funny about your older dog. They turn into such characters.
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Danifred · 702 weeks ago

Wow, that's a lot of kindergartners. WOW!

I think every dog I've ever owned has eventually come down with a case of the SADDs. Little boogers.
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Meari · 702 weeks ago

The tote bag looks awesome.
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Balancing Act · 702 weeks ago

The ratio of teacher to students is ridiculous any more. Ridiculous.
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CanadianMama · 701 weeks ago

Hey, thanks for visiting me; I'm following you now (be sure to add an email to your profile so I can email comments back to you! I love new bloggy friends :)

And yeah, cutbacks are sick - totally disgusting!
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embracingtherain 19p · 701 weeks ago

That mixer is awesome. I'm sure Gabe's teacher is very grateful for the help.

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