Unload those brain farts one fragment at a time over at Mrs. 4444's place every Friday. Link up here if you're joining in!
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Those little suns I put in between each fragment have never been more important to me than they are this week. We are having the most hideous, cold, snowy winter ever! At least in our seven years here. When did I move back to Syracuse?? At least here, I get a tiny little bit of sunshine.
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Seems I ruffled a few feathers with my Stinky Meatface fragment last week! I meant no offense, of course - and Rob is not the first carnivore I've been with since I stopped eating four-leggeds (and like I may or may not have said, went veggie and full-on vegan at certain points) 15 years ago, but he is the first one with whom I've had the meatface problem. So I did a quick Swagbucks search for the phenomenon, and found this link (see #4). Or you can read this one, if you're of a like mind... but don't shoot the messenger! :D
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In approximately ONE HOUR, we will be receiving our tax refund in excess of 7Gs!! With that money, I will be excitedly paying for my abdominoplasty, and paying off in full two credit cards, the long-standing debt for emergently treating our late bunny Bounce (should have saved our money, he died anyway), the loan for my new computer, and paying down some more debt. Plus I'm going to go on two shopping sprees: one for clothes (the kids need PJs, and Sophia's winter coat JUST bit the dust AND is two sizes too small. It's like the Grinch's heart of outerwear) and one for groceries. All at deep discounts, if you know me. ;)
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Do any of you have Windows 7? Can you help me out? I'm having an annoying problem with posting pictures to my blog, as well as other applications where I have to go back and browse for pictures multiple times: instead of browsing to wherever I left off, it goes back to the main page of applications. This drives me seriously insane and wastes a lot of time clicking!
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Jack uses the word "butthole" a lot. He is, after all, a nearly-seven-year-old BOY. So the kids were highly amused earlier when I accidentally referred to one of their current favorite movies, "Cloudy With a Chance of Buttholes"!
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Which brings me to our cute kid quotes of the week (or at least the ones I remembered to record in my iPhone):
I was telling Sophia what our charity does (making layettes for angel babies), and she remarked, "Booties?! Booties aren't little socks, they're little BUTTS!"
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Sophia got a scratch-and-sniff sticker from her dance class teacher, and she thrust it in my face, demanding, "Smell it, Mom!" I did so, and she asked me what it smelled like. I replied that it smelled like chocolate, but Jack disagreed: "No, it smells like raccoon farts!"
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Jack asked me, "Mommy, why did you buy red glasses?"
Before I could say anything, Chloë smartly opined, "Probably because they were the cheapest pair she could find."
Yeah... she was right! Hee, I hope my thriftiness rubs off on the kids.
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Chloë was freaking out about yet another thing (she has her mother's extreme Type A personality, I'm afraid), and I chastised her, "Chloë, relax! Calm down. You need to learn to relax."
She snapped back, "I can't learn to relax! I need to go to relax school!"
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I sent Jack down to the living room to Swiffer up the floor. He fetched the Swiffer and then I heard him say, in a gruff voice, "You're going DOWN, mud!"
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That's it for me this week. We have a crazy busy weekend coming up (and Rob is working all day Saturday, ugh!) so I hope I'm alive to post again next Friday!
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Send Jack to my house.....boy, have we got mud! Nice blog.
Posted by: Cheryl | 12 February 2010 at 15:59
I'll ask Tim about the Windows 7 question. I just got it on my computer & am working out the kinks.
You wanna go to Williamsburg one day? I want to get some clothes for Luke & I actually have some money to spend.
I also need clothes but it sounds like your shopping for the kidlets!
Posted by: Stephanie | 12 February 2010 at 12:57
Cloudy with a Chance of BUTTHOLES!! Bahahaha!!! I just hope I don't slip and say that later. ;)
Posted by: Nicole Pierre | 12 February 2010 at 10:23
You're getting all that money back? I guess that will balance out the government after the money we OWE.
Sorry, no Windows 7 here. Can't help ya out.
Posted by: Matty | 12 February 2010 at 09:16
UGH! I have that same issue with Windows. I think it's just how it is. I hate it. It drives me insane, esp since I use LOTS of pictures in my posts. Grrrrrr...
LOL at your kids' quotes.
Posted by: debi9kids | 12 February 2010 at 00:17
Man, I hope like heck we get some money back. I'm excited for you.
I have Windows 7, but I'm sorry to say I have no clue about that problem you're having.
It is looking gorgeous in here!!! I gotta confess, though, that I have trouble seeing the font in your post today. It is late, though; maybe I just need to go to bed!!
Posted by: mrs4444 | 12 February 2010 at 00:12