life with WE

As Spongebob says, I'm ready! (and no, not for Christmas)

"I hate this party."  That's what one kindergarten boy said to me yesterday during the winter party in Elaine's class.  I wanted to say, "I hate you," but I didn't.  Cuz I'm mature like that.  Instead I said, "you probably shouldn't come to anymore of my parties."  Little jerk.

Yesterday was one of those days.  I was the lead room mom for Elaine's winter party in the morning and W's party in the afternoon.  Those second grade parents could not be bothered to send in their items.  The kindergarten parents include one too many newbies that began emailing me 6 weeks ago about my party plans.  Plans?  Please, I'm making this up as I go!  Toss in getting to school super early to find a parking spot, carrying in a gazillion things, setting up and then repeating again in the afternoon.

Then it was home to make soup for Mike's holiday lunch today and get the kids ready for their final swim lessons.  A second shower and THEN girls' night out at The Melting Pot.  Do you know what the perfect ending to a few hellish/crazy/overwhelming weeks is?  Cheese, chocolate, cocktails and friends.  OMG I feel reset.  Ready to take on the challenge of making four batches of the same cookie for a cookie exchange tonight.  Ready to find the rest of my presents and get to wrapping.  Ready ready ready.

Just as soon as I finish my coffee.  Maybe one more cup...

A nothing kind of day!

Do you know what this is?

 

Or this?

That's two kids still in their pjs late into Saturday morning, working on a Christmas puzzle.  And by working on it, I mean they broke it apart and then Mike put it together.  Regardless, the point is WE WERE STILL IN OUR PJs LATE INTO THE MORNING.  Because it was our first Saturday without commitments.  YEA!  We have had some crazy busy weeks and it won't be over until Tuesday after the winter parties in each class that I'm leading but STILL, Saturday we did NOTHING. 

We had a lovely day.  Christmas songs, puzzles, playing, baking, out to dinner, look at Christmas lights etc.  Sure, dinner was at Qdoba, but who cares?  I have to tell you, it recharged me.

I made a test run of the cookies I'm going to take to a cookie exchange.  They were good, but I'm going to make some modifications.  And then I made Sand Art Brownies.  Which I made when I lived in KS and gave to my KS families.  And my sisters.  And since then, Jessie has been asking me for a refill.  When I told her I made them she asked for two - one to make and one to display.  I also thought they would be good things to give to the kids teachers with their gift cards, and the bus driver and whatnot.  And there are 12 jars in a pack so why wouldn't you make them all?

Dude, making sand art brownies totally destroys a kitchen counter.  But it's all worth it in the end.

The left side does not contain nuts, and the right side does.  Now they need ribbons and tags and DONE.

Also, Mike went to Toys R Us Sunday morning at 6 am looking for Crayola Color Explosion Glow Domes.  Yeah, no luck.  But he was there with 50 other crazies all of whom were looking for Zhu Zhu pets.  Good thing my kids didn't ask for those!

Fun place to be #87

I'm currently at the car dealership getting my oil changed and my tires rotated. 

WHY WOULD YOU PAY THE DEALERSHIP TO CHANGE YOUR OIL WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU WOMAN?

Whoa whoa whoa.  It was free for a year with my car.  I mean don't kid yourself, I know that they built it into the price.  But for a year, I get free oil changes and tire rotations so here I am.

Anywho, I find the service area of the car dealership highly entertaining.  Seriously.  You can find yourself some characters here.  First, we the service area customers are subject to whatever the dealership has decided we will watch.  At the moment, it's Fox news.  Whatever. 

There are four of us in this area.  One is an older gentleman who has his jeans rolled up at the bottom, is holding a book, and is sleeping in the chair with his mouth wide open.  I'm tempted to throw something that direction and see if I can get two points.  Next to him is a woman wearing a leopard print Santa hat and sunglasses.  I could not make that up if I tried.  She's been on the phone nonstop and is now hooking up her computer and occasionally glances at her phone for messages and laughs hysterically.  

The other woman is dressed for work and reading magazines.  They just came in to tell her they recommend some blah blah blah service it's 129 bucks.  She laughed and said, NO!  The service guy walked away and she turned to me and said, "seriously, why do oil changes always come with extras and who has 130 bucks lying around during the holidays?" 

Some of the salesmen are filtering in.  Why are they all men?  Where's the token female sales rep?  Anywho, they are in their official shirts, pouring coffee, talking loudly in groups.  They sit at phones and make phone calls following up on potential sales.  

Meanwhile, some random music is blasting through this place.

Ah fun!