Long Story, Extremely Short Version

I went to Deal Time today to pick up some stuff my mother bought. She has been stuck in the house for over two months so she buys crap from there. Even though by now you would think she would've learned her lesson. It's all broken used junk, but that is for another story. I went in there and stood for probably 5 minutes before I was ever acknowledged. That is not to say I wasn't seen because I was, by 4 of the 5 men who where in the room and the 1 womanas they were talking amongst themselves and having a grand time going thru tonights crap. That is when the 5th man picked up an air pellet gun from the table. And, I thought "surely, he won't" just as he did. Without looking around to survey his surroundings, he began shooting the gun, not at anyone or anything. He was just shooting everywhere and some of the pellets ricochetted over and it me in the legs. I was not hurt, more just like shocked and appalled that someone would be so careless. That is when the woman began walking over to help me and he shot her. She was very tough. She continued over and as she was standing in front of me the whelp that the pellet left reddened and doubled in size. She said "Wow, that really hurt" I said " You better be glad it did not hit me" At that point, I thought it had stopped, because the gunman had realized there was a customer in the building. But, was shortly surprised again when now the group of employees huddled together and began shooting the gun across the room. And, once again I was hit by ricochetting pellets and had retreated to the corner. After the woman had gathered all of my mom's stuff, I began carrying it to the car and it was on one of the 4 trips back and forth to the car with no offer of help from one of the six employees of this "fine" business, that they had begun shooting each other at close range with the gun to see how bad it hurt. It was just an incredibly ridiculous situation that I would have never intentionally put myself in. And, I am so thankful that the "gunman" did not blindly turn around and shoot in my direction, which could have easily been the case. And, this was the shortened version.

This is just a pic of my "Big Girl' this morning before school. She is growing so much and is so sweet. On the way to school, she told me that sometimes she cries for me while she is there. Broke me heart so I caved and am going to pick her up early today.

Good News

We had a Good News Dinner at our church on Sunday. We go to First Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Durant. Our bell choir performed for the first time. That's Zach 2nd from the left and me 4th from the left. The kids sang and it was really good, but a little long so their attention span didn't last quiet as long as the performance. Allison and Zachary are the ones in the center of the video most of the time.

Super Z

Today, Zachary did one of the funniest and most imaginative things he has done yet. We were picking up my grandma and had gotten out of the car at her house. I called her on the phone and asked her to open the garage door because we were there. As we were standing in front of the garage, it started to open. I looked over at Lil Z and he was standing there facing the garage door with his arm stretched straight in front of him, hand in a fist, with a look of intent consentration on his face. I asked him what he was doing and he told me "My opening the garage door." He was pretending to use his powers to open the garage door. What a little smarty.

What Goes Around

So, my mom told us this hilarious story about how she and my grandma went to eat at this Chinese buffet and there wasn't a huge selection for desert, but she had gotten ice cream and then my grandma got up to get her desert and ended up with some sushi on her plate thinking it was a coconut roll. My mom thought this was so funny that my g-ma didn't know what sushi was that she actually let her taste it. My mom was laughing so hard at my grandma, she probably couldn't have told her if she wanted to. Anyway, my g-ma bit right into the sushi, knew immediately, it was not cake, and thought it tasted terribly. My mom comes home thinks this story is hilarious, which it is to hear her tell it, and procedes to tell it like 10x. Ok, so here is where karma comes into play and reminds us it's not nice to make fun of old people. We just got a second Braum's in town over on the west side. My mom pulls right up in the drive thru and orders a double dip hot fudge sundae with all the trimmings. The drive-thru operator says, "excuse me, ma'am." She tells him her order again. "Umm, I'm sorry, ma'am, we don't have those." Which is when my mom realized that she was in the Taco Bell drive thru next door. Bahahahahahaha! My mom was cracking up when she told this one on herself, too!

Alli and Lydia

Allison and Lydia have become fast friends. I think this is great. When I was growing up, I had my first friend that I remember doing things with. Actually, we did everything together. She was more like a sister than just a friend. And I am so grateful to have had her in my life. I can call on her today for just about anything. And then there are the friends that came later. I was a little confused at times in my choice for friends, but in the long run your true friends remain true. And, even if you don't talk to them for six months, the second you do, it is just like picking right back up where you left off. I am so thankful to have friends who have kids the same age as Alli and Zachary. It is so much fun to hang out with our friends and know that the kids are having a good time, too. When I was growing up, my mom was so much older than the parents of my friends that this wasn't the case. I take comfort in knowing that I KNOW the parents of the children my children will be spending the night with. It is amazing the things that are going on in this crazy world and I am so glad that we are friends with good, Christian families who have the same beliefs that we have. Actually, Lydia stayed all night with us last night. The girls had a great time applying make-up, playing dress up, and singing. Then they played baby dolls in the little house area that is set up behind our couch. When I was little, one of my mom's friends had a place behind her couch that was set up like a playhouse and that was one of my favorite places to play when I was little. I love those memories. So, I was hoping to create the same kind of memories for my kids. I am a little nostalgic. That is all. This is just some ramblings.

Ramblings

Today was a good day. It was Zach's day off. The last of a four day stretch he had due to Allison tonsil surgery. I got a lot done around the house, not that you can tell now, but I feel more productive than I have in a while. I got a contract on a listing. And then we had the Pierce's and my brother, Josh, over for dinner. We played a card game. It was fun, but I got mad because I was trying to get a run, when I only needed a set. Jared lost, or rather, had pulled out, his tooth. It made me cringe a little bit, but I now I better get used to it. It won't be too long until Alli is loosing her first tooth. I am tired now and too lazy to get up off the couch and get the remote or to see who just sent me a text. Both the kids are in bed and I just really want to sit here and watch old episodes of A Haunting on the DVR.

Blogging

So, I decided last night to get into this whole blogging thing on blogspot. I have been blogging for a long time on Myspace, but lately that site has been so boring. It's just not doing it for me. It's the same old people doing the same old stuff. Zach has had a blog for a while and suggested that I get one too. So when he took the plunge and got a facebook this week, I got a blogspot. Anyway, my poor page looked so bare, I decided to get some of my old blogs from Myspace. And I am super excited about blogging and reading my friends blogs on blogspot, too. Yea, me!

Letter to Santa

Alli's letter to Santa Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is make-up with some ear rings, three rings, two lipsticks, and lots of other stuff. Love, Allison

Things That Get Lost

things that get lost ...my words train of thought hair car keys the remote control minds baby fat dogs tempers virginity nerve races battles wars loves your way socks opportunities