Random thoughts

Is there anything better than warm fresh from the oven chocolate chip cookies? I mean really can you beat that taste?



Why would anyone advertise a body pillow for sale in the paper for eight dollars? Doesn't the ad cost more than that? Is there someone out there so desperate for a snuggle that they would buy a used body pillow? Does this person have nothing better to do?



Am I the only one a little giddy that Starr Jones is getting divorced? I mean really didn't she have it coming with all that happily ever after b.s. she spewed on the View?



Am I the only one who thinks that the Today show should be smacked for hiring Kathy Lee Gifford to co-host their fourth hour? Menopause has not made her any less annoying. Isn't her husband like 80? Shouldn't she be home spoon feeding him pured food?



I am starting a petition to have the state symbol of Michigan be a construction cone. Anybody want to sign

Summer Fun

Now that my kids are older I love the summer time. When they were younger and needed constant supervision and awakened at 6:30 a.m. I used to count down the days I had left of the school year. All that has changed. Yesterday was a perfect example of what I want summer to be like and should be like when you are a kid. I took Michael and his friend Robbie bowling and then they invited some friends (girls included) over to play Rock Band on the Wi. (for those of you who don't have a Wi or a teen it's a game where you play the drums , the guitar or sing and it's kind of like Karoke, but cooler) After rockin out they went over to my friend Lori's house and she took them to the lake where they swam, hung out and ate pizza. I called about 9:00 and they were jumping on the trampoline and Lori brought them home around ten. They all looked so cute with their messed up hair and relaxed smiles. It made me happy to see them being kids. That is what summer is all about. Just going with the flow and hanging out. When is the last time as adults we woke up with no plans for the day but managed to spend it having a great time with our friends? It is such a shame we lose some of that as we get older. The dishes need to be done, the clothes washed and all that good stuff but we need to try every now and then to just cut loose and let all that go for a day. Just have some fun the next time you get a chance. I give you permission to act like you are on school break with no worries. Let me know how it goes!!!

Hotter than the hinges of hell....

that is how I describe this week. It is hot and humid, weather you can wear. Michael is playing in the District baseball tournament and Ashley is working in the concession stand at the field. His team won their first game last night and if they win tonight they won't have to play on Saturday. Wish him luck!!!!

Life has been hectic since we returned from Down Under. I had my niece Taylor for ten days and we had so much fun. Having a six year old again was a real eye opener. I had forgotten how much attention they require and how much older I have gotten. Factor those two things together with jet lag and you get one crazy lady.

My favorite activity of the week was our nightly sessions of what I called Love Triangle Barbie. I would be the scorned ex gir barbie and Taylor played the role of Ken and his wife. I would plead for him to take me back and it was all very heart wrenching. This was her game not mine but she did comment that I was really good at playing it. Did she think she had the market cornered on dramatic ability in this family?

We ate alot of McDonalds and ice cream sandwiches. We stayed up late and slept in, always with Hoosier between us. Combine two wiggly bed partners with jet lag and you get out right looney.

We spent the week doing fun activities like bowling ( she complained all the way there about having to wear the shoes but wanted to buy them before we left. , picnicing, movies ( Kitt Kettridge ) and playing beauty shop ( sponsored by Mary Kay. Ashley did not fair well in this area as Taylor announced when she completed Ashley's makeover, "you look like somebody beat you up!!!".

The biggest adventure was shoe shopping. Taylor has inherited her love and passion for shoes from me and we were in hog heaven. She likes high heeled "fashion" shoes. I did make her agree to at least one pair of tennis shoes for the playground at school but of course they were bright pink and gray. Nothing too boyish for this fashion queen.

We had big fun and when it was time to say good-bye I was a little choked up...I couldn't tell if it was emotion or fatigue but I knew I was really going to miss hearing...Aunt Kim with ten syllables.