THOSE WEIRD HOMESCHOOLERS: June 2009

Monday, June 29, 2009

Things have been taken care of regarding
that creepy pervert teenager. I can't say too
much BUT will say others are doing things
on their end and I need to do things on mine.
Mainly watch my daughter like a hawk if we
see him. Sorry for being cryptic. Love you guys
and thanks for the insight! I swear there is a
new hazzard every time I turn around...such
is life;)

Did you see? Billy Mays died. People are
dropping like flies. As they do anyway I
guess. Regardless of how they make a livin'.
It's so weird,the kid and I were just talking
about him,Devon likes to talk like him and
we were having a riot the day before,laughing
and joking around. The next day:DEAD. It
was like we were channelling him or some
thing...creeeepy. ANyway,rest in peace all ye
dead people. I'll see you in another seventy one
years! And not a minute sooner! (I'm living
to be 107)

It was Stampede Weekend,the weekend past.
It was oddly quiet around here. I was sure I'd
see more drunk people peeing in the bushes
and such but NOTHING. There were drunk
people in town to be sure but nothing major
and certainly nothing out of the ordinary.
I don't think I saw an increase in police
officers either..odd odd odd. ANYway,I'm
not complaining!

We went to the parade on Saturday,it was
short and sweet but fun! We woke up late
and only had 30 min to get up,get ready and
get there but it was worth it in the end.
We ended up having having breakfast out
and wandered into the street party(which
is more like an outdoor market of useless
crap) where the oldest ditched us for his
girlfriend and friends. There wasn't much
there so we walked towards the Stampede
grounds and bought some treats(shave ice
and, sweet and salty kettle corn)then headed
back to the truck and home.

Hubs had to put in a new heater core. I had
to get dinner started. I made a chocolate potato
cake which was excellent despite forgetting to
add the egg whites,heh. I also made a BLT potato
salad and then sat on my ass with a good book
until it was time to go.

We picked up a roast chicken from the grocery
store(best idea ever) a chunk of olive cheese
bread and had a picnic in the truck,at the
park,in the rain. Food seems to taste better
when you're somewhere else to eat it. Even
in a stinky old truck!

I love this photo. People wandering around
with their horses like dogs on a leash. It must
be the city girl in me who finds this so amusing.
This is an EVERYDAY occurance. So I had to
snap a pic.

And of course cowboys.
Real cowboys,man enough to wear pink;)

I've got some stuff to do so I'm off. The
boychild has sold his soul to me in exchange
for his freedom(he tried to pull a fast one on
me a few months ago). Part of our deal was that
he would do all my housework in exchange for
having SOME priveledges returned. There are other
rules and stipulations of course but that's the gist
of his deal with the devil. As a result,I have lots
more free time,which I'm using to organize this
house better and do all those little jobs one never
seems to have enough time to get to. Once I get
everything done,I'm going to use my time to sit
on my butt(more often,heh) and read the summer
away:) Cheerio!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

I can't think of a snazzy title.

It's a mixed up day,weather wise. To the
south-west I see nothing but clouds. To the
north-east the sun is poking through a bit.
I wonder which one will win? Part of me
hopes for the sun,I need to dry laundry but
the lazy part of me hope for the clouds. I
don't feel like changing out of my sweats,ha!

School is finally out!
We don't have any major plans with the kids
for the holidays. I know we're going to Bella
Coola for a night and we'll probably do a trip
to Barkerville. Then of course there will be
drives,picnics and days at the lake! I love
picnics and days at the lake...

The girlie has a job. She's to watch over our
neighbor's dog while he's out with tourists
exploring the countryside. He's gone for nine
days at a time and,Jig will be going in a few
times a day to check on his pup. Of course,
she's actually going to check on the dog,NINE
MILLION times a day but hey,it keeps her
busy and happy!

Ewwww,speaking of the Girlie. We have a
weird situation here. One of our neighbors
has a teen brother. He's sixteen. He doesn't
live here but visits every once in awhile Some
times Jig plays with his young nephew,along
with the other kids and when this this teen is
here, he joins in.

The other day after playing,Jig came home
for dinner,then went out to play with her little
girlfriends in the woods behind our house.
They are playing happily when the teen
approaches them. He says in an accusatory
tone" I thought you had to go in for dinner?!"
She thinks this is ODD so she iggnores him
and the girls move away from him, closer to
our house. He follows them! Pretending to be
interested in rocks and other things,seemingly
iggnoring them. The girls continue to play.
Jig is sitting on a big pipe(don't ask) and he
wanders over to her and says "Oh you like
sitting on big pipes?" in a suggestive voice. I
am shitting you NOT! She stares at him in
horror as he continues"Mind if I join you here?"
Well my sweet SMART girlie say"Yes!I do mind!"
and motions to her friends to follow her down
into our yard. She came in to tell me what had
happened but didn't tell me about the big pipe
comment until later. Which is probably a good
thing,as a murder rap is hard to shake this late
in life. heh. She said he made her feel icky and
that she just couldn't believe he'd actually said
that,until later. ANYway,I went out there to see
where he was but he'd already taken off back for
his own home. So now,I have the lovely task of
telling his brother and sister in law that he was
entirely innapropriate with an eleven year old girl.
Gee,can't wait for that conversation.

I am SO darn proud of my daughter! She trusted
her instincts right away and wasn't afraid to use
her voice and her power against someone much
older than her.Wanna know what first set her off?
He was smoking. Bwaahaaha,I LOVE that!

In the end I told her that unfortunately this would
not be the last time some creep treated her like that
and as she got older she'd be dealing with gross men/
boys more and more. I told her there were a lot of
good men/boys on this earth but that people who acted
like that,were not them. I think this is a good time to
start introducing talks and teachings about being her
true womanly self. Do any of you have any advice on the
subject? Any good books you've read? What do you wish
you'd known? What would you say to an eleven year old
girl?

Well look at that! The sun has come out. Better get
at it. Happy Tuesday!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Mmm,my girlie is eating eggs and I can
smell their yolky goodness from here.
Suddenly I'm not as hungry for my glass of
milk,banana and piece of dry toast.

It's been very vegetabley around here.
(Yes,that's a word.You just saw it,right?)
I'm on this big kick to lose 2 inches off
my belly so I can zip up a. a new pair of
shorts b.a new pair of pants. Sure I could
return them and go one size up but why
do that? Especially when I can use them as
motivation! Something I need so very badly!
ANYWay,I'm eating mostly veggies(have
been doing so for almost two weeks now)
and I feel great. Full,satisfied and healthy.
It's the oddest thing.HA!
I never fully realized how little vegetables I
was eating....and I thought I was doing so
good before.

In the past four days I've seen two people
using the outdoors for a bathroom. I don't
mean I catch a glimpse of them hiding in
the bushes. Hey,everybody has to go!
I mean,I've seen them pull it out -well,
attempt to-or pull it down right in the open.

The first was a drunk chick right in town.
It was the middle of the afternoon,on the
main drag. She'd courtously hidden herself
behind a SAPLING that obviously did nothing
to hide her girth,and we were all "treated" to
a show.

Yesterday I'd glanced out my side window to
see someone hanging around an empty house in
the neighborhood. His buddy had gone to visit
the drunk lady and I guess he'd parked his car
at the empty house. I watched for a minute and
saw that he was fumbling at the front of his
pants,standing up against the wall. Well that was
it. I'd fucking had it with people! I threw open the
window,startling him and we had words,in which I
yelled and swore and he yelled and made up some
lame excuse.

I am so so tired of people acting like pigs.
And I'd even say I am losing my compassion
and understanding for those who live between
a rock and a hard place. May be that's the
lesson to be learned by living here. How to
hang on to ones humanity in times and places
that try it sorely.
I will find the positive here. I will,I will!

Ha,Jig is watching a show in which the
story is " There is a good side to every
problem" There's my answer I guess!

Friday, June 12, 2009

I should have kept my big mouth shut!

I haven't slept in days. It's my rotten
cats racing around being noisy jerks all
night long,keeping me up. They also looove
to scratch the end of my bed and roll around
in the green shag carpet loudly sniffing
and snorting like they've found the biggest
stash of cat nip ever. So last night I
shut my bedroom door.

This is a HUGE deal for me as I'm a wee
bit claustrophobic. Well, Corny spent
hours and hours and hours-no exaggeration
-sitting at the door meowing and meowing
and meowing. OH! And scratching and scratching
and pawing and pawing at my door.Sometimes,
he'd stick his nose under the crack and meow
through it as if to speak directly to me!
It's not like he was sad he couldn't sleep
with me,Corny hates me! I iggnored it at first,
thinking that if I didn't say or do anything,
he'd EFF OFF! That didn't work and I'd have
to say Corny hates me even more now after I
opened the door and chucked my fake croc at
him,heh. After an hour of sustained noise,I
had had enough. It didn't hit him-I'm not
that mean-but it sure did scare him. Lets
hope he doesn't come back tonight!
Asshole cat.

Corny is the fluffy orange one,December
is the black and white one and Miles,is
the other orange one. Known as GOOD CAT
because he is the only one who doesn't do
bad things.

OK enough bitching. My husband came home
last night! At 2am.I had just gotten to
sleep- for the first time-only to be woken
again(oh look,more bitching!) but I was
still happy to see him early. I'll leave
you with some photos of a little spot we
went to awhile back!
Chasm
The sign.

It's a long way down!

Awww,deer poo.

Mmmmm. It wouldn't be completed without a photo

of something yummy.The sandwich,not the poo.

We get these deli sandwiches from our grocery store.

Turkey and cranberry sauce. They are THE BEST

Monday, June 08, 2009

I won,Mrs. Sun!

I finally got the bright(hah) idea to cover
my window with a dark sheet to stop the
sun from shining directly into my eyes like
a laser beam at 4am. For the first time in
ages,I slept like a baby and woke up refreshed
and rested. It's a good thing too,I was starting
to go over the bend farther than I like;)

We're getting a new roof today! The dude
started yesterday and I'm pretty sure he'll
be done tonight. He works so fast, it's
impressive! My cats are all freaked out from
all the noise. I keep forgetting he's up there
and give Jig shit for making a racket until I
remember,lol. Oooops! I reeeeeally need to
work on my memory. I have a membership for
Lumosity (a brain training game site,I'm Laelee
add me as your friend!) but if I don't see any
improvement soon,I'm going to my doctor. I have
to wonder if my TIA wasn't really a stroke that
did some damage,because this is ridiculous! But
then again,I've been saying that all along. If I'm
right,I totally get to say I told you so to my doctor,lol.
Ok,fine I probably won't but I'll be thinking it;)

It's still sunny and beautiful here. Not a cloud in
the sky.... lots of damn mosquitoes though. Grrrr!
I look like I have the pox,it's awful. The kids are
covered in dots of toothpaste and I smell like pee
because I keep dabbing my spots with ammonia,lol.
Good times...but that's OK because it's sunny and warm!
I'm willing to put up with a few million bugs!

Monday, June 01, 2009

I am a spoiled,spoiled woman

It's my birthday today-go me!-but like the last birthday in
the family,mine was celebrated over the weekend as per
Hub's work schedule. I was spoiled rotten! Not only did the
kids give me nice pressies-a bamboo steamer,a bundt pan
and a few classic Hot Wheels cars,lol-I got lots of love from
them too:) That's the best present. My man-who was on
strict orders not to buy me anything,as an upcoming trip
is supposed to be my present-gave me a memory foam
pillow,my diva shampoo and conditioner AND a gift card
for a cut and colour(foils! yay!)at the spa/salon I go to.
What a bugger,what a sweet,sweet bugger:)
This morning when we were talking about something,I
mentioned someone looking for the love of their life and
he interupted me to tell me he'd already found his...
awwwwwwwwwww!! I hope he means me,hahahahahaha!

I'm going to try and treat myself today with lots of reading
and lazing about but it's most likely going to be an
ordinary day. I did get to enjoy my morning coffee on
my deck,surrounded by flowers,basking in the sun and
enjoying the birdsong.
That's the way I'd like to start any day,me thinks.

Since it's my birthday I'd like to take the time to ask
you for money. Oh no,it's not for ME,it's for the Cancer
Society! If you'd like to donate to a great cause you
can do so Here! I don't remember if I mentioned
this in my post about my cancer scare..but here it is
again. When I'd mentioned to my doctor that I knew or
knew of 5 women with breast cancer,he told me that
that past week in the clinic they'd diagnosed THREE
women with that very thing. THREE women in on week,
with breast cancer,how fricking awful is that?
Actually I think one women with cancer at any time is
awful:( Check your Boobies Friends,check your boobies.

THOSE WEIRD HOMESCHOOLERS