I'm Still Here

Sometimes, I find myself focusing more on one blog than the other. Some days, I'm lucky to blog at all. Who am I kidding? Some days I just fall into bed after everyone else and am grateful I got through it. I've had a lot to do on the other blog, but mamashublog was starting to feel left out.

• Reading my brains out. I love to read. I have so much on hold at the library, they cut me off. You can only have 30 holds and I'm there. I have 3 things waiting for me, so I need to go pick them up. I'm hoping a bunch will come off my hold list so I can order more. Some of the books I'm reading now or just finished are "Young Adult" books. Way out of my normal reading zone, but I'm liking what I'm reading so far. The big girl has been reading a pretty decent series about a girl that goes to an all girl spy school. It's also a good way for me to know what the she's reading. I did let her read the "Twilight" series. I have no interest in that one. I recently read Lemonade Mouth. Disney made a TV movie based on it and a friend of hers had read it. There were a couple of parts that I'm not ready for her to read, but soon. The kids even recorded the movie for me to watch before they can watch it. I guess I need to get to that. 
• Hubby and I cleaned up parts of the yard yesterday. I didn't go to youth or praise band, but that's ok. We cleaned up piles that have just been laying around, collecting ants and who knows what else. We cleaned up weeds and rocks and the wood pile and burned some scraps that have just been sitting around. We still have much, much work to do outside, but I am grateful for the start. It was hot, that's for sure. Hubby and I knew that we would be outside for a long time, so we actually put sunscreen on. Pretty darn glad, too. At one point, hubby was trying to free fencing from the grass that had grown over it and disturbed a wasps' nest. He got grazed on the eye, so straight into the house we went. He's very sensitive to wasp stings, so I filled him full of Benadryl and plopped him down on the couch. Yeah, he was hating that (NOT!)
• I've been looking at the grocery stores in the area we are moving to. More specifically, I've been looking at their coupon policies. Are you watching the new Extreme Couponers? Most of them are so full of shit. One pair of sisters cleaned out all the dental floss, were given one more coupon, but couldn't get more floss because they had cleaned out the shelf. And then they said they weren't ashamed of it. I think some people get a God complex of sorts. I can go into any store and not pay more than $50 for more than $500 worth of groceries. Ok, but why do you need such a big stock pile? One lady fed all of her teenage son's friends when they came over. That I get. Teenage boys eat ALOT. I don't understand stockpiling diapers when you don't have kids and don't plan on having them anytime soon. I don't understand buying 1,000 boxes of cereal because you have coupons. Sure, you got it for free, but what did you pay for your coupons? What did you pay in paper and ink to print?  Crazy people. Just another show that makes a group look weird. I belong to two groups that always look like freaks: homeschoolers and couponers.
• Looking forward to the summer. The kids and I want a pool where ever we land. Here or Texas, we don't really care. We went swimming with friends the other day and it was lovely. I am more convinced than ever that the baby is taking a refresher swimming course, that's for sure. You don't use it, you can lose it. I've even looked up to see if there's a Y in our new town. There is!
• I am not sad that Oprah is leaving. Bye! Have a great life! She used to make so much sense to me. but the last several years, I just don't care what she has to say. I used to make my kids go play in their room when she came on. Now, she's rarely on in our house. I don't even care for most of the books that she reads. There are a couple that I read before she did. That was weird. She has destoyed as many companies as she's helped. It's called the "Oprah Effect". When she reveals a favorite product, some companies are just not equipped to handle the influx and have to shut the doors. Well, there you go. And really, I have a brain. I don't need her to think for me. Look what a great presidential candidate she backed.

Alright, I guess I'll quit griping now. Ok, I'm ready to get started again. Next time, maybe.