You know, it’s not often that you can use a photo from exactly one year ago and have it be completely appropriate. Granted, I don’t have that table out on the deck anymore, but
everything else looks eerily similar.
When I left home, branches were already drooping under the weight of some seriously heavy snow. There was much less of it at work, which is southeast of home.
I don’t usually buy soda at work, because it’s a big honking waste of money. It kills me to pay $1.25 for a 16 ounce bottle when I can buy a 12-pack of cans for $2.00 when it’s on sale. So generally I stick with the free water (complete with free ice!). Except this week I just felt the need for an afternoon beverage, and Diet Pepsi was the drink of choice.
They’re having a contest – the name of a football team is under the cap. Match two caps and you win an NFL team hat. Guess who won a free NFL team hat? Thank you, Detroit Lions!
Now granted, I need to find a “box or padded envelope” to mail these back to Pepsi, along with my name, address and team choice on a 3×5 card. And I have to pay THAT postage. Suddenly, there’s a lot of work involved to get a ten dollar hat. So the big question we must all ask ourselves…will Jody actually claim her prize?
Today was Junior’s field trip to pick pumpkins. It was 40 and drizzling out. He had his winter coat, hat, mittens and boots. They picked apples and pumpkins.
So when I picked him up tonight – he had the hat, the boots, one mitten, no apples and no pumpkin. He thinks he left the mitten on the bus, the pumpkin at kindergarten, and the apples somewhere at daycare. He thinks this because he gave an apple to one of the daycare teachers. No other apples were spotted. I KNEW this was going to happen.
p.s. Update on the snow…they’re saying we might get four inches. AAAAAAH!
You know what makes a good alarm clock? The DJs on the local radio station talking about snow in the forecast in the middle of October. Boy, I woke right up when I heard that. Now that is the kind of stuff that makes a clock radio a good investment.
The snow is predicted for tonight/tomorrow. “Accumulating” meaning we’ll be able to see it on the grass, and it will cause traffic horrors, but not deep stuff. I hope.
In a panic I had Junior try on last year’s winter boots. Whew, they still fit. So does his winter coat (well, one of them, anyway) but I don’t know about the snow pants. We can try those on tonight. I remember last November when I was looking ahead in the weather forecast and saw a possible storm, and I ran my butt over to Bob’s to find him some boots. My kid was one of the only ones around who could go outside to play in the snow because I planned ahead. I’m sure these boots won’t last all season, but my first worry is getting him pants that fit, we can save the boots for another paycheck.
(I’d say the previous post, but in Blogger-land, the previous post is physically the “next” post and I didn’t want to confuse you.)
When I went to Junior’s Kindergarten one morning, I was there when they did the Pledge and two kids actually sat it out. I don’t know why I found that fascinating, but I did.
I bring this up, because Junior recited it for me last night for the first time, and he was FLAWLESS. He enunciated each word, there were no mistakes, no words left out, added or mangled. He sounded like a little professional. If I could figure out how to make it a file of reasonable size, I’d post it here. I’ll have to work on that. But it was amazing, and I’m not even a big fan of the Pledge.
