Spell check

Last I checked, bloggers spellcheck still isn't working (or maybe just not for me cuz Jessica recently said it worked for her). Checking some other blogs it appears it isn't working-typepad must not be either which brings me to the conclusion that people just don't spellcheck. So, in the spirit of being nice and in the spirit of homeschooling and in the spirit of being a general turd here is some friendly spelling advice (I think there should have been some commas in that sentence).

:: if you never learned the rule, learn it now. 'i' before 'e' except after 'c' and weird cuz weird is weird. SO, if there is an 'i' and an 'e' next to each other in your word and it doesn't come after a c then the order should be 'ie' like friend. There are some exceptions like neighbor and weight but in general the rule will do you right. Except after 'c' just means order switches if the 'i' and 'e' follow a 'c' like ceiling. Some exceptions here too like science but again in general you're good.

:: loose or lose? Loose with 2 o's means something is not tight. Lose with 1 'o' means you need to call upon St. Anthony because you can't find something. Spellcheck doesn't help here so just learn the difference.

:: When meaning excessive use too. I am too tired to interact with my children today. I am too fat to be eating this snickers. I am too hungry to care.

:: When using contractions you put the apostrophe where you dropped a letter. For example
it + is = it's, you dropped the 'i' of is so you put the apostrophe there. One more
you + are = you're, you dropped the a of are so it goes there.

Alrighty roo, that's your English lesson for the day. On a tangent can someone tell me why the media isn't up in arms about all these baseball athletes (and Marion Jones) getting in trouble for perjury yet when Bill Clinton got in trouble for the exact same thing they were. They felt people were way out of line for going after him for perjury but don't feel the same about the current situation. And, why does the media associate kids using steroids with the baseball scandal BUT doesn't associate their stories of middle school girls giving Lewinskies in record numbers (and not considering it sex) with the former President?

She needs crutches

Yesterday we were gone all day. Sugar needed some new accessories. She was playing in the backyard on one of our ledges and best we could figure she twisted her ankle and fell off. Luckily it wasn't too bad-nothing broken just a pretty bad sprain. She likes that she needs the crutches to get around. I don't think it hurts as much as she is pretending but she has her little bell to order us around while she sits on the couch, leg up, being waited on hand and footankle .






Hmm, wonder if my mom has made it this far or if she has called already to check on her fave. Total lie. We were gone all day yesterday but we went to a kids hands on museum type thingy (Michelle, it was suppose to be like Working Wonders but not nearly as cool).

Just to clarify, Sugar is fine. She doesn't need crutches. I was lying just to have a story to go with the picture from the 'museum'. She did cut her finger today though with a black (steak) knife. Very superficial cut (more of a scrape since it was serrated), but it is her first wound from a non-butterknife, knife.

Blow out the candles

Happy Birthday Johnny-boy!
In the b-day poem tradition:

I can't believe you now are six,
It seems like just yesterday,
You were five(five)!

I can't believe Lent starts today. Way too early. Before I was thinking of giving up meat entirely (especially once I saw some article saying the FDA has approved using cloned animals for food, and that packaging does not have to specify that it is a cloned animal) but then on Sunday I realized it started this Wednesday and I wasn't mentally prepared to do it. Instead I am giving up fast food. That's a biggie! I would rather spend 40 minutes going and getting food than 20 minutes making something myself.
Oh, and just to keep the tradition alive, I am also giving up Dr. Pepper. Hopefully I will break the tradition and actually make it through lent without having any. Luckily it isn't under penalty of sin!

Swap ready

Well, almost. We have finished up the kids projects and now I am working on 2 last things for the kiddies we are swapping with.

Sorry to their mommy for all the glitter!

Weekend Update

:: Wow, great game last night. Though I wanted them to win (because I hate Tom Brady, Michigander) I really didn't think the G-men had it in them. Go Eli! Never saw that drive coming!! I thought for sure he would throw an interception.


:: Boo got her hair cut this weekend. They didn't do what I wanted (shorter in back, longer in front) so it is short and pretty much all the same length. It looks ok, but not as cute as the original style.





:: And in the category of "It's about darn time" Sweet Pea had a super bowl of her own this morning

I was running

I turned my head from the computer screen to the tv screen
R: Aw man! How many times do we have to watch this movie (said like Forrest Gump, sort of).
T: As many times as it takes to memorize all the words (said in a better Forrest Gump voice).

Stupid is as stupid does.

The play by play

Regina is rounding the corner, heading for home, Amy close on her tail. Amy's closing. She's gonna get her. Aw, Regina hits home just as Amy tags. Tie goes to the runner. Regina is safe. Sorry Amy, though you tagged me, I was clearly on homebase so I can't participate in the meme. Besides I don't know much about the saints, I haven't read a single book about/by a saint nor have I seen any movies so an entire meme filled with 20 "I don't know"s wouldn't be very fun to read. Next time Gadget, next time.

I have been sick for over a week and have eaten very little in that time-don't have much of an appetite. Guess how much weight I have lost. That's right-zip, zero, nada. {Channeling Nancy Kerrigan} Why, why, why.

Shelly and shelly, perhaps you two could exchange email addresses and stop hijacking my comments. As for the link to Michelle's blog not working, if you look at the url I think I entered not.linking.to.an.actual.blog.com While I am mean, I am not THAT mean since I know she currently doesn't want anyone seeing her one wonderful post. I just wanted to scare her a little :) [though it would be very easy for you to find it without my help]

Oh crap-a-dil, Bloggers spellcheck isn't working right now. ARGH