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Okay, when I was feeling sorry for myself and missing Germany (which happens strongly at Christmastime), I didn't mean I was missing my old way of doing laundry. And the American clothes racks? Hello, who makes something to hang WET CLOTHES on out of WOOD? DH and son 1 are going out tonight to look at dryers before going to an event for said son. In the meantime, I have this pathetic clothes rack set up in my room right under the heating vent, which should be good, only PMB thinks it's the coolest thing EVAH, and is pulling the wet clothes off and hurling them at me as fast as he can. I could hang them in the garage, but it's cold out there. And I don't want my clothes to smell like garage. Argh.
Also. If you owe money on a student loan and have changed your phone number, PLEASE TELL THE COLLECTION AGENCY. I am very tired of telling them that no, I don't know this Owen fellow, no, I don't have another phone number for him, no, I moved here FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY and I have no idea who owned my phone number prior to getting it from the phone company. I don't know what is so hard to understand there.
In good stuff, son 2 placed third in his school spelling bee. I'm pleased to see that all of the kids who write are turning out to be good spellers. It just makes life easier. Son 2 has also started branching out in his reading. Usually it's Anthony Horowitz and NF a la Dangerous Book for Boys. Yesterday, he read (of his own choosing) Superfudge (Judy Blume) and Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life (Wendy Mass). He's also been doing independent research on Russia, just out of interest. He remarked to DH the other day that "maybe communism (pronounced com-MUN-ism) wasn't such a bad idea." Uh, yeah. Except for that whole market-falling-apart, no-civil-liberties thing. But hey, what fourth grader reads this stuff? If only we could get him to you know, sit down and do his homework. His teachers say he is really smart and knows a lot, but that it's hard to get him to write anything down. Don't we know it.
Daughter 1 is hovering, wanting me to read more Harry Potter, so I'd better book it. The smaller kids are having a lot of fun hanging and unhanging the clothes. Well, they are getting more um, air that way, right?
Hope you are all having a nice Wednesday evening.
Also. If you owe money on a student loan and have changed your phone number, PLEASE TELL THE COLLECTION AGENCY. I am very tired of telling them that no, I don't know this Owen fellow, no, I don't have another phone number for him, no, I moved here FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY and I have no idea who owned my phone number prior to getting it from the phone company. I don't know what is so hard to understand there.
In good stuff, son 2 placed third in his school spelling bee. I'm pleased to see that all of the kids who write are turning out to be good spellers. It just makes life easier. Son 2 has also started branching out in his reading. Usually it's Anthony Horowitz and NF a la Dangerous Book for Boys. Yesterday, he read (of his own choosing) Superfudge (Judy Blume) and Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life (Wendy Mass). He's also been doing independent research on Russia, just out of interest. He remarked to DH the other day that "maybe communism (pronounced com-MUN-ism) wasn't such a bad idea." Uh, yeah. Except for that whole market-falling-apart, no-civil-liberties thing. But hey, what fourth grader reads this stuff? If only we could get him to you know, sit down and do his homework. His teachers say he is really smart and knows a lot, but that it's hard to get him to write anything down. Don't we know it.
Daughter 1 is hovering, wanting me to read more Harry Potter, so I'd better book it. The smaller kids are having a lot of fun hanging and unhanging the clothes. Well, they are getting more um, air that way, right?
Hope you are all having a nice Wednesday evening.
