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D’s first day back, not bad overall (until the end…will explain). My day started with A in a VERY singing mood. I was trying to write down the lyrics to the song he was singing,, but it was going too fast, so I quickly and craftily pulled out my camera and recorded video of it. IT IS SO FRIGGIN CUTE. He is such a monster sometimes; he’s a big boy, but he acts like a 4/5 year old, and he’s so innocent sometimes and UGH, I love him and his songs, even if they don’t ever make a ton of sense. And to their credit, E and D were tolerant of the first…3? They clapped when he was done, then when he asked ‘how many stars?’ they were like ‘a thousand!’ ‘a billion!’ ‘infinity!’ and it was really sweet. T
What else, what else? Today for writing group, we practiced and performed Jacob’s “The Battle for Cyzib” play. Adooooorable, even though he definitely could have added details/made it make more sense. He played the character ‘Hairman’, Tyler was ‘Director’ (whose only job was to say ‘I hope you enjoy this play’), and Seth took over as ‘Blob’. They were so cute, especially Seth who was actually acting. It left me with this really gooey, gushy feeling all over. And then continuing that high…AB GOT A PERFECT, 10/10 ON HIS ‘ON TASK’ task. 10 times the alarm went off, and all 10 times, he was undeniably doing what he was supposed to be doing. As I was leaving at 11:15, he was starting to fatigue and not do work, but that first hour and 15 minutes… <33.
At recess there was a snapping turtle laying eggs by the structure (seriously? WHERE DO I LIVE!??!), and then I had a really great session with ENC after lunch. Taught some Social Studies, and then I got to re-teach to A, who pulled it together and did really well with it. He asks some good questions; so does E.
My day ended with A having a great Art period. We took the library/1st grade hallway instead of the usual 3rd/4th, and he wondered if one was longer/shorter. We started Art with Polly, and then after a bit of his apple snack, we went out in the hall and we timed our walk to see which path is better. We were little Scientists, and it was SO COOL. Even something so simple as “I think this hallway is longer and will take more time to get there” led to an informal lesson and talk about hypotheses. Awesome.
This afternoon, after I finished reading E and D’s nonsensical story, I decided it was time to empty the extra fishtank I had brought in on Thursday. With a week and a half left of school (What? Insanity.), I think they’ll survive in the slightly-murky water. So I pick up the heavy tank, and get it to the sink to empty. This is the moment my body decided to have a Whack Attack and sneeze. Water EVERYWHERE. Only me. Terrible, but also hilarious. I was just starting to clean up when Larry (vice principal) walks in. He tells me that D had just had a minor fit in the front of the school/lobby. Threw his bookbag, yelling a bit…yipe. I had no idea he was even still IN school; E and he had been dismissed before A and I got to the bus, so I had assumed he’d gone out the side door like he was supposed to and was already home. Not the case. Not as bad as it could have been, and apparently when Larry put a hand on his shoulder to calm down he did and left, but… WHY COULDN’T YOU JUST KEEP THE GOOD DAY COMPLETLEY, KID? WHY!?!
*title of entry = what A said after one of his songs and before he started another. The kid is a HAM. <3
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Well even though I knew the kids didn't have school till 10 am due to the weather, I still got up at 6 am so I could make sure there was school. School got cxled and hour and half later due to the wind and snow. Randy said the roads were terrible and the kids are upset as hell about not going to tkd tonight. Oh well they will get over it.
The kids have kept themselves busy. The TV has been on more than usual but in truth they haven't really been watch. DeLaney played restaurant and Coltin proceeded to jump front kick into my couches the majority of the day. They also went outside for a good hour, snow boarding, sledding, and building a odd looking short snowman in the powdered snow. I called it a troll snowman cause it looked so odd.
I cleaned up my kitchen and have not done much else today. I am waiting for Randy to get home so I can unwind by picking up my room before dinner. After everyone is in bed, I will do my work outs and then take a long hot bath.
I noticed my upstairs furnace was struggling to kick in so I went out and checked the propane level. Randy was very glad when I called that he was NOT home. I grew up in an old school house so my parents kept the temp at 68 or 69 degrees because it was a bitch to try and heat all the time. My sister and I keep our houses which are booth old but better insulated at the same temp. Her hubby has issues with the temp but Randy likes to jack up my thermastate to 70 if he is "too cold". Well after seeing my propane level between 5-10 % after I just filled last month I am LIVID! 
SO I called over to the company we get propane from and first I can't get any till tomorrow. And second those mofoers expect me to pay my entire balance tomorrow before they fill. I have been a customer with them before we moved to TX and OK, paid that bill off and then when we got back I just reopened my cleared out account with them! They patched me over to one of the owners. Donna. Donna can kiss my fat cold pink ass! She agreed to get me a half of a tank tomorrow morning if I either pay my previous balance of $500 bucks compeletly off or give $250-$300 dollars tomorrow and pay the rest off by the end of the month including tomorrows fill up! This boggled me massively. I have ALWAYS paid my propane bill off for winter no later then April and I have had over $1000 worth of propane two different years and Donna has NEVER made me do that!
Well she got a tad bit pist when I said soooooooo, since companies in Pender are suing the Omaha Tribe over the added liquour tax, you are now taking it out on anyone living close to Macy? And if that isn't the case you can't get your snotty stuck up friends who live in Pender and the other all white communities to pay their bills you are NOW taking it out on paying customers? She didn't say a word to either. I said fine. I need at least a half of a tank, you can get $250 bucks tomorrow and the dayum bill will be paid off by the end of the month. Say your welcome to your hubby tonight when you see him Donna, cause you jsut drove away YET another paying customer with your bullshit!
I then called my Aunty and asked her for the other companies phone number that they and the farm use. I thought it was odd when we moved back that my Aunty and Uncle weren't using Donna's company anymore but I never gave it a thought. My Aunt gave me the number and said well I'm not suprised. You will like Stat Brothers. I called and handed Randy is scrawny pink cold ass to him again and informed him he will be investing and updating the themerostates to electronic ones and he will NOT touch them if he values his life. I should NOT have had to fill up this propane tank till the end of Febuary middle of March! I am pist!
And on that note, I am listening to the kids scrap the snow off the side walk again and I have a load of laundry going. I really should go down stairs and dust my living room and dinning room and vaccum but I am soooooo upset at this time that I am going to go calm down first.
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It was a nice warm fall day yesterday. The trees were swaying and dropping their leaves. The massive flock of black birds and crows desended into my woods to chitter with us all day. I had clothes blowing on the line while I was picking up and dusting my living room. All was going well until that fatefull moment!
I started the vaccum up to finish off the vaccuming in the living room and I saw somethign small and dark dart into the hall way. At first I thought, it was one of the two new black kittens, so I shut off the vaccum and poked my head around the pocket door to the hallway. It was no kitten! It was a fat pudgy lil field mouse! It had run past the stairway door and was sitting on the bottom step, looking at me as if to say: "YOU dared to disturb my slumber you bint!" Don't ask me why the lil rodent had an English accent it just did! I screamed a lil and started yelling for the kids to bring a cat! And fast! I have six of them one of them should be able to get this lil dieses carrier out of my home!
DeLaney came bounding down the stairs and chased the four legged lil cretion my way! I hate snakes but can at least tolerate them and will jump a mile and run the other way on them. As long as they stay away from my house snakes can live a long life. But rodents, rodents must die a painful death! I don't know if is because I have read way too much on the Plague or what but I will jump and scream like a girl if a mouse comes my way.
And sure enough, with DeLaney bounding down those stairs like a newborn filly with no balance, she chased that mouse right back at me! I did a lil hope skip and a big squeal as I jumped up on to one of my couches! The whole while 3 out of 6 cats sitting in the living room and my mousing dog laying on the other couch just looking at me! I came down off the couch once I made sure the lil rodent was safely behind the couch the dog was laying on and immeditally called my hubby to ask him when he will be getting home and why the hell do I have a MOUSE in MY HOUSE! By Fand, I have six cats who all mouse and a dog that mouses!
Randy belly laughed at me over the phone and had the nerve to say: "I can't believe this, you will take a shovel to a snake's head, you will field dress a deer, and you love to handle any type of animal there is including snakes if it is in a safe enviroment but you can't handle a mouse! Darling, we live in the country, we are surrounded by fields and pastures, they harvested, the mice are going to try to get into the house now! Either your cats step to the plate or put some traps and poision out.
Fine! After getting off the phone with my hubby who has no sympothy for me dealing with an enemy in my HOME! I decieded that I was going to war! I already went to war on the dayum bugs and won! I geared up. I ran up stairs and put jeans and socks on and then ran backdownstairs to my kitchen sink. I needed posion and traps! Alas my supplies were none existant! It was time to gear up fully! I loaded the kids up in our tank (the truck), and we ran into town. Where I promptly bought out all the enclosed reusable snap traps and two boxes of posion. This mouse was going down!
DeLaney and Coltin the whole time were laughing at me for squealing and jumping on the couch until I put their little butts to work, baiting the traps with peanut butter! While they were busy baiting the 6 enclosed mouse traps, I opened one of the multipacks of poisoin and started down to the basement. I bet that is where that lil english accented rodent came in at! The basement! I slowly but surely go down the slow rotting steps and lay out all 4 boxes of the posioin in key positions. Then I came back upstairs and grabbed the snap traps and put 3 of the traps in the living room, one in the dinning room, and two in the kitchen. I put the rest of the posion, another 4 boxes, under neith the kitchen and bathroom sinks, in one of the bathroom cupboards that I keep the cleaning supplies in and one out on the mudporch in a cubby whole that I didn't get around to putting steal wool in but thankfully is to small evne for the baby kitties!
I walked back into the living room and wouldn't you know it that lil fat rodent was sitting in the middle of the living room watching tv! I swear! I pick up the nearest cat and throw it at the mouse! And it chittered at me in that dayum English accent of it. This time I swear it said: "Catch me if you can!" Let me tell you then the battle was on big time!
Well the enemy didn't make another apperance till last night. I heard a snapping sound while I was working on Winter Solistice gifts and by the Goddess Fand, I had the lil sucker in one of the snap traps! I won! So I thought! I was going to leave the lil english talking mouse in the trap till tomorrow because my luck ran the course were it didn't snap the neck! But I figure I leave it there and torture it to death then I could rid myself of the mouse today!
My kittens are working for the dayum mouse I think! I named the kittens Brother's Grimm. The five toed kitten is Brother's and the six toed kitten is Grimm. Grimm decieded to go play with the mouse in the trap! That mouse is not stupid! With the help of Grimm, he got away! I lost the battle! I think! I refuse to go behind the tv to see if there is a dead mouse there so I am waiting for my mom to get back from the doctor's appointment with my dad to check for me! If Grimm did help the lil english talking rodent free himself, he will be put up on charges of treason and helping the enemy! Not sure what I will do with the lil bugger caues he is a cute lil kitten! But he will be punished in some way! I swear it if that mouse is free!
I reset the bait trap and put it in another location by the tv and speakers. I will win this war! There will be no rodents in MY HOUSE!
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