Some Thoughts

3 adults + 1 sleeping bag + 45 degree nighttime temperatures + 2 air mattresses with holes + 1 uncharged pump without the plug + 1 husband with a very large lung capacity = a typical Jorgensen camping trip Averi has become the clean-up Nazi lately.  She was nearly hysterical when I didn’t put the Barbie horse in the correct location. The more time that passes, the more I want a smart phone.  I just don’t want the huge phone bill to go with it.  Solutions, anyone? I am not yet convinced if fresh Hatch chiles are worth it.  I’ve invested about 10 hours in mine so far this week (between purchasing, driving to 4 stores to get them roasted, and peeling my overcooked chiles), and I still have a gallon and a half to be chopped and frozen. “Firefly” is the best TV series that no one has ever heard of. 5 pounds of Red Vines from Costco is not the good deal you might think it is.  I am definitely looking forward to the Renaissance Fair in Santa Fe this weekend.  Do Nerf swords need to be peace-bonded?  And does that sentence make me a total nerd? Paul was so excited for his first day at preschool last week I thought he was going to pee his pants.  I wish that weren’t such a common occurrence… Over the last three weeks my standard have slipped considerably.  I walked Katie to the bus stop in my pajamas this morning. I never realized that going to Disney World is an art.  I have been so inundated with advice that I’m feeling rather overwhelmed.  I thought you just showed up, waited in long lines, and swarmed around characters.  I knew nothing about pin trading, fast passes, parent passes, unofficial guides…  A lot has changed since I last went. I’d be hard pressed to choose my favorite punctuation.  Parentheses are nice (I’ve always been a fan of the parenthetical statement).  The ellipsis is very good for suggesting a list, implying “and so forth,” trailing off in thought…  Of course, the semicolon is nice; it’s not only useful but unexpected. I just finished one of my cushions for my wicker chairs.  You would think that I would learn that stripes are not for a novice sewer (sewist?) like myself. Do script writers have an inside joke inserting the most random and unnecessary swear words in a movie?  It’s getting kind of ridiculous. The internet is one of the greatest time wasters known to man.