10 Sings You’re Getting Old

This 10 on Tuesday couldn't be more perfect for me. I just told Mrs. Awesome last night that we're getting old. I might as well share some of my reasons with the world.

1. You go to bed at 10:00 p.m. to sleep not get freaky.
   
2. You watch the news at least twice a day sometimes as many four times.
   
3. You have an invested interest in the weather.
   
4. You can't understand the new slang the kiddies are using. Really what's the deal with, "Oh snap!"?
   
5. You don't understand the new fashions the youngins are into either.
   
6. You think that music was better when you were in high school than it is now.
   
7. You have children. It's nothing like children to make a person feel old. My oldest biological child was born when I was 17 causing me to automatically feel much older than most people my age. The sad thing is it continues as that little girl who was born just after my 17^th birthday celebrated her 8^th birthday a couple of months ago.
   
8. You realize your back is hurting and you aren't sure why though tossing the Joker, the Daredevil, and the Rocker repeatedly into the air and catching them may play a factor.
   
9. You're shocked at the fact children born in 1991 are high school seniors.
   
10. You had the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or a Carebear or any other toy that they're now marketing to children as new.

Saturday 9

1. There are several religious holidays going on this weekend. Any plans? Tomorrow we have soccer games and a couple of Easter egg hunts. Then Mrs. Awesome plans to dye Easter eggs with our munchkins. I think I will grade papers during that time. Sunday we have church and Easter dinner at my mom's.

2. Do you look forward to holiday events or do they stress you out? I look forward to them for the most part. There are some aspects of holidays that stress me out, but overall I enjoy watching the kids get excited about stuff.

3. Do you have any traditional meals that you will eat? For Easter, we'll have ham and the fixings. On Thanksgiving and Christmas there is usually both turkey and ham and all the fixings.

4. We are changing seasons. What are you looking forward to? More than anything I'm ready for warmer weather and to see leaves on the trees again.

5. Around here it is turning to spring. What signals spring to you? Longer days and everything getting green again.

6. What is your favorite season and why? Summer because I am teacher and don't have to go to work for two months.

7. Do you have a favorite food when dining out? It depends on where we are eating. I have a favorite dish at most places we go to, but that doesn't mean that's what I'll order.

8. What is your favorite beverage when out? All I ever get is sweet tea or Dr. Pepper. I can't afford alcohol *lol*.

9. When is your next big night out? hmm….18 years and 1 day from the Turkey's birth?

A Woman And Her Shoes

This evening my wife got it in her head that the children needed shoes to go with their Easter outfits. More specifically, The Princess needed shoes to match her Easter dress and The Professor and The Joker needed new dress shoes. Being that I am completely whipped after dinner we went to Payless.

Trips to places such as shoe stores show me why I am only blessed with one daughter. The Princess has strong opinions on things like shoes. Her brothers, for the most part, wear whatever their mother tells them too without any argument. Actually, I usually wear whatever Mrs. Awesome tells me to without arguing as well *lol*. Anyway, Mrs. Awesome found the pair of shoes she thought would look perfect with The Princess's dress. The Princess hated the shoes and wanted a pair of Hannah Montana high heels instead.

The issue was the fact these shoes are for Easter, which means things are dressier than usual. In my wife's mind, the Hannah Montana shoes just weren't going to cut it. She was set on The Princess wearing white shoes with her dress because she thinks it will look better. Mrs. Awesome chose a lovely pair of white shoes for her.

The Princess believed these shoes are for babies. This leads to a huge standoff in Payless. Both of the women in my life tend to be stubborn. The Princess starts to flat out refuse to try the shoes on Mrs. Awesome picked out for her. I stepped in and forced her to try them on. The shoes fit perfectly, so these are the ones we wanted to buy. These shoes were also $10 cheaper than the Hannah Montana shoes.

Well, The Princess being our Princess or Drama Queen begins crying when she knows she's not getting the Hannah Montana shoes. She cries about how she never gets anything, which isn't true but in general she's making a scene in the store. She looked pathetic with the broken wrist and all. Some other customers had started looking at us at that point adding to my utter embarrassment.

We ended up compromising with her. She paid for the Hannah Montana shoes with her own money. We paid for the white shoes. On Easter morning, she will be wearing the white shoes Mrs. Awesome chose for her. Tomorrow when we go see the Hannah Montana movie, she can wear her Hannah Montana shoes along with her big Hannah Montana hoop earrings she bought at Wal-Mart last night.

*sigh* I am beginning to wonder if I should start praying nightly that the Turkey is another boy. I'm not sure I need to start over with a girl.

Thursday 13- Children’s Sayings

Coming up with a topic of my first Thursday 13 in a while was more difficult than I thought it would be. I came up with several ideas, but none of those seemed to be the right topic for me this week. I finally decided on sharing some children's sayings. Then it turned out to be harder than I thought as my memory stopped working after the first half. It just proves that I need to write this stuff down every day.

Visit the Thursday 13 to play!

1. The Professor shares a word of wisdom at breakfast, "Bacteria is getting in our food right now."
   
2. The Joker's sudden excitement over the Princess' birthday gift, "YOU GOT A 1 AND a 0! I LOVE THOSE MONEYS!"
   
3. One night we had salads with dinner, which is one of the Joker's favorite foods. Before he brushed his teeth and all that stuff to go to bed he was munching on croutons from the package. Mrs. Awesome told him, "You smell like a crouton." He responded, "I'd rather be a bacon bit."
   
4. On a cold winter's night the Daredevil says, "I cold. I need a Snuggie."
   
5. One Saturday before Christmas Wal-Mart had a Santa in their garden center. Since we were there we took the kids to see Santa. When we were finished the Joker says, "That's not the real Santa you know. I'm old enough to know the real Santa is the one at the mall."
   
6. Along the same lines, the Joker explained the reason he couldn't see the Santa at the mall on one particular day we were there, "Dad I don't have my catalog!"
   
7. The Joker's attempt to eat an ice cream cone in the summer led to the following exclamation, "My ice cream is leaking everywhere!"
   
8. The Rocker (keep in mind he's two) asks me, "Can you just give me some space?"
   
9. When the Princess was 18 months to 2 years old she was a big talker. Actually she still is a big talker. One particular day she looked into a bucket that held some tomatoes and says, "Hello Mr. Tomato! How are you doing today?"
   
10. The Joker has his first loose tooth. He explained to the twins what this loose tooth means to him, "I'm going to get about 20 dollars for this tooth! I'll be rich!"
    
11. The Princess wrote her first short story at school. She was very proud and said, "It's about a horse turning into a Pegasus." I found this funny because I believe Pegasus is a single horse not something horses turn into.
    
12. Today the Rocker asked, "What's an odor?"
    
13. The Joker was playing with a stuffed monkey and said, "Oh no my baby has turned into a monkey! You know why? He drank monkey juice." The Daredevil says, "Oh bother."

Ten on Tuesday

10 Least Liked Foods

1. Coconut- I hate the texture of coconut. I hate those little bits that seem to remain in your mouth for hours after you've eaten it.
   


2. Oatmeal- Nothing about oatmeal strikes me as appetizing. It's a pile of mush in a bowl.
   


3. Bananas- Again it's a texture thing. The softness of a banana grosses me out.
   


4. Ice cream- This one is a little tricky. I like ice cream in a cone. I will also eat Blizzards from Dairy Queen.
   


5. Mushrooms- Slimy *gags*
   


6. Olives- They look like eyeballs. That reminds me of the lady I saw on a talk show once who was terrified of olives.
   


7. Cabbage- Disgusting.
   


8. Pickles
   


9. Onions
   


10. Mustard

The Broken Princess

The Jock likes to skateboard and is pretty decent at it. We don't really have a good set up for skateboarding here in the country, but he still does it none the less. Mrs. Awesome let the kids go outside for a bit this afternoon even though it was cold and wet. While they were outside, the Princess decided to try out skateboarding. She doesn't share her brother's gift for skateboarding and ended up with a broken wrist. I think we're off to a great start for spring break.

Just Another Manic Monday

How often do you change your toothbrush? I change my toothbrush when it needs changing or when I go to the dentist. I guess that means every six months or so.

What is your favorite item of clothing to shop for? Socks. There's nothing to shopping for socks. You go in pick up the kind you want and off you go. Generally, I buy white socks so I don't even have to think about the color.

Do you use social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)? Which do you use most often? I have a Twitter account strictly for this blog, but I am horrible at updating it. I have no desire to have Facebook or any of those other social networking sites.

A Well Balanced Breakfast

This morning Mrs. Awesome decides to inform me that my version of a well balanced breakfast is in fact not a well balanced meal. Honestly, I was attempting to have a well balanced breakfast when I sat down to eat the following

That's right for breakfast I chose to have a Sprite and leftover breadsticks from the Olive Garden. I have to say it was damn good even in the nutritional value wasn't as high as it should've been. Mrs. Awesome continued by saying that I should have the same breakfast she was having with the children. I will admit that the breakfast they were eating this morning was very balanced.

Their main dish being a bowl of oatmeal, which I hate. I cannot stomach oatmeal for the life of me. I don't enjoy the texture. I honestly feel sick from the minute I put it in my mouth. On the side, they had a piece of toast, a few strawberries, and milk to drink. Mrs. Awesome always tries to start our children out with a decent breakfast so this is typical for them. She had almost convinced that I will be dying at an early age because of my poor eating habits when the Professor came to my rescue.

"You know what?" He began without even specifying who he was speaking to.

Mrs. Awesome took the bait, "What sweetie?" She asked him while still eating her oatmeal.

"Bacteria is getting in our food right now," he stated very matter of factualy.

By this time, I had finished eating my two breadsticks and told Mrs. Awesome, "This is why you don't eat a balanced breakfast. There is less time for bacteria to climb in your food."