over at the Small Notebook blog by Rachel someone. I'm enthralled at the blog - I'm amazed that her life seems so gracious and simple and quiet and unchaotic and ... I am jealous.
Yesterday was so hot that we stayed in and watched TV for most of it -- I didn't buy my son soccer cleats for his practice and of course he was the only kid without them (though it didn't seem to bother him a bit and he is the best player out there). I sent him with a pink water bottle that the little girls on the team laughed at. Didn't bother him a bit. I did manage to get the third grader to the soccer field in time for his practice (which is good since DH is asst coach). I didn't grocery shop -- so my kids had cereal for dinner -- in front of the TV watching AGT's Youtube version. My mother said to me "I can't believe you let your kids watch that" (she apparently turned it on during a 'disturbed' illusionist's trick which left me amazed. Then I stayed up until 12:30 (way past my bedtime) reliving my days of youth while wathcing "Purple Rain" on MTV. I slept in and my kids had to have yogurt and graham crackers for breakfast. My grandmother (who left) said to my mother "She'll find her groove when the kids go back to school." Apparently my family isn't appreciating my lack of a scheduled existence anymore.
So in my dreamed-for life, I have cupboards chock-full of healthy snacks that my kids like, a homecooked delicious meal on the table when we come home happily from our various activities, my children go to sleep in their beds instead of falling asleep strewn all over the floor in the family room or my bed, I don't have overdue library books on the floor of my dirty minivan, I look good in all my clothes - even the casual ones (presently I'm in DH's old T-shirt and my own favorite work out shorts that sadly have a small hole in them).
All of this stems from the lost shoes ... my second oldest daughter needed an exchange in size on her BTS shoes. I took care of this three weeks ago and the shoes are gone. I've searched high and low and every where inbetween. All I can conclude is that the shoes went out with the recycleables (that trip yielded us seven pairs of school shoes and gym shoes and lots of boxes to be taken out to the garage) which are obviously long-gone.
I now need to rebuy my daughter shoes since last years are trashed and too small. I am sad that I need to use some of my saved $50 JCP gift card. The only good thing about this is that it is reduced-tax spending week.
*sigh*
The life I wish for is
August 11th, 2010 at 04:01 pm
August 11th, 2010 at 04:09 pm 1281542948
Sorry about the shoes.
August 11th, 2010 at 04:13 pm 1281543187
August 11th, 2010 at 07:11 pm 1281553914
And I'm sorry about the missing shoes. One time, my husband wasn't paying attention and left one boy's (brand new!) shoe behind in the aquarium parking lot. Just one shoe, which made the whole thing funny. We still had to buy a new pair of shoes.
August 12th, 2010 at 03:34 am 1281584053
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