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Harry Potter and the Ark in the Monsoon

Posted on November 17, 2010 | 12 Comments

I swear, I have two other children besides “Middle Child”, but this ones about her… again. So she got really lucky and a friend of hers invited her to a sneak preview of the new Harry Potter movie last night. The kids mom works for a radio show and they had some promotion going and her son picked my daughter to go. Probably because she’s so obsessed with it. Line by line, word for word, e v e r y movie.

So the theater was like 20 miles away. About a 30 minute drive. Unless, of course…. it’s rush hour and a monsoon. 65 minutes later we arrived. (Safe and sound in the Traverse, which is like an ark. This thing has freakin HUGE ass wheels! 18′s!!) Shane said ahead of time that the neighborhood wasn’t all that safe. He even gave me that look of “you’re dropping her off where?”

Anyhow… so her friend was also stuck in traffic and said they’d be there shortly. I told MC, “We’ll have to wait in the parking lot… I hope I don’t get shot” She looked at me with a pouty lip and says, “Oh mom… don’t say that!…*long pause*… I can’t die before I see the new Harry Potter!”

But it turned out fine. In fact, he thought I meant a different city and scared the crap out of me for nothing. Turns out it was completely safe. And then some. Ughhhh. Traffic was just as horrible on the way home. A big jack knifed truck, a car further ahead on top a guard rail. Plus, I’m thinking I shouldn’t be allowed to drive at night anymore. (or in rain).

Are you seeing the new Harry Potter flick when it comes out?

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Posted in Just a rant

Things She Does in Her Sleep

Posted on November 15, 2010 | 7 Comments

Ever since I was little, I walked in my sleep, talked in my sleep, sang in my sleep. You name it… I did it in my sleep. I even walked out the door in my sleep in the middle of the night. Well…. I also produced a child (MC) who does the same. I don’t think she’s ever walked out the door in her sleep… yet… but she is a crazy sleep-doer just like her mom. Once, when she was little, we took her to see Disney On Ice. Dropped big Disney cash. Everything went great until she saw the giant Chinese Dragon performance. For two weeks we listened to her sleep-screaming “There’s a snake in my bed!” And even now…she sings, yells, talks, walks….. she has even sent text messages in her sleep.

A few months ago, I asked all my kids, “Are you still wearing your retainer at night?” Two said , “Yes”. One, MC, said, “I honestly do not know where mine is. When I’m sleeping I take it out and I haven’t found it in weeks.” Well, that really angered me. First because I’ve spent a butt-load of money on my kids’ teeth. If they revert back to crooked, I’m totally NOT paying to straighten them again. So when she was at school, I went in her room (complete with tall boots, gas mask, and rubber gloves) and starting hunting for the retainer. I did find them (upper and lower) UNDER her mattress.

I disinfected them and remind her nightly to keep it in. I guess in her subconscious she took at least part of the conversation in, because now… while sleeping… she takes the retainer out… but places it nicely in the retainer holder next to her in bed. I think we need to go to wearing it in the daytime.

What do you do in your sleep? Other than actually sleep, I mean. lol

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Posted in Raising Teenagers

Tagged sleep talking, sleep walking

All the Necessary Staples for Survival.

Posted on November 12, 2010 | 12 Comments

Click to enlarge this big beautiful baby!

So. I got locked out of the house yesterday. Yep. I don’t do that very often. When I got the Traverse to test drive, I parked my Jeep for the month… and… never put my house keys on the new cars key ring. DOH. So without getting all dolled up…I quickly ran up to the post office to mail book orders and then on to Aldi’s for sugar. And cashews. And…chocolate chip cookies. Oh, and chips. You know, all the essentials.

Pulled in the driveway and crap! Garage is closed and I didn’t program my remote into the new Traverse so that I could just push one little button and get into the house without my keys OR the garage door opener. I had to wait for Shane to get home from work which thankfully wasn’t all that long. But at least I had food. You know, in case I starved or something. Which technically could have happened.

Note to self: Always pee before leaving the house. Even if you’re just going out for a few minutes! Because if you get locked out and starve to death, you will leave a big puddle for the lucky person who finds you… emaciated… with no make up… in your own pee. Just sayin.