More Kalebisms

This happened a few months ago, but I was reminded of it tonight and thought this is something to tease him about in his teenage years.
David, Kaleb and I were driving down the street when someone cut David off, David muttered, "You moron" (because he likes to talk to other drivers which can't hear him but he likes to give them "the look" as he passes them) sorry, I digress, I'm here to tease Kaleb not David, anyway, Kaleb from the backseat asks, "Dad, what's a moron?" David replies, "It's someone who isn't very smart." Kaleb thinks about it for a moment then says, in an exasperated tone, "Well then I guess I'm a moron".
David tries not to talk to traffic anymore.

Tagged

I just realized I got tagged, thanks Annalee :-)

So here it goes:

8 favorite T.V. Shows
Chuck, Burn Notice, Psych, The Office, Rachel Ray's 30 Minute Meals, American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, Divine Design

8 Favorite Restaurants:
Mi Amigo's, BJ's, Carrabas, Streets of New York, Rubios, Unos, Cold Stone

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:
Studied for a test, practiced with my accompanist for my choir job that starts next week, picked up a Little Caesars pizza for lunch, went to Electrical Class, didn't have to study after all, went to Building Material Class, given take home mid-term (if only all mid-terms were take home test) went to the airport at 10pm to pick up sister, went to Albertsons at 11:00pm & scored on milk, 6 gallons for $6 can't beat that, went to bed!

8 Things to look forward to:
Only 8 more weeks of school, cooler weather, 8 more weeks till I get my Saturdays back, Thanksgiving, Christmas, spending more time in the kitchen, working on my backyard and office.

8 Things I love about fall:
See 8 things I look forward to. SAA

8 Obsessions:
Wow, pet peeves would be easier, I'm a procrastinator which makes me a bad obsessor, plus I have a short attention span so I can't dwell on any one obsession too long.

8 Things on my wish list:
Not listed in priority, A romantic weekend away (it is a wish list), a trip out of the country with my extended family, a new home, out of debt, out of school, a happy family, peace on earth, goodwill to men (sorry, I've been practicing Christmas songs all week).

8 people I am tagging:
Kellie, Holli, Lyndzi, Jodie, Alli, Tomb Raider Twins, Teresa, Megan

Kalebisms

So I stole this idea from my sister-in-law (thanks Jodie), she shares cute things her daughter does with Emmaisms (sp), so I thought I would do the same with Kaleb.

Kaleb is always saying cute things, sometimes I don't think they're cute for a day or two but he really is a funny kid. The other night we were singing I Am A Child of God and he asked if we could do the second verse. So we started singing and he stopped and asked "Why are they gray?" I asked him what he meant and he sang, " I am a child of God and so my knees are gray". I think we'll keep him!

Darn Holli and Her Poster!

In my mom's guest room, formerly Holli's temporary bedroom, Holli had hung a poster up saying "I can do hard things". So for a year I kept thinking, someone should take that down, Holli doesn't live here anymore. Fast forward now to last night. I had a bad night at school. Received my test back in one class (it wasn't pretty) then found out my surveying teacher was moving and we now have a new teacher. I was stressed at the beginning of this class, but soon realized my teacher had a good attitude about it being a 101 class and keeping to the practical side of surveying, which I figured would be my saving grace. Earlier in the day I had registered for next semester, plus decided to take two classes during the winter break (stay with me, this is leading somewhere). Needless to say (of course I have to say it), I was very discouraged last night. Math has never been a forte of mine, and I have a lot more math like classes to go. As I was driving home, that darn poster kept popping up in my head, "You can do hard things" I yelled back, "No! I can't!' Then the whole internal debate starts, what am I doing, is this the right thing, maybe I should go back and do music, something back in my comfortable bubble. Things that make sense to me. Why do I need to know what the max. rimpull of a tractor in 1st gear on a 3% slope is (one of the questions from yesterday), that's not what I thought I was majoring in.
Anyway, I called Kellie, yeah for sisters, she told me "yes, you can do hard things, yes, it's going to be tough, no, I can't quit, I will be thankful someday I stuck with it, but yes, I might have to study more and work harder" What, when did I agree to do that? j/k
Then it dawned on me, I'm not in my element and these are new concepts to me, maybe I will have to stretch my brain after all. I thought I could do like I did in the past, study a little and get good grades, for once in my life I will have to learn to really study (easy concept, I know) it's just in the past the subjects came easier to me. So watch out statics and calculus here I come, but in the meantime, thanks for sisters, moms, brothers (and in-laws), friends and cheerleaders, who remind me, I can do hard things!

It's Official

I know the stores start putting Christmas decorations up about the same time as Halloween decorations. And 99.9 KEZ starts earlier and earlier each year with the Christmas music, but to me one thing starts the holidays off right, so I was at the mall last night and there was a little boy who was not listening to his mother at all, ironically his name was Kaden, his mother yelled and threatened till she was blue in the face, finally she said it and the holidays officially began; "If you don't listen to me, Santa's not going to bring you any toys!"
Happy Holidays everyone!

Is Chivalry Dead??

So I went to Michael's' (the store) to pick up a piece of art Kellie had framed. I waited for a lady and her mother to finish, then it was my turn. As I was leaving the store, barely able to see over this picture, it's huge, this mother and daughter duo were just leaving also. The daughter, who was probably in her 50's herself, opened the door so her mother could come through with her cart. I was literally about a foot behind them and thought the daughter would hold the door for me too. Nope, I was wrong, as I started through the door she let go. I literally had to kick the door open to keep it from shutting on me. I thought,could she not see me? Maybe not, because the huge piece of art was covering me, but certainly she could see the big dancing ladies in the picture coming at her. Which leads me to ask,is chivalry dead and if not, does it apply only to the male gender? Any thoughts?


P.S. So the story of Kim, I mean Tiffany was really a lot funnier than I am capable of putting into words. Thus I will not ever write a book, because it would be a lot funnier to me than anyone else, well maybe Kellie would laugh (we have kind of an unspoken sympathy laugh thing going on). The nurse totally was thinking that "Tiffany" was wearing her stilettos in bed, okay maybe you just had to be there. HTHBT