13 Months Later

Well after searching for 13 months I finally found a job. I am grateful for the the job but a little down that I had to take such a big pay cut. I guess it is the pay cut thing that is really bothering me. I will be close to home, I can still volunteer for Crossroads, and I can still make it to the gym and get dinner fixed at a decent hour. I sat down and made a list of all the pros and cons. The only con was the money. Guess I will just have to get over it huh.

Its a Blue ball!

Xmas eve 2006 - set the stage. Jisaner and Beano always have to open a present on Christmas Eve - Big Daddy is once again argumentative about it with a sneaky look in his eye. I hand out the two "presents" to Jis and Bean. Jis opens hers first - "it's a blue ball!" Bean is yelling at the top of his lungs - let it be a can of simonzie, let it be a can of simonize! Lo and behold a can of simonize. The Christmas Story - the movie comes to life in my living room. So began gag gift Christmas Eve. Xmas eve 2007 - Jis writes a lovely poem for a daddy and presents him with his xmas eve gift - A LIVE MOUSE! Xmas 2008 - Bean receives Unlce Eddie's White shoes from Big Daddy - so the saga continues.

Turkey Day 2009

Kind of different - lots of fun. The schedule was all screwed up this year so we ended up eating at 5pm instead of 1pm. It was a lot easier to get everything together a little bit at a time but I still ended up cleaning up until 9pm. Also, got to go see the great tree lighting in L'ville which is now a Young family tradition. I even got props for my pies!

Turkey day coming soon

Well this is indeed going to be an interesting turkey day. Just about everybody is mad at everybody else and nobody seems to want to compromise so I told big daddy last night that maybe I just wouldn't cook for turkey day this year. The man almost fell over crying. My family has always looked forward to the big food day. I begin at about 5am - put the turkey in. Make the cornbread, make the mac and cheese, green beans, swwet potato casserole, dressing, pecan pie, pumpkin pie and for some reason my mom always has to make sure that we do fruit salad and ambrosia. I could really do without the last two because they are just a pain to fix right at the end. So after about 7 hours of straight cooking, eating and cleaning up I collapse on the sofa only to have someone tell me that they need something else. Maybe this year I will just tell everybody that we are working for Hosea's homeless and serve somebody who really appreciates it.

The Duck bit me

Gisaner comes home from daycare. Into the tub before dinner and i notice a huge red spot on her leg. What happened? "The duck bit me at the park" Oh my gosh, duck bite? do ducks have teeth? rabies? Call the vet - duck bite should not be fatal. Call daycare. "Does anybody know how gisaner got bitten by a duck and nobody told mom? One hour later, call from doretta at daycare. The only duck she was around at the park was a little metal duck on a bouncy spring, the duck bit her by catching her leg in the spring. Four year olds - gotta love em.

Why did you quit your job as a doctor?

Mama yang and big daddy go for the first big school conference when beano is in kindergarden. We are given all the test results, told that beano should probably be held back at the end of the year and then big daddy is presented with the question. Why did you quit your job as a doctor to go to work for the railroad?(says Ms. Smith). Huh? will have to ask beano about that one. Evidently beano has seen the picture from when he was born and had seen dad in scrubs and assumed that dad had been a doctor in his earlier life but loved the railroad so much that he quit to be a railroader. What happens when you assume?