1. I'm in the office looking for our 3-hole punch. The 3rd grade school supply list stated specifically that Uno must have four 2-pocket paper folders with three holes NOT prongs. Walmart had non-prong folders, but none with holes. I know we have a hole punch around here somewhere, but why don't I just sit down for a minute to blog and/or play Bejeweled Blitz...?
Ahhh, yes! :: Cracks open a Dr. Pepper ::
2. I think there ought to be a law to stop currently elected officials from campaigning for another position during their term. During the last presidential election, while John & Barack gallivanted around the country shaking hands and kissing babies, who was looking out for the interests of Arizona and Illinois, respectively? They were each hired to do a job -- and they each got paid for that job -- but spent all their time trying to get a different one. From my experience in the business world (it's been a while, but this seems like a no-brainer), that sort of behavior usually gets people fired pretty quickly and without the shiny references they'd need to keep climbing up the ladder. Everybody kvetches about incumbents and career politicians anyway -- a law like this would at least ensure they had to take turns, one term off and one term on.
Who's with me? :: Insert Howard Dean-style "Yeeeaaahhh!" here ::
3. Ensure vs. insure: Excluding industry usage (i.e., health insurance or auto insurance), the two words seem practically interchangeable; my online dictionary search says that they both mean to guarantee or protect (though the protecting seems more strongly associated with insure). I wonder why we have two distinct words that sound almost alike and have almost the exact same meaning? You'd think one or the other would have dropped out of usage by now. When one does, I'm guessing it will be ensure -- which is why I prefer to use it when I can. Save the redundant words! (I'm such a language nerd.)
4. The older girls start school tomorrow. Sort of. They only have to go until 11:30am. What's the point of that, I wonder? This is the first year I have students at different schools -- our elementary school goes from K-2; intermediate school is 3-5; middle school is 6-8; high school is 9-12. This year Dos will be in 2nd grade at one school and Uno will be in 3rd grade at another.... I'm feeling some anxiety about logistics, but I'm sure it will work out somehow.
In 2017 -- if I did my math right -- I'll have one kid in every place: Uno will be a high school freshman; Dos will be in her final year of middle school; Tres will be a 4th grader at the intermediate school and Cuatro will be in 1st grade. That will be a logistical challenge.
5. I think Facebook doesn't like me, and wants to let me know. A year or so ago I made a friend request to someone I knew in high school, and that person never responded. Which is fine -- I didn't expect to really reconnect anyway, just snoop around to see how his life had turned out and how time had changed him. I'm kind of nosy like that. So the friendship request is still pending, which means I am not privy to any of his deeply personal thoughts or what he had for lunch, but suddenly I'm getting status updates from him every time he accepts someone else as a friend. Is Facebook trying to rub this passive rejection in my face?
So weird.
Sigh. I ought to hunt up that 3-hole punch, I guess.
~RCH~
6 years ago
4 comments:
1. I think that the amount of stuff kids need for school is CRAZY!
2. I agree with you.
3. Yes, you are a language nerd and I love you anyway.
4. Yay for school!
5. Ooooh..I want to know who! :-) That's weird that you can see when he accepts someone else but nothing else. Weird. FB is crazy sometimes.
Love ya!
Next year I'll have one in elementary, one in middle school, and one in high school.... and then Oldest will GRADUATE!!!
My sister (Sheri) says she can't play bejeweled anymore because she's spent all summer trying to beat your score just once. She says every time she turns around you've just added another 100,000 points to your score so she will never achieve her secret objective!
Our Elem. school won't let us send anything to school with Dana. Not even pencils. One year we bought her a folder and they sent it back home. Not even a pencil case was allowed!
Language nerds unite! I am so sick of people not being able to use an apostrophe.
Yeah, I super want to know who the Facboo person is! On a related note I've been ignoring repeated requests from a certain Mr. BT/YF! Hee hee! Justice served cold, my friend. :)
The Facboo person was previously known as Hairy Toes Boy, lol. It's just so odd because I forgot that I'd ever friend requested him in the first place -- and then he began showing up in my feed about a week ago. "Huh," I thought, "did he add me or something?" But I clicked on his page and it says his info is private while the request is still pending. Meanwhile FB keeps letting me know every time he accepts someone else. It's annoying. Maybe I'll have to block him. :-P
How come Dana's school won't let you send anything? Is it nothing personal, that's just hers to use (most of our stuff gets pooled), or do you not have to get school supplies AT ALL? Very strange. And kind of sad! I loves me a new notebook and some pencils!
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