Throwback Thursday (004/365)

TIME: 05 Jan 2016 – 8:56 PM
PLACE: Living room
SUBJECT: StellaDella

She dumped an entire jumbo box of Cheerios on the floor then laid on top of them and proceeded to eat.

Sometimes, I miss this craziness.

Life and Redemption (020/365)

TIME: 5:57 PM
PLACE: Costco
SUBJECT: Things you can buy in bulk

HH, SD and I went to Costco to buy cheap gasoline and look at computers as my laptop is about to shoot craps.

A cooling system error pops up each time I log on.  It says I need to shut the computer down and take it in for service. 

Pffft…It can’t tell me what to do!  I have instead placed a small fan on my desk.  It is blowing directly on the laptop.  The fan seems to be keeping the computer cool  just fine thankyouverymuch.

But that won’t last for long.

I do need to invest in a new PC.

We ended up not purchasing anything there, as DramaQueen’s boyfriend said he could build me a better one at a cheaper cost.

I’m going for it.

Cereal Circles (015/365)

TIME:  7:06 PM
PLACE:  Kitchen
SUBJECT:  Cocoa puffs

Looks like the aliens are moving from farmers’ fields to my cereal bowl.  I’m not sure what this means to the human race.  Probably nothing.

A Is Apple J Is For Jacks (111/365)

“A is for apple, J is for Jacks, Cinnamon-toasty Apple Jacks! You need a complete breakfast, that’s a fact. Start it off with Apple Jacks. Apple Jacks! Apple Jacks! Ten vitamins and minerals-that’s what it packs. Apple-tasty, crunchy, too! Kellogg’s Apple Jacks!”

Kellogg’s Apple Jacks commercial jingle

TIME:  9:47 PM
PLACE:  Looking in the Apple Jacks bag
SUBJECT:  Apple Jacks

I sang those commercial lyrics to my children while they were eating the cereal.  They were not impressed neither with my ability to recall 1980’s Saturday morning cereal commercial lyrics without hesitation, nor with my singing voice.  They really do need to learn to humor their mother.  BTW I still love Apple Jacks…Froot Loops too, but the Froot Loops have a tendency to scrape the skin off the roof of my mouth, so I don’t indulge in those very often.

Henry VIII & Captain Crunch (025/365)

“Divorced, Beheaded, Died.
Divorced, Beheaded, Survived.”

Rhyme telling the fate of the wives of Henry VIII.

TIME:  10:00 PM
PLACE:  Kitchen
SUBJECT:  Book & cereal

I spent most of the evening painting woodwork in MonkeyBoy’s bedroom.  It will need 3 coats of paint on the woodwork and probably 2 coats of paint on the walls when all is said and done and I want it done by Friday.  One coat on the woodwork down – 2 more to go.  I’ll get the walls painted – they should go pretty quick - after the woodwork is done (and some spackling repairs to the plaster).  After I finished with the 1st coat of paint tonight, I was hungry and decided to have a bowl of cereal and read a little bit while I ate.  Captain Crunch and Henry VIII (His life and the lives of his wives fascinate me) – always a good combo.

Magically Delicious (063/365)

“I won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple.”

Bill Watterson (American Author of the comic strip Calvin & Hobbes, b.1958)

TIME: 8:57 PM
PLACE: Kitchen
SUBJECT: Before bedtime snack

I was in Target this afternoon, picking up yogurt for lunches and snacks (Target is 20 cents cheaper per Yoplait carton than my regular grocery store!) and a few other items that we needed. I wandered down the cereal aisle – we are running low - and saw that they had Lucky Charms on sale. I love Lucky Charms, so do my kids. For awhile I refused to buy it because they would sneak in the pantry and pick out and eat just the marshmallows, leaving me with plain old toasted oats when I went to have some. Talk about disappointing. Now they eat both and when I pour myself a bowl, I get the full Lucky Charms experience.