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April 26, 2006
Adventuring
In an effort to learn to drive more in the area, today I did grocery shopping in Auburn Hills instead of in Waterford. Oooh! The heights of daring!
Actually, I'm figuring the area out pretty well. It seems to be only in Waterford and Pontiac that the streets get terribly bizarre. Plus, people in Michigan seem to understand what a turn signal means, and are not threatened by it, as Texans are.
I tried to find Whole Foods on a whim. I knew the street it was on, and the general area. I drove and drove and drove and drove and then gave up. When I came home and Googled the location, I had turned around half a block short of the store. Ha!
The boys have had a Cub Scout pack meeting, and I understand that this is the last I will see of them and of my husband all summer. They camp a great deal here.
Our Brock Magiscope came in, and I am impressed. It's sturdy. My kids will not be able to break this thing. And if they do, it has an unlimited, unconditional guarantee! We can take this thing outside. It has one moving part. It's good, it works, and they can't break it! It's worth every penny.
For those of you who are impressed that we're back to school already, know this: School keeps me sane. Yes, it does. Do you think I do this homeschool stuff for my kids? Okay, yes, I do do it for my kids, but I do this equally for myself. This is so much better, and cooler, and more fun than ... well, than not doing it. I'd far rather have school with my kids than clean, or unpack, or do chores, or any of that other crap I'd feel I ought to be doing if it weren't for school. But no! My children's education is the top priority! Thank goodness!
Not only that, but I've got to force something into my darling 10-year-old's mind other than Starfleet Battles, if only to give him something else to talk about.
On a totally different note, we heard more from the mechanic in Illinois who has our car. He opened up the engine to get a better look, and found that the crankshaft was broken. Yes, the crankshaft broke. And the oil pump was twisted up. There were all kinds of things in the oil pan.
He called it a suicide. I think he's right. For whatever reason, my car made up its mind that it was not going to Michigan. Poor car.
Posted by lynx at April 26, 2006 9:14 PM
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Turn signal?
Posted by: Brian Medcalf at April 27, 2006 1:13 AM
Hey, Starfleet Battles teaches math, geometry, and.....
well, it helps with geometry!
Posted by: Mark L ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.caerdroia.org/116/nav-commenters.gif)
at April 27, 2006 6:15 AM
Steph, I totally understand about school keeping you sane! Peyton's been sick the last couple of days, and without the school routine, life has fallen apart around here.
The trip to Whole Foods is something I would do. Turn around 30 seconds before I got there. Oh yeah.
Sounds like you guys are finding your Michigan groove - good for you!
Posted by: Amy at April 27, 2006 10:56 AM
I love your website. I used the "search" function to look for your new Minimus Yahoo Group and nothing came up. Is it too new? Thanks for doing that. I love your "that's my boy" story. Today my 7-year-old wrote a letter to my husband about his "hut" that he built out of the cardboard box our new water heater came in. It has a fork and a pencil sticking out of the top: "Answering your question about the fork-antenna, it's the love receiver. The pencil antenna is the courage receiver. They have these powers because the cardboard that makes up my hut keeps those things out."
Posted by: Julie in AK at April 27, 2006 1:04 PM
Julie, try this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/minimus2006/
I can *never* find the group I'm looking for through using Yahoo's search function. Ever.
That is a sweet story about your boy. These kids are fun ;-)
I can tell that Starfleet Battles helps with math, Mark, but ... oh, it's bad if I'm already tuning my 10 year old out when he talks. He has this need to tell me all the details of his ships, and the enemy ships, and the battles, and the moves ... each move ... by everyone ... and suddenly I realize that he's still talking and I have NO idea what he's saying. I'm working on "Give me the short version, please. Mommy loves you and wants to hear about your interests, but Mommy has NO INTEREST IN THESE GAMES WHATSOEVER!"
Okay, I don't really say that out loud. Just the first part about needing the short version. Honest.
Turn signal, Brian. You might know it better as the "I'm-going-to-move-over-in-your-lane-so-you'd-better-speed-up-quick-before-I-end-up-ahead-of-you" signal.
Amy, I hope Peyton is better soon. I'd better pop over to your blog to see!
Posted by: MamaLynx at April 27, 2006 10:19 PM
Better games than girls.....
Posted by: Mark L at April 27, 2006 10:33 PM
I just wanted to say I enjoy your blog. I'm adding a link to it from mine.. hope that's ok! HSM
Posted by: HS Mom at April 28, 2006 10:34 AM