March 8, 2011

Observations, Realizations, and Diversions

It's time once again for a "tidbits" post, a lukewarm melange of tiny thingys that don't fit anywhere else. My mind is full of mental post-its and they are starting to come unstuck and drop down like falling leaves littering the floor of my cranial cavity.

Time to unload.

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Despite having a fish curse, we got another tank and have stocked it with fish. One died yesterday.

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Tristan gave me an out-of-the-blue compliment. It was so nice. He said, "Mom, you're pretty."  I beamed and thanked him at which time he added, "But you're only pretty with your makeup on."  This is not the first time he's explained this to me.

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Charlie Sheen reminds me of a willful and omnipotent two-year-old who has had part of his speech pathways replaced by a random word generator.

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While on the subject of Charlie Sheen, I think Hasbro should come out with a celebrity version of their Clue game and one of the possible murder scenario combinations should be "Charlie Sheen on the Rooftop with a Machete".

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I knitted an adorable kid's hat with wool that I spun myself and the next day I showed it to someone who bought it and asked me to make another one in a different color. I walked on air all afternoon.  It boggles my mind that a person can take a wad of farm animal hair and turn it into something really nifty.

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I'm tired a lot and finally went to see the doctor when I realized that if I sat still for too long I'd sometimes feel like I just wanted to fall over unconscious.  Turns out my hemoglobin is about half what it should be.  I can tell you that naps will not cure that.

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Julius cried out indignantly during a news story about Michelle Obama giving international women awards for being brave and forward-thinking and helping make the world a better place for women and their civil rights. He said, "I don't get this -- Susan B. Anthony already fixed this problem and now it's back on! I just don't get it!"

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Apparently calling a woman "girl" is highly insulting to some women. Apparently I have a bad habit to break that I didn't even know I had.

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I have unwittingly discovered a combination of cleaning chemicals that will eat the chrome off of bathroom fixtures and enamel off the bathtub.  I keep wondering if I could market it for something, but I guess there's not really a big demand for chrome removal.

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My kids are 8 and 4 now. I can't believe it. I don't even understand that. And when I think about it for more than 30 seconds it sort of makes me want to throw up.

10 comments:

  1. I've got a chrome mountain. Let's hook up!

    Bad news about the blood, girl.

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  2. I'm impressed that at 8 years old Julius knows all about Susan B, Anthony!

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  3. I liked the Susan B Anthony remark, and am impressed by Julius as well.

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  4. Eva, I was very surprised, too. I asked him about where he learned about her (thinking they had done a module on it at school) and he said he read about her in a book he checked out of the library. Awesome! :)

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  5. become a vampire they are in vougue at the moment. cool re Susan B Anthony most English children think Emmeline Pankhurst is a toothpaste.EE

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  6. Ha! Nothing lukewarm about this one - it's a delightful mix of tidbits!

    Love the idea for the new 'Clue' (or 'Cluedo' as we call it) game. And the observations on the similarity between Charlie and the two year old/word generator. He is being rather stunning right now, isn't he? And not in a good way.

    I hope you took pics of the hat! I want to SEE it!!

    Hope you feel better soon, too!

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  7. If you feel like throwing up, I'm almost comatose....my kids are 29 and 31. I don't know how that is possible when I am 39 and holding!

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  8. Wow. Pretty only with makeup, that became my reality decades ago.

    Hope the blood thing has a fix, like diet and supplements :).

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  9. Just had blood redrawn and I'm up a point. The doc says "normal" is to gain a point per month so if it keeps on like it's going I should be at the bottom of the reference range in a couple months. Wahoo!

    Jay, I'll get pics of that hat posted.

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  10. I <3 Julius. The Susie B comment was hilarious. I also agree completely about both Charlie Sheen comments! Too funny!

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