Van-flippin-tastic

You will never guess what happened to me. Not in a million years. Why? Because normally this sort of thing only happens to people in the movies, cheesey movies, but guess what--I was the lucky winner today. I went to pick up the kids from school after their half-day Friday. There's a long line, which I normally try to avoid by going early but I was late so you know, had to wait and everything. I pull up in front of the school, the kids see me, and run over to the van.

They pile in.

David, who we carpool with, can't get the door closed. I tell him to go ahead and sit down and get his seatbelt on, I'll close it. I take off my seatbelt. I reach behind the passenger seat...ok well I'm too short-armed for that, so I half get out of the driver seat and reach behind the passenger seat to pull the sliding door closed. It's kind of stuck. I get all the way out of my seat and pull a little harder when I hear a snap and then...

The door falls off.

Yup, go ahead and read that last line again because I have almost the entire elementary school as witnesses. The sliding door of my van FALLS OFF. The back bearing popped out, and my door is hanging there, barely, by the little bearing/hinge thing at the top of the door. I'm so stunned I start to laugh. What the He...er, eck? Only to me people. This stuff only happens to me.

I'll keep you posted, and hopefully, take a picture because in this case it really is worth 1000 words.

Trick 'n' Treat, Voting, and other Important Stuff

Yay! We had a very happy Halloween over here. Unfortunately, our camera decided to eat our pictures (we don't know what happened...apparently it's on strike), and my kids were so disappointed that we couldn't "blog their pictures" that we found pics of what they were supposed to be. :) Bryson was batman, Abby a pirate, Garrett a muscled Spiderman, and Megan was a clown. I'll have you know, that there were many disturbing clown pictures when I tried to look and finally went for the least threatening one. Kinda made me wish Megan had been anything but a clown. Anyway. Hopefully we can recover our pictures later, but I'm not holding my breath.

We had dinner at Meemaw & Papa's (Travis' parents), and then they went racing around like hooligans to trick-or-treat before we left. We made a quick stop at my parents' to show off their cute costumes and pick up a treat--they give out full-size candy bars, yummm--then home to trick or treat a couple more times. Needless to say, we have enough candy to last us at least through the week. Garrett would crack us up cuz he would say "Trick 'n' Treat" and then Megan, who thinks she can talk but really can't, would say "Chee chee chee" in the same singsong voice. So we, the parental units of the darling children, got candy too. Wahoo! I love free candy day..I mean, Halloween.

In other news, I have been seriously pondering my decision with this whole election thing. Normally I have a pretty good idea of who I like but this year I find it more difficult. So I was very happy to see tonight's Presidential special to give it some defining moments and what have you. Yup, I'm talking about SNL's Presidential Bash. Tina Fey cracks me up. In fact, I think I'll just vote her in as president. Even if she sucked, at least it would be funny, right? Hmm..perhaps not. Regardless, I caught most of it, laughed, and then headed to Google to find out more info on the candidates so I could make a more educated vote tomorrow. Remember to VOTE!

Also, a question for my bazillion readers (note the sarcasm). I've been reading a lot in magazines and online about co-ops. I'm finding myself intrigued and thinking about joining one through Salt Lake, but since I am the pinnacle of indecision, I'm asking your thoughts. Are any of you involved in one? Do you like it? Is it worth the money? With times how they are, I'm constantly looking for ways to save money, build our food storage, and do things from home. For example, I'm making some of our Christmas gifts this year. I'd tell you what they are, and even post pics, but I have nosey children who like to read this blog (BRYSON & ABBY) so I can't until later. Or maybe start another blog. Hmm....maybe.... Anyway, I was interested in this whole co-op idea and so I'm tossing it out to you guys. Give me info. I need it. I'm a Libra and I can't make decisions without full disclosure, and even then it can be a toss-up. Help me!

Finally, as I read back through my blogs I notice that I use a lot of punctuation. And I truly suck at editing. And I go back and forth from ginormous sentences to tiny annoying sentences. Hello, what is wrong with this picture? I graduated with an English degree with an emphasis on technical writing/editing. Yup. Totally use it on my blog as it is well apparent. I also use terrible grammar. And lots of sarcasm. And I dangle participles with total disregard to said participles. In fact, I can't hardly remember what a participle is and have no idea if I'm even spelling them right let alone dangling the poor suckers. Please forgive my English blunders. I write like I talk, I guess (which totally sucks for those of you who have to listen to me), with lots of commas, parenthesis, dashes, and drama? Perhaps now would be a good time to shut up. :)

Deep Thought...by Garrett

Garrett: Mom, when I was in your tummy, I was brown.
Me: Why were you brown?
Garrett: Cuz you like chocolate.

Ah, from the mouths of babes.