Funny things were said today and yesterday and maybe even before, but although I jot them down mentally, I can't recall them when I actually have time to write them down.  One thing I do remember is somehow the topic of the dog came up, and I remarked that I want to die before our dog, Dandelion.  The husband said he wants Dandelion to live forever and to be revered as a god by whatever species supersedes humans.

The other night I told him there was a black widow right outside the basement door, so he came down to kill it with a paper towel.  That surprised me so I asked, "Are you going to kill it with a paper towel?"  He replied, "What do you want me to do, call it a cab?"  He kept making somewhat frenetic jokes the whole time because I wanted to take a photo of it.

This morning the kids were playing Minecraft, and Bug was wishing her ocelots could mate with her wolves.  Bean seemed rather nonplussed by that idea and said in disgust, "Why would you want to mate a dog with a cat?"  Bug said it would be cute if you could have babies that were part cat and dog. So Bean again expressed her disbelief that this would be desirable, saying, "You want two completely animals that are so different from each other that they are different species to have sex and have babies?  That's disgusting!  That would be like a human having sex with a puppy!" 

The other day I was talking about "facetiming" one of my nieces, and the husband said he didn't get the appeal of Facetime, other than maybe the first time you got to see someone.  Then he added, "But I guess it would be good for phone sex."  I remonstrated him for talking about phone sex in front of the kids and he said, "They know what phone sex is, I'm pretty sure."  Bean said she did.  I asked how, because honestly, I didn't think it was one of those topics that had ever come up.  She replied, "Ummmm, Seinfeld, Family Guy."  Oh.  Yeah.  Anything you want to know, I'm sure you could learn from Family Guy. 

Today it is breezy, cool but sunny.  It will be getting hot by the end of the week, but we've had a lot of cool weather.  I got up early to take Bean to the orthodontist at 8:15, only to find out her appointment is Tuesday.  I tried to call ahead of time, but they weren't in the office until 8.  I came home and planted a bunch of iris bulbs that a friend dug up from her garden yesterday.  Unfortunately I'm now reading that they are best planted in July, August or September, and they need well drained soil.  I planted them in a very wet spot, which apparently will lead to root rot.  It's fine, I guess I'm just experimenting anyway at this point.  I also planted one of my tomato plants in an area that gets sun, but can have some shade, and will get watered on its own.  The others will stay in their pots, I'll hopefully continue to water them, and I'll see how it all turns out.

Both the girls are sick just a bit.  Bean has been complaining of a real stomach ache for several days.  Real in that her stomach actually hurts, not the nebulous I don't want to go to school or I'm really hungry stomach aches she normally gets.  Then this morning Bug threw up, and apparently got light-headed enough to fall down.  She said that normally her vision gets darker when she feels light-headed after standing up, but that didn't happen this time, and then she was on the floor.  But she seems fine now, and since I had a stomach ache and felt pretty nauseated a few days ago, I'm guessing it's all related. 

Here I am, after 3 years.  Today, amusingly enough, was the last day of school.  It looks like the same was true of June 6th in 2007.  Only now Bug is in middle school and Bean just finished second grade.  Bug passed her Algebra credit by exam test with a 98%.  Bean got into the gifted program this year, and is supposed to be going to the school within a school program next year.  So my time at this elementary school is at an end, earlier than I had planned.  It's funny how attached to the school I've gotten, more so than my own elementary schools...although I had 5 of them, so that might be part of it.  Bug actually really missed her elementary, and still wishes she could go there instead of the middle school, but she seemed to enjoy her friends and her teachers.

I came here to find my old posts about my kids, and it's so funny how things have changed in the last 7 years.  And, finally, after 3308 days since I joined Xanga, I upgraded to premium.  I felt like I had to, just to make sure my stuff doesn't go away.  I'm hoping I can more easily copy it off without the ads getting in the way.