Pretend you are a developer, what do you think your town needs?

We live in a relatively small town about 60 miles south of Washington DC.  We aren’t too far from three larger cities, and those three cities have everything we need, but sometimes I don’t want to drive 45 minutes to get to Costco.

So, as you can see if we had a Costco I would be good to go and would rarely have to leave my hometown.  (which I love by the way!)  I would also love something more for the kids to do, specifically a YMCA with a 25 meter competitive lap pool.  Not only do we need a community pool, but a YMCA would provide classes for all ages.

If I am dreaming, a Whole Foods would be AWESOME!  But I don’t think that is going to happen, so I am content for the most part with the natural and organic products at Martin’s, Walmart and Target.

Cast a spell…what would it be?

While CL and I don’t mind cooking and when we don’t C is up to the task, there are some days when none of us want to cook a meal or we just don’t have a taste for anything in particular. For those instances, it would be nice to have a spell at my disposal to magically whip up something nourishing and fulfilling. I suppose we are to put it into a spell form, so “Since I’m tired and my meal ideals are null, give me something to make me full.”

As a side note, I just sliced my hand twice while preparing dinner this evening, so such a spell would have come in handy tonight.

Cast a spell…what would it be?

Consdiering how creative I am I’d probably have a couple of options. Probably humiliating things for jerkwads at school.

1) “Sarcastic and snide though you are, now run as though trapped in tar”- basically they just are stuck to the spot. Perfectly open for assorted knick knacks to be attached to their immobile bodies! Gene Shallit glasses anybody?

2) “Fight and whine you do, now stuck together as though glue”- Two people who argue are stuck together until they learn to settle their differences and shut up about whatever they are complaining about.

3) ” Cruel names you call my pals, now feel the pain of a thousand root canals”- a person’s mouth basically explode in pain until they decide to be good. I am a very big stickler when it comes to people being rude to my brothers or friends. Prepare for pain suckas!

Which is cooler- Ninjas or Pirates?

I have to agree with mom. Ninjas are cool because they are more disciplined and probably smell a lot nicer than pirates. Not to mention they jump from trees and can knock people out by poking them in pressure points. Pirates would probably just hack and cough phlegm until they were able to drink and find some wenches. Argh.

No, we aren’t witches or into the occult (though I do like horror movies), we aren’t even freakish harry Potter fans.  A, H and even little D like the TV show “Wizards of Waverly Place.”  Truth be told, I think A just likes Selena Gomez the main character.  Anyways, A suggested the question of the day be: If you could make any spell what would it be.  I would probably come up with a few.

1) “if you see a piece of trash, pick it up and throw it away spell”-to be cast on all five of the boys and even R.  I assume R is just so tall he does not notice the candy wrappers, and what not left on the floor, which is the only explanation I can come up with as to why he would willingly leave more work for his overworked housewife, the boys are just oblivious of course.

2) “The mom is getting annoyed, I better pitch in spell”-there are times when I am just exhausted.  (to which R just tells me to go to bed, but it isn’t that kind of exhausted) yet, I still have dishes to wash, laundry to wash, fold and put away, trash to pick up, etc…and the kids just sit there!  This spell would allow them to get a clue and pitch in without being told to.

3) “The perfect hair day spell”-I got a hair cut the other day, and yes, I know how to fix it…but I don’t want to have to do so everyday.  I just want to wave a wand and BOOM! It looks great.

Can’t wait to see what the kids come up with…will anyone ask for every video game in the world?

Which is cooler- Ninjas or Pirates?

Definitely, ninjas. Their toys and methods are so much more intriguing than pirates cruising around looking for a ship to take over or stuff to steal.

Courtesy of “C” here. Not sure what he was watching that made him ask this, but hey this is supposed to be a family blog sooooo….

I would have to say Ninjas are cooler.  Pirates have bad teeth, which means more than likely they have stanky breath too.  Their hair does have that tousled, saltwater look, but that simply can not make up for the bad teeth and hygiene.  Plus all that raping and pillaging…not cool.

Ninjas are stealth, controlled individuals. Who doesn’t dig that?!

If there were 26 hours in a day, what would you do with 2 extra hours?

I would probably sleep more. That or I would do more homework. School would probably be longer if there were two more hours in the day.

I might actually learn something in my classes by the time finals roll around! Wouldn’t that be amazing? Around here school is always cancelled if a hint of snow is in the air, so our school year is usually extended by a week. Why they don’t anticipate something like this I will never understand.

So to reiterate, I would probably sleep or do homework during those two extra hours. Maybe watch a movie with the family. I mean I am just so awesome I think that they wouldn’t be able to handle my awesomeness in the same room as them.

If there were 26 hours in a day, what would you do with 2 extra hours?

What would I like to do, or what would I do? I would love to exercise more, but there never seems to be a time slot in the day to do so. I’d probably spend more time with the kids. Between work, school, and things on the to do list, it’s hard enough to spend quality time together.

I would like to say that I would get some more sleep, but in reality I should probably clean the house more!

I am ok on five or six hours of sleep, seven is about perfect for me, but I can deal with five or six hours, so IF I had two extra hours a day I would like to stay up later than the little kids, or ideally get up earlier than they do and clean the house.  There are toys everywhere, and just little things I wish I could stay on top of better.

I would use those extra hours to do some deep cleaning.  Clean out the pantry one day and get that organized, the next day probably clean out my closet, etc.  So that I could get to a point where I COULD use those two extra hours to either sleep or just hang with R and have some ‘couple time.’