It has been a rather odd day.
Mother Nature’s Latest Tricks
The weather has been downright schizophrenic. One minute it’s snowing these huge fluffy flakes, and blink once and ice pellets are shooting out of the clouds. Blink twice, and it is literally pouring rain. Crazy. Not to mention slippery.
Nonetheless, I had a taste for grilled chicken breasts. Luckily, the gas grill is on my deck, close to the patio door, so though I needed to put my Sorels on, I got a little wet, but I grilled successfully.
Growing Mommy’s Coffee Fund
The other big news of the day kind of cracks me up.
So here’s the deal. Ever since Hubby and I returned from our trip, our kids cannot seem to stop whining. They aren’t asking for anything new or different, or complaining about anything new or different, but nearly every other phrase or sentence out of their mouths is whined.
I thought of about six examples of said whining right off the top of my head, but since I like you so much, I’ll refrain from recounting those.
Anyway. Hubby started a new policy to curb this annoyance. He didn’t name it, so I’m going to. It’s the Let’s Get Mama a Latté Rule. And it works a little like this: whining, disobeying, saying you hate your sister, yelling at your sister, etc…. each of these things means you owe Mom or Dad. Infractions start at 1 cent, and reach as high as a quarter.
My favorite rule? Hubby fines Claire 10 cents per stupid question. As a side note, I reassured Kate and Amy that they didn’t have to worry about that particular penalty.
We save that for 7-year-olds.
Back to the important stuff: I didn’t check with Hubby, but I scored $2.40 today. (I charge 5 cents per stomp.) That means I’m over half-way to my favorite Starbucks drink: grandé iced 6-pump vanilla latté, easy on the ice.
I can almost feel the sweet caffeine rush already!
[And we will really need to work on the scholarship angle.]
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