This will be my first list of random thoughts since I started this blog. It seems having the blog has given me some writer's block. I put much less pressure on myself when it was JUST a Facebook post. Now I feel like there are standards that I must live up to so I have been much more hesitant about posting my Random Thoughts. Today I decided just to go for it.
Here are just some of the Random Thoughts that roll around in my head.
Why are the ice cube trays always empty? We have four trays and they are ALWAYS empty. Do the people in this house really think there is an ice cube fairy that will stop by and fill them up? Well apparently there is because they do get filled, but this fairy isn't very happy about it!
Do you ever get a song stuck in your head? Where the heck do these songs come from? A few days ago, I woke up with a song stuck in my head that I hadn't heard in years. Why that song? Did I hear it in my dreams? And then I think, "I'll just listen to the song and that'll make it go away." Don't do this! It doesn't work. It only reinforces it.
LED headlights- If you drive a big truck with LED headlights, I hate you! Well, actually, I don't hate you as I probably don't even know you, and hate is a pretty strong word so let me rephrase that. I really, really don't like those headlights. I understand they probably help you see much better, but what about the oncoming vehicles that are partially blinded when they have to go by you? It doesn't matter that I have the lives of myself and 3 children in the vehicle, as long as you can see good.
My son Ben got a bunch of gag gifts for his last birthday. One of them was a fake piece of dog poop. This thing has been very annoying as it has tricked me many times. Well, my children decided at Halloween that it would be funny to put it in the candy bowl when the neighbor's kids came to Trick or Treat. Imagine my horror when I had realized I passed candy out to 3 other families without remembering it was in there!!! I'm sure it has been laying around many other times when people have been over and I can only imagine their thoughts. Moral of the story? If one of your children gets one of these, dispose of it quickly, just like it was the real thing!
Cardboard boxes- What is with kids and cardboard boxes? My children are obsessed with them and always have been. My 10 year old wants to bring home every cardboard box he sees and heaven forbid I try to sneak them into the recycling pile.
Leaf Blower...what is the purpose of a leaf blower? To annoy your neighbors? It may eliminate the leaves from your yard, but they need to go somewhere. Wouldn't a leaf vacuum be more practical?
I have been cooking for many, many years. How is it possible that I still can not cook the right amount of pasta? Why is it so hard to figure this out? I think my family is messing with me. They see there isn't any left so they ask for more. If they see there is a whole bunch left, they are suddenly not hungry. That must be it because I am a reasonably smart person and should have been able to figure this out by now!
If you buy headphones for your kids, buy them at The Source and pay the few extra dollars for the warranty. Well worth the money. If anything goes wrong with them (including stupidity) the replace them right there on the spot. Trust me, we know.
Television remote controls should have pagers on them just like cordless phones do. When one of the boys don't want their brothers to change the channel you can find the remote in some pretty bizarre places. That's all I am going to say about that!
I know there are many more random thoughts I have missed on my list, so be prepared for part II sometime in the near future.
