Back Seat Ramblings Encore

After driving forever for an hour and a half eye surgeon appt yesterday Little Miss proclaims "Today was the best day of my life" to which Little Man replies "No, Christmas is the best day, silly!"

After overhearing me tell hubby that he "shouldn't park next to that shitbox" (very close parking spaces in France and he parked next to the most beat up car in the lot), Little Man decides to announce "I will name that white car Shitbox!"

Then, if that wasn't enough for a days' worth of bad language...

A young woman gets angry at us in traffic because she failed to yield at her yield sign as she enters the very congested highway. Because we didn't let her in front of us, she begins yelling and throwing hand signals in the air to us. Little Miss, in the back seat, decides that because she's talking to us with her windows up and looks angry matter-of-factly announces "that lady is a bitch".

yeah, great day on the road yesterday

After dance class the other night Little Miss randomly blurts out "I'm so proud of C (big sister) because she's going to school to be a nurse like you Momma. I think I will be a nurse too so I can be like you and C."
How sweet is that?

Sister N had been pretty sick last week. Little Miss said "Momma, you should go to Florida and make her better so she won't be so sick anymore".

Can you tell she idolizes her big sisters ?!?

I only wish we all lived closer to one another.

On another note, Little Miss has eye surgery number three scheduled for March. We also discovered that her left eye is losing sight because of the continued malalignment of her eyes (strabismus). She's actually EXCITED that she gets to stay in the hospital for two days and have surgery. She LOVES hospitals! We, on the other hand, would rather she stays out of them from here on out. We really hope this surgery will be successful and that it will stop the damage to the sight in her left eye. Could you spare a little prayer for her?

The kids begin a two week break from school starting tomorrow. With Halloween coming, we'll have plenty to do next week. The following week we hope the kids will be finished with their colds so they can go back to school germ free and thus will begin another germ-collecting session! Gotta love those germs at school that keep the kids sick all winter!

Have a wonderful day!

Oh Oh !

It seems she's got the boobie curse!

Newsy Notes

First off, we had a visitor lastnight - from Chili. It was the Devil himself. Now the devil is pretty smooth and very good company up to a point. Then he turns on you and you don't know what hit ya. Here's his picture - you'll understand what I'm talking about.



So today we're a little on the slow side, as you can imagine

My oldest daughter called me in the middle of my devil trance to tell me of her first clinical day at an assisted living facility. Oh, I remember how exciting that first day was when I was in nursing school. I told her the other day about my first day of clinical where one of the girls in my group was so nervous (she shall remain nameless to avoid embarrassment - yeah, D, you owe me now) D was so nervous in the parking lot this first day of making beds and performing bed baths that she peed her pants right there before we even got the day started. D went on to become a very successful nephrology RN and head nurse doing hemodialysis. I wonder now if this peeing incident had anything to do with her direction her career took?

Anyways, when she texted me on her way to her very first clinical, I texted her back and rather than say "break a leg" or something to that effect, I said "don't pee your pants" so she could start the day off with a smile. Her day went wonderfully and she's excited for her second day today.

My second oldest daughter texted me yesterday too. Her text was "what do you take for strep throat?" Um, that would be Penicillin. She is VERY prone to strep throat and when I called her, surely it seemed possible she was having another bout. After initally telling her to get some ibuprofen into her, some Chloraseptic throat spray and to drink lots and lots of water, then wait to see if she felt better in a few hours, we decided it may be best she find the nearest clinic. I hope she did and I hope she is feeling better today. I tried to call and got her voice mail every time so I imagine she went to the clinic, got some medicine and climbed back into bed until she woke up feeling better again. Sleep is the magic for her. We'll see how she's doing later today. The time difference and distance really sucks when the older girls are sick!

So the little one's have been busy bonding with our newest neighbors. They go outside every day and spend time with them. It's too cute!





Yes, those are the patio chairs up next to the electric fence. I told you they liked to SPEND TIME with the animals. Unfortunately, the picture doesn't show the other horse (white); the cow, all the ducks, chickens, roosters and goats that live there too.

Life in the countryside is suiting us well. Now to blast away the remnants of a night with the devil !

Have a great day!

It's Pumpkin Time!

We did our annual trip to the pumpkin patch - this year, of course, we did it here in France. Halloween isn't really a holiday much celebrated in France, but our house is decorated modestly and we've got pumpkins on our doorstep and in the front yard. We actually have drive-by's checking out our Halloween decorations and apparently the moms at the bus stops are talking about how wonderfully decorated our house is. I've really not gone overboard by any stretch. Here's a few of our Pumpkin Patch pictures and a few of our house decorated for Halloween.









HAPPY HALLOWEEN and HAPPY FALL !