Random Thoughts About Crafts, Debates and Parenting
It’s been raining here just about all weekend. Yesterday when my kids turned on their beloved Nickelodeon to watch yet another episode of Sponge Bob (because the odds are good that it will be on), they were faced with a screen showing this:
The basic idea was Nick suspended programming giving families the motivation to get up, go out, and get active.
A terrific idea, but wasted on a day that was pretty much a monsoon where we live.
Disney channel to the rescue!! 
Eventually they bored of being couch potatoes and begged me to do a craft with them. The craft in question was this:
Now, I’m not much of a fan of crafts but turning dogs into divas was enough to make me want to make me want to participate. The only thing better would have been diva cats, but I’ll settle.
Here is our finished Diva Puppies project:
My dog is the dalmation, my daughter’s is the yellow lab (I tried to tell her to use more of a tan color but she insisted on the canary yellow), and my son’s is the beagle. Of course I helped a lot with my son’s beagle since he spent most of the time whining and complaining that he hates crafts and isn’t good at art.
He worked on this project with us because I took his Playstation away from him all day for calling me “mean”.
Taking video games away seem like such a great idea at the time. I can’t even tell you the satisfaction that I got from saying to him, “Oh you think I’m mean. Guess what?! You just lost Playstation all day on Saturday. You thought I was mean before-now you’ll see how mean I can really be.” Of course I followed this up with a really evil laugh.
But when it rains all day and Nick has gone off the air, it is me who is punished because I’m stuck trying to think of things for him to do all day. Thus, the reason he participated in the Diva Puppies project and watched Ariel’s Beginning for the second time in 24 hours.
I really need to find something else to hold over his head.
Did you all watch the debates on Friday? Did it change your opinion on the candidates?
I’m still undecided. There were a couple of points that McCain made that really made sense and made me think he was the better candidate and then I’d listen to Obama speak on certain issues and want to stand up and shout Amen (Although I would never do that because I tend to just remain seated when watching tv).
My favorite part was when McCain talked about the soldier’s bracelet that he wears and Obama responded, “I have a bracelet too.” I don’t know why but that just totally cracked me up. Then all of the times Jim Lehrer would try to get them to look at each other. It reminded me of an elementary school debate at those times, which of course reminded me of the episode of the Brady Bunch where Greg and Marcia were both running for student council president.
Is anyone else sick of hearing the media and politicians say “Main Street vs Wall Street” in reference to the financial crisis? Being the Disney World freak that I am, whenever I hear this (which is about every 5 minutes) I can’t help but think of Main Street at the Magic Kingdom:
Lastly, I just want to say that I think teachers should never use text lingo when replying to emails sent to parents.
I know there are plenty of other things that I should worry about, but I have to just tell you about this email response from my daughter’s teacher.
Basically, we were emailing back and forth and the last email she sent was just one letter: K
As in, OK, but without the “O”.
At first I thought there was something wrong with the email and that the rest of the words got cut off. Then I remembered the “texting lingo” for OK is just K.
I know she is really busy with 24 first graders and doesn’t have a lot of time to construct long responses but give me a break. I don’t think typing the extra “O” would have taken that much longer and God forbid “Sounds good. Thanks!” would have just taken those extra 6 seconds and that is just unheard of in her 26 yr old mind.
I know I sound like a crotchety old lady complaining about such an unimportant detail. The bottom line is that as long as she is teaching my daughter proper English and grammar, I don’t really care how she emails me but I couldn’t help but feel just a tad bit annoyed by it.
On a similar note, I just read the funniest thing about how Roger Ebertreplied to a reader’s email full of internet shorthand. I probably would have just ignored it if I received something like this but I like the way Ebert responded:
Reader Question: Yo dude, u missed out on “Disaster Movie,” a hardcore laugh-ur-@zz-off movie! Y U not review this movie!? It was funny as #ell! Prolly the funniest movie of the summer! U never review these, wat up wit dat?
Ebert’s Response: Hey, bro, I wuz buzier than $#i+, @d they never shoed it b4 hand. I peeped in the IMDb and saw it zoomed to #1 as the low$ie$t flic of all time, wit @ lame-@zz UZer Rating of 1.3. U liked it? Wat up wit dat?
My response to Roger Ebert: LOL!! U R da man!
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Loved the randomness of the post! I’ll be randomness replier.
Those diva puppies sound like fun. Was that a Target find?
Yea, main street to me is always Main Street USA. I love that place. Oh I can’t wait to see you, Mickey, in just a short month.
Yea, video games are great for the soul (or is it sole?) purpose of being able to use them as punishment. We have levels…No X Box, then No Computer, then No Media PERIOD. Best thing we just did was buy a cell phone for the Boy Wonder. Yup, yet one more thing I get to take away when he irritates me. Ha ha ha ha…Bwahhh aha (that was my evil laugh)
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I love a good random post!
Im having a blah day for no reason so diva puppies and political debates in one post works for me.
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oh my god that Roger Ebert thing is hilarious! And those princess puppy diva thingies are soooooooo cute! I want a daughter now, bad.
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Wow, this post was chock full of random fun!
I really can’t believe the teacher answered back with a “k”. Were you texting or emailing with her?
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Marsha, Marsha, Marsha….LOL! I hopped over from The Back Acher. Love your blog!
I am a SITSter too. so I had to comment
Great randomness.
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When I hear Main Street, I totally think of Disney World, too.
However, that’s not unexpected with me.
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Diva puppies? Hilarious.
I wonder if I should try the loss of xbox priviliges on my husband to keep him in check. Though I don’t think he’d settle for a viewing of Ariel or 2.
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I think you really are my soul sister, new BFF! We LOVE Disney, too and are freaks. We used to have annual passes when Lizzie was younger and would go twice a year. That was the one marathon hubby did!! I’ve run two half-marathons there too!!! We’re going for Thanksgiving this year… can’t wait to see Mickey again!!!
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