A Boring Post

I haven't posted anything in a while. I wish my life was the exciting kind of life where I had lots of exciting things to post and cute and clever stories from my kids. But my kids are getting older now and the cute and clever things are few and far between.

I have a big long post about the bike race back in March if I could figure out how to get the pictures in the right order. Haven't figured that out yet.

I guess I could write about the deck we ripped out on Memorial Day, but I need to get the pictures off my camera for that.

And that's my unexciting post for the day.

Biz

A note on Adidas Deodorant

Well, since no one has said anything about this Adidas deodorant, I had to turn to the internet for information. I found this in a comment posted on Amazon.com (where you can buy it for about $4 a stick). It's from a response this lady got from the manufacturer.

"Please be advised that our entire collection of adidas® Absorbent Deodorants with Cotton Tech+ has been currently re-designed and re-packaged, which may account for temporarily low inventories at some stores. Although it does not state "aluminum-free" on the new packaging, please be assured that all adidas® Absorbent Deodorants are in fact aluminum-free. We are sorry, but we cannot accept any direct orders from consumers."

That might explain why you can't find it at the stores. I would still like to get some information about why everyone loves it so much. Does it not make your shirts turn yellow? And does it not make you sweat a lot?

Growing Up

Yesterday I took Ruby in to register for kindergarten next year.

She's getting so big so fast.

With her going off to school in the fall, that opens up a whole world of possibilities for me. And I'm just not sure what to do with myself. I'll probably get involved with the county's adult literacy program, which I've wanted to do for years. And I'll probably take the test and get the emergency teaching credential and sub at the kids' school. Then I'll be in a good position for the kids' school breaks, and it gives me flexibility with my schedule.

GRIAF

Ruby drew this at a cub scout dinner:

No, Not Dragons

A conversation with Ruby the other day:

Ruby: Is the king of England mean?
Me: There is no king of England right now. Only a queen.
Ruby: Oh. Squig said the king of England is mean.
Me: Well, Squig is wrong. There is no king. Just a queen. Her name is Elizabeth. 
Ruby: Gasp! Cool!
Me: Her dad was the king, but he died and she became queen. Her husband is a prince because his dad wasn't a king.
Ruby: I bet her mom died too.
Me: Yes, but not very long ago.
Ruby: Oh? Dragons?
Me: No, not dragons, she was very old. I think she was over 100.
Ruby: Like, 200?
Me: No, more like 102.

(the Oh? Dragons? was stated in a very knowing way, as if it were the most obvious option)

Fly on the Wall

Overheard in the car this morning:

Sam (talking about a book): But the one we've read is Aliens Don't Carve Jack O'Lanterns.
Ruby: That's crazy. There's no such thing as aliens. They can't carve Jack O'Lanterns.
Sam: Right.
Ruby: But monsters can carve Jack O'Lanterns.
Sam: Right.

Clean Streets

Okay, for some reason the street sweeper was back on our street today. I'm not sure why, and they haven't been here for months, but I'm not unhappy. John's going to find out why they were here all of a sudden so we can hopefully have them here every week. Like we used to.

As I'm sure none of my faithful readers (all, what two of you?) are aware, the county figured out that our neighborhood wasn't paying into the fund that pays for the street sweeping, so they stopped sweeping in our neighborhood. So, things were getting pretty dirty. Not garbagey dirty, just dirt dirty. The dirt near the storm drain was actually growing plants.

Anyway, everyone I talked to was willing to pay to get the streets swept, but it just takes forever for things to get done.

So, that's the short version. I didn't even do anything--my kind of neighborhood activism!