Originally Posted by
Altenweg
I wish I could help KP but I'm not a big country girl. I always felt that country songs would be better if they were played backwards, than he'd get his dog back, his wife back, his car back, his house back, and his dignity back. ;)
Random thought. I just finished all the back to school shopping. Ya, I know, they go back tomorrow, nothing like cutting it close, but I had everything but a few things. Duotangs (which I find to be the most annoying useless inventions ever made) are next to impossible to find. They need 15 each. Why? They don't even take 15 subjects. Also, they're in school for 10 months, that's not including breaks. Why do they need 30 pencils? That would be 3 pencils a month. Why do they have pens if they're using 3 pencils a month?
Why does my 8 year old need a calculator? She's taking addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It's not like she's going to get into the tough stuff yet, so why a calculator? I'd hope that they teach kids the basic math skills without resorting to the use of a calculator. :(
My son needs a thesaurus. Um, they have access to computers all day, in every class room, 3 kids to one computer unless they're in computer class were they each get there own. Can't he just google it? Why you ask? Because I went to 5 different stores and couldn't find a thesaurus anywhere!
Why do stores make runners with tracking soles? Why would anyone want runners with tracking soles? Don't the shoe manufacturers know that all schools require shoes without tracking soles? Good luck finding them. I'm sure they're out there, but all I could find are shoes that will leave a skid mark on even the softest surfaces.
I digress. Needless to say a lot of things were going through my mind today as I was driving from one end of the earth to the other looking for this stuff and wondering why they need it. I am now done. Syd is in the bath, Jar is next, their bags are packed (I can't lift them) their new clothes are laid out and their lunches are ready.
After I drop them off tomorrow, I'm going to add a bit of bailey's to my coffee.
I'm exhausted!