Must Be Thanksgiving!

Well, I just polished off the last of Miss Amys Halloween candy so it must be time for Thanksgiving! She wanted to work ahead so she could have the whole week of Thanksgiving off but with the demands of highschool it looks like she will be working up until the Tom Turkey pops. It is a struggle when our local highschool has a different holiday schedule. Her friends have all of next week off so they are planning mountain trips, etc. and she does not want to get behind since she just barely got caught up from our trip to Hawaii. Life is tough. (right) I wish I had it as good as she does when I was in highschool!
This week our biggest challenge has been Spanish and Biology. Spanish because it is well a different language, and Biology because she hates to take notes and the class is HARD! I kept telling her take notes, take notes....then I contacted her teacher and asked her to ask Miss Amy to take notes. What a difference! She listens to Ms. Patzin, me not so much....if only she could come and live here!!

More Halloween Musings

So, Miss Amy and I went to CVS to get some random necessary things; this weeks gossip mag and purple nail polish, when I hear "Santa Baby" piping through the air. Santa Baby? Really? It was the day after Halloween! Did I sleep to long and actually miss Thanksgiving? Which actually would not be a bad thing considering it takes me a week to prepare a feast that is devoured in 15 minutes. I looked around the store and it is decked out with dancing Santas, gift wrap and all kinds of presents that are the top of everyones wish list; The Ove-Mitt and pleather jackets (one size fits most.) I asked the gothic cashier what was up with the carols and he replied that they had started playing on Halloween. Creepy. So I made a decision. Next Halloween when I send Miss Amy out with her gaggle of friends I am going to instruct them to carry jingle bells. After knocking on a persons door they are to no longer say "tricks-or-treats!" the new catch phrase when begging for candy will be "Merry Christmas!"
Egg Nog anyone?

Halloween Hangover

Is it possible to OD on Kit Kat bars? Woke up Moday morning feeling like I had spent the night partying, must be getting old when Kit Kats can do me in!! There should be a warning on the wrappers, "The surgeon general has determined that the consumption of this candy when over the age of 45 is dangerous to your health. Due to the fact that you are over 45 and have lapses in memory you will forget how many treats you have eaten, so you will eat the entire bag, and you will get fat and die."
Okay, so back to school stuff...Amy bombed her biology quiz. See, Kit Kats are deadly!! Forget drug awareness, we need to just say no to Halloween!! I told her not to worry about it. Afterall, I fed the fish bird food and de-chlored the parakeets water the day after. So, we are spending today going over cells, mitosis, prophase and other cell related stuff so she can do well on the unit test. I am just hoping she and I did not kill to many brain cells so we can function today.
You know what sounds good right now? A Kit Kat bar!!