Today is the first official day of summer vacation….the kiddos don’t quiet get the fact that we still need to read, write and practice math.
For our summer makeover plan we are implementing the “Daily Five”.
1. 30-60 minutes of reading and fun math games.
2. Make their beds.
3. Empty the trash in their bathroom.
4.Feed the dogs.
5. Hunt and gather the dirty clothes and bring them down to the laundry.
When finished the boys collect their reward….a “High five” from us and one to their hand print on the wall. I borrowed this idea from a friend….it’s doable and hopefully the boys will learn just a little summer responsibility.
Have to hand off to my man…the youngest is hungry, cranky and feeling a bit sick…lack of sleep sometimes does that.
Just got back from the gym which I went to at about 5am. I couldn’t sleep much as I had a lot of work on my mind. Today and tomorrow I need to spend a lot of time developing Company wide procedures for measuring the progress of each market in the country year to date. This isn’t as easy as it sounds but I’ll get it done. It’s supposed to be in the 90’s today and continue for the next 4 or 5 days. I’m sure the kids will spend most of the time at the pool.
More sex scandals on tv this morning, one from a democratic married congressman named Anthony Weiner from NY who sent a college girl in Seattle a lewd photo (allegedly but the misses says he so did it, yea!) to Bunga Bunga in Italy where the Prime Minister is again “allegedly” accused of hiring a 17 year old for sex. Funny thing is in Italy, some consider him an idol and hero!
Put that together with accomplish nothing politics and assorted crime and you have just another lovely day in the news cycle. I think we’ll just start putting music on in the morning. One good thing is that the House of Representatives last night overwhelmingly voted against raising the debt ceiling by 2 trillion dollars. I think the vote was something like 97 for and 318 against with repubs and dems alike voting against it. Hopefully they’ll stand firm and not be swayed by bribes of entitlements for their districts from the White House. You see that’s how it usually works, you vote no until you get something for your home district that you can then use at re-election time saying “look at the new bridge or visitor center I got you” regardless if your town needs it or not. Great system huh!
Ok, I’ll stop now as I don’t think I’m going to change any minds here. If you currently support Obama, you’re probably not going to change now, and if you don’t, there’s no way you will! To each their own.
The big 90th birthday party is coming up this Friday and the oldest boys final football game for the championship is Sunday. Quite a weekend coming up. We might need to postpone our Durango trip as the cabins we hoped to stay in are all booked. I think we’ll call our friend who has the big ranch in Saratoga Wyoming (that we went to last May) to see if we can come for a visit. This is much nicer and best of all is free! Hope they have room.
The boys had a great last day of school yesterday as they pretty much just played games in class for the 4 hours they were there. After that they headed over to a neighbors who had a couple of water slides set up, a margarita machine, a snow cone machine, a dunk tank and lots of sugary treats. I drove by later but Mom and the boys were already gone, it looked like the whole school was there! After that Mom took the boys to the pool for an hour and then they came home for more playtime, what a day, good to be a kid.
As Mom said the youngest didn’t get enough sleep last night and is extremely whinny this morning. We’re trying not to over react as we know he’s acting this way due to lack of sleep. At the same time, he needs to understand, even if he’s tired, he can’t walk around and whine all day. It’s a negotiation on par with two countries haggling over disputed borders. You need to talk half adult, half 7 year old to get your point across. I’ll leave it to Mom, she’s pretty good at it.
Time to check email to see if there are any emergencies and if not I can then hit the shower. The oldest is still sleeping which is good as he needs his rest. We hope everyone is well and happy, stay safe and enjoy your day, God Bless
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