Very profound title for my post, huh? It's late again and my promises of going to sleep earlier just don't seem to ... well, whatever. I only have 4 more nites before my reformer and curfew cop(my dh) comes home for 2 weeks. Then, bed time will be stricly enforced, no exceptions, means MEEEEEEEEEE. At least, I was able to get my forever-up-late 12 yo up to his room at 10 am. He is another major culprit in my stay up late addictions (excuses, excuses). He is a worse nite owl than I am! No matter what time I drag him out of bed, he swears he doesn't fall asleep before midnite, even if I confiscated all his reading material (please, don't get me started here! I haven't checked under his bed and the bathroom. He hides library books in all sort of places. I already supported the library twice in the last month by paying (a small, thanfully) fee for 2 books that are in the house but can't be located! So, anyway, cut off the lights, son! Mom! Please, I am not tired! Bad ogre mother, I tell ya!
Last nite we had a power outage for a long 15 minutes, no longer! Now, we are city folks, who aren't scared!!! We just grab the cell (if it's charged) and dial the power company! In this case, we dialed 411 and next step would have been 1-800-goog411 if no luck. We don't have candles in our house, ok? My dh hates candles. He is not romantic in this respect at all! Beats me! Is that a guy thing? But the guy thing -the modern inventions flashlights! Theo nly on we located didn't work no matter what batteries we stuck in it. So, we used our cell phones LCDs to fumble around the house!!! Of course, the kids huffed at having to go to sleep so early on a weekend and in a quickly cooling house (central air vs benefits of wood stove in the winter, aha!) and upset that the cute little Shirley Temple movie they were watching was so suddenly and rudely interrupted. I tell ya! I haven't seen a bunch of kids so upset about electricity! One realized we did just purchase a candle at Michael's just a few hours earlier. One single, lonely candle that I bought because it was so dirt cheap!!! Came in handy, just a bit later! A friend of mine just emed letting me know that they had a snowstor in LA!!! Out of all places! We just got back from there a week ago and indeed, it was colder than AL! But a snowstorm in HAmmond, LA! NO electricty for a couple of days! That's serious! It doesn't stop amazing me how dependent we become on electricty. But I ain't going Amish now, hear me, dh? LOL! Not after reading 5 books by Beverly Lewis! Enjoy your lights and the warmth electricity provides!
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Enjoyed your post. I was chuckling all the way through. I have the library book problem, too. I wrote the library a check for $16 a few months back for fines!! Yikes!!
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