I Only Understand Numbers With $ In Front Of Them

Basic math skills, these I have not :o( I have the ability to add as long as you don't need the answer too quickly, subtraction happens even more difficultly sadly taking away numbers confuses me. I never memorized my times tables which was almost a relationship breaker for Joe and I when I hit him over making me try to memorize them when I was taking a remedial algebra class at NKU! I have come to terms with this difficult relationship I have with numbers and I am ok with our understanding of agreeing to disagree.

However, I know a deal when I hear one! You see a few weeks ago it was time to renew my gym membership. I asked 3 days in a row at the desk for the man who I needed to talk with to renew always with a promise to have "Justin" call me. Finally on the 4th day they referred me to another kid who told me that he normally does new membership contracts however would try to help me renew. After scanning my key card he told me that my fee came out to $16/month! That is HALF of what I was paying before! I quickly signed the bottom line and left very, very excited about what a deal I got.
However I received a call the next day from the kids boss saying that he messed up and they couldn't POSSIBLY give me this rate. I told him that I signed a contract and if "kid" couldn't do his job then he shouldn't have done it. I received a call from "kid" a few hours later apologizing all over himself for his mistake. I thanked him for the unnecessary apology because he needed to apologize to his boss, not me. I told him to send the contract to corporate and I would wait to hear from them weather they wanted to accept the contract or not.
I recieved a call from the GM last week saying that corporate had rejected the contract but they would like to work with me on a renewal agreement. After we spoke awhile about what I great customer I was he said corporate would like to include Annies playroom fee with my fee.
I was paying $15/mo for Annie and $30/mo for me. = $45 (right?) They offered me a renewal price of $27/mo ........................ correct me if I am wrong but wouldn't that mean that instead of paying the forbidden $16/mo I am now paying $12./mo?

Embracing the Season!

I have officially decided to embrace fall. The wreath has been hung on the front door, the Mumm is on the front step (thanks Peg!) the pie plate with the Pumpkin Pie Recipe painted on it is displayed on the sideboard!

I made a salad for lunch with the most delicious tasty apple ever

I baked Donna Tarkingtons Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins!

A pot of Chili is simmering on the back burner

With Gilmore Girls on the tube for entertainment what more can a girl ask for?

And just because I can't get enough of my sweet girl and I know you were curious... her newest talents are: Roaring like a lion which is the cutest thing EVER! And she knows where her nose is, huh, shes brilliant!

Crazy Carnivorous Child

Last night we had a dinner of leftovers. My parents made ribs and cheesy potatoes and sent some home with Kelly for us (joe). I don't care for ribs but LOVED the cheesy potatoes of which I also figured I would feed to my precious little girl. I had veges and dip along with my cheesy potatoes (I had a late lunch and wasn't very hungry, don't think that veges is the norm for me). Annie was however not interested in my potatoes once her father gave her a taste of the ribs!



I am done trying, the child will forever eat like her father and there are no vegetables in her future! Can our next child someday look/act/eat like me!?!

Wonderful World of Waffles

I have always had an odd obsession for waffles. For some reason waffles and I have an interesting relationship history.
Once when I was13 while traveling in California with the Gautraud & Francis families as well as other friends we stopped at a restaurant. Waffles sounded good to everyone so it was waffles all around. However the waitress failed to mention to us that they only had one traditional waffle iron and she proceded to bring our waffles out one at a time for all 18 of us! It took hours for each of us to eat our lone waffle :o)
When I was 20 I decided that for my birthday dinner at moms I wanted waffles. So as to not repeat the waffle disaster of '98 we rounded up 5 waffle irons! We plugged them in and as our five star waffle recipe sat in the waffle irons not doing anything we realized something was wrong... we blew a fuse! We had to then plug the waffle irons in various plugs around the house. Even with the irons in every room but the bathroom we still kept blowing fuses and it took FOREVER once again to make a brunch of waffles! I swore off waffles at this time. I don't think I have had a waffle in the past 5 years.

Last week Kelly and I decided to make "brinner" (you know, breakfast for dinner) and I decided to dust off the waffle iron that I obtained as a wedding gift and tread into the dangerous world of waffles. Just one batch... just 4 waffles... just a bisquick mix... It WORKED! They were great! Kelly added cream cheese to hers and I threw raspberries on mine with pleanty of cheap-imitation butter flavored-far from real-syrup! Love it! And Annie loved it too!

Moral of the story, when dealing with waffles, keep the expectations low, stick with one iron and low quantity expectations.

For Mature Readers Only (not that I am at all mature)

Because stories from growing up in the Glenn house always get such a warm response I was inspired to tell a few by something I saw today.
Ever since I was little my parents have been very involved in both the New Hope Center& the Family Foundation as well as our local church.
I remember one time when a ministry my dad was involved in had intervened in a mans life who was involved in sexual sin. He had a very extensive (14 boxes) porn collection and Dad and Jim T were on the phone trying to decide how to destroy it (not wanting the trash man to have a field day with it) Jim told Dad he had an office shredder however it only took 3 pages at a time and Dad didn't think it was a good idea to sit and feed 14 boxes worth of porn into a shredder 3 pages at a time :o)
What a rare problem to run into in life...

Growing up it was never uncommon to see random pamphlets laying around with titles like "My boyfriend gave me Gonorrhea now what?"
I always teased that because of my moms involvement in NHC and homeschooling we learned how to spell words like "Syphilis" alongside "cat" & "dog". When I got to nursing school and was shown the scary STD pictures they were old news to me and I could identify a wart like nobody's business :o)

So when Kelly told me that mom got this in the mail this week I was not surprised, and don't worry ladies there is a matching bracelet!

Abstinence education at its best

Free is Good!

Did my last post make you itch to go to the museum? I just found out that the Childrens Museum is FREE today from 4-8! Remember there is a $6 parking fee.

A Fun Free Day... Minus a $12 parking fee!

I had been up for all of 3o minutes this morning when I knew that it was going to be a stir crazy day. I needed to do something fun and I had to make plans quick. So I called Kris and enticed her with 4 free tickets to the Cincinnati Museum Center! So we headed off with babies in tow for the Children's, History & Science museums! We started with the children's museum and ended with a fairly quick walk through the history museum trying to get something slightly educational out of it as the children ran through after a morning of fun Children's Museum play.

Dora shopping at the grocery store! It was one of my favorite play areas. The other parents thought Kris and I were crazy playing with the kids but it was super cool! I was the checkout lady and even picked up the intercom phone and announced a blue light special on Apple Dapples, which Dora was pleased about as she had them in her cart :o)

John Patrick and Dora playing Veterinarian

Annie found an ear of corn to eat... the other moms love when you let your child suck on the toys

This was my favorite area, it was a "river" complete with a raining cloud, a Dam you could build and a lock you could run your boat through!

Kris, Anella, J.P and Dory in the History Museum

We came back to my house for a yummy lunch of chicken nuggets and much needed naps! The naps lasted so long that we ended up inviting Grammy over for a yummy dinner of Lasagna and attempted to make my favorite garlic biscuits, however distracted by children wanting to help and conversation with Kris I accidental added 4x salt! They were AWFUL! I didn't realize it until Dora and JP spit them out at dinner and Kris mentioned a funny aftertaste... It tasted like the ocean! Oh well, I didn't need the carbs anyway :o)

It All Started With The Khaki's

I dug an adorable outfit out this morning for my baby to wear. Gotta love Ralph Lauren hand-me-down khakis complete with pink ribbon belt! She was so cute I thought I would take her out for a little photo shoot. She has been hamming it up for the camera lately. She was happy until she tried to walk in the new shoes I had her in and she face planted on the sidewalk.... oops. The rest of the pictures had to be edited because she has a huge scrape on her forehead and a little bloody nose. :o(