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Onion Daze

Some notes on Onion Days:

Where do these people come from? I swear the carnival attracts people who live in caves and only come out once a year. Really, you never see these scary people any other time of year.

Funnel cakes are awesome.

I prefer when City of Fun does the carnival instead of Midway West. Why, you might ask? Well, for one things the rides don't go on too long, and they don't have a Tilt-A-Whirl that makes me hurl. And they have a kiddie monster truck ride, and who doesn't love monster trucks.

I am too freaking old for the roller coaster, even the stupid kid one.

Three times around the merry-go-round is too many, especially after eating a funnel cake.

There are a lot of talented kids in Payson, even if most of them are singing country.

My 4-year-old looks adorable in her dance costume.

There is no point eating anywhere but the pulled pork booth.

No food stands carry Diet Dr. Pepper.

There are a lot of less-than talented kids in Payson. If I never hear another Miley Cyrus cover it will be too soon.

Four dance numbers to Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me" is three too many.

Even if your bra is flesh colored, you are still supposed to wear a shirt that covers it. Seriously.

The Onion Days Parade must be a big deal, as people put chairs out two days before.

I wouldn't object to attending the pig wrestling competition.

You know you live in a small town when they have a pig wrestling competition.

Serendipity

I found $90 today while cleaning my room. Pretty certain that was the money set aside to get a WII Fit to go with the WII that we're getting for Christmas. Maybe I should have my brother pick that up soon before I decide I need to go to Barnes and Nobles and blow the whole thing.

Summer Stuff

So, I went to my 15 year high school reunion. It didn't suck as much as I thought it would. Actually, I had a pretty good time. It was fun to see people I used to see every day, but haven't seen in 15 years. A lot of people had changed. Some people haven't. Like Todd. Still bald, and for some reason wearing a kilt. I remember one time he was wearing musical boxers that played Jingle Bells when he sat down. Ah, memories.

I can't believe summer is almost over. H and I didn't do any of her homework that I bought her so she could keep up her preschool skills. I did take her to dance and gymnastics, and she's now performing in parades, so that's been fun, but she still can't write her name. Let's just say if I homeschooled her, she'd be the stupidest kid around because I am really bad on the follow through.

We did a lot of crafts, so it was a good thing Michaels had a sale and I stocked back up, especially as my nieces have come over a couple of times and our craft supplies are getting low. And we are out of supplies for candy bracelets.

We went to Canada, which was fun. And camping, which was okay. And fishing, which was boring. Really boring. And I ate a whole bag of licorice.

We didn't make it to the pool as often as I thought we would, so it's a good thing I didn't buy a pass. (we went once.)

We almost traded our Durango in on Cash for Clunkers, but came to our senses at the last minute, which is a good thing because we could not afford the payment.

We discovered we were overspending by $400 a month. We cut back our spending by $425 a month.

I caught up Hawaii and Canada and camping in the scrapbook, so I now have no excuse for not doing my brother Ryan's mission album.

We took all our nieces and nephews to Fiesta Days, and like an idiot I went on the Tilt-A-Whirl with a couple of them. I think I'm still sick from that one.

Slacker

I have been a bit of a slacker on this blog. I think it's because I've pretty much become bored with blogging. That, or my anti-depressant has made me realize there are other things I could be spending time on. I've even stopped reading several blogs, and I'm ready to give up reading the news.

The plus size is my house is cleaner, I'm losing weight, and I even planted a garden with my daughter. Will I write more blog posts? Perhaps.

Playhouse Disney

So what I don't get is if the kids have this rocket, why is it that he can't just fly around the mountains or go up higher without help? It's a rocket for crying out loud!

And on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, is Tootle going to snap one day and wipe the gang out? He's the only one with a clue, and he has all the stuff. Really, who flies to Mars without a toolbox? Besides Goofy, I mean.

And will Manny run off with Kelly from the hardware store? She always has everything he needs.

Fortunately, Princess H hates the wiggles, Higglytown, and My Friends Tigger and Pooh. And Handy Manny, come to think of it. But she's very excited about Special Agent Oso.

TV Update

So, I'm current on Battlestar--how that is going to turn out, I don't know but there are only 3 episodes left!

I have 2 episodes of 24 on the DVR, and I'm hoping to watch them tonight.

We're current on Lost, because we watched 5 episodes in the last 2 days. Brent was very happy about that, but now he's sad because we have no more episodes to watch.

I'm current on CSI, and I'm not sure about this new Lie To Me show.

Brent has stopped watching Sarah Connor Chronicles so I'm watching them by myself. I wonder how the Terminators maintain their energy. I mean, are they nuclear powered? You never see them charging like the Borg. I'm just saying.

We still haven't started Burn Notice or Chuck, and we've pretty much decided to not start watching Sanctuary and Fringe, since there is so little time available for TV watching.

Yes, this post is lame.