My Hair Ties Match Now

The children love to do my hair. They love to mess it up, style it, and to steal my hair ties and use them for a variety of things. (I've actually found one covered with playdough - I binned it).

The result is that I lost nearly all my hair ties. And then I wore my hair in two plaits to church. And Joab noticed and pointed it out.

So, when Kal and I were buying groceries I bought new ones. I said that I HAD to have new ones, because at church someone had notice that my hair ties matched neither each other, nor my clothes.

Kal said, "Really, what kind of loser notices hair ties?"

I gave her the 'did you even have to ask' look. She immediately knew, and laughed.

Reb is funny

Reb wants us all to go and see a movie. She was pushing for Bedtime Stories, which stars Adam Sandler. I commented that I was not going to any movie starring someone who has that degree of acting talent.

"Aw," said Kal, "There goes the Adam Sandler fan magazine subscription I was going to give you."

"Give it to Reb," said I, "Although then she'll have two, along with the Kevin Costner fan mag I'm getting her."

"You're getting me a Kevin Costner magazine?!"

"No," said I.

"Oh."

She was really disappointed.

Sam and Kal Plan Sam's Wedding

All the talk / thoughts about weddings has led to discussion of What Went Wrong and What Is Likely To Go Wrong. In Cors' wedding What Went Wrong was clearly the seating of the guests. I mean, boys do not in fact have boy germs, in spite of what grade twos and threes say.

So, Kal and I have decided to plan my wedding to avoid such things. And more to the point, to ensure maximum couple get togethers.

All people will have a dance card.
All boys will get a piece of paper with their dance card stating the following:

Dear Male Guest,
You may receive your meal once you have danced at least three dances with at least three different girls. Your dance card must be validated by an appropriate official.
Excemptions granted only if
1. You have a medical certificate or
2. You are already attached, in which case you must dance a minimum of three dances with your wife / girlfriend.
3. You dance 6 dances including once slow dance with the one girl.
Enjoy the wedding.

On Biblical and Non-Biblical Ways of Getting Dates

Helen, my lovely team-leader who is leaving, is getting married! (That's not why she's leaving.) I am of course invited to the wedding. Along with a friend, who must have wheels (because the wedding is in the sticks).

I was discussing with Kal and Reb.

Reb (the spiritually mature one) suggested that I get an escort. "They always end up together in all the movies."

I pointed out that I didn't think the Christian, future homeschooling demographic was highly represented in the male escort population.

Kal suggested that we draw lots. "It's Biblical!" said she.

"So at church on Sunday we should get all the single boys with cars to put their names in a hat?"

"Of course, if you get someone you don't like, you can just get rid of their name."

Music Meme

Because you are all mean and horrible, I'm putting up a new meme.

1. What is your favourite song?
All Aroung the World (Myth of Fingerprints) by Paul Simon and Bleeker St by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Bleeker St is the most poetic song I know.

2. Favourite artist / group?
Paul Simon for artist, Steeleye Span for group.

3. What is your fav. Beatles song?
Hey Jude.

4. What song do you detest?
I've Got the Joy Joy Joy Deep Down in My Heart

5. What song encapsulates your teenage years?
Elf Child. Although I can honestly say they would not approve of the anime Elfs.

6. What song do you want to dance to / have sung at your wedding?
Love Is Like A Storybook Story (From the Princess Bride, which is clearly the most awesome movie ever).

7. What did you most recently listen to?
Straight No Chaser's 12 Days of Christmas

8. What odd instrument do you play / want to play?
The Harp. Music video to come.

9. Last musical event / concert you went to?
Verdi's Otello.

10. What do you want played at your funeral?
I've Got the Joy Joy Joy Deep Down in My Heart. I will have the joy because I will not be listening to it. There will be way cooler music in heaven.

11. Your 'social conscience' song?Blackleg Miner by Steeleye Span, and Streets of London, which I heard by the composer live in 2007 (I think) along with Steeleye Span.

12. What song sums you up? Why?
At the moment, probably Pussy Willow by Jethro Tull. But it'll change on my mood. I also considered having Feeling Groovy,which is about as different as you can get, ignoring the folk influences on both. What can I say? I'm mental.

Wow! Nearly all my stuff is Folk Rock! That is because Folk Rock is AWESOME!

For Joab

Horatio


Archie

Kal, apparently Archie is in 5 episodes, not just 2!

Click here to read about the series, and there are movie links at the end of the article.

Randoms, mostly for Kal, who is coming back today

These people are AWESOME!

Helen is resigning. My life is over.

I got hugged. Real hugged, not photo hugged. At church. By a church boy. By an ASIAN church boy. (Boy is new, Kal, you don't know him.) Clearly, Jesus is returning very, very soon.

I bought a new laptop. It is smaller than the box of chocolates I bought yesterday.

I actually practiced the harp yesterday. I can play the first line of Bach's Minute in G, but what with the harp needing tuning, it sounds slightly odd.

Speaking of tuning, I bought a tuner! With built in Metronome. (Or was it a metronome with built in tuner...? (I also bought a new keyboard)) Soon to come - harp played in TUNE!

Chocolate pile has reached it's zenith. I am preparing to eat it all.

I missed you!

Clearly I'm Not Worried About Germs

Just in case some of you haven't noticed, I adore some of my kids. Jonty, Hannah, Alana, Zoe, Big Ella, Alec and 'Cilla are the definite darlings in my eyes.

Alec and 'Cilla are best friends. They play together with various toys, mostly of animals, complete with elaborate story lines.

You also might have noticed that I've been receiving rather a few presents from my children and their parents - as have most of the other teachers. Astha in the toddler room had a whole lot of fruit given to them, and they decided to put it in the staffroom. (Incidentally, Kal, that's where the mango comes from. Reb, YOU MAY NOT EAT IT. It is for KAL.) There was so much fruit Astha had to make several trips. In between the trips, a few peaches were stolen by small hands.

Later in the afternoon, I find Alec feeding a peach to a toy dinosaur. I take the peach away. I don't want to spend hours cleaning toys.

Two minutes later, I hear Alec call out, "Sam, 'Cilla's not SHARING with me!"

I tell 'Cilla to share without looking.

I turn around a minute later to see them sharing another peach, one mouthful for 'Cilla, one for Alec.

I started laughing, and Helen looked over. She said, "I'm going to pretend that I can't see that." "See what?" I asked.

When they decided that they had had enough of the peach, they came up to me and gave me the rest of it.

I ate it.

From the Mouths of Babes

I was outside with the kids when Jonty came up to me. "Let's talk about something serious Sam," he said. I asked him if he had anything in particular in mind. He didn't.

So I asked him what he thought about the state of communism in China.

He looked at me and sighed. "Bad. It's going to ruin everything."

I Bought the CD