Total Rant

So...yesterday I mix up dough from the Artisan Bread in 5 min book and it goes great. We go to a community night, get ice cream and come home, hubby working nights, of course. Kids are crazy (they had cotton candy), don't get them calm and in bed until 9:30, only an hour late, not too shabby, until I realize I have to do the garbage, and by do the garbage, I mean, litter box, bathroom trash, recycling, all of it, in the dark because if I turn the outside light on, it will get buggy, and bugs mean bats. I hate bats and we have a TON of them in this town.

9:32 I get the dough out because I think, "hey a baguette sounds pretty darn good" shape and let it rest. Almost step in cat puke while doing garbage... forEVER. Get in jammies. Hear scurrying, it is now 10:15. It is Ponky..
"I have to go potty"
Me-"Didn't you go before bed like I asked you to? 
Ponky-"ummmmmmmmmm........I forgot." I scream in my head and put on a soothing face to induce sleepiness..
"Hurry up."

I escort child back to bedroom where I promptly have a heart attack because when I walk into a dark room, I DO NOT expect my 2 y/o to run at me yelling " HI MOM!!" 
Me-"how did you get out of your bed?" 
Little Hurricane- " I cwimbed". 
Me (in my head) " Crap!" 
Put 5 y/o into bed, tuck in..again. Put 2 y/o in bed..hug kiss, sing...again. Walk into kitchen, slide bread into oven, prepare to feast on baguette shortly. ( it is now 10:30)
Hear more scurrying....Little Hurricane, out of crib. Put LH into bed with a very unhappy Ponky. 
"She squirms! I don't want to move my animals! What if we fall out of bed?"
 Me-"Just lay down and love each other and be quiet and go to sleep." 
Ponky- " I hear the oven beeping, are you cooking?" 
Me- "No (total lie), It is cleaning itself." 
Ponky- "How does that work?" 
Me(trying to keep calm)- " I will tell you in the morning, go to sleep!" 
Ponky- " Can we go to the library?" Close the door. Seriously consider pulling out hair.
Walk into kitchen and past the stove when a gunshot goes off. Or so I thought. Nope, no gun, just the sound of my baking stone breaking COMPLETELY in half!!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!! My baguette!!!!!! I don't care, I will gladly eat shards of ceramic at this point. I hear yelling, LH is running around the room and Ponky is "having trouble going to sleep with all this racket"... No kidding.
11:00 Back into bed with Little Hurricane, hug kiss, sing, threaten, and leave the room. Baguette is over done and not in a good, crusty bread way.
*Sigh* Listen............quiet. Thank goodness. Can't wait to tell hubby about my night so he can let me know that he never has this kind of stuff happen.

Sit down at computer, mourn baguette one last time and feast on Hershey Bar.

Going to Hope Depot for unglazed quarry tiles today and having some damn bread.

Holy hell I need to vent!!!!

Ok, I didn't want this to become a homeschool rant but I think it may very well turn into one. I just read an article by a "teacher" that called homeschooled kids, "geeky", and said it was selfish to keep them out of public schools, among other idiotic rants including, but not limited to,"God hates homeschoolers", and "as a teacher it pisses me off". Ok, so I guess I should send my kid to a school I don't want to so the rotten kids can see how to behave. And why not send her so she can sit in a room with 30 kids her age and be "socialized" properly instead of living in the real world and becoming comfortable interacting with people of all ages. Oh, all right. Or maybe I could realize that I live in the United States and I am lucky enough to have the freedom to homeschool. By the way, I unschool and if you really want to see people freak out, tell them you have no set curriculum, you do child-led learning, and you use the world as your classroom. I am just waiting to have DHS called on my by some idiot who thinks I am neglecting my kids. Um, no I am not, we are on our way to the library to check out 13 books about cats because that is what we want to learn about right now. I currently have 21 books at my house from our local library and they are all being read and used as reference. My kids will remember what they learn because it is something they are interested in and something THEY wanted to learn about. I will not force them to memorize dates and force irrelevant information on them just to have them regurgitate it back to me in a few days, then for get it forever. Sorry, that is not how this is going to go. Let me set the record straight so I don't get hate mail, or at least I might get less of it....I do not hate public schools. I respect the teachers that genuinely care about educating children and I know that homeschooling is not for everyone. I would never presume to tell someone how to raise their child and I expect the same. My kids are my business and your kids are your business. As long as no one is being hurt, it should stay that way. All right rant over.........P.S. I also don't vaccinate my kids anymore.....don't get me started on that.

Memorial Day

To many people, too many people it seems, Memorial Day is the "official kickoff to summer." A reason to party, have a picnic and get drunk. The flags do not line streets for "Picnic Day". I find it sad that although most people know what Memorial Day is , they often don't think twice about its meaning.
I just watched the movie, "Taking Chance" and realized that this happens every day to people in this country and while most of us know this, few really give it alot of thought. I am in awe of the people who have survived such a tragedy. I don't know what I would do, but can say without much doubt, that I would not have a fraction of the poise and dignity that the families of the fallen soldiers and civilians show.
I watched the movie with my 5 year old and had a lengthy discussion on war, casulties, family, and military service.
I am so proud of all of our soldiers past and present, and their families for sacrificing so much for a country that all too often, seems ungrateful. I just hope that they know, we are anything but.
Please, this year, and each one that follows, take a few minutes out of your day and thank all those who serve. Whether you "believe" in these wars or not, the reality is that they are happening and the least we can do is show our appreciation to all the brave men and women who protect us and our loved ones.

Silly Girls!

I made these for my girls using a pattern from Crafty Carnival. Aren't they adorable!?!

So here goes.....I am a stay at home, homeschooling, craftaholic, mom with two kids and a never ending hunger for books. Bear with me as this is my first attempt at this kind of thing and wonder if anyone will even read it. I hope to post pictures soon and get this site off the ground.