things not to do while living with your mother-in-law

SET THE KITCHEN ON FIRE! After a week of telling Julie I would cook diner that evening and not, I managed to move a pan with gresse to fast and set the burner on fire. After three times of blowing it out and it coming back bigger, no big suprise to some of you. I say hu JULIE. who runs over grasps the salt shacker which doesn't do anything and quickly grabbing the container of salt and smothering the flames. Not that impressive of action on my cooking skills I'd say. Never claimed to be a chef but would like you all to know I do cook sometime without burning down the kitchen. Julie and Don haven't band me from the kitchen yet but Brian did cook for us last night so maybe they just have a ploy between the three of them to keep me OUT. no more cooking maybe I should have tried that years ago. HAHA!

Yesterday was Ariel's first day of first grade. I did everything I thought I should took the supplies the day before, met the teacher, showed Ariel her new class, new outfit, check, check check. So Hayden and I went about our day with play and errands ect. then 350 came and I was out front waiting on the bus to drop off my big first grader. the Middle school bus came and went and then pulled up the bus with the magic # number on it and no Ariel. I jumped on thinking she must have been distracted and not noticed where the bus was but much to my suprise she was no where to be found. Scary!!! The schools number of course was busy and then I called the transportation department who put me on hold to find her. I waited as long as my nerve would let me and told Brian to just go to the school and get her. I called Julie to see if bus had taken her home and no so I made one last frantic call to the school and sure enough the answered and she was sitting in foyer with all the other lost kids of the day. THANK GOD! a few min later Brian pulled in with her and all was well again. boy o boy. I am still in shock that she is back in school it may take till next week to start enjoying it. More later on my adjustment to a life without my school aged child under toe. Till then!