Where’s George or How to Follow Your Money..

Today while I was counting Girl Scout cookie money for our troop, I found some “Where’s George” dollars. Have you ever seen one of these?

I felt kind of special because I had two!  I’m not exactly sure why the bottom dollar looks like it’s been “stamped” and the top dollar someone hand wrote on it.

You can enter the info anonymously, or you can sign up for a user name and password.  If you choose to have a user name, you will be able to track the dollar, wherever it goes.

This would be a great home schooling project.  You can even see who the top user, top state, most track dollar etc..  It’s a pretty interesting site.  I showed it to the  monkeys.  They ALL thought it was pretty cool.

Animated Math Brought to you by #2

We had school today. I know most people took Martin Luther King Day off.. but we didn’t. The photo above is a GOOD representation of how today went.

Monday’s are not my favorite day to do school…. there is always so much paperwork to do.. and everyone is complaining about SOMETHING. MLK day or not… we still had the same frustration as any normal Monday. While I was helping #4 with his math.. #2 had a question. I asked #1 if she could help.

Once #1 came to help him, he became all animated about how

he couldn’t understand the question.. and she wouldn’t either.

**No, Old Navy is not a sponsor of this blog.. but they should be 😉

He’s intent on pecking at those keys… I hope he get’s the right

number.. don’t you?

No #2 don’t smack the calculator!

(See the red arrow above their heads.. the Christmas

kissing ball we forgot to take down! See the red arrow by

#1’s arm.. clean clothes.. #2 hasn’t put away yet.)

Show him #1! Show him that all the night’s spent with your

dad (The Man) doing algebra were worth it!.. Show him you can

do math too!

I believe this photo proves she knew how to do it.. see the smile on

her face? See the frustration on his…

That’s my girl.. showing her brother how to work a few problems..

That’s my boy.. thinking of something smart to say back to her.

Why I’m not Crazy about Labor Day..


I have nothing against Labor Unions or Labor Day it’s self. I mean who wouldn’t like a Monday off? Labor Day always means something different to me. It’s the start of all the back to school stuff for me. If you read my blog you know I home school, and started school REALLY late (for me) this year (mid August). The week following Labor Day is so jammed pack full of stuff it makes my head spin! Here’s what I go going on..

Tuesday:

8:30AM Try to figure out what to make in the crock pot.

9:00-2:30 School with those kids I love… In my down time during school.. try to write a few things up for eBay and blog.

2:30-3:45 Clean & Pick up. Get #4 ready for his first dance class of the year. Argue with #2, 3 & 5 about how they are NOT going with me to take #4 to dance

3:45-4:15 Drive to town, solve the problems of the world with #4.

4:15-5:15 Catch up on email and fix photos (Dance place has free wifi).

5:15-5:45 Get Ice and head home to serve dinner from the crock pot and get children ready for bed.

Wednesday:

8:30AM Ask #1 what we are making for Pot Luck.. then forget to follow up

9:00-2:30 School with those kids.. sneak in a little eBay and blogging

2:30-3:00 Realize WE STILL have not made up our minds what to take for potluck. As #1 again if she has any ideas. Try to pickup the house and get my Youth Group stuff ready to go.

4:00-4:45 Get myself and children ready for potluck, W.O.W. and Youth Group. Answer Text messages about when I’ll be picking youth up to take them to the above mentioned church functions.

4:50 Realize that I yet again dropped the ball and forgot to make anything for potluck. Look at myself in the mirror, shake my head promising myself I’ll do better next week. Tell my children fifty times; "you have 3 minutes to get in the car".

4:54-5:25 Go Pick up fried chicken at Country Mart to take to pot luck

5:40 Drop my children off at the church and go pick up youth group kids that don’t have rides.

5:59-6:40 Arrive back at the church (just in time for Potluck). Eat

6:40-7:45 Youth Group.. (the best part of my Wednesdays)

8:15.. Home

Thursday:

8:30AM Try to figure out what to make in the crock pot.

9:00-1:00 School with those kids I love… In my down time during school.. try to write a few things up for eBay and blog.

1:00-1:30 Get ready to leave for Girl Scouts. It’s the first Meeting of the year. My troop will have Brownies, Juniors and Cadets this year.

1:30-2:40 Go by snacks for Girl Scouts pick up anything else I need for our first meeting.

2:40-5:30 Set Up and have meeting and clean up

5:00 I have to ask Shot Gun Mama to take #3 to dance. This will be her first Dance classes of the school year. She’s taking tap, ballet and jazz.

5:30-8:00 Wait for #3 while she is a dance.. fix photos and catch up on the blog.

8:30 Home to make sure everyone has eaten.. and then get them ready for bed 🙂

This coming week makes me crazy, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

How much do you know about why we celebrate Labor day? Test yourself


I Think He Has a Future in Politics

I’ve always wondered if any of my children would go into politics.. I believe I have my answer.

#5 ran right into the City Hall Chambers.. climbed in the chair and said;

“Robert F Kennedy.” I don’t have any idea why he said that.. but he impressed

the onlookers.

Here’s #5, #2 and his friend that I affectionately call #6 from time to time.

I believe #5 is calling the meeting to order.

Don’t all city officials wear their hand painted frog tee shirts?