Fire ice cream, just what you always wanted.  See how that red is kid of a Kool-aid red?  A crayon red would have been better but it still works.  It's just not fun to crochet.

I'm sorry I skipped yesterday.  I had errands that took up too much time.  I listened to podcasts on Tuesday and that was fun.  On the Fat Squirrel Speaks, Amy Beth showed a journal that looks interesting.   It has a quote on the top of every page and you just write one sentence about it then over the next five years go back  and do the same thing.  So over five years you get five sentences for every quote. I think I want to get one for me and my daughter (my son doesn't read or write well enough yet).  There was a podcaster named Karrie Steinmetz (knitpurlgurl) who influenced many people.  I never hear her podcast but she is spoken of on many podcasts.  She died suddenly in November of 2012 and everyone was shocked and hurt (understandably).  It is so weird to watch old podcasts where they say "Knitpurlgurl did this..." or "I talked to Knitpurlgurl last night..." and know whats coming.  You want to make them stop or wish you had a time machine to warn them.  On Knitting in Circles I just passed the episode where they found out she died.  It was very sad.  

On a lighter note yesterday I watched Running Man.  I enjoyed it more than I did last time.  There were two episodes especially, the Running Man Olympics and the reincarnation episode.  I had some really good laughs.  It does make me wonder again how much is scripted (even though they don't have a script).  I am sad that they keep calling Gary ugly. He doesn't look like a flower boy but he's not ugly.  It made me sad to find out that he's called Gary because his nickname in school was dog (gae).  I don't think it's one of those miscommunication things like how in English calling someone "pumpkin" is cute but in Korean it means ugly.  It makes me want to root for him more.  I was going to play WOW but it was down this morning so I'll listen to podcasts.  

I have been working on the sweater and the scarf but that's about it.  The sweater last measured 10".  It's coming along but still a ways to go.  I have nothing new going on so noting to say.  

I have a bit of a rant. It's first world I know but it irritates me.  Last year the kids school got a new principal.  He's fine but he stated using the notification system for reminders not just school closings.  I don't like that.  I don't care about your fundraiser, if I wanted to go I would go. I feel like the system should only be used for school closings and emergencies. The other thing is the music teacher.  She is taking the fourth grade to the symphony and sent home a not about it.  Here is a quote:

   "As you are fully aware, a symphony is no football game.  The expectation of behavior  

    and etiquette are a must.  This will be discussed in detail the every child. It would be 

    greatly appreciated if you  could reinforce the expectations at home as well. I would 

    also like to ask that the children dress a little nicer for the day to authenticate the

    experience of attending the symphony." (bold is hers)

This makes me want to smack her and I'm sure I'm over reacting.  Obviously behavior on a field trip is important but you need to control your class. I could say things till I'm blue in the face but I'm not there.  Do you think I encourage my kids to act up? Yes the kids can dress up but it's still cold so I would be more concerned with warmth first.  It just seems so snooty especially with her bold.  To be fair there was more to the note but this felt insulting. O.k. fussing over.

It's been so warm a lot of snow has melted.  There is a ditch behind the apartment on the way to the bus that I always walk around but the kids go through especially if the snow is deep because that's fun. I did not walk the kids to but bus today, told them to go on their own.  A few minutes after I sent them Mooky came back kind of hopping.  He lost his boot in the muck of melted snow that had now accumulated at the bottom of the ditch and he said something was wrong with Amey.  I thought she had abandoned him and was going to tell her off when I went out there to get the boot.   The water was almost to the top of the boot and she was standing a little father on crying because she was stuck.  I got her to come to me a bring the boot.  We came in and changed socks and into shoes and I drove them since this made them miss the bus (luckily my husband was home). This was not an adventure I was looking for. I also might get a ticket because in the parking lot I passed a bus.  It was in the process of putting out it's stop sign and it wasn't all the way out yet but that is a technicality. I wouldn't have done that on the road and if I do get a ticket I deserve it.  

O.k. that's it.  I hope you weren't board and don't think I'm an idiot. lol