Mysteries of My Universe
Why does this photo crack me up so much? Is it because it’s such a real depiction of my youngest two kids? Greasy. Dirty. Worn out. Shoeless. And pigging out on Ritz Bits. Hee.
Why does my lab-mix, Sweetie, harass me to let her outside by scratching at the door or whining at my feet. And then, after I let her out, she immediately turns around and scratches at the door to come back in? I know she’s neurotic…but does she have to be annoying too?
Why does my washing machine need to be smacked around? After it finishes the wash cycle, before the rinse, it often just stops. In order to get it back working, I have to punch it. Seriously. I punch it on the corner of the lid that comes in contact with the closed/open button. Then it goes back to work.
Why do I have to fill out our name/address/phone number/emergency contact information on 25 different pieces of paper every year on the first day of school? Is there not some sort of way to keep all of that information accessible to the entire faculty in one location? Like…with…a computer? Maybe?
Why is my face crooked? Seriously? I’m reminded of this every time I have to buy sunglasses. Which I had to do since the ocean ate mine on vacation. I go to try them on and look in the mirror and remember…Oh yeah. My face is crooked. Awesome. Did someone have to punch the corner of my lid every time I finished a wash cycle in utero?
What is with those frozen Popsicle tube thingies? The ones that cost like…four dollars for 100? My kids love those. I just thought they were freaks. Then I learned on vacation that my entire family loves them. Does your family love them? Am I the freak because I think they’re lame?
Aww, its a lovely photo!
And I used to love those Popsicle things. I havn’t seen them in any local supermarkets since we moved to Australia… but I havn’t really been looking.
They were good though! I might have to get some when summer finally comes aroiund again.
I love the weird, frozen, kinda-tastes-like-plastic popsicle thingies too. And did you ever think that maybe your ears just aren’t level, hence the crooked sunglass look? (And now, a mystery of my own universe, why is “crooked” such a weird word? It seems like it’s missing a syllable. Crook-ed. But it’s crook-ked. Wow, I just lost it.)
The answer to your third question is because you are FonZoot.
I’m a firecracker popsicle girl, so I can’t help.
Your face isn’t crooked – your ears are uneven. I have the same problem!
I can answer for the washing machine. We had this happen to us. The little post that holds down the button to tell the machine that the lid is closed so it will start the spin cycle gets worn down over time and isn’t long enough to fully depress the button. We tried a bunch of stuff to work on ours, but what worked best was cutting the tip off a nasal aspirator (one of those bulb things for nose sucking) (about 1.5 inches) splitting it down one side, and super gluing it around the remaining post on the washing machine. You may have to shave down one side of it to make it fit properly, but it worked awesome.
I don’t have a picture for you unfortunatley, something else major broke a few months ago, and we got a new one.
Sugared, colored water is also a hit in our house. Although, I am a mean mommy and make them eat the Mott’s fruit juice one’s instead (still cheap at Costco!)
my extended family’s annual week at the shore is next week and my two food requests were corona and the tube-y popsicles. though, if they have a real name, i have no idea what it is. certainly can’t actually be tube-y popsicles, can it?
Those cheapie sugar-water-purple (TM Dave Chappelle) frozen tube things are awesome. So ghetto, but so delicious I don’t care.
My face is crooked too! I look so stupid in sunglasses. I am a little over excited to know that I’m not the only one who struggles with that. I love the internet!
Those things are called Pop Ice, I think, I don’t like them much, either. Uneven ears or a crooked face must be a common problem, I have it, too!
I can answer the emergency contact info one, sort of! They need to update every year because, without question, probably half the parents have changed their phone number, address, or other critical piece of info and neglected to inform the school.
As for why you have to do it more than once… no idea.
I have to comment on the popsicle thing. My family loves them even my husband! I don’t like them at all. We call them freezy pops here.
my entire family loves them cuz they’re just pure sugar.
i didn’t know your face was crooked???!!?!
and yes, why is all that info not in a database somewhere?!?
I have uneven ears too. I’ve found that somewhat larger sunglasses make it not so obvious, but my regular glasses (which I rarely wear b/c I have contacts) were completely crooked until I bent one of the earpieces down.
I think MommyAttorney is right – it’s your ears. My ears are also crooked and I hate shopping for glasses because of it.
I was doing my son’s paperwork this morning (yes, I should have done it last night) and I wondering the same thing. I think the elementary school used to only make us do some of it again if the info had changed. I don’t know why the middle school makes me do it every year but it gets old.
And I hate those popsicles! They taste too watery.
Our washer did that too, but it didn’t respond with a punch. It just sat there full of water. It is the latch thingy not locking right or something….I don’t know.
My face is crooked as well…sunglasses never fit. Nor do my glasses…..
Re: The school forms. I KNOW. I have to fill out the ones for preschool in triplicate (for the triplets obviously) and it 95% the same info. It would be so much easier to copy and paste it considering they had it all in their system 3 months ago. I had to fill out 15 pages of forms! Grrrrr Also, yes, my whole family loves icy pops.
Also, we found out when going through ear plastic surgeries for my son that yes, most people’s ears are not symmetrical. I never realized it either (except my glasses are often crooked) but one ear is slightly higher than the other.
I ditto the uneven ears theory.
Also, there’s something very ‘retired, married couple’ about that photo…too funny.
The frozen popsicle tube-y things are called “freezies” in Canada!
My face is crooked too-I think it’s the ears-and since I wear glasses every single day, it drives me nuts, every single day.
The popsicles are a hit in our house. We buy 250 of them for like $6 at Costco. They are the best for the summer when it’s so hot. Plus I think it makes us adults feel like kids again.
oooh, ooh! Sorry if someone already said this about the washer thing, but the lid switch probably needs to be replaced. Same thing happened ours and a friend’s earlier this year. Eventually ours stopped working when hit, and we had to shove a screwdriver in that-little-hole-on-the-inside-that-the-little-thingie-on-the-lid-goes-into-when-it-is-closed, and eventually that stopped working too. But the part was only, like $35.
Sorry, I just got excited that I knew this one.
One of the brands around here is fla-vor-ice but they are called freezies here in MN too. When I was a kid I much preferred otter-pops over all others.
And the best part about the frozen popsicles is that they now have new and improved flavors! No longer orange, cherry, grape, lime. I was recently given a bag of them. Why? I have no kids. But, I have been indulging anyway and reminiscing childhood. Pina Colada, Strawberry, Banana. Yum!
Regarding school papers … I’ll never understand why it takes the school system (government or not) such an incredibly long time to catch up with society in means of efficiency. Mind boggling.
Oooh, the school registration situation just chaps my hide–and I wrote about it: http://omegamom.com/2009/08/03/lather-rinse-repeat/ . Just drives me bonkers.
I used to love FreezPops when I was a kid. Now? Eh.
The school forms thing gets me EVERY YEAR. I seriously want to sit an administrator at the school district down and teach him how to use a fricking computer. Why, why, why can’t they send me a printout of last year’s information and have me scratch out and fill in any info that has changed? We did not move, our children have the same parents as last year, we work for the same companies and the kids have not had gender reassignment surgery so we’ll still be checking F for the female ones and M for the one with a penis.
I agree with Maggie! Otter Pops are the best. We buy some kind in a mesh bag and have them in the bottom of the freezer for when all the neighborhood kids show up–they seem to think we are the supplier of them
Love the pic, but poor NikkiZ and her bites! My girls have a bunch too!
I LOVED those popsicle things when I was a kid…and you’re not alone w/sunglasses/glasses. I think, for me, my ears are uneven
lol
Your photo would be the most beautiful ad for Ritz Bitz. I love it!
What used to aggravate me is when having surgery, a dozen different people would ask the same question. I’m like-Did no one write down my answer or enter it in the computer?
Those freeze pops are cheap snacks!
Otter pops do more to stop human misery than the war on drugs ever will. I had to drive our hoopyville car down to the nearest minit mart recently to buy the kids one big one to split. There were three down on their luck gents sitting out on the curb eating them too and they were happy.
Another person with uneven ears. Good to know I’m not the only one (How many time have I left a similar comment on this site? I love your readers!)
Also, I like the taste of Otter Pops, but the plastic on the sides always cut the sides of my mouth, so I don’t really eat them often. We have a huge box in our pantry that we’ve literally had for years because we so rarely eat them.
haha this was too funny (hope ya don’t mind me commenting) I’ve read your blog for a while but been more of a wall flower.
First, I totally get what you mean about the billion times they want your contact info. In fact last year I just put Same as other papers in the boxes. I had got tired of filling out all that info. If ya got it once that is all you need, if you need it more you have it, write it out.
oh and I can’t wear glasses either, my face is deformed or something. Actually I should wear them as every year for no reason at all (doc says so) my eye lashes will fall out and I’ll have none. Ikk I hate it, stay indoors until they grow back. Thank goodness for Amazon.
I hate those frozen popsicle thingies. They taste like plastic and stain everything. And that picture, is awesome! Capturing the moment, for sure.