We got our taxes done yesterday! That's out of the way, yay!

I gave two tours of the store today to kindergarteners... I just love doing that. They are so... easily amused, predictable, intruiged, and still LOVE learning new things. Plus, there were the WAY HOT firemen there again today!

When I picked up my daughter after school today she told me that the kid she sits next to in class, the one that is always bugging her to the point that she has asked the teacher to relocate him, got into a fight at school today! Apparently it was at lunch recess and he and some other boys were playing basketball and he punched some other boy twice on each side of his face and then in the nose and gave the kid a bloody nose. Damn! This is the fifth grade! How do these boys get so worked up and so full of ego and testosterone at age 10? And... furthermore, who taught that kid that when he gets angry or upset about something it's okay to hit someone? This is NOT a small kid either! Bully!

So I finished the next chapter and I am really pleased with how Davey and I have got it worked out, even if the story keeps evolving and it's gonna take three chapters, at least, just to get out all the ideas we've had. I guess there's something to be said for writing what you feel, because I've heard 'Jesus Viv!' and 'OMG!! You're amazing!' and I even was asked if I'm okay That makes me feel... so, SO good. I blamed Davey when Deb asked if it was his fault, I'll admit that... but he said I could!

So, I'm not a big fan of dogs... okay no, I like dogs, but... I LOVE cats way, WAY more, and I like dogs when they belong to other people We even own a dog and have for 10 years, a beautiful siberian husky named Ocean cause she has blue eyes. My daughter keeps asking me if when Ocean dies, will we get another dog and what kind do I want and when I told her that I don't think I want another dog she looked at me like this------> Shrugs. Like I said, I like them, especially in puppy form. I do not like cleaning up after them and always having to entertain them... sigh. Our dog is getting up there though, and I know my daughter will be a mess when the day comes since we have had the dog since they were both three months old

Random facts here. I have 14 keys on my key ring and one key chain, a respectable gold and black Girl Scout one. No bumper stickers, and right now I am wearing a black pair of ankle socks that have the funny bunny on them and they say 'let's focus on me' I have somehow managed to, and without any exercise or trying, lost 20 pounds and now I can take off my jeans without unbuttoning or unzipping them Only like a million more pounds to go before I'm actually thin! :wacko:

Hugs guys,

Viv

PS. The next chapter should be out soon and serious thanks to Davey for... EVERYTHING, and to Joey for being the man, as usual!