ARgh...Math....Yuck!

OK, I am a Librarian. I love books. I love reading. Ask me anything about an author or a book, or genre's, I can answer it. Ask me a Social Studies question, or even a science question, I can find the answer. DO NOT ASK ME A MATH QUESTION! Tonight I could not even help middle child w. her 4th grade math question. Yes, I said 4th grade. I can not do 4th grade math. Let's see how smart you guys are?

Erin has red, blue, and yellow barrettes. She has 5 times as many blue barrettes as red barrettes, and 2 times as many yellow barrettes as red barrettes. Altogether, she has 24 barrettes. How many of each color does she have?

Got the answer yet? Let me tell you, for somebody whose job is to find answers for people- this is killing me people! ARgh...Math...Yuck!

Grandma and Grandpa are here from S.C. They are literally freezing their hind ends off. They left 54 degree weather (on a cold day) to 12 degree weather. Mom and Dad- I love you and thank you freezing for us. But remember- I am up here thanks to you guys. You were the ones who brought us up here as kids. You were also the ones who then left me here. OK- so I got married, but I would have been in the deep South, laying on the beach if you would not have transplanted me to the frozen tundra to met the man of my dreams. I met and married a SD boy. He has no intentions of ever leaving SD. He will never leave SD, therefore neither will I. Artic cold or hot beaches, one would think there is no comparison. See what love does to you.

If you figure out the math problem above- please let me know. I may lay awake all night trying to figure that one out!

Does it ever slow down?

It is 6:45 in the morning and I though I might have a few minutes of peace to write something down. Wrong. I hear an alarm in the background, a sign that the days craziness has begun. I don't know about anyone else, but mornings are the busiest around this household. Having a teenager, a "pro-teen", and a 3 year old makes for a busy morning. Oh yeah, we can't forget about the th 40year old too. ( Whom I think is the highest maintence of all at times! Love ya guy.)

Oldest has had a very busy fall. I need to take time to brag her up here. She just finished performing in her Jr. High play. Her part was Mrs. Gloop, that would be G-L-O-O-P (in a very thick German accent mind you) from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I know I am a bosting parent- but she really did steal the show. I did not know that my Drama Queen teenage daughter was funny! She had us crying we were laughing so hard. Of course, seeing my 100 pound daughter wearing a fat suit that made her look 300 pounds, and trying to dance with that one is quite a sight amongst itself. Oldest- you were fabulous.

Middle daughter is busy starting basketball. OK- is it just girls or do all kids think they are horrible at something, and then when we see them actually doing their activity they excell at it? Middle came home crying everynight after bball saying how horrible she was, nobody would pass her the ball, she is never going to play again. We go the 1st game, and viola- guess who is all over the court, jumping around like a jumping bean, and guarding her little heart out. Yep- that would be number 2 Drama Queen. Soccer star and future Basketball star!

Monster boy. Where do we begin? Boys- pent up energy. Tom and I are grooming him for his future as a pro-football player. We gave him the option of being a Cornhusker or a Hawkeye on his way to Steelers fame. Looks like this family needs to start sprouting a bunch of Red. This kid eats, breathes, sleeps, and lives by football. I sure hope he can really take care of us in a manner we would like to be taken care when he becomes a professional football player. It seems hard to believe that the little boy who crawls into bed w. us EVERY NIGHT is the same little boy who never stops during the day. Grandma and Grandpa are coming up to watch Monster boy for us this week- Mom and Dad- I hope you are ready to run, run, run!

Welp- I hear movement- time to start morning craziness.