Coffee, Comedy and Crazies.

A few  notes to add to yesterday's post that I knew I forgot about completely.

During my hiatus from Vox, our coffee grinder died one morning, just as I was about to make a pot of coffee. You can imagine how impressed I was about THAT. And would you believe I can't find a decent one in town??? The Zellers had none that I could see. The kitchen shop in the mall had one unbelievably elaborate one that I wasn't even about to shell out any money for. The thing was almost as big as my Coffee Machine! I didn't even ask price. I finally found one at Canadian tire, that couldn't grind up brittle burnt paper... I have to grind my coffee in small batches to make my morning pot. So I have to buy pre-ground stuff for now until we find another grinder we like. Poop.

Also just this past week, we found a new show to watch. 30 Rock. I had watched part of a couple episodes over the years and always thought it was funny, but for whatever reason, never bothered to watch more. After catching a recent episode we decided we needed to give it a try.

Since the weekend we watched all of Season 1 and half of Season 2. This show is awesome. I forgot how much I like Alec Baldwin. His Schweaty Ball skits on SNL were my favorite... and his "Burns" sketch. I add this show to my recommended list of tv shows. Tina Fey is incredibly talented.

And for the last part of my post title, I am referring to my kids. I swear they're both nuts. Or they are both geniuses who are trying to make me go nuts.

My oldest gets herself so worked up over something that she convinces herself will happen, that never will, that she actually hyperventalates. Yesterday she came inside from playing outside just bawling. After managing to convince her to use words to speak, it turns out our neighbor and landlady was outside working away on her lawn, raking pinecones, and she really really really wanted to go over to help her and say hi. Long before she came inside to ask me, she must have decided that I wasn't going to let her so she came inside in tears.  I wasn't going to let her go back outside in that state, because she needs to learn to settle down, so I sent her to her room to relax. I could hear her gasping for air from the other side of the house.

As for my youngest, she also starts crying before she asks for things, like juice or a snack. But she also only wants the thing that we're not doing. If I say were walking to school with the wagon, she cries for the car. So I decided this morning that I would take her to the mall to see the fish tank, and we would take the car... she began crying for the wagon. So I said ok, we will take the wagon and skip the mall, she started running for the car.

A typical conversation with her:

Me: You want some strawberries.
Her: No sterberrys
Me: Ok, you want grapes?
Her (almost crying): I want sterberrys!!!!!
Me: Ok fine!

And Im trying to avoid beer till after my friend's wedding!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack

I need coffee.