RTT: Holidaze

Suddenly there are Christmas commercials all over my television...and every time I see one I have a mild panic attack and want to get under my bed. How is it that time of year already? Didn't we just have Christmas?

Speaking of Christmas...do you think my 4th grader really believes in Santa, or is he just humoring me at this point. Be honest with me...I can take it. LIE TO ME.

In other holiday randomness...Do you have any fun Veteran's Day plans? Are you hitting up any patriotic parades or anything? My plans are to stay in my pajamas all day...which is not very patriotic but IS very American, in my opinion.

Finally, in random holiday news, my Keurig coffeemaker is behaving badly. I am not sure what the problem is, but I do know that the process of using it to make my coffee in the morning is slowly becoming more and more annoying. Do you know how to ruin a coffee addict's morning? Make her use a malfunctioning coffeemaker.

And in case you aren't catching my hint here, I need a new Keurig for Christmas.

I can't wait to see what Keely gets me for Christmas.

Stumble It!

Sing It, Sister

In the shower and in the car, I am quite a star performer.

I belt out a song with pure abandon.

And in my head...it sounds amazing.


However I know that in reality, I pretty much suck.

I wouldn't go so far as to say I am tone deaf,

But I am definitely tone-hard-of-hearing.


So you can imagine my dilemma when I picked up my class from their music class last week and the music teacher presented a challenge to me...

She told me that if I would be willing to sing "My Country 'Tis Of Thee" in front of the class, my children would earn another sticker for their chart.

Of course, I WANTED to say "Hell no" and then run out the door...

But the kids were all looking at me with such anticipation and with such pleading in their eyes that I had to say yes.


I took my spot at the front of the room...

I took a deep breath...

And I BELTED that bad boy out.

I was really working it at the end, too.


Froooom eveeeery mooooountain side! Leeeeet freeeeeeedoooooom riiiiiiiing!

The children applauded wildly.

I bowed grandly.

They earned their sticker!

And I earned the pity respect of the music teacher.


I am thinking she'll not be asking me to sing EVER again...

Stumble It!

Aloha, Odor Eaters!

I have a student in my class this year who has shoes that SMELL.

It's a VERY unpleasant odor...

Like, "What on earth died in here?" bad.


I am not sure what to do besides open a window and Lysol the begeezus out of the place as often as possible.

What I'd like to do is steal those shoes and BURN them...


Aloha Questions For You:

Have you ever smelled the smell of some really RANK shoes?

Do you have any smelly shoe remedies?

Should I invest in some nose plugs?

Anyone want to take bets on how long I can hold out before I send this kid to do his work out in the hallway? Because, day-um.


Kailani's feet smell like candy and roses.

Stumble It!