Take 5 #002

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While on the phone with his Grandmother the other day, Monkey made mention that the school was close enough he could walk to it. “No way” I said, shaking my head and interrupting him, “Not gonna happen”.

Monkey: “I know, I was just saying it was so close I COULD walk to it.”

Me: “Well if they would put a sidewalk in, I’d walk with you.”

Monkey: “Great, then I could be terrorized at school.”

-2-

I’m not certain nutritious and snack bar can occupy the same phrase or sentence. You may refer to them as power bars, energy bars, breakfast bars or health bars. I just call it a snack bar. Usually, snack bars are too sweet for me, so I spent a good 30 min in the market Thursday looking at snack bar ingredients trying to find one that wouldn’t make me vomit after a workout. Most are loaded with sugar, doused in high fructose corn syrup, covered in chocolate, and or contain "enriched" grains… what part of that is healthy again?

-3-

O.K. girls – summer is nearly over and we’ll be trading our cute new sandals for warmer shoes soon. But please remember this one thought for next summer and every summer that follows it. If your heel is hanging off the back of your flip flop, your flip flop is too small.

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I’m an average girl and by no means am I a saint; however, I can’t bring my self to throw trash on the ground. At Crüe Fest this past weekend I decided to chew a piece of gum. After placing the gum in my mouth while looking at a sea of pizza boxes, plastic cups, beer bottles, and various other pieces of garbage; I felt the irony as I tucked the tiny piece of wrapper into my pocket. I guess I'm just not that rebellious.

-5-

At the same afore mentioned concert, I turned and saw Monkey had his shirt over his nose and The Sasquatch had his face buried in the crook of his arm. When I asked them what was up, they replied they were trying to get some fresh air. They were cracking me up making strangled faces with accompanying sounds, and I had to smile. My kids are genuinely repulsed by cigarette smoke. Parenting, as every parent knows, isn’t the easiest task on the planet. But occasionally I do try to teach my kids something and it sticks – like glue. My kids hate _HATE_ to be around smoke. They hate the smell of it on their clothes, in their nose, and hate to smell it on other people. So chalk this one up for a Mom Victory!