Off the Beaten Track, Just Like Columbus!

Hot Damn, it's Columbus Day and that means.............NO WORK! Out of all the holidays throughout the year, Columbus Day has to be one of my favorites. You ask why, well, kid and hubbie have school and work and I have the house to myself and my own schedule to manage. What to do, what to do? I could go bear hunting, I could sleep all day, I could read Mad Magazine but I initially choose to wake up, get my daughter off to school and putz around the house until my fingers turned an awful shade of blue.

Vote: How many of you think I did any of that? I at least got my daughter off to school.

True are the days where nothing you plan happens and you roll with the minutes. My mom and I trekked off to Ti Pan Trading Co. Have you been there? Let me tell you something, that place is a man's nightmare. Everything to decorate your house is in that place. WARNING: If you take your husband, boyfriend, or whomever into this store, make sure you are ready to cook a really good dinner or are willing to give him some "dessert" because his eyes will glaze over after seeing the ample amounts of glitter, flowers, bows and wreaths. If you are not married and end up going into this store, PLEASE CALL ME, I want to tag along!

After my lovely decorating trek I briefly volunteered in my daughters class. Boy was that an eye opener. 3rd graders at the end of the day already need a bath. I love them, I love them a lot and I have to envy their energy to generate that much sweat. It made me wonder if I ever came home covered in sweat, number 2 pencil smudged all the way to my elbows, and blacktop goo under my eyes closely resembling a line backer ready to take on the opposing team. Holy cow, those little munchkins could have whipped the Colts butts while assigning character leads in their recently choreographed blacktop play "Monster High does Clare Cherry" (Need to know what Monster High and Clare Cherry School are? Goggle it). These kids were perfect in every way! Listening to them and hearing their little minds work a mile a minute gave me hope, even if they are having issues spelling. Their creativity, dedication, and nature were truly inspiring.

Now, we are going to try making homemade ice cream tonight for the first time and that idea was not on the Columbus Day agenda. Like Columbus, I got a little off track but the rewards have been great.