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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Sad, funny and true
Birmingham is so normal compared to Pittsburgh, PA where I grew up. People speak differently there, use strange words and behave in such a manner that can only be seen in Pittsburgh. It's true and very odd. I bet if I go back to Wilmerding and go to the Sports Page,
half my old classmates from EAHS will be there, still doing what they were doing the last time I was there. I grew up in a strange town.
You know you're from Pittsburgh when........
Hey Yuz Guyz" is your traditional greeting.
You know the time and location of every Wing Night in a 10 mile radius.
You know the location of the following towns, know someone from them and have spent time there: Monongahela, Altoona, Bethlehem, Ligonier, Harmony, and Wilmerding.
You've memorized lines from the movie "Flashdance".
If you're a guy, your biggest fear is seeing your best friend drive into the "fruit loop". You're second biggest fear is seeing him drive out with Kordel Stewart.
If you're a girl, you're biggest fear is getting hit on by a hairy-chested man, heavily weighted in gold chains, who refers to his friends as "junior" at Chauncey's.
Your latest cultural experience: On your way to partying at Slippery Rock University, having to stop your car to let the Amish buggy cross the street.
As your out-of-town friends brag about their latest trips to Europe, you think to yourself, "Polish Hill will suffice."
You eat out at least once a week at a mafia-owned Italian pizza parlor.
Your father has worked for the same company for over 20 years.
You don't see what all the hype is about Disney World when Kennywood is just around the corner.
You're having a hard time on where to take your date out for dinner and a night on the town: - "meat on a stick" in the south side and the guzzling IC Light at Jack's... Or splitting an order of "O fries" and guzzling IC Light at Peter's Pub.
" N at' " is eloquently added to the end of every sentence.
You've taken deliberate field trips to the Andy Warhol museum.
You water ski on the Youghiogheny River Lake.
You feel the only good bands out there are Donny Iris, Joe Grushecky, The Blue Oyster Cult, and of course.... Rusted Root.
You're more worried about Jerome Bettis's health than your own.
You own more than one original Terrible Towel.
You don't understand what all the hype is about for Rolling Rock beer. You've been drinking it for years, although Penn Pilsner is better.
You consider a great vacation a trip to Conneaut Lake or Lake Erie. For something a little more exotic, a trip to the Jersey shore.
You're 35 years old, have never been outside of Allegheny County, and don't see the need to leave.
You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Heinz ketchup, and the bottle of Trappey's Red Devil you swiped from Primanti's.
For the life of you, you can't understand why your all your out-of-town friends don't get the "fries and cole slaw" thing...
You have 101 favorite recipes for kolbasi and sauerkraut.
Words like: hoagie; chipped ham; pop; and gumband actually mean something to you.
You can use the phrase "Firehall Wedding" and not even bat an eye.
You walk carefully when it is "slippy" outside.
You often go down to the "crick".
You have to "red up", before company comes over.
You've ever gotten hurt by falling into a "jaggerbush".
You know that Ahia is a river, a boulevard, and a state.
You've ever "warshed" or "wershed" the laundry.
You know you can't drive too fast on back roads,cause-udda-deer.
You've drank an "Arn" .
You've told someone to "quit jaggin around".
You know that Clinton, Monaca, and Beaver, are actually names of towns.
You've called someone a 'jaggoff'.
You hear "you guyses", or "yins" and don't think twice.
You hate Cleveland, although you've never been there.
You drink "pop", eat "hoagies", pierogies, and gyros(jy-rows).
You know what a still mill is.
You can find Zillionopal on a map.
You go 'food shoppin' at 'Jine Iggle'.
You believe that "Ize" is the abbreviaton for "I was.
You know someone from 'Sliberty, E-sliberty, or Wesliberty.
You know the Pittsburgh Zoo is in 'Hilinpark' and have been there for school field trips.
You know what is meant by "The Point".
Chipped ham was always in your refrigerator when you were growing up.
half my old classmates from EAHS will be there, still doing what they were doing the last time I was there. I grew up in a strange town.
You know you're from Pittsburgh when........
Hey Yuz Guyz" is your traditional greeting.
You know the time and location of every Wing Night in a 10 mile radius.
You know the location of the following towns, know someone from them and have spent time there: Monongahela, Altoona, Bethlehem, Ligonier, Harmony, and Wilmerding.
You've memorized lines from the movie "Flashdance".
If you're a guy, your biggest fear is seeing your best friend drive into the "fruit loop". You're second biggest fear is seeing him drive out with Kordel Stewart.
If you're a girl, you're biggest fear is getting hit on by a hairy-chested man, heavily weighted in gold chains, who refers to his friends as "junior" at Chauncey's.
Your latest cultural experience: On your way to partying at Slippery Rock University, having to stop your car to let the Amish buggy cross the street.
As your out-of-town friends brag about their latest trips to Europe, you think to yourself, "Polish Hill will suffice."
You eat out at least once a week at a mafia-owned Italian pizza parlor.
Your father has worked for the same company for over 20 years.
You don't see what all the hype is about Disney World when Kennywood is just around the corner.
You're having a hard time on where to take your date out for dinner and a night on the town: - "meat on a stick" in the south side and the guzzling IC Light at Jack's... Or splitting an order of "O fries" and guzzling IC Light at Peter's Pub.
" N at' " is eloquently added to the end of every sentence.
You've taken deliberate field trips to the Andy Warhol museum.
You water ski on the Youghiogheny River Lake.
You feel the only good bands out there are Donny Iris, Joe Grushecky, The Blue Oyster Cult, and of course.... Rusted Root.
You're more worried about Jerome Bettis's health than your own.
You own more than one original Terrible Towel.
You don't understand what all the hype is about for Rolling Rock beer. You've been drinking it for years, although Penn Pilsner is better.
You consider a great vacation a trip to Conneaut Lake or Lake Erie. For something a little more exotic, a trip to the Jersey shore.
You're 35 years old, have never been outside of Allegheny County, and don't see the need to leave.
You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Heinz ketchup, and the bottle of Trappey's Red Devil you swiped from Primanti's.
For the life of you, you can't understand why your all your out-of-town friends don't get the "fries and cole slaw" thing...
You have 101 favorite recipes for kolbasi and sauerkraut.
Words like: hoagie; chipped ham; pop; and gumband actually mean something to you.
You can use the phrase "Firehall Wedding" and not even bat an eye.
You walk carefully when it is "slippy" outside.
You often go down to the "crick".
You have to "red up", before company comes over.
You've ever gotten hurt by falling into a "jaggerbush".
You know that Ahia is a river, a boulevard, and a state.
You've ever "warshed" or "wershed" the laundry.
You know you can't drive too fast on back roads,cause-udda-deer.
You've drank an "Arn" .
You've told someone to "quit jaggin around".
You know that Clinton, Monaca, and Beaver, are actually names of towns.
You've called someone a 'jaggoff'.
You hear "you guyses", or "yins" and don't think twice.
You hate Cleveland, although you've never been there.
You drink "pop", eat "hoagies", pierogies, and gyros(jy-rows).
You know what a still mill is.
You can find Zillionopal on a map.
You go 'food shoppin' at 'Jine Iggle'.
You believe that "Ize" is the abbreviaton for "I was.
You know someone from 'Sliberty, E-sliberty, or Wesliberty.
You know the Pittsburgh Zoo is in 'Hilinpark' and have been there for school field trips.
You know what is meant by "The Point".
Chipped ham was always in your refrigerator when you were growing up.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
This makes it all worthwhile
Check out his little tongue sticking out in between laughing. I love him. He's so sweet.
Friday, September 05, 2008
We love our Daddy!
Mike is coming home tonight. He has been on a business trip for the past 3 days. I need him here to help. Life is so hard when you have 4 kids, are trying to homeschool, run a teen taxi service, do chores, and find time to sleep. Bens schedule is so off right now and I have no idea how to get it normal again. He stays up til after 11 most nights and today he slept til almost 9am. Staying up late is fine when Daddy is holding him, because then I have a chance to do dishes, laundry, tidy up the house, work on ebay listings, etc after the middle kids go to bed. All of this is IMPOSSIBLE when Mike is not here because I have to hold the baby. Yes, I can wear him, but it's just easier not to. Also, I can't figure out why he's only happy playing by himself when it's not absolutely necessary. He simply cannot be content with anything but being held after 8pm. I'm just exhausted.
Today, I think I've hit rock bottom. I did Maddie's reading lesson with her, read some books to Nicholas and showed him some number flashcards, then told the kids to go upstairs to play. It was time for Ben to take a nap and I wanted to lay down with him and nurse him to sleep. I passed out too and here I am, still in a sleepy haze at 11am. I get up at 5:30 and I still haven't truly woken up yet! Yikes. I'm still in my pjs and haven't showered. I ALWAYS shower at 7am, but today I just couldn't do it!
We are calling off school for the day. Thankfully we started in July and plan on schooling year round, so taking a day off here and there isn't a big deal. As long as Maddie is ready for first grade work by July 1, I'll be satisfied.
In the future, I'll be skipping school when Daddy is out of town. It will lessen my workload for the day and make it more manageable.
Oh, and I've again decided to do something different with school starting in first grade. We are going to follow The Well Trained Mind. I just read the book and it is amazing. For those who don't know, it's a book about how to give children a classical education at home. If you don't know what that is, you can google that or I'll write more another day when I have caffeine in my system. I only have decaf today. That is probably part of the problem today.
I must stop on the way home from the playground and remedy this situation.
Today, I think I've hit rock bottom. I did Maddie's reading lesson with her, read some books to Nicholas and showed him some number flashcards, then told the kids to go upstairs to play. It was time for Ben to take a nap and I wanted to lay down with him and nurse him to sleep. I passed out too and here I am, still in a sleepy haze at 11am. I get up at 5:30 and I still haven't truly woken up yet! Yikes. I'm still in my pjs and haven't showered. I ALWAYS shower at 7am, but today I just couldn't do it!
We are calling off school for the day. Thankfully we started in July and plan on schooling year round, so taking a day off here and there isn't a big deal. As long as Maddie is ready for first grade work by July 1, I'll be satisfied.
In the future, I'll be skipping school when Daddy is out of town. It will lessen my workload for the day and make it more manageable.
Oh, and I've again decided to do something different with school starting in first grade. We are going to follow The Well Trained Mind. I just read the book and it is amazing. For those who don't know, it's a book about how to give children a classical education at home. If you don't know what that is, you can google that or I'll write more another day when I have caffeine in my system. I only have decaf today. That is probably part of the problem today.
I must stop on the way home from the playground and remedy this situation.
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