The Queen's Rambles

Mike got home at 10:30 pm tonight. His work is in midst of a huge jumbo giant project and he is a big part of that huge jumbo giant project. I am not at all thrilled with how this is effecting my life. When will this huge jumbo giant project pay for my nanny? I do ok until about 4:30, and then the cranky bug hits and I need someone to do something. Like take my children away.

I actually did pretty good today and didn’t get cranky until 7.

Which still left me with over 2 hours of cranky time. Lucky kids.

I think Elsa is sick again.

Shock.

She felt like she was on fire, but maybe she was just hot. I don’t know. I don’t like sticking a thermometer up her butt unless the situation gets serious. She was so sleepy that she fell asleep in her high chair, so something was up.

Erik is invited to a playdate tomorrow and I’m not sure what to do. The mom said he can stay for an hour, which is fine. Except it literally takes 30-35 minutes to drive out to their place. I guess I will just take Elsa to a park out near there for a little while and then go pick him up.

I find the timing weird, but I know the last time she had Erik over for a playdate she was a little overwhelmed. She normally has a nanny most of the time so she is not used to dealing with playdates. She let them play the Wii the whole time and they were totally fighting over that I guess. I guess I am a mean mommy because I don’t let kids watch TV or play video games when we have a playdate over here. I suppose I can only hold fast to that rule for a couple of more years, but for the moment it works.

Oh! I was going to tell you extreme couponer types that you should be jealous. I have arranged to have an extreme couponing star speak at a MOMS Club event.

Well. Not really. I mean, she is speaking, but I didn’t arrange it. I sent out an e-mail asking our members if they knew of any extreme couponers and one lady knew a lady who knew a lady who had been on that TLC show.

So there you go. I am six degrees from fame.

I thought I was going to cause a ruckus on my MOMS Club e-mail group this morning but I’m glad it didn’t come to pass. I’m trying to find out about Campfire Boys and Girls in this area and have initiated contact with the people in a nearby suburb. I’m supposed to be finding guest speakers for MOMS Club, so asked our group if anyone would be interested in hearing more about Campfire. One lady wanted to know the difference between Campfire and Boy Scouts of America, so I really had to be very careful in my answer since she is planning on having her son take part in BSA.

I just said that our family was not comfortable with all their policies so we were looking for something that didn’t have any ties to religion. I was waiting for the screams of agony, but they never came. Thank goodness. I think 99% of the people in my club would not bat an eye at that statement, but I could see a couple of people pushing for further explanations.

Just in case you are not aware, Boy Scouts of America does not allow atheists or homosexuals. I’m an atheist who fully supports gay rights so it is obviously not a good fit. Erik is obsessed with the idea of scouting thanks to Isabelle and the Fireside Girls*. I don’t really want to commit him to anything, but I figured I would at least look into it. It would be so easy to stick him in Boy Scouts, but those pesky values get in my way and I can’t imagine knowingly involving my child in an organization that openly discriminates against people based on their religion or sexuality. I will not support them with $$$ or in any other way. Of course they are perfectly within their rights as a private organization to be as discriminatory as they please, and I am perfectly within my rights to find another option. I’m sure there are various levels of tolerance in each troop, but I’m not willing to find out.

*Phineas and Ferb characters, for those not in the know. And if you don’t like Phineas and Ferb you are missing out. We let Erik stay up to watch the movie the other day because we wanted to see it ourselves. It’s nice to have a show we can all watch together, while laughing our asses off.