Well, tonight was my interview and it looks like I am hired. I go in tomorrow to take the drug test, and unless the girls at Sonic have been lacing my diet cherry cokes I should clear that just fine. The best part is that the job comes with medical benefits... yayyy.... come do the happy dance with me! The hard part is that I will be working some really late hours and getting some really wacky sleep, but we will get through that.
I went today and became an official Arkansan... is that we are called here, Johanna? I have my Arkie driver's license (where they use two pictures of you on the front of it), I am registered to vote, and just to make my brother happy, I am working on a bit of a twang in my speech. However, I refuse to eat grits. Blech.
I took Todd and Beth to town today to get some milk, and our old neighbor Dale was the Salvation Army ringer. He saw Todd and waved him over, gave him his bell, and let Todd be a ringer for a little while. Todd wasn't sure at first, but as soon as he got that bell going he was having a blast!
When I came home, one of our huge trees out front was FULL of these birds... an entire migrating flock. This picture doesn't begin to really show how big the tree is, and how many hundreds of birds were in it, (In fact, this isn't even a fourth of all the branches on this tree) so telling you they were very loud is an understatement. I got out of the truck, and they all started squawking at us. Now, I don't know that birds have ever intimidated me before, but when you have a 40 foot tree or so full of screeching birds it can be a little unsettling to know that all their beady black eyes are on you. So we came inside to listen to them, and once they settled down and started to really sing, it was incredible. Incredible. I have never heard anything like it in my life.
I have one last thing to share tonight before I head to bed to get some sleep. Matt has been working on an English assignment where he has to create an anthology of his own poems in different styles. Is there anything better than junior high school poetry??? LOL. I was even a good mom and didn't edit them. Maybe he isn't Shakespeare, but I read them and they are just so him, and since I like him better than Shakespeare, I think I will keep copies of these to read again when he is 60... and maybe to pass out at his wedding. (My favorite line has to be "when he hatched I gave my dragon a chicken leg".... hahahaha) So I bid you good night, and without further ado, I present.... my aspiring poet's greatest works... :0) (love ya Matt!)
My name is Matthew Wellborn
I love all 9 of my siblings
God is my Passion
Black is my favorite color
I love Anime
X-box is what I play
I draw all kinds of things
I like Classic rock, Alternive rock, Metal, Pop and Rap
My Dragon
I found a oddly colored rock in the woods
When I was running from the men in the black hoods
The rock was actually a dragon egg
When he hatched I gave my dragon a chicken leg
Mad Matt
Matt is Mad at Mom
Mad Matt is grounded until Monday
Matt is mad because he sucks at math
Matt is mad at his mood he has had
Matt is not mad any more
Christmas cheer
Hurry Hurry Christmas is near
Everyone around here has a big Christmas Cheer
Put the Christmas tree right there
Santa will be coming soon with reindeer
Christmas morning childeren will wake up and Santa is here
The Horror in Transillvania
Welcome to Transillvana my dear friend
The castle is over there near the cliff end
Werewolves cry out to the moon to the night
Their teeth covered in Blood will give you a fright
The castle is just over there, but becareful because Dracula lives there BEWARE.
He is watching every move you make, approach him and thats a risk you will take.
He wants the blood from your skin and when he drinks you will comment terrible sin.
He sleeps in a coffin by day from sun light
Comes out of his coffin when the day turns night.
He had lived a very very long time and had never rot
but the legend of Dracula will never be forgot
Dragon begin from eggs
and brought out in between the mothers legs.
When they are littel they learn to fly
really really high.
When they are older they are grow,
much bigger than little farm crow. They breath fire
that is hotter than a tea pot
but when they breath it on you get a big red spot
and the legends of Dragons will never be forgot.
Superman
Clark kent turns into Superman and flies into the sky
Lois lane in the clutches of Brainiac cries for Help.
Superman comes and heats Brainiac to fry.
Superman saves Lois and flies to Smallville to stop by for a piece of pie
while two young boys watch him fly
Superman confronts Bizzaro with skin really pail
While Lex Luthor tries to escap trying to be sly
Superman defeats them both and puts them in Metroplis Jail
Haiku
I hear loud mouth kids
I hear the sound of annoying dogs
I feel the cool wind
I hear kids playing
I hear leaves blowing in wind
kids are throwing balls
M arvel comic book fan
A rtist
T talented
T Tall
H air is long and curly
E xtra kind
W ell behaved
The night light covers me with a cold coat of mist
The hardness of rocks punched my feet
The winds are talking to the trees
The moon had to much to eat and now he is full
The sun is ready to play over the horizon
0 Dragons are my favorite mystic animal
1 strong
8 Dragons can breathe really hot fire
9 Dragons have really mighty powerful wings
2 breathe fire
After dinner, the believers gathered up cookies and egg nog for Santa, carrots for Rudolph, and magic reindeer oats for the rest of the team. Since it was so cold outside, we opted to leave the oats in a bowl this year and let Santa feed them to the reindeer instead of scattering them on the ground!
Beth was fascinated by the idea of leaving cookies for Santa. She kept pointing to them and telling me which ones he could eat first.
Matt likes to be Santa now that he is older. We came up to wrap his presents, and we got downstairs to finish the other kids' stuff, we found that Santa had written a letter to the kids while he was waiting.
Then Santa helped load all the presents under the tree and added the Pop-tarts to the stockings.
Then the "reindeer" nibbled on the carrots and all of Santa's helpers enjoyed the cookies.
Christmas morning came bright and early. Todd was up and prowling for Santa at 2 am. I convinced him to go back to sleep, and we all got up at 6:30 and opened presents. The kids all got at least one thing on their list of things they really wanted.
Chet gave me this statue, and the thought he put into it is so sweet. I don't collect knickknacks, or anything that really requires me to dust, but I have wanted this figurine and this figurine forever. He saw this white one in the school store, knew I would love it, and bought it for me with his own money. Sweet, sweet boy!
After we opened presents, we spent the day playing with new toys and games, watching movies, and eating ham and potatoes. Beth gathered up every Barbie, Bratz doll, and doll she and Faith received, and went to twon playing with them. Apparently, that exhausted her... LOL... who falls asleep like that?
Hope you all have a safe New Year's Eve! We are having a party tonight, and all of the kids have invited friends... it is our tradition! We have some friends coming too.. .so we are all going to eat, play some games, ring in the new year with some sparkling cider, and then head to bed. I will upload some pics tomorrow. TTYS!
