The Hamiltons in Houston (again): Happy 17 May

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Happy 17 May

Some of our happiest memories are from our time in Norway. Today is Norway's National Day. There will have been parades and celebrations. Norwegian adults and children would have also worn their traditional clothing. I saw some lovely pictures of my friends today.

Sidney and I survived a busy week after a no rest weekend last weekend. We had company this weekend and caught up on rest. I also got several different meals cooked and into the freezer.

I purchased furniture for Kirk this weekend. I will be moving him to Rainbow House at the end of the month. He can't stay in memory care where he is. It just isn't the right place and I can't afford it. This wasn't an easy decision and was made with a lot of tears. But they also rarely have a room and have had one open for two months. You can google the facility to learn more about it but it is a home for people with TBI. Some residents have been there 20 years. He will be well cared for in a way that needs to be with the schedule he needs and the constant supervision. And for now I can get him to daycare at least part time.

I have finalized Sidney's summer plans and could use some help a few times. The first time is June 15 through June 19 getting her to and from Boerne during the middle of the day. The second time is July 27 through July 30 to near the house in the middle of the day. And the last day is August 6 again near the house in the middle of the day. Please let me know if you could help.

I am also working on downsizing a bit. I have a list of items that I'll put on Craig's list but I thought I'd let my friends know first.

Men's mountain bike
Men's road bike
Various sound equipment (no idea what some of it is)
1980's movie posters
Older video camera
Box of bike parts
Various bits of camping gear including a stove and pans
Table saw
Router
Remote control helicopter
10 gallon shop vac
Raft and paddles
Metal detector
Two 48 inch wreaths
Men's right hand golf clubs- complete set but maybe 15 years old and includes pull cart and bag

I'll probably come up with more stuff. I'm also selling the tandem and car roof rack.

I am back with lawyers this week and I'd like to try to get Kirk a new ID card and his drivers listen every revoked. We are counting down the days of school anxious for the end.

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Quote of the Day

Sidney while watching Food Factory on TV "Don't you smoke Tabasco?"

Sidney when asked by a friend to make up a story about shampoo. “There once was a very lonely bottle of shampoo. She was the only bottle of shampoo still at the store because the humans had bought all the other bottles. The lonely bottle of shampoo was sad and hopped off the shelf and hopped away because she couldn’t run, she didn’t have legs. She met a bottle of conditioner and they fell in love and got married. They had a baby and named her 2 in 1."

After visiting the San Antonio zoo and being bored because she has been to too many zoos and seen too many wild animals "We went to the Australian exhibit and they didn't even have a Kookaburra (Australian bird) and that offended me greatly." (Our zoo snob)

In Austria when she and Kimber were going to a wine museum "A wine museum really. What will they have next, a museum for cucumbers."

In Austria when fussed at for being rowdy and irritating "I can't help it, I have been cooped up in a castle all day." All of our practices were in a castle.

At the Gym "Mom there are two bottles in the locker room labeled mouthwash. I mixed some from each to rinse my mouth. There were a lot of bubbles and it tasted bad." One bottle was actually soap mis-labeled as mouthwash. Poor thing got her mouth washed out with soap and she was being good.

Sidney "Is Hungary close to Turkey because if it was, that would be really bad for Turkey."

Sidney's bible trivia "Is the Noah in Noah's Ark the same Noah as in the belly of the whale?"

San Antonio is a military town. There are a lot of military bases here. Sidney "And the Alamo is here."

While passing a semi full of fire hydrants on the way to San Antonio, Sidney "Dogs would be getting into a lot of trouble on that truck."

Kimber brought some snacks back from Norway. Sidney: "What are these?" Kimber: "Bacon snacks." Sidney: "What flavor?"

Sidney: "What is immunity?" Mom: "When you can't get sick from something, like you can't get the mumps because you have been immunized." Sidney: "And Shandy (our cat) has been evacuated." Mom: "I think you mean vaccinated."

Sidney: "Plants eat Hummus". Dad: "I think you mean plant eat pumice. And they don't eat it, they grow in it".

Sidney went to camp the Friday after school ended and was telling me about her experiences that day. She said,"And everyone got a chance to milk a cow." Then she was quiet for a minute, thinking, then asked, "Daddy, can you milk a boy cow?"

Two "religion" quotes by Sidney:

"It should be K-S-B-Yay! instead of K-S-B-J." (referring to the local Christian Contemporary radio station)

Her line from the church musical: "You do have a king - the Great God Yee-hah!" (instead of Yahweh)

Sidney: "Just go with the flow Mom" while making dad a chocolate milk served with a grape on the side of the glass.

Sidney: "Oh more eyes to add to my eye collection in the drawer" each night when a new towel animal was left in our room on our recent cruise.

Sidney when riding the elevator up to my office in Poland: "Mom, I really miss cleaning the elevator at our apartment in Norway. It was fun."

Sidney: "When are you going to buy me that tape bubble gum?"

Dad: "Probably never."

Sidney: "But what if I use my own money?"

Dad: "Still probably never."

Sidney: "But Dad, I am trying to persuade you to do it."

Sidney: "You can't throw my stuff away, it's God's law."

Mrs. Rasen's Quote of the Day: "Let go of the udder, your milking the situation a little too much."

Sidney: "Why do yo always hurt my feelings?"

Mom: "Because you are sensitive."

Sidney: "I am not!"

Sidney after a pause: "What does sensitive mean anyway?"

Sidney's Joke: "If you step in front of a 'tram' you might get 'tram'pled!"

Sidney: "A and earphones."

Daddy: "Those are the Greek letters 'Alpha' and 'Omega' ( Α Ω )."

Kimber: "Were you born in a barn?"

Sidney: "No. Kids are not born in a barn. They are born in the hospital. Jesus is the only one that was born in a barn."

Kimber and Sidney working on fractions:

"If I cut an apple into sixteen parts, what is one part called?"

"The stem."

"Mmmm, it tastes like a sugar sandwich."
Sidney, while eating a Pop-Tart. Is it any wonder that kids love them?

"Don't run in the street after your ball if it goes there because a car may hit you."

"But what if the car smashes the ball?"

"I can get another ball; I can't get another one of you."

"Well, you can ask mommy and she can make another one of me."

"Toot"

One of Sidney's examples of matter of a gaseous property.

"Daddy lions get manes. Females lay eggs and males don't. Oh,yeah, lions don't lay eggs, so how do they have babies?"

We're in trouble now!

"I don't like my t-shirt that says 'I'm not perfect, but I'm really cute.'"

"Why not?"

"Because I am perfect."

Sidney has an ego.

"Daddy, that sign says 'Robert's Carpets', like your name."

"Yes, but what does Daddy go by?"

"Groceries."

"Mommy, 'Grey Poopin' is good!"

"That's 'Grey Poupon'."

Darn French pronunciation!

"I want to taste some of the dried crickets and worms because they would taste yummy. But if we eat them straight away, then YUCKY DIRT!"

Sidney at the Houston Museum of Natural Science entomology exhibit.

"I've played volleyball before."

"When?"

"Remember? Vaulen? You? The girls?"

Sidney and Mom discussing her sports career.