He's the Man

1. Who is your man? Eric

2. How long have you been together? I20 years (including dating) last week

3. How long did you date?7 years almost

4. How old is your man? He'll be 38 in December

5. Who eats more? I think the 12 year old has a corner on this one now

6. Who said "I love you" first? He did

7. Who is taller? He is

8. Who sings better? neither of us

9. Who is smarter? I can retain more useless information he is more logically inclined

10. Whose temper is worse? Mine is more frequent but when he gets mad he is REALLLLLLLY Mad

11. Who does the laundry? Me and ONLY me!!

12. Who takes out the garbage? The middle kid does

13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does.

14. Who pays the bills? him

15. Who is better with the computer? He gets paid to be a computer guy so HIM

16. Who mows the lawn? me - it's good cardio

17. Who cooks dinner? Mostly me but he has since I've been working nights

18. Who drives when you are together?Him

19. Who pays when you go out? Whoever pulls out the debit card.

20. Who is most stubborn? it depends

21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? him

22. Whose parents do you see the most? Mine

23. Who kissed who first? He kissed me

24. Who asked who out? I did. I needed an escort to a quince. So I called him - he had to ask a family friend who I was - but he said yes because a date was a date and he liked blondes LOL.

25. Who proposed? He did. I got my first pay check and insisted I take him out. He'd already planned to take me out. he was waiting for the right time to do it so he kept the ring in it's box inside his shoes. He took me to a garden and proposed. Just after I said yes, the SP's came by and chased us off.

26. Who is more sensitive? It depends on the situation

27. Who has more friends? Me - because I'll talk to anyone - though he's more extroverted once he gets to know someone.

28. Who has more siblings? we each have one

29. Who wears the pants in the family? It depends on the situation - I'm the meaner parent but the big decisions we make together

Today starts the holiday rush. The big boys get out of school for the week.

I had to stop and think where this year has gone. In the blink of an eye 2007 is spending it's days. Before we know it it will be 2008.

It's a hairy situation

and the long and the short of it pertain to my 12 year old.

I spent two hours yesterday debating the vice principal over the size of the hole in my son's jeans and the length of his hair.

It seems two inches of knee is considered sexually distracting.

If I were a brave woman I'd google knee fetishes but honestly, I am afraid of what I'll find. So yeah, we're not even going there.

and then the hair issue came up.

The kneenazi thinks that my child's hair is too long and it should be cut to conform with her standards.

One of us can read for comprehension because nowhere in the our district guidelines does it say that the district may determine an appropriate length of a child's hair. Hair however must be neat and tidy. Further in the book it say principals may relax certain rules but they may not strengthen the rules.

In all honesty - my child is a good student. He's respectful. he's in general a good kid.

There are far more pressing issues in this school that need attention than my child's knees.

Pregnant 11 and 12 year olds - yes do something about that

Kids getting in fights over stupid things - yes deal with that

Kids disrespecting their teachers - hell yeah - punish those kids.

but leave my kid's hair alone

People suck

i mean really.

Some people just suck the life out of me - suck.