Tuesday Ten!

Here we are. The last full week before school is out for the holidays. And it's going by at a snail's pace.

I admit that my thoughts on this are purely selfish, because really all I want to be able to do is sleep late and not hear things like, "MOOOOM we're out of Gold Grahams, CAN I HAVE WAFFLES" shouted through the house when half the family is still snuggled happily in their beds. Three glorious weeks.

Three.

And I won't complain halfway through Week Two and wish they'd all go back to school and work. Maybe. Okay. Probably.

Anyway. Here's your Tuesday Ten! 

1. Just when you think you're hanging up your summer wardrobe for good, Mother Nature kicks you in the uterus with 75 degree weather. What?

2. No matter how many times you tell yourself it's okay, having a breakfast stuffed inside of a deep fried pie crust will not help your weight loss goals. And, there is a 150% chance that everything inside that evil crust of flaky goodness will come back to haunt you 11.5 minutes later. 

3. If you get to the stop sign before a full minute before me, don't wave me through. It's not my turn. I don't want to go. You're not doing me a favor. Instead, maybe try doing that in the grocery store when the person behind you has one item and you have fifty-seven. Because that? Totally polite. 

4. I may or may not have been caught on camera attempting to dance to a song with the words "stanky legg" in it. I did not even know this song (?) existed. Yet, there it was playing on the sound system at the gas station yesterday. I almost wanted to wait and see what came on next, but I figured I'd done enough rump shakin' for one morning. 

5. So everyone's all up in arms over Lowe's pulling ads from some TLC Muslim show. And some politician is all angry because he claims it's discriminatory. And guess what? I don't really care because Lowe's is a private company who pays to have their ads run on television and I guess if they wanted to advertise during White Supremacist Week, well that's their business. Don't shop there and stop whining about it. Simple enough. 

6. Also, there are bigger things in this world to worry about. There are people without jobs, families facing incredible tragedy and difficulty, an economy that isn't getting better, and people who still don't understand that they shouldn't wear horizontal stripes. Ever. 

7. I'm afraid Reese is going to be as OCD as I am. I just caught griping at Riley over messing up the neat line of trains he loving placed around the entire train table. Maybe instead of a college fund I should start up a therapy fund. 

8. I still haven't done ANY Christmas shopping. But, I have managed to start watching Mad Men, Hot in Cleveland, Felicity and Breaking Bad on Netflix. See? I'm totally on top of things. 

9. There's a big difference between teasing or being lightheartedly "offensive," and going out of our way to hurt people who have differing views. While I may not like the Duggars, I find it incredibly sad that there are people who think Michelle Duggar deserved to have a miscarriage or hope that she'll think twice before getting pregnant again. It's also disappointing that there are those out there who seem to think they can outright hurt those they consider "friends" and then get off scott-free without having to own their words. I'm not entirely innocent of poking fun or rolling my eyes, but some of the sentiments I've seen expressed toward that family recently really make me cringe. Just because you have an opinion doesn't mean it's relevant and we should all be careful about the thoughts we put out into the world. Or, at least be ready to own it when it comes back to haunt us.

10. There are WAY too few days until Christmas. I will not freak out yet.