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El Policia

This morning I dropped Norah off at preschool, put Adlani and Aliya on the bus, and went back to preschool for an hour of PTO business.  As I walked to the front door, I met up with a police officer heading in the same direction.  He didn’t look like he was in a hurry, but I did notice that he was wearing his gun which seemed unusual if he was going to spend time in a preschool class.  Personally, I’d be a little worried that the shorty mob would overtake him and gain control of his weapon, but I guess he felt confident that he’d be able to subdue them.

Just inside the front door, we met Norah’s teacher, who was obviously waiting for the officer.  When she saw me, she said, “HE (pointing to the officer) can help us with YOUR daughter!”

What a brilliant idea!  Yesterday I got an email from the teacher saying that Norah wouldn’t get in line, yelled “NO!” in the teacher’s face, pushed a kid, spit at somebody, and I can’t even remember what else.  All in one day!

I turned to the officer with what I’m sure he thought was an inappropriate amount of excitement and said, “YES!  When you see the little curly-headed one, tell her that if she doesn’t follow the rules she’ll have to go to jail!  And make sure you say it in English, because she probably doesn’t know the word for ‘jail’ in Spanish!”

Norah came home with her typical *fresh* attitude, so I think she’s going to need another visit with El Policia.
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Hey! I know you!

Today I went into the building maintenance department for a public school system in New Hampshire. I was introduced to a woman there and she said, “Hey! You’re the woman from ih@tehardware.com!”

Isn’t that surreal???

I also received a comment on my work blog today from a former coworker.  He said, “Lori, this site rocks! It’s well organized, covers all the important stuff, and most importantly it’s fun! The world has needed something like this for a long time. THANK YOU!”

I’m really feeling the love right now.  I’m still working on how my fame is going to pay for 3 college educations, but at least I’m feeling the love.
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Lisa & Henry

While I was in the process of finding and adopting kittens at Christmas, there were several occasions where I wondered if I’d lost my sanity completely.  I worried that the kids would lose interest in them, leaving me to grudgingly clean the litter box for the next 15 years and then bury them in the back yard.

I’m not really a cat person.  My mother is a cat person.  We always had cats while we were growing up and I do like them, but I’ve got way too much going on in my life to focus on two more creatures.  I figured I’d give them a roof over their heads and two bowls of dry food per day and they’d get all the love they needed from the kids. Or so I thought. 

What I didn’t realize was that we were adopting the COOLEST cats EVER!  We got them just before Christmas and the kids named them Lisa (the calico) and Henry (the tuxedo).  Close to three months later when most of their Christmas gifts are lost, broken, or forgotten, the kids still fight over who’s going to play with the kittens.

And now they have to fight ME for them!  I’ve never known cats like these.  They are SO mellow and they just love to be held and petted.  The kids carry them around like dolls and they don’t seem to mind.  So far they’re not exhibiting any of that uppity cat-behavior, and they even like the dog.  She’s constantly chasing them and licking them, but they keep coming back for more.

Aliya is doing her Sage project on Cat & Kitten Development and her teacher said she could bring Lisa and Henry in as part of her presentation.  Maybe they could help with the school’s mouse problem.
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