B.A.U.A.C.P.W.L.C (no really you need to read)

Many days I wonder where my children came from. Often people will suggest that they are a mix between Mike and I. Maybe so, but I also know that they come with special, quirky personalities all of their own.

Case in point:
My 10 year old daughter is a weirdo. She is beautiful, smart, does a mean robot, and totally in her own world. She wants to be a baker. Yes, I know, nothing sounds quirky or weird about it except she has been developing her own business plan, ON HER OWN. Today she brought me an application that she made for her potential employees.
Let's get started.
The name of her company is B.A.U.A.C.P.W.L.C. which of course stands for "Bakery Association of Underestimated Amazingly Cool People Who Love Chocolate"....obviously.

If any of you reading this, want to apply they will have to complete the following application. Lets get started.

1. Do you want to join the B.A.U.A.C.P.W.L.C?
2. Are you fit to be a baker?
   a) YES
   b) NO :(
   c) Maybe So
   d) I really don't know
3. Are you an underestimated cool person? Why?
4. Do you LOVE chocolate?
   a) YES!!! How dare you even ask!
   b) yah it's ok I guess
   c) No! Never!
5. Can you complete this application?
6. Are you good with computers?
7. Are you great on the phone?
8. Do you have any recipes you want to share?
9. Do you like making friends?
   a) Yes I love everyone
   b) Eh...ok
   c) I HATE THE WORLD! NO!
10. Are you good at cleaning up your space when you are done? Rate yourself 1-10
11. Are you good with the business, economy, money, etc?
12. What mood are you in today? Draw  :) if happy,  :(  if sad,  :<< if frustrated, and ? if none of the options fit you.
13. You are almost done. I want you to draw a picture of anything you want. Just make it good. (the best)


So really, I may have had a little influence on my daughter's personality but the above exercise was all her.
I think she is ready for her new business.

Dinner Time Judgement

Our 14 year old son taught us a lesson the other day that frankly embarrassed my husband and I. As we ate our amazing rosemary pork roast and bruschetta, my son thought he would open the dinner conversation with "I've decided our family is too judgemental."
After 5 seconds of silence I responded, "You are probably right, Dad and I really need to work harder on that."
Just when I thought I had escaped the warranted disappointment, my husband chimed in, "OK, we will try very hard to be less judgemental, except with horrible drivers, we draw the line there." My son tried to defend bad drivers with the standard, 'you don't know that they aren't trying', but my husband and I wouldn't give in.
What 14 year old does that? What teenagers notice that there needs to be a clear conscience and kind heart.
I am sure there are other teenagers out there, but I am proud of mine. My poor children had a mother that was way too rebellious, and thus they have to continue to teach me life lessons. 

Unfortunate but addictive tv.

Unfortunately I have discovered some disturbing TV that I cannot stop watching. After years and years of withstraint, I have caved into watching "Dexter". I am starting from the beginning. Season 1 episode 1. The other disturbing show I started watching in 2013 is Fox's "Following". This brings me to my husband's concern and ultimate question. "Why do girls want to be scared?"  I don't know, it's fun I guess. Maybe it is the idea that there are probably people out in the world that are that disturbed, is in fact, disturbing and fascinating. How do they get there? What do they know? Who knows.

I have endured many road trips in my life, every time we entered a new city and you see how similar or different the homes are. Are the people in them like me? I imagine who they are, what ethnicity they are and what habits they possess. Is this fascination with people and their culture similar to the fascination with scary and disturbing TV?

 I guess I will never know. You know?