Ok…maybe it’s the pregnancy hormones, or maybe it’s just that I’m a big cheese-ball, but here’s another song by The Isaacs called “Barbie Bandaids”.  If you’re a mom(or a dad) or if you’re somebody’s little girl, you’ll probably like this song(or roll your eyes and think I’m nuts…that’s ok, too).

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Ok…so I love Grey’s Anatomy.  Love it.  Even when it’s not at its best, it’s better than a lot of other crap on TV.  I love Mer’s dark side.  I relate to her in a lot of ways, but I’m not nearly as morose as she is.  I love the on-again-off-again, will-they-won’t-they of Mer-Der.  I love Christina’s sarcasim.  I used to love Izzy(before she got all weird and crazy).  I have a love-hate relationship with Alex.  And dear, dear George will always hold a special place in my heart. 

BUT what I don’t like(or understand, really) is where the writers come up with some of their ideas.  Seriously?  Is Izzy dead now?  Surely they’re not reviving Denny from the dead?  He’s dead.  Really dead.  We even saw him in Mer’s dead dream.  I know that Grey’s is technically a soap opera, but this story line is getting too soap opera-y for me.

And…interns practicing on interns?  Sure.  It’s been done before.  But not like this.  Do interns routinely steal corpses like they did last week?  No.  Do they cut themselves just so the other interns can practice suturing?  Um…not in Georgia they don’t.  And I don’t know any intern that would let other interns do an appendectomy on them!  Once again, I know it’s just TV.  But there has to be some level of reality, right?  Maybe they should just be putting in NG tubes.  I do remember Marshall practicing that! And the pig stunt from last week wasn’t SO far off, I guess. In med school, they practiced suturing on a pig’s ear.

So, I guess what I’m saying is that reality loses to good TV.  And I’m ok with that.  Just don’t ask me if that’s what life is really like as a resident.  It’s not.  Well, maybe all the sex.  No, seriously…there’s lots of drama in a hospital setting, and more sex than you (or I) would probably like to know about.

Now I know that Veteran’s Day is almost over.  I kept meaning to post all day long, but the kids and I just had so much playing that needed to be done…

What I wanted to post was a link to a version of the National Anthem that I heard on the radio.  It’s some country group with amazing sound and harmonies singing a capella.  I’ve tried and tried to find out who they are, all to no avail.  It starts out with just a woman singing, and then the guys join her.  I even called the radio station when I heard them playing it, but the ding-a-ling I spoke to on the phone was about as helpful as a goat.  Anyway, point being…if you know who or what I’m talking about PLEASE let me know who they are.

I hate that I don’t have that song ready for you to hear.  You all know the words(I hope…please tell me you do!), and you all know what it means.  You hear it at ball games and concerts and all kinds of places.  We hear it often enough that it has become almost common place to just sing along without thinking about the words…or to just zone out completely.  But whenever I hear or sing “The Star Spangled Banner”, I am almost always brought to tears.  See, I am a very patriotic person, plus music moves me in ways that I can’t explain.  When I hear the first few notes of our National Anthem, I feel nothing but pride.  I’m not always proud of the choices our country makes, or of the way we are perceived(sometimes rightfully so) by other countries…but I am always proud to be an American. 

So before I go to bed tonight, I want to say a big THANK YOU to all who have served our country-past and present-so that we can all have the freedoms we enjoy today.  And I want to write out the words of the National Anthem.  I’m not going to cut and paste them.  And I’m asking you to not skim over them.  Imagine what must have been going through Francis Scott Key’s mind as he wrote these words.  As an officer in the Continental Army, Key had attended a meeting with British officials to discuss the release of a POW. After the meeting, he and his companions were allowed to go back to their own small ships, but were not able to go be with the other men in battle. Close enough to see, but not to help…all they could do was to sit and watch. All night long he saw “the rocket’s red glare” and “bombs bursting in air” of the Baltimore sky.  Surely, he thought, the British have won.  But as the sun began to rise and the smoke began to clear, Key was stunned to see an American flag-torn and tattered though it must have been-still flying.  So moved by the sight, he grabbed a letter that was in his pocket and began to jot down phrases that would eventually come together to be our national anthem.  Here are the first two verses:

Oh, say can you see, by the dawn’s early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which th breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam or the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
‘Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh, long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Weekday blogging is fairly easy.  The kids and I have a routine of sorts that we follow, and there’s always a bit of “screen time” for all of us in there somewhere.  They usually watch Diego or The Backyardigans while I steal away a bit of time for myself at the computer.

But the weekends are a different story!  We always have something going on around here on the weekends.  Like I mentioned before, my friends from Augsuta came for an overnight stay on Friday night.  We had planned to all go to Christmas in the South on Saturday morning.  But Jesse woke up sick(hope you’re feeling better, Jess!), and so we had to go without her.  Once we got there it was so incredibly crowded that I was going a little nuts.  It didn’t help matters much that the kids were not wanting to cooperate.  I guess they were going a little nuts, too, come to think of it!  🙂  Anyway, after all the craftiness of the morning(or lack thereof), I was dying to craft something on my own.  That’s when I asked for your suggestions.  (Thank you to those who left ideas.  Some of those are now in my “to do” pile.  Next time I go “to town” I’ll have to get supplies.  I’m still having to get used to NOT being close to a Joann’s or Michael’s!)

So last night, I looked online for all kinds of ideas.  I came up with a few fun things, but I was missing at least one thing for each craft.  So I went to take a nice, warm bath…and realized that there was something wrong with the water pressure.  It took FOREVER for the tub to fill!  Well, come to find out…I apparently should have conserved that water.  Our town had a massive water main leak/break, and has left us nearly dry.  We still have some water, but not much.  Since we’d had friends over on Friday and Saturday, I hadn’t done the dishes or laundry like I normally would.  So now we’re stuck with a bunch of dirty clothes and dishes, but no water with which to wash them.  I also heard that if they don’t get things fixed tonight, they’ll be cancelling school.  No water = no school.  So I’ve spent most of my night trying to figure out what to do with the kiddos if school is cancelled tomorrow.  I have a doctor’s appointment, and I really don’t want to take them with me!  Not that I haven’t done it before…but it surely wouldn’t do my blood pressure any favors! 🙂

So…point being…in all the chaos, I almost forgot to blog.  Thanks, Marsh, for keeping me on track.  (He brought the laptop to me in bed…wasn’t that sweet?)

Oh!  I almost forgot(is there a theme here…me forgetting things?) that in all my online craft searches, I found a nifty little new-to-me website that I’m lovin’: TipNut.com.  They have ideas and tips for all kinds of things.  Go have a look around, and if you don’t find something interesting or just plain cool…then you’re a loser.  They have tips about everything from how to make a oh-so-soft bath mat from old towels to a handy little list of substitutes you can use while baking to 12 rules of etiquette for children. I loved the craft section and the DIY projects list.  I’m telling you-they have it all!  So if you want to make a craft, bake a cake, build a headboard for your bed, or learn how to make house cleaners…go check ’em out!

And then come back here tomorrow, and I promise to have a brilliant post(much better than the last few)!  🙂

**Update:  I just saw on the news that the pipe has been fixed, but it will take about 24 hours to get the water pressure back to where is should be.  Schools and business will be open(yay!), but the schools will be giving out sack lunches.**