"I see a beehive!"

This morning when I was taking the kids to daycare, they were in the backseat all talking crap to each other. I suppose it's normal that they argue with each other constantly, but it drives me completely nuts. And they argue about the dumbest crap. "I saw the red light first!" "No, I did!" And I'm like, "I'm pretty sure I saw it first since I stopped in time." The sarcasm is lost on them...Although sometimes I think Rapunzel gets it because she'll laugh. I'm not sure how the four year old catches on, but the older two are oblivious...
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Anyway, this morning, we are cruising down the road leading to the freeway and we are passing by some farm-type houses. The kids say they're farms, but really, they're just older homes on big chunks of property with horses...and maybe a barn. I have yet to see a cow or chickens over there...Or fields of crops. The crops are by our house, but not connected to an actual farm. But I digress...So, we're driving and Rapunzel is like, "Look! A farm! I saw it first!" Nook says, "No, I did. I see a raven though." Ariel and Rapunzel ask, "What's a raven?" Nook replies, "It's a big black bird." I was surprised that he knew that, but I nodded in agreement because he was definitely right. And then the funny part of the conversation started...
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Ariel-- "I see a beehive!"<br>
Nook-- "A beehive? You can't see a beehive!" <br>
Ariel-- "Oh, no...A nest. I see a nest. It's in that tree over there." *she points*<br>
Nook-- "You can't see a nest in a tree. It's way up high! You can't see it. Stop lying!" <br>
Ariel-- "Yes, I can! I'm not deaf!" <br>
*I burst into laughter*<br>
Nook-- "Deaf means you can't talk!"<br>
Me-- "Deaf means you can't hear. I think you meant blind."<br>
Ariel-- *giggling* "Oh. I am not blind." <br>
Meanwhile, during all of this, Rapunzel was strangely silent...I'm pretty sure that she was back there working out her final plans for world domination. I'm like 99% sure that's what she does whenever she's quiet...

No cord!

I'm too tired to write a whole big long blog, but I feel I need to share this. Today I went to go buy a dryer. For the last year and a half, we've hung dried all of our clothes. Hang dried? Hung dried? What-the-hell-ever. You know what I mean. Anyway, so we had no dryer. The plan was to wait for the washing machine to die and then we'd get both, but it hasn't died. With three kids, it sucks to hang dry everything. After shopping around, I decided we'd hold off on the washer for a bit longer since we couldn't find a good deal. So, today I looked online before going to Lowe's and the website lists other things I may need to go with the dryer...like a cord...and the vent/duct thing...and a clamp for the vent/duct thing. Ummm...Why the fuck would I buy a new dryer without a cord? Are you kidding me? It turns out they weren't kidding. I did, indeed, have to buy these things separately. This reminds me of the good ol' days when I purchased a printer for my computer. I got home and happily began setting it up only to find what? That's right, NO CORD! Say what? Was my computer (before the days of wireless routers and such) supposed to send a message to my printer psychically?? Let's be real...If I buy something, I need the shit to hook it up with and it should come with it. At Christmas time, Phoenix bought a blue ray player and it didn't have the HDMI cord. Dude, what the fuck? She rented me a movie when I was sick and I was like, "Hells yeah! I'm going to lay in bed and watch this movie...And then maybe some L Word." But no! There was no cord and instead, I had to watch it on my laptop. 

You all have to agree that it's a bit strange that we allow this sort of thing to go on. I mean, it's not like I go buy a car and then have to tell them, "And yes, I'll take four tires, a couple of doors, and a rear view mirror." Let's be real...I'm certainly not going in and saying that I just want the frame of the car and an engine. We may all laugh at the absurd nature of this, but it's real and it happens every day. I know we've all seen the old TV shows where they make fun of these situations...Like, "Sure, you can stay in this here hotel." And then they rent you an empty room. It's $20 more for a bed. $15 more for a bathroom attached to the room. Again, ha ha, but seriously, these are things you expect to be there, but they're just not. I cannot be the only person on this planet who thinks this is ridiculous. And I'm not even going to lie...I'm the person who just buys an item expecting that everything is going to be in there because why the fuck would I buy a dryer without a plug??? If I wanted to hang dry my clothes still, I could've saved myself $420!! *shakes head*