Soooo... remember how I said I was organizing my thoughts and preparing to post about something serious? Let's just pretend that never happened, okay? Because I thought about that whole serious post for long enough that I resolved it in my head, thus eliminating the need (for me, anyway) to write the post at all.
Instead, I want to tell you two things. One is mildly entertaining; the other is nothing short of earth-shattering. Let's begin.
#1. This afternoon, my dear husband asked me to go on a walk with him. As usual, we wove (weaved? too lazy to check on that one) through the streets of our subdivision. Because we just love to walk past dozens of houses that look exactly like ours. Except with better landscaping. So we were about halfway through our walk when a school bus drove up behind us and dropped a kid off at his house. Then as the bus drove past us, we looked in one of the windows -- AND WE WERE BULLIED BY A LITTLE KID!
For real. This kid was probably in second or third grade, and he was scowling at us and making a fist. Like this, except with only one fist:
This scenario was enormously amusing to me, though it would probably be less amusing if I were his mother. Or his teacher. Or in second or third grade.
#2. I love breakfast cereal. [Why did I just specify the breakfast part? Is there any other kind of cereal I would be talking about? Do I think you would be confused and assume that I was professing my love for that rice cereal stuff that babies eat?] I thought for several years that the ultimate cereal was Kellogg's Cracklin' Oat Bran. Despite its unappealing name and cat-food-like appearance, this stuff is the bomb.
Cracklin' Oat Bran is oh so very tasty and nutritious (I think?), which is almost all I can ask for in a cereal, breakfast or otherwise. But COB (I almost gave it the nickname "The Crack" but thought better of it) has one tragically tragic flaw: it is very, very expensive.
So imagine my delight when I recently encountered a cereal that satisfies my desire for deliciousness, vitamin and mineral fortifiedness, AND price reasonableness! BEHOLD:
Total Cinnamon Crunch. It tastes like Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but it has 100%'s by all the good stuff on the nutrition label. Go buy yourself a box right now. It's so good that you might even forgive me for this ridiculously lame post.
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5 comments:
I think wove is correct and I'm teaching 2-4 college English classes, so I should be an authority (alas as a former English teacher you know this isn't really true.)
COB sounds interesting, but not as interesting as healthy Cinnamon Toast Crunch! However, I don't really eat cereal for breakfast.
The picture was amazing. I have a perfect idea of this bully. I too was able to laugh at the silliness of it all while at the same time thinking, "Oh how differently I would respond if this was in my classroom."
I was surprised, and slightly saddened by the fact that I did not get an email informing me of this post, I merely checked my xanga and saw your update there. Perhaps you wrote this post mere minutes ago and I just haven't looked at my email again . . . but I'm too lazy to check right now.
Finally, did you know that dalmatian doesn't have an "o" in it? I certainly didn't.
no email yet.
I thought of all the people that I know that you would appreciate the dalmatian thing. I learned it from the Disney Channel.
Thugs in Kentucky!! I thought kids like that only existed in the Inglehood of Nashville. Also, have you tried Quaker oatmeal squares cereal? It is my favorite cereal right now. It has just a hint of brown sugar and I believe they have a cinnamon flavor also.
i don't have anything to comment. sorry.
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