A GOOD MORNING...

IT IS GOOD FRIDAY TODAY AND THE PEEPS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL. OUR LITTLE GIRL HAS STREPAND THAT SET THE WHEELS IN MOTION FOR A QUIET MORNING. YESTERDAY, I PICKED UP DONUTS KNOWING THE KIDS WOULD BE OUT OF SCHOOL AND WHO WANTS TO COOK BREAKFAST!

AFTER WE HAD OUR DONUTS AND MILK, WE ALL THREE SAT ON THE COUCH AND CUDDLED AND WATCHED A MOVIE. I GOT TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE TWO DARLINGS AND WE WERE UNDER A BIG BLANKIE AND IT REMINDED ME OF BEFORE THEY WERE IN SCHOOL AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LOT OF.

IT WAS SO NICE TO JUST SIT THERE AND CUDDLE UP WITH THESE BIG KIDS AND IN MY MIND PRETEND THAT THEY WERE 2 AND 4 AGAIN! THEY ARE A BLAST AT THIS AGE AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THE FIERCE UNO MARATHONS BEFORE BED THAT WE ARE HAVING ALMOST NIGHTLY NOW, BUT THOSE DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL, HOMEWORK AND ACTIVITES WERE PRICELESS AND I GOT TO HAVE A GLIMPSE OF ONE TODAY. THANK YOU LORD.

IN OTHER NEWS, BEFORE WE GOT GOING THIS MORNING, (OK AFTER THE SWEET AND SAPPY POST ABOVE, YOU WILL WONDER WHERE IN THE WORLD THIS IS GOING). HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW SPONGE BOB/BURGER KING AD? IT IS ABSOLUTELY ABHORRENT AND LEWD.

NOW, I'VE SEEN PLENTY OF BAD AND TASTELESS ADVERTISING IN MY DAY, HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR CAMPAIGN IS TARGETED AT CHILDREN. BEFORE OUR QUIET AND SERENE MORNING, I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE BK COMPANY IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THEIR PHONE NUMBER TO COMPLAIN. DID YOU KNOW THE PARENT COMPANY OWNS MG ENTERTAINMENT, BURGER KING AND LITTLE TYKES BRAND?

I CALLED FOR THE CEO AND WAS THWARTED AND SCREENED BY A SAVVY SECRETARY. I THOUGHT FOR HALF A SECOND ABOUT PULLING OUT MY OLD DALHART TEXAN PRESS CREDENTIALS AND THEN DECIDED AGAINST IT.

I WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTOMER RELATIONS LINE AND I MADE MY STANCE KNOWN, PULL THE AD BEFORE I BUY ANOTHER CHICKEN FRY, WHOPPER, JR. OR ANYTHING PLASTIC WITH THE NAME LITTLE TYKES ON IT!

NOW, I PROBABLY DON'T MATTER TOO MUCH, BUT SHE DID SAY THEY WERE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THE AD. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, I'M GLAD, IF YOU HAVE - YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THE WORST PART IS THAT IT IS TIED INTO THE KIDS MEAL AND THAT IS QUITE UNACCEPTABLE IN MY OPINION.

OK, AGAIN, THANK YOU LORD FOR MY OPINION, MY OPINION ALONE AND A FORMAT AND NATION IN WHICH I CAN EXPRESS IT!

MORE NEWS...

DID YOU KNOW TOMMY IS TRAINING FOR A MARATHON WITH HIS BROTHER? YES, OUR SWEET DADDY GETS UP WAY TO EARLY MOST MORNINGS AND IS RUNNING IN HOPES OF HE AND HIS BROTHER GETTING TO RUN IN THE NEW YORK MARATHON IN NOVEMBER. WE ARE ALL VERY PROUD OF THEIR EFFORTS AND SHOULD THEY GET PICKED IN THE LOTTERY AND HAVE A CHANCE TO RUN WILL BE QUITE AN ADVENTURE.

ALL FOR NOW, OUR QUIET AND SWEET MORNING HAS TURNED INTO SOME POINT OF CONTENTION IN THE HALLWAY. APPARANTLY, OUR DAUGHTER HAS SET UP SHOP AS A PET STORE, WHILE OUR SON IS RUNNING PAST HER DOOR ON HIS WAY TO A BATTLE OF SOME SORT.

I THINK I'LL SUGGEST THAT THE REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER BUY A HORSE AT THE PET STORE AND HE CAN RIDE IT OUTSIDE TO THE BATTLE - DOES THAT SOUND FAIR?