Can't sleep...made the mistake of drinking a Dr. Pepper with dinner.

The other day, while shopping at Target, I happened to overhear a cell phone conversation. The man said "f***ing" so many times I began to wonder if that was the only adjective in his vocabulary. I just do not understand the prolific use of curse words. Now I used to be one of those prolific cursers, so don't see this as a holier-than-thou sort of rant. I simply feel there are better ways to express one’s self than by using profanity. That being said, I do believe there are times when a profanity is appropriate.

Take this little tale for example. While teaching Vacation Bible School, my mom and I had quite an experience one year. A little girl in the class thought wearing a Pull-Up was license to use the bathroom in her pants. These were four-year olds mind you. Well, the poor thing must have ingested something that did not agree with her because the Pull-Up was inadequate for the task. Needless to say we discovered a pile of poop on the floor and some children had already managed to walk through it. Thankfully, we did not have any budding painters in the room. Later on that day, someone asked my mom how her day went and she answered, "It was a shitty day".

Other times profanity might be appropriate could be when talking about any animal fecal matter, a female dog, or a donkey....although there are other terms that could be substituted.

For the life of me I cannot think of when the "f" word would be appropriate. If you have a situation, please enlighten me. There is not a word I despise more than this one. Some really good movies are totally ruined to me because of its constant use. Call me old-fashioned or stuck in the mud, but that's just the way it is!

On a different note.....I came across a web-site for home-schooling a couple weeks ago. The thought has entered my mind to home-school, but seeing as I have about four more years to decide it's not that high on the list. Anyhow! I started reading on the different methods and one struck my fancy, the Charlotte Mason method. I picked up a couple books from the library to learn more about it. The more I read, the more I like. Still, I have so many reservations about home-schooling. The main one is I know very few social and well rounded home-schooled children...well, I don't know that many home-schooled kids to begin with. Another, I not really sure I have the patience to be the educator of my child(ren). Plus it's not like I have a choice to give money to the public school system and it seems like a waste of money to not take advantage of the free education. Yet, a part of me wants to control the learning environment, especially in the grade school years. Like I said, I have four more years to mull it over.

Still not tired, but don't really have much else to write about. Oh, wait just thought everyone would like to know that Kayleigh is becoming a drama queen. It's so hard not to laugh! She flings herself to the ground and wails if she doesn't get her way. What is even funnier is after the initial flinging she stands up and tries to keep the fit going. She walks around flinging herself on the couch, into pillows, or whatever else is close by. I really should borrow a video camera to tape it sometime. A part of me wonders if it is something I'm doing or not doing. My biggest struggle is remaining consistent. Sometimes it is just easier to let her do the thing I've told her a hundred times not to, but I know that totally confuses her. And now I'm starting to see an issue I might have because I am watching other people's children. I do use spanking as a disciple method with Kayleigh, but I do not, nor will I, spank the other children. So, do I need to not spank Kayleigh or will she even notice the difference?

Well, I think this is long enough....thanks for reading my "can't sleep" rambles!