More waiting!

I know I have kept you all in a ridiculous amount of anticipation on what it takes to be a good movie-goer. Here it goes:

We will go through this in order as if you are actually going to a movie in order to avoid confusion. Follow along. Keep up. Don't get lost.

1)When pulling up in front of the movie theatre, it is common practice to let a non-driver out of the vehicle to get in line and purchase the tickets while the driver parks the vehicle. DO NOT have a conversation in the middle of the street. Some people have more important things to be doing than waiting for you to move your ass out of the way while talking about what size popcorn to get.

2) Pay attention when in line. It gets really old to say "NEXT" every minute or so because people are not staying with the flow of the line.

3) KNOW WHAT MOVIE YOU WANT TO SEE! You should know what movie you want to see BEFORE you get the boxoffice.

4) When asking for tickets it should go like this:
Employee: Hi, welcome to *Name of Theatre*. What movie are you seeing this evening?
You: Hi, we need # adults to *movie. (NOTE: if you have children also say: We have a child, and two juniors. If you do not know the age category, be prepared to tell us their age. We are not age guessers. Do not be mad if we assume your 11 year old is a 12 year old and charge them more. Know your kids' ages dammit.)
Employee: Okay! That will be $ please.
You: *Hand over the money you have already in your hand, because you know you have to pay eventually and why waste everyone's time digging it out after we tell you the amount.
Employee: Thank you and enjoy the show!
You: *DO NOT take the tickets until they are handed you! The ticket spitter-outter is an extension of the cashier's body. You wouldn't grab their boob, don't grab the tickets. And then you promptly walk away and deal with your screaming kid outside of the line.

5) At the concession stand: If it is busy and you do not know what you want, let us serve other people first. It is rude to stand there for 3 minutes with 20 people behind you trying to decide between plain M&Ms and peanut M&Ms. Do not be rude when the concession sales person asks if you would like to upgrade a medium to a large for a certain deal. This is their job. They get paid to do this. If they do not, they get in trouble. You would not want a customer of yours to yell at you when you ask if they want glass doors or oak doors (assuming you are a contractor) Same basic principal. Be nice. To everyone. Even if you are having a bad day. Be nice. Again, you know you are going to have to pay sometime so have your money ready.

6) Keep track of your tickets. On weekends and busy nights, and some places every day, there will be someone there to take your ticket. That's why we give you one. Don't lose it. Don't get mad at the ticket taker when you do lose it. Thanks.

7) Don't be on your cell phone in the movie. Duh. You paid 10 dollars to see the movie so watch the dang thing. If you must talk to the person next to you, talk quietly. When the movie is over, pick up your drink cups and popcorn bags and any other garbage you have and dispose of them in the garbages located at the exit doors. ESPECIALLY if you have kids. What kind of lession are you teaching them if you let them leave their garbage on the ground. The movie theatre is not your house. Yes we will clean it, but it will be much cleaner and you will get to sit faster the next time you come to the movies if everyone does this.

8) Enjoy yourself. Don't come to the movie crabby. It ruins everyone's day.

9) Have fun and BE NICE. Thanks a heap.

Thanks for letting me rant. Hopefully you will all be better movie-goers because of this.

Be nice. Always.

xoxo - kels

more pre-school for PeeWee...He is off to bigger and better things!

So, back in May, my little P graduated from Pre-school! I can't believe it! I remember the day he was born...I was a freshman in high school! My-Oh-My how times flies. (Couple more years and I'll be re-writing this post for little Miss Kartoon! AHHH!)

These little 5 year olds really had no clue what was going on. They had practiced and practiced for this event, and did such a wonderful job at staying in line and doing what they were told. They don't really get the point of "graduation", which is okay...They will "get" it once they become seniors in high school and college. Until then, their families will just make this little accomplishment seem like the coolest thing ever! Here is how every thing went down. They sang songs, did some recognitions of some very special helpers, sang a few more songs (super cute!), got their diplomas, then paraded out to turn in their caps and gowns. (Which were all hand made might I add. God bless the special lady who took the time to make brand new caps and gowns for these cute kiddos!) Then, we got to eat cookies, drink some juice, and see all the cool projects and crafts the kids had done throughout the year. The teacher, who just happens to be P's aunt on his dad's side, even made a special scrapbook for each kid!



This picture is of PeeWee after the ceremony.


Here is P receiving his diploma.

And of course, the family picture!

I asked P what he wanted as a graduation gift. He wants a lunch box, so we have a search to go on...Here is a story of our luck so far.

We were at Wal-Mart the middle of July and I saw there were some lunch boxes out on display. I took P over to take a look to see if there was one he wanted. His 3 options: Blue Transformer, Jonas Brothers, and Pink Disney Princess. Well, of course Pink Disney Princess was out first! Then things got a little difficult. P started looking at the Blue Transformer. I thought he was sold, and boom bam dang, my job would be done...NOT SO LUCKY. He picks it up does a look over, and I once again remind him, "If you don't see one you want, don't worry about it, we have the rest of the summer to look for just the right one." His response, "I know, just let me look for a second." So he continues looking at Transformer, then says to me, "Well I like it, but I don't really like the blue. I say, "Well okay, that's fine. We'll just leave and look somewhere else." "But Aunt Kayt," he says, "wait, I'm not done looking." WHAT? How can he not be done the only one left is a JoBro! I said P, "You don't want that one, you don't even know who those boys are. Don't you want one that has things/people on it that you know who they are?" "AUNT KAYT (said on a 5 year old exasperated sigh) I do too know who they are, they are the Jonas Brothers! But, you're, right I don't want it." P then walked off leaving me with my mouth wide open...My 5 year old nephew knows who the JoBros are?! What????

Needless to say, we still don't have a lunch box. Better get on that soon, school starts in about a week!

living at home for a while

I have officially moved back north for the new school year. I had to come up early to help with football two-a-days. but I have an APARTMENT! Yay! Its really small but its mine (and Alex's) and I'm okay with that. We have really nice furniture and accesories so if you ignore the size you would not think it belonged to poor college students. The worst part is that I have no internet yet so I'm typing this while sitting in the Union. This is the second time I've come here today to get internet and they close at 5:30 so I'll be internetless for ANOTHER night. Not good.

I realized I haven't blogged pretty much all summer. I was working three jobs so I didn't have a whole lot of free time. I was working at a physical therapy clinic as an aide (which I LOVED), a mental health facility as a transcriptionist, and then the movie theater at night. The topic of my next post will be movie-goer etiquette.

I promise I will most more soon but I have a lot more internet surfing to do and the Union is closing soon!

xo - Kels