Mindy's Non-Adventures

For my birthday, Mr. Inc decided to catch us up with the rest of the world and bestow upon me the power of the SMARTPHONE.  I know, I know. We are very behind the times, but as of Friday, we are catching back up with the tech-aholic world we live in.  Mr. Inc has been pushing for smartphones for quite awhile, and I was the one resisting the change. I had two reasons. One, I didn't want our phone bill to go up. I'm practical that way. Two, I recognize my weakness for social media, and I wasn't sure I would handle 24/7 access very well.  But the day had come. We went to the store and proceeded to buy two Galaxy s3s. Once the process was over, we walked out of the store with two shiny, new phones and substantially less money than we had when we walked in. These things ALWAYS cost more than you think. And what did we have? To exorbitant pieces of technology that I had absolutely no idea how to use. I missed my sliding grandfather of a phone. I knew how to text with it. Now ...

Mr. Logical, my 10 yr old son, has developed quite the know-it-all disposition lately. As in he knows how to do everything better than us. He's quick to point out all of the "mistakes" we're making with our parenting decisions. He points out every single perceived inconsistency whether he knows the full story or not. Basically, if Mr. Inc and I say the grass is green, Mr. L says, "No,  it's really more of a greenish yellow." It drives my husband CRAZY. This morning, it came down to toast. Such a small thing really. Mr. L asked for toast and I made it for him. He did offer to make it himself, but I was already in the kitchen so I said I'd do it. I gave them their toast and started to clean the kitchen. Mr. L asked for cinnamon toast. I told him we were out of sugar. He reminded me that dad bought powdered sugar. Since I wanted to avoid the inevitable powdered sugar mess and it was already 10am, I said I didn't want to pull it all out. I told him...