I’m not sure how many different pics I can get at Starbucks but I took this yesterday as the rain was rolling in. It just started sprinkling so I had to move tables to take cover. Yes, like a die-hard golfer, I will endure rain. My favorite are thunderstorms with the sun still peeping thru.

-Jane, Die-Hard Starbucks Junkie

Sometimes the kids need a change of environment when we homeschool so I decide to move the classroom to STARBUCKS. Yes, Starbucks….because when you homeschool, you can do that! We take our butts, our books, and our bikes out to the land of Java so that Mommy can also get her much needed caffeine.

As we’re biking out there, they’re playing their usual game of “PRETEND”. The PRETEND banters alternate between the girls back and forth. Here’s some of their PRETEND QUOTES:

“Pretend our parents are dead and that’s why we only have bikes”.

(I guess if they have parents then they have sometime to drive them around in a car. LOL)

“Yeah, and pretend only our Nanny is alive and that’s who Mommy is.”

“Pretend we’re poor so we don’t have any batteries for the car and that’s why the car is dead”.

I don’t know why so many of their games involve having dead parents…are they trying to give me some kind of hint?? Here’s my theory: Have you guys noticed that all the big Disney Movies have only one parent? Snow White (mom’s dead), Cinderella (mom’s dead), Sleeping Beauty (dad-no mom), Anastasia (no parents), Arial (no mom), Jasmine (dad, no mom). What’s up with that???

ROD.

When we get out to Starbucks I see my new friend Rod. Rod is also a regular Java-addict and so I introduce him to my girls. (I think they’re alittle intimidated by his size but they see later that he’s just a big teddy bear.)

Today we do some spelling, writing, science, and reading. 

Then, the most amazing thing happened. I discovered that I am NOT the only one to homeschool at Starbucks! We meet these really nice ladies that homeschool as well!

And, we’re not alone! On a different day, I met these super nice teenagers that were homeschooling at Starbucks. You can always tell when you meet a child that’s been home-schooled. They’re super down to earth, well spoken and extremely polite! 

(Look who’s there again. It’s my friend Rod!)

All I have to say is, great minds think alike!

-Jane, Starbucks-Homeschooling Mom

“Why the hell do we have to have a key for the bathroom?

That’s some bull-shit!!

Like, that’s SO ridiculous that you have to, like….

…get a fuckin’ key…

…then go piss…

…then like, have to go give the fuckin’ key back.

I mean, I don’t know….that’s stupid!!”

-An Unhappy Starbucks Male Customer

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This kid’s pissed off because the men’s room requires a key but the women’s…no. Ha! If you guys wouldn’t piss all over the walls and make it smell all ranky-dank, you wouldn’t be in this situation! 

Since we’re on the topic of bathrooms…Here’s some shots from my “Toilet Series”, taken while I was waiting for Thelma and Louise in the bathroom stalls at the movie theatre. See, the ladies room is nice and clean!

-Jane, Starbucks Junkie