January 29, 2011

Saturday Morning Old School

This Saturday morning,
there was no TV,
no cable,
no Net Flix
no Nintendo DS
no video games. period.
Instead, we took Saturday morning old school
and visited our neighborhood library!


All four of us are now completely Legit.
Library cards and all.

We looked at books.
And played games on the computer.


And read various periodicals.
And put puzzles back together.
And channeled James Dean.
And skipped on concrete benches.
And channeled Jack Bauer.
Nate and I were both surprised to find that there are so many things you
can check out FOR FREE!
We have reading materials and movies to last us 14 days!
Yea for the Public Library!

January 26, 2011

The View from Here

Foggy. Cold.
Frisbee under the bushes from the last sunny day we had.

Sometimes, when I look outside, I wonder if I am a character in
a Tim Burton movie.

January 20, 2011

Truths

I stole this from Nate who received it from a coworker...so I don't know who to credit. But if something makes me laugh more than 5 times, it just must be shared, because laughing makes everything better. Please note that these are not all representative of my personal opionion, but still made me laugh.



1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died..

9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories..

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.

13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to..

14. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

17. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

19. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?

20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

22. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

23. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time.

24. The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.

January 12, 2011

Who's on First?

It was 2 hours into naptime. Charlie had not fallen asleep yet.

Thump

Thump

I stop and listen. The thumping stops.

I go back to whatever it was I was doing. I’m fairly certain it was something productive.

Thump

Thump

I open up Charlie’s door and he is standing in the middle of his room with a very large man-sized snow glove on one hand, shoulders slumped forward and his bottom lip pushed out, and his long shaggy hair swept over one of his eyes. Wiffle balls surround him on the floor.

I quickly close the door so he can’t see me laugh.

I open the door again and he is scrambling back into his bed. He knows.

Why aren’t you napping?

I dunno. I am not sleeping.

Why aren’t you sleeping?

I dunno. I am not sleeping.

You should be napping, Charlie.

I dunno. I am not sleeping.

Is that all you can say?

*says some unintelligible*

What Charlie?

What did you say Mommy?

What Charlie?

What did you say Mommy?

He won. And then I waited for the crazy clowns to emerge from the ceiling, pop a honking nose on me and escort me by both my elbows as my large clown feet drag behind me to the clown car that waited in my driveway. Because that is how a conversation with a smart two year old can make you feel sometimes. Ah-oooo-Gah!