Seriously??

I'm laughing at myself, I wonder how many times I've used that for a blog title. He He.

So, as we were sorting through Mike's old toys (see below post) we found this thing. It's a Star Wars toy. No, I have no idea what it is. When Mike reads this post his jaw will drop and he'll mutter under his breath something like, "how can my wife love me and not know what this is?" He might shake his head a few times but he'll still love me despite my lack of Star Wars knowledge.

Okay, back to the point of the story. The batteries still work. Let me say this again - the batteries still work. These toys were put into storage when Mike was in high school at THE LATEST. That was a LONG time ago. Like we graduated in 1994. Class of 94' rules!!! Okay, sorry, that just slipped out.

Check the evidence:



Both lights and sound work.




I do not remember Energizer batteries looking quite like this. Those babies are old.
Watch that little bunny go...

It's Slowly Taking Over My Life

Mike - in his infinite wisdom and impatience for our kids to get to the age where Star Wars is the coolest thing EVER - starting watching the Star Wars movies with our kids. He knows them well and edits carefully. I decided to pull Mike's old toys in from the garage.
It made for a fun Family Night last night.



And now you will all know why I have a love/hate relationship with my playroom. I love it because we CAN spread out like this, but OMGOSH is it hard to get clean in this state.
At least there's no question as to what I'll be working on today.

Where I've Been Living

Behind Mike's old law school computer. Really, the only thing it's good for now is word processing. I just finished my first novel. That's right. FINISHED. As in I'll only need to print it out and read it over 80 more times. 1.5 spaced it's 294 pages of girl novel. 112,000 words. No, I didn't count them, my computer did. If you had my kids, you'd know that counting past 100 would be nearly impossible, there's just too much going on.



Now, I just have to find someone who likes it as much as I do...


PS - Okay, I wasn't going to say this but I have to. This is definitely NOT the best picture of me. That's it. I'm now done with this post.

Engaged

Jack and Olivia don't realize it yet, but they're engaged. They're perfect for each other. They'll both do ANYTHING for chocolate - even stay in the cart at the grocery store. They have the SAME high pitched scream and both think the ferret is the most hysterical thing in the world. I mean seriously, what else is there?

Aren't they cute together?



This is my good friend Heather. She once gave me a birthday card wherein she drew a naked (stick figure) man on the front. Awesome.

Oh - little side note. Picked this stroller up on Craigslist (LOVE THAT PLACE) for a hundred bucks. Sold my old Kelty stroller for two hundred. That people, is happiness... And this one can be windproof. If you lived where I do, you'd realize how important that is.

&*##^&*!@

So, this was a few days after Easter and I was cursing mother nature for what - at the time - seemed like a cruel practical joke.



Little did I know that it would just get worse:



She tried to appease me with this -



a small amount of sunshine to go with the snow.
It didn't work.

A friend of mine from church said it best - "I'm not a cursing person (if you knew her you'd stifle a giggle, I can't imagine her raising her voice) but this morning, when I woke up to snow..."

Yep. No walking for two days. I know, I know, I walked through the snow all winter long but after walking on dirt and pavement, I just couldn't go back.

Easter

I am highly suspicious that the Easter Bunny conspired with a Granddad before dropping off the kids' Chocolate Bunnies.



And now you know why "Chocolate Bunnies" needed to be capitalized.