Fun Times

It's been a while - but I still wanted to post about it.

Cowboy T had been very very diligent in earning a trip to Alley Cats.  I have to say - he really earned it and had worked for quite a long time.  Luckily we had a gift card - so the kids played a round of laser tag and then bowling.  Since it was just the three of them - the workers let Bob and I go in and watch the laser tag game.  It was utterly hysterical.  I think any frustrations, unsettled disputes and pent up emotions between them were released and cleared.  I'm going to remember that strategy in the future.  When the contention gets too bad . . . time for laser tag!  Hahahaha!  

Then it was bowling.  The kids did pretty good!  I was impressed.  We all had a fun time.  It was just a relaxing out of the ordinary excursion for us to spend some time together outside of the day to day stuff.  I'm proud of Cowboy T for earning it and grateful we had the chance to go.  I like our family.  We're a lot of fun together.  At least I think so!  ;o)

21 days!

21 days and I will begin my return to life as I knew it.  I will slowly begin to recall that there is a house I live in and hobbies I like to do.  My dedication to the gym will be stronger than ever and I will start to return all the many emails I have been silent on.  I may even begin to cook good meals again.  (Gasp!)  21 days and I will luxuriously sleep past 4:40am.  I will stay up late with no frantic dread.  I will frolic and laugh with my children until they can't stand me anymore.  (that may not take too long! hahaha)  I will laugh in the face of school zones and crossing guards.  I will shun the halls of the school.  I will turn my back on the never-ending paperwork and reports.  

And I will miss my students so very very much.

Kbug's Solo & Ensemble

So Kbugs had her solo and ensemble contest.  She had practiced her duet with her friend and they did a great job.  Her solo was great too!  Kbugs asked me to be her piano accompanist.  I was a bit nervous about this - because I'm not always the most consistent player and I really didn't want to be the one to mess her up.  She brought me the music in plenty of time.  I glanced over it and it looked like something I could play.  However, I waited pretty much until the night before to work on it.  Poor K!  I think I worried her quite a bit.  We actually had a Scout's den meeting that night so I took the music with me and marked it and finger practiced it while we sat there - and then finally went home to play it for the first time.  After going through it a few times we sounded pretty good!  Phewph!  I was so relieved.  The next morning we chugged our way over there and played it.  Kbugs was AMAZING!!!!!  She sounded so good.  I think I did a-ok accompanying her.  It was just really fun to get the chance to do it with her.  I love that mom daughter kind of stuff that we get to do.  She is such a wonderful person and I love being with her.  I wasn't surprised at all when she got her score.  She got a 1.  Good job Sweet Pea!  Ily!

I Killed Dinner

These were boiled hotdogs.  Except the water is gone.  Because I forgot about them.  It takes a special kind of talent to ruin hotdogs.  Apparently it appears it was a slow and painful death.

Don't worry.  Nobody starved.  We had nachos instead.

Clearly a cooking show is no longer an option.

;o)

What my husband does for fun . . .

He is such a man!  Hubba hubba!

Single handedly loading that huge stump.  Utterly amazing!

Quote of the Day

"Did you land in a capsule?"

At this very moment:

72 cupcakes are baking in the oven.  Yes I realize it is 12:16am Saturday morning - however - when I waited to start baking at 10:30 - this is what happens!  ;o)  Actually we're having a lot of fun.  Kbugs has a fundraiser for camp and they will be frosting cupcakes tomorrow morning to have ready for Mother's day.  So - thusly - we are currently baking.  (yes - I do know thusly is not a word - but I liked it!)  :o)  

So while y'all are most likely sleeping - I'm enjoying the deliciously lemonish smell of moist and tasty cupcakes!  Mmmmmmm!  (and I'll be sleeping in tomorrow too!)  Sweet dreams!

Who says musicals aren't realistic!?!?!?!

This video was made in the Antwerp, Belgium Central (Train) Station on March 23, 2009, with no warning to the passengers passing through the station. At 8:00 am a recording of Julie Andrews singing 'Do, Re, Mi' begins to play on the public address system. As the bemused passengers watch in amazement, some 200 dancers begin to appear from the crowd and station entrances. They created this amazing stunt with just two rehearsals! Enjoy!

Guess what my guys did yesterday?

It started out as a great day to do yard work.  As pretty as the tree in our front yard was - it was beginning to rot from the inside and was slowly dying.  Because it hung over the cars and house we needed to take it down before it came down by itself.  Don't worry - we'll plant another one.
This is us after church - looking over the aftermath.  You may ask - why didn't we finish the job?  Well - let me tell you - the silly little matter of a severe thunderstorm, threat of golf ball size hail and tornado watch.  Being in a tree at that point is not a good idea.  It was kind of funny.  Bob had cut the trunk quite a bit and then had the chain wrapped around the tree.  He hitched it to the truck and I drove it.  Right as we started that the storm hit and it started pouring buckets.  It was actually kind of fun.  We couldn't just leave that last part like that - unfinished.  After a bit of back and forth - and some sliding around in the truck - Bob hopped in and took it a different angle - and bam! - it came crashing down! (Along with the thunder and lightning!)  Then he unhitched it and drove me all the way up to the garage so I wouldn't get wet!  Such a gentleman!  :o)  We had fun!
This is just a fraction of the mess.  I couldn't even capture it.  People driving past were slowing down gawking.  They thought the storm had torn our tree apart.  Our neighbor came home and was really worried about us.  I don't know - maybe it was the branch that hit the roof - or maybe the twisted ladder below.  Thank goodness no one was on it when this happened:
Here you can see the trunk where it was starting to rot in the middle.  It was a great tree.  The kids had a great tire swing on it that we'll have to relocate.  All in all it was a fun day - and I can't wait for clean up day!  :o)

Ouch!

bad picture - but that's where I got bit.  on the arm.  Hard.  It hurt!  It didn't break skin but I have a big hard raised welt that is so tender.  Full blame lies on me.  In the past two years I've probably avoided 50-60 bite attempts but my luck ran out this week.  I had my arm where it shouldn't have been in an intense moment.  Lesson learned.  Hope it doesn't happen again!