saturday

i know some parents roll their eyes when the game schedules are posted...i, on the other hand, love it. (maybe because i know i can't be at the ball field and in the laundry room at the same time)

here are some pictures from our saturday...and sure enough, no baseball pictures. maybe it's because i was so distracted by SOMEONE asking about snacks every 3 minutes through the double-header. (and honestly, ben had plenty of snacks...and breakfast before we even got there!)

we started off with caleb's double header (no pictures)...then sarah's soccer game (ben was finally a little tired so he sat)...straight to the kids' fun run (5k) and carnival with the Predators hockey mascot, lots of fast food, cotton candy, things that inflate and dunk booths...i'm so ready for summer!!!

my mission...if i choose to accept it

ben obviously wanted something he couldn't reach...he worked his way up a chair and two beanbags to his desired destination. he was so excited to claim victory ... until he realized he needed to tell me something.

"MOM!"

(again) "you need to dust up here..."

thanks ben...now tell me something i don't know.

(can you tell we live in tennessee? wow. nice accent.)

seriously....?

i think all i said was, "just a minute...let me grab my drink before we play legos."

one of those weeks...

you know that feeling you get when you call the doctor about your sick child, the nurse says "go ahead and drive to the emergency room..." and your heart races. well, today was kind of like that....except it wasn't my child, it was the hard drive on computer and it wasn't midnight...it was first thing in the morning and it wasn't the hospital, it was Mac Authority.

after what seems like an expensive medical bill my "baby" has been upgraded, uploaded and unpacked, plugged in and is running just fine. whew.

if you are wondering how much of my work was on that hard drive....check out the picture from my late night work schedule and just take a wild guess.

(for the record...i am not complaining about work....or working, getting work or needing to work just in case someone i may work for or with or WANT to work for is reading this - is that politically correct enough to stop my rambling now)

computers...can't live with 'em...can't pick them up and throw them through the wall without unplugging them first.

no one believes me...

i know i've been busy...spring is just crazy with kids, work and school...so things suffer...laundry, dusting, grocery store runs....and now the blog. i think i'll start by updating the blog first although doing laundry just sounds so fun.

i did get an e-mail from the "blog police" inquiring about updates...nice to know someone misses our dysfunction and chaos.

i told practically everyone our Christmas tree stayed up for a looooong time. too long. no one believes me. here's proof. we decorated it for valentine's day.

sad to say we finally took the tree down. not that we couldn't find more decorations for the coming months (do you know they actually sell eggs that you can hang...weird).

dance dance...realization

the new dance craze is, of course, a video game. one you have to buy...

the school board in our county owns a DDR (dance dance revolution...for you rookies out there) and passes it around to the different schools for gym class. not a bad idea actually. the kids LOOOOOVE it.

the parents were 'invited' to join the kids and play. honestly, caleb won fair and square. granted i AM a little competitive but there was something inside me that thought...being a boy and losing to your mom infront of the whole 5th grade.....yeh, not a good thing. sarah also beat me...although she wouldn't give me a high five afterwards, she was all business.

i did laugh at the difference between sarah and caleb in gym...2nd grade girl....5th grade boy.

i promised both of them i wouldn't do anything that resembled real dancing...i wouldn't shake anything or clap my hands. they obviously got together and discussed my being "allowed" to go to their class...they agreed on a list of do's and don'ts. nice to know they can get along when they need to.

lately...

i usually post cute pictures of my kids...but lately this has been my child - my computer. i've been limping through the last few weeks dragging my computer behind me. every click brought me closer and closer to panic until TODAY....

ta-daah! it's fixed. whew. rob did something fantastic...he asked someone else how to fix it. it's almost as good as stopping for directions.

so i'm back. back working at full speed (once i get my daily diet coke) and back trying to figure out what to post on my blog.

i hope you missed me.