Monday, May 18, 2009
a new addition to the family...
Mike just couldn't live without TV. He called me Saturday (he was @Cal's soccer tournament, I was teaching a class, and the girls were with my Dad) and said, "Meet me at Best Buy after you're done." I did, and ten minutes later we walked out with a new forty-some inch plasma flat screen. I don't think we've ever bought a new TV; we always used old ones we've had for who knows how long. So a brand new TV...and it's in the dining room (a makeshift family room until we buy a dining room table years down the road). It's so nice and quiet; no echo or anything like in the living room with that balcony!!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
TV-less??
So this big huge storm tonight caused our power to go out temporarily. Once the power went back on, the TV did not. Mike has been messing with it, but he thinks there was a power surge that caused both TVs in the house to blow out. Neither TV in the house will go on (even though everything else in the house is working).
I don't watch much TV anyhow. Even during the day, Maddie and I watch very little, if any, TV (once in a while a movie or two); it's still a bummer to know we might have to go buy a new one. And a bummer that our big screen won't get moved upstairs in the bonus room for the kids to watch movies on and play video games, if indeed, it is shot. I hope some how magically they will work tomorrow. But Mike thinks they are goners.
At least we're not internet-less.
I don't watch much TV anyhow. Even during the day, Maddie and I watch very little, if any, TV (once in a while a movie or two); it's still a bummer to know we might have to go buy a new one. And a bummer that our big screen won't get moved upstairs in the bonus room for the kids to watch movies on and play video games, if indeed, it is shot. I hope some how magically they will work tomorrow. But Mike thinks they are goners.
At least we're not internet-less.
living with animal lovers
I am surrounded by them! Everyone (including Mike) in my house wants a pet, particularly a dog. They would all like a big dog. They beg or ask almost daily (okay, Mike doesn't, but the kids do). Maddie even went so far as saying a couple weeks ago, "Mom, you could find a new Dad and kids and then we can get a dog!" Yikes. I am replacable, I guess, by a hairy 4-legged creature.
Okay, so in general, I am not an animal friendly person. I'd rather not have any creatures in the house. But little and even medium size dogs I can tolerate (more so in someone else's house!) I really would rather have no pets, let me tell you why.
*brand new house. I'd rather keep my cabinets and wood floors and white trim and doors in tact for a while. The kids are capable of causing enough damage, but at least they don't chew on wood. Or have claws.
*the expense. The dog, the cage, the food, the vet. Why not just have a baby? Oh wait, we are : )
*the hair. That's what Maddie and I are for. Combing our hair is enough for me.
*the smell. I don't mean stinky. I just mean the smell of "dog". Dirty diapers are stinky enough, aren't they??
*guess who will end up having to deal with the messes. and cleaning up the messes. yep, me.
*who will be stuck at home all day with it? me.
We have enough neighbors who let their dogs poop on our lawn, we don't need our own dog to help us out in that department.
Just thought I'd clarify the dog situation in our house : )
Okay, so in general, I am not an animal friendly person. I'd rather not have any creatures in the house. But little and even medium size dogs I can tolerate (more so in someone else's house!) I really would rather have no pets, let me tell you why.
*brand new house. I'd rather keep my cabinets and wood floors and white trim and doors in tact for a while. The kids are capable of causing enough damage, but at least they don't chew on wood. Or have claws.
*the expense. The dog, the cage, the food, the vet. Why not just have a baby? Oh wait, we are : )
*the hair. That's what Maddie and I are for. Combing our hair is enough for me.
*the smell. I don't mean stinky. I just mean the smell of "dog". Dirty diapers are stinky enough, aren't they??
*guess who will end up having to deal with the messes. and cleaning up the messes. yep, me.
*who will be stuck at home all day with it? me.
We have enough neighbors who let their dogs poop on our lawn, we don't need our own dog to help us out in that department.
Just thought I'd clarify the dog situation in our house : )
Sleep, interrupted
My sleep is interrupted rather frequently these days...multiple bathroom trips during the night, a quick drink of water, or a quick snack to feed my growling belly.
On Monday, Maddie had taken a late nap (she doesn't nap all the time, but when she does it's inconveniently from 4-6:30 or something like that!). Of course when bedtime rolled around, she wasn't ready to sleep. So she came downstairs by me (I was in bed watching TV). She played with her leap pad a while, made comments about the shows on TV (not too much kid friendly stuff on at 9:30!). We watched the weather & Discovery channel and while scanning channels she told me to stop when I got to MTV! Yikes, we're in trouble when she gets older ("The Hills" was on, which I know is this big phenomenon, but I have no idea what it is). I turned the TV off, and we went to bed. Around 2am, I hear "I'm soaked". UGH. Maddie doesn't wet the bed very often, but it would be in bed with me at 2am. (Mike slept on the couch since Maddie took his spot. He had said he'd put her up in bed, but that never happened!) So wet blankets, wet mattress (YUCK!), wet pajamas. I cleaned up the mess and she went back to bed...in her own bed.
On Monday, Maddie had taken a late nap (she doesn't nap all the time, but when she does it's inconveniently from 4-6:30 or something like that!). Of course when bedtime rolled around, she wasn't ready to sleep. So she came downstairs by me (I was in bed watching TV). She played with her leap pad a while, made comments about the shows on TV (not too much kid friendly stuff on at 9:30!). We watched the weather & Discovery channel and while scanning channels she told me to stop when I got to MTV! Yikes, we're in trouble when she gets older ("The Hills" was on, which I know is this big phenomenon, but I have no idea what it is). I turned the TV off, and we went to bed. Around 2am, I hear "I'm soaked". UGH. Maddie doesn't wet the bed very often, but it would be in bed with me at 2am. (Mike slept on the couch since Maddie took his spot. He had said he'd put her up in bed, but that never happened!) So wet blankets, wet mattress (YUCK!), wet pajamas. I cleaned up the mess and she went back to bed...in her own bed.
Monday, May 11, 2009
new posts!
Several new posts since Sunday night...I swear, I am going to try harder to keep up on this!!
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