Very Thankful

As I was putting my house to bed tonight I had a moment to sit and appreciate my home. It's not the most ornate or even the cleanest but I found myself feeling truly grateful for it. I am going to take a moment tonight to sit and sip some hot cider, lean back in a comfy chair and take it all in. Here's hoping that you have a moment to yourself to appreciate what is good in your life.

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Here's a recap of summer!

close shave

Here's a photo from our jaunt in the mountains. Can you find the problem with the second picture?

Fall Break

Yesterday was our first day of fall break. I'm ready to pull my hair out. The volume level in my house is off the charts. I think we are going to do a photo hike later, after baby's nap. I'll see if I can post some of our photos.

I'm a fan!!

I got to go cheer my sister on in the Portland, Oregon marathon this weekend. I was supposed to walk it with her but totally chickened out. I have to say that I had a much better time cheering on the participants.

We downloaded several fun songs from ITunes for the event: Eye of the Tiger, The Rocky Theme, Superman Theme, Walking on Sunshine and a few more. We got a hold of a bull horn and portable CD player and stood on the side of the road playing the songs on the CD player through the bull horn. You could hear the music a block away. It was awesome! At the beginning it was fun to get everyone pumped up. Everyone was all smiles and filled with excitement. Mile 7 was much the same. At about mile 19 you could see the fatigue and that's when the cheering became more than fun. It truly felt like a responsibility. My sister would pass and we would continue to play music for the people who followed. We stood for 2 hours in one spot to make sure we got everyone. At mile 26 we truly felt honored to play "We are the Champions" and cheer them on the homeward stretch. I didn't walk the marathon but I was so glad I went to cheer. I've realized I don't want to walk a marathon but I think I could be the world's greatest fan.

Kudos to my sister for finishing her second marathon!! Way to go!!

Thought for the day

A lazy mom is one who does everything for her children.

Bait and Switch

Any mother who has purchased a Disney DVD will know exactly what I'm getting at with this post. I have a bone to pick with the folks at Disney home entertainment. I would like to say to the far-reaching, ever-manipulating Disney machine: "stop putting a trailer for every movie ever made by Disney on the preview section of each DVD"! And by the way, that "Fast Play" option is nothing more than a bait and switch. There is nothing fast about fast play. In fact, it's the "scenic" way to the "feature entertainment". Here's a little news flash, the people who are putting your DVDs into the player are BUSY MOMS!! we're tired of having to "select the main menu" before we select the movie. I would estimate that I've wasted a good week of my life standing in front of the TV waiting for the movie to load. Trust me, you have enough of a PR machine to not need the endless previews before each movie. All you're doing is ticking me off!