So, spring has officially sprung. It has been in the lower 70's the last two days, and it's supposed to be 50's and rainy the rest of the week. This can mean only one thing...the motorcycle is out of hybernation. Keith is actually out on a ride right now, one of several in the last couple days. He took me out a couple times, it helps me remember that indeed...I was born to be wild.
Easter weekend was pretty good. The kids had wed-mon off from school, so that was nice. We spent one night at a hotel in Sioux Falls with an indoor waterpark. They just upgraded and added a longer slide, so the kids really rocked on that. Some shopping, dinner at Olive Garden, etc. The bunny found us on Sunday. He brought lots of chocolate and some fun toys, including Monkey Ball Jr. for Game Boy Advance. Which, when he plays, Adam says "Remember when I played this at Steve and Shannon's?" and I say "yes, I do. Good times." Then we went to Minerva's Easter brunch. We went last year as well. It's a spectacular spread and you end up eating just to the point of nausea. Ahh...the true meaning of the holidays.
Since we had spent the Sioux Falls weekend with friends, Saturday with other friends, and were having other friends over Sunday night...it was just the four of us for most of the day. It was so nice that we tried to spend alot of the time outside. I had the kids do their favorite chore of "cleaning Bailey's room" also known as scooping poop in the yard. I tried to spin it like, since it was Easter after all, we could pretend that we were hunting for eggs! Won't that be fun!! Yeah, they didn't buy it either.
Anyway, just wanted to post something 'cause I realized I hadn't for awhile. However, that doesn't mean that I haven't been reading posts...does anyone feel like they're being watched???
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Monday, March 14, 2005
Weekend in Iowa, etc.
First, I'd like to say I empathize with shayk, you'll see my previous post has a title only, the body is gone...don't know how that happened.
So, I was pretty excited for Sat., first free day for a long time. Keith had a few things in the morning, but not too much. I wake up to Adam watching cartoons already. That's cool, it is Saturday after all. But then I catch a little as I'm getting my morning java fix, and I say to my son "Hey bud, what's this show?" as I didn't recognize it. He answers me "Super robot monkey team hyper-force go". Now, maybe you all are way cooler than me and are thinking "oh yeah, I know that show". For me, it was a first. I thought he had to be mistaken. He wasn't, that's the name. That's awfully cool, by that I mean it's awful, but still cool.
We also went to see Robots Sat. night. The animation is INCREDIBLE! Lot's of little extras in the background too....there's a 2 second shot of a 'map of the stars' and the names include Britney Gears. Cute. It was no Finding Nemo, but it was good and the kids liked it.
Sunday we were all up super early to hit some churches in Sioux City. We went to Chuck E. Cheese's afterwards for lunch. The kids looked like they just needed a place to be a kid. Also, it was their consolation prize for having to leave before dawn and sit through a cumulative four services. The highlights...I wasted Keith at Skee Ball and got to play classic Space Invaders - sweet.
Anyway, it's another gorgeous spring day in the midwest...19 degrees right now and we've been having flurries off and on for about 4 days. suck. Hope you all had a great weekend!
So, I was pretty excited for Sat., first free day for a long time. Keith had a few things in the morning, but not too much. I wake up to Adam watching cartoons already. That's cool, it is Saturday after all. But then I catch a little as I'm getting my morning java fix, and I say to my son "Hey bud, what's this show?" as I didn't recognize it. He answers me "Super robot monkey team hyper-force go". Now, maybe you all are way cooler than me and are thinking "oh yeah, I know that show". For me, it was a first. I thought he had to be mistaken. He wasn't, that's the name. That's awfully cool, by that I mean it's awful, but still cool.
We also went to see Robots Sat. night. The animation is INCREDIBLE! Lot's of little extras in the background too....there's a 2 second shot of a 'map of the stars' and the names include Britney Gears. Cute. It was no Finding Nemo, but it was good and the kids liked it.
Sunday we were all up super early to hit some churches in Sioux City. We went to Chuck E. Cheese's afterwards for lunch. The kids looked like they just needed a place to be a kid. Also, it was their consolation prize for having to leave before dawn and sit through a cumulative four services. The highlights...I wasted Keith at Skee Ball and got to play classic Space Invaders - sweet.
Anyway, it's another gorgeous spring day in the midwest...19 degrees right now and we've been having flurries off and on for about 4 days. suck. Hope you all had a great weekend!
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Wacky Wednesday
So, thought I should make an entry, nothing really of note, just a Top 10 happenings in our corner of Spirit Lake.
10. Abbie is feeling better and back to school
9. Tonight is church night. The pros:don't have to cook because they feed you there; they call the program 'wonderful wednesday' and Keith and I have fun "affectionately" calling it wacky wednesday. The cons: it's church night, and this ain't no AWANA baby
8. Keith and I put up the new furniture in New Hope today and it totally rocks
7. Bailey read the blogs about her and agrees that size is her trump card, she wins
6. Just found out our 7-plex movie theatre is expanding to a 10-plex this summer. That's cool, although I saw Million Dollar Baby in the new Spencer theatre. It was my first time there, and it was way better than ours...and a quarter cheaper too.
5. There are now, I think, 5 Mini Coopers in town. Don't know if this is bad or good, stay tuned
4. Guess what just opened 2 nights ago? A new KFC/Long John Silvers! Fried food for everyone!! Yeah!!
3. Saw Ladder 49 last night. A good friend has been gushing about how awesome it was for months. It wasn't awesome. It was barely a solid good.
2. Just finished book 5 of the series of unfortunate events. If you've never read them, DO IT!! There's 11 books, they're very fast reads (maybe 2 hrs for an entire book) and they're some of the funnist things I have ever read. Can't wait to start #6.
And the number 1 thing that's happening in our corner of Spirit Lake: Check out what our main news story is:http://www.exploreokoboji.com/news_local_sty.asp?sty=44456 and you people think you have it rough dealing with crime, poverty, etc. That'll shut you up
10. Abbie is feeling better and back to school
9. Tonight is church night. The pros:don't have to cook because they feed you there; they call the program 'wonderful wednesday' and Keith and I have fun "affectionately" calling it wacky wednesday. The cons: it's church night, and this ain't no AWANA baby
8. Keith and I put up the new furniture in New Hope today and it totally rocks
7. Bailey read the blogs about her and agrees that size is her trump card, she wins
6. Just found out our 7-plex movie theatre is expanding to a 10-plex this summer. That's cool, although I saw Million Dollar Baby in the new Spencer theatre. It was my first time there, and it was way better than ours...and a quarter cheaper too.
5. There are now, I think, 5 Mini Coopers in town. Don't know if this is bad or good, stay tuned
4. Guess what just opened 2 nights ago? A new KFC/Long John Silvers! Fried food for everyone!! Yeah!!
3. Saw Ladder 49 last night. A good friend has been gushing about how awesome it was for months. It wasn't awesome. It was barely a solid good.
2. Just finished book 5 of the series of unfortunate events. If you've never read them, DO IT!! There's 11 books, they're very fast reads (maybe 2 hrs for an entire book) and they're some of the funnist things I have ever read. Can't wait to start #6.
And the number 1 thing that's happening in our corner of Spirit Lake: Check out what our main news story is:http://www.exploreokoboji.com/news_local_sty.asp?sty=44456 and you people think you have it rough dealing with crime, poverty, etc. That'll shut you up
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Get Well, Abbie
Today is Tuesday and it was going to be our day off. We've had groups/churches/travels the last several weekends so had been looking forward today for awhile. Abbie's stomach had other plans. That evil organ has been making her throw up most the day, so she's home from school. No day off for us. We have been watching lots of weird cartoons though, and price is right, so that's a little holiday in itself.
Nothings worse than seeing your kids sick. You can totally know what they're feeling, know it totally sucks, and there's nothing in the world you can really do about it. Sure, you can make Gatorade slushies, rent a special movie and allow unlimited weird cartoon watching, but in the end, you know they still feel awful. Get better soon, Abs!
Nothings worse than seeing your kids sick. You can totally know what they're feeling, know it totally sucks, and there's nothing in the world you can really do about it. Sure, you can make Gatorade slushies, rent a special movie and allow unlimited weird cartoon watching, but in the end, you know they still feel awful. Get better soon, Abs!
Blog-aholics
Choi-dog, let me start an intervention. You are a blog-aholic. Every time I check the blogs you have replied, almost instantaneously I might add. Don't you have a day job? I know what you're thinking..."hey, you wouldn't know I had replied if you weren't also on checking just as much." While that might be true, we're talking now about your problem, not mine. Also, I might point out that you were one of the influences into this horribly addicting world. So, you're sucking others into your addiction as well. Anyway, I leave with a question: how much is too much blogging? PS - Seriously, please don't stop blogging choi-dog, your responses are a gleaming light in an otherwise dark world.
Monday, March 07, 2005
Cyber-Stalker No More
So, I created my blog with a quick message. Then, I went and gave a shout out to my favorite bloggers (Steve, Shannon and Wyatt) to let them know I now exsist. So, if you guys check in here, I want you to know that someone in Iowa has been reading every word you have ever posted! Kinda creepy huh!
Anyway, now I'm legit, so can leave a passing comment on your notes. However, I honestly don't know how much I'll do that. Also, I have no idea how much I'll actually keep up my own blog. You see, once your family size increases beyond two, leisure minutes are somewhat limited. If I use some of my alloted minutes writing my own blog, that would - in accordance with the laws of time and space - decrease proportionately the number of minutes I can spend reading all of your blogs. I don't know if that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make being as they have become a great source of entertainment and joy for me.
So, this may or may not be the one and only real post here...stay tuned
Anyway, now I'm legit, so can leave a passing comment on your notes. However, I honestly don't know how much I'll do that. Also, I have no idea how much I'll actually keep up my own blog. You see, once your family size increases beyond two, leisure minutes are somewhat limited. If I use some of my alloted minutes writing my own blog, that would - in accordance with the laws of time and space - decrease proportionately the number of minutes I can spend reading all of your blogs. I don't know if that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make being as they have become a great source of entertainment and joy for me.
So, this may or may not be the one and only real post here...stay tuned
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