Archive for February, 2009

The sun was soaked, paparazzi was spotted, Mickey and Minnie were visited, the Lego inauguration was impressive, miles were traveled, souvenirs were purchased, and Idaho was once again realized.

We’re back!

What I learned on our trip:

When you trade your tried and true Maui timeshare, remember there are those choice few properties in the trading mix that will take you back to 1984 in all its powder blue and mauve glory.
Checking your kids out of school and taking them on a surprise trip ANYWHERE is awesome!
A GPS navigation in the rental car was pure genius on the part of Hertz.
I’ll be first in line to petition for an In-N-Out Burger in the greater (or lesser) Boise area.
You’ll have tons of email and blogging catching up to do when your 1984 timeshare hasn’t heard of WiFi.
Star Tours is fun the first time and gets a little monotonous after about 5 trips to The Moon of Endor.
Seeing the mix of people at Disneyland will make you feel better about your physique.
But looking through your trip pictures may make you change your mind.
It’s hard after 6 days of sunny California to come home to a windy 35 degrees.
After 6 days of reprieve, it’s hard to get back to blogging.

I’m off to do laundry, emails, grocery shopping, bills, phone calls, and repack so I can fly to San Francisco tomorrow for my sister’s baby shower. But here are some lots of pictures from our trip. I’ll be back on Sunday to catch up on reading all the blogs I missed while I was away.

Happy Weekending!!!

Tags: California, capistrano, disneyland, inauguration, legoland
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We are off to check the kids out of here:

To hop onto this:

Destination:

and

and here:

(OK, not that last one. But wouldn’t THAT be fun?!!)

And the best part?

The kids have NO IDEA!

Do you know how hard it is to pack for a 13 year-old girl without her noticing and hoping you included all her “must-haves”?

See you next week!!!

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Stop by Lorena’s blog and take a look at the sweet little bull calf their dairy cow birthed Wednesday morning. Jedi Will and I mucked through the manure seconds after the birth in time to see him in all his steamy, newborn glory. Bruce even put Will to work collecting eggs and feeding the llamas. Thanks you guys! ! ! Our agricultural cup runneth over.

Tags: san diego, vacation
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Faking It…Part Deux

February 18, 2009

Remember a few weeks back when I went to H-E-double hockey sticks in a hand basket? And how the one good thing that came out of that experience was my love affair with a thrift store pair of lenseless reading glasses? Well, it seems my affinity towards faking it has rubbed off on some of my offspring. Here’s how it went down at the dinner table this evening:

Erik: Mom, I’m afraid I need glasses.

Me: Why?

Erik: Well, my eyes don’t work sometimes. Like, at school when I look at something, it’s hard to stop looking at it.

Me: (fighting back a grin) Uh huh.

Erik: And also today when I looked at the board I saw a 3 and then the next time I looked, it turned into a 5.

Me: Do you think maybe your teacher’s handwriting was just too scribbly?

Erik: Maybe. But she said I should tell you to take me to the eye doctor and have him check them. The nurse checked them but I think I should go to a doctor.

Me: The school nurse checked them?

Erik: Uh huh. She said my eyes are perfect. But that was in January. (eye roll)

Me: Oh…….Well, do you want glasses?

Erik: Oh yeah! I really want them.

Me: Hmmmmmm. Well…… how about if we get you some glasses like mine? You don’t even have to go to the doctor that way.

Erik: OK! But only if we can find some that are rectangular. That’s the kind I want.

Me: Sure…

(Jack pipes up between bites of baked ziti.)

Jack: Well, I want to break my arm so I can have a cast like Peter’s that people can write on.

(Ralf and I staring blankly at each other)

Ralf: How about we don’t break your arm and you can just put a cast on it.

Jack: (thinking) Yeah. That’ll work.

Well, at least Jack was willing to legitimately earn the cast by breaking a bone. I guess all isn’t completely lost.

So if you see me in all my bespeckled glory toting a really short Darth Vader, a skinny little kid with rectangular glasses, and a cast-wielding 10 year old, do me a favor. Humor me and just play along. I’m sure it’s just a phase we’re going through. Together.

Tags: casts, darth vader, reading glasses
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What-in-the-Heck Wednesday

February 18, 2009

Caught on my Flip camera at the local sports store the other day

Woo hoo!

Yessss!

Fiiiiiiinally!

I was beginning to wonder where I was gonna get myself a hand gun.

Tags: hand guns
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Pick up Lines

February 16, 2009

We’ve been married almost 16 years. I think we’re both in it for the long haul. Some days I find myself reconsidering. But for the most part we’ll probably stick it out.

Why, then, does my husband feel the need to come up with and test out new pick up lines on me all the time?

It’s not like there’s any question where I’ll end up at the end of every day.

“Sorry Honey, I really can’t come up for a nightcap. It’s getting late. I best be gittin’ on home.”

And, as far as I know, he isn’t practicing these lines to use on coworkers since not a single woman works in his office.

Maybe it’s his way of adding a little spice to the marriage. Role-playing (on his part) perhaps.

Whatever it is, my usual response is a patient rolling of the eyes and a snarky critique of said pick-up line.

“Neh, I wouldn’t go with that one. That’s a little too 1989.”

And lest you think these are witty little gems, here’s the one he tried out this evening as he was lying on the couch watching 24 and the evening news and I was catching up on Facebook updates, emails, and blogs:

Come to bed with me and I’ll show you a stimulus package.

Eye roll. Snicker. Not bad.

And here I sit blogging while he’s fast asleep in bed.

Happy Monday!

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Archive for February, 2009

Home Again…

The sun was soaked, paparazzi was spotted, Mickey and Minnie were visited, the Lego inauguration was impressive, miles were traveled, souvenirs were purchased, and Idaho was once again realized.

We’re back!

What I learned on our trip:

When you trade your tried and true Maui timeshare, remember there are those choice few properties in the trading mix that will take you back to 1984 in all its powder blue and mauve glory.

Checking your kids out of school and taking them on a surprise trip ANYWHERE is awesome!

A GPS navigation in the rental car was pure genius on the part of Hertz.

I’ll be first in line to petition for an In-N-Out Burger in the greater (or lesser) Boise area.

You’ll have tons of email and blogging catching up to do when your 1984 timeshare hasn’t heard of WiFi.

Star Tours is fun the first time and gets a little monotonous after about 5 trips to The Moon of Endor.

Seeing the mix of people at Disneyland will make you feel better about your physique.

But looking through your trip pictures may make you change your mind.

It’s hard after 6 days of sunny California to come home to a windy 35 degrees.

After 6 days of reprieve, it’s hard to get back to blogging.