Vacation!

I can't believe I'm still up, I'm about to go to bed, but I'm going totally manic packing for the next week! We can't wait to see Josh and Sarah, and Grandma and Grandpa Traylor!

Don't worry, there will be pictures ;)

Just an update

I'll be taking pictures of the garden later, but Jeremy's out on the porch working on the bench (which seems to be giving him fits...) at the moment.

I'm updating this from my new Eee PC, and it's pretty exciting! I got it at Best Buy on sale for $250 because it has Windows XP. If it gets me $100 off and it's not Windows ME, I don't care what OS it's running!

I started working on my resume, which looks better every day, and have been able to get a lot of other stuff done just by using my old laptop as an entertainment center and using the Eee to do work and pay bills, etc. I'm pretty excited!

We've been pretty busy lately, after school is wrapped up for the most part and we're moving in to summer, but things aren't looking fantastic for enrollment... I need at least 15 more children per week to make things worth it, but people just aren't signing up! And a lot of the people who are signing up are splitting the summer up between several camps, which is frustrating to say the least-- who the heck wants to deal with five different camps over the summer?! Blargh.

On a happier note, we have been able to spend more time with the kids lately-- those two are our favorite little people around! I took them last weekend for a birthday party and had a blast in spite of their craziness; Julian's got to give up this oral fixation or we're going to have to duct tape his mouth shut! Beads up his nose, coins down his throat, everything in his mouth it's just ridiculous. I've started sending him to his room when he puts stuff in his mouth, but I'm sure half the time he just puts the stuff in his room in there, too. I've seen kids with oral fixations before, but Julian makes it a sport! (one that I will win) Violet's a full on walker now, and she's pleased as punch with the setup. Target has these foam weapons that are only a few bucks each and, having a PK son, Michael's got a whole arsenal (for under $10) that Violet's taken to hoarding and then berserking on everyone. She'll pick up an ax and a sword and just run at you-- or, if she wants you on her side, she'll pick up an armful and start piecemealing them out so that everyone has the weapon she wants them to have. And then she'll attack Julian. He's going to have to toughen up or move out of the way!

Anyway, it's been fun spending time with them, and so nice to see how much they love us. It's important for kids to have a community of adults they can rely on and learn from, and it's an honor to be a part of Julian and Violet's lives!

That's all for now, I'm going to go watch the season finale of Bones (yay for the internet!) and drool over the Nori Nori menu a little more... ciao for now!

10 to go!

A brief hello while I wait for dinner to cook-- we're both so tired after today, we don't want to do anything we need to do!

We've already gotten some amazing gifts. I realize that these are gifts for which we registered, but it's still ridiculously exciting when you actually get them! We have a lot of kitchen stuff-- a panini press, bamboo kitchen tools, a nice salad spinner (I am so uselessly in love with salad spinners), guest towels-- I'm also really excited about all the sushi making stuff that we haven't gotten yet but shows bought on our registries. Sadly there are no rice molds on the C&B website, but I found some at Cook's Warehouse! Whoooo! Sushi party at our.. nonexistant... place...

Briefly, I would like to see "It's Complicated" even more now that I know that in addition to Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin, it also stars John Krasinski.

We managed to get our table linens on sale, thankfully, and I've started collecting cups and whatnot, so there isn't tooo much left to do, it's just a lot of little stuff that adds up!

YES! THEY MOVED UP THE RELEASE DATE ON THE HANGOVER!!!! DECEMBER 15, WHAT!

Sorry, that's just awesome news. Definitely watching that one night while getting stuff ready for the wedding!

Other than that, there isn't much going on. Less than a week until Joe, the first wedding party member, shows up at the airport! I can't WAIT to see him and Lauren!!!

Alright, I should go check on the chicken. That's enough babbling for now!