The demise of the hard-drive

We had a tragedy last night. Eric's beloved hard-drive containing countless hours of curriculum preparation and a great deal of info about the up-coming Foundry Photo Workshop (Eric's current project) took one last breath and died. We took it to the doctor (Bridge Technologies) and all was lost. It has been a very devastating rough day for Eric. Luckily, he has a completely separate computer for photography so no images were lost. He is purchasing software to upgrade to some other operating system that will allow him to be constantly backing up remotely (i'm really pretending I know what I'm talking about here). The moral of the story is---appreciate your hard-drive, you never know when it will take its last breath........

Random Thoughts

Just some random comments on life from the day's experiences:
1. If it seems too good to be true...it is.
2. If you go into a store intending to buy a sensible pair of sandals for a five year-old you may come out with a pair of Transformer light-up tennis shoes.
3. Teenagers are more naive than you think
4. Sea World does tours with live animals. No really, it's true.
5. Sea World has lemurs. Why?
6. Poor eyesight is genetic. (I'm sorry Cedar)
7. 6 year-olds cannot carry a plate full of french toast and yogurt parfait without spilling. They MUST be assisted.
8. There is no way to make balancing the checking account non-stressful.
9. I am allergic to cottonwood trees.
10. There are an unusual number of said trees in our neighborhood.
11. 5 year-olds can stay up very, very late even when they are tired.
12. Cats can be obese.
13. If you call a student to the director's (principal's) office they will assume they are in trouble. (incidentally one came just because he heard students were being called in and assumed he was in trouble and needed to be there).
14. If a 5-year-old is given a "freebie" it is possible that they will believe they won it and forget about the thing they didn't win.
15. Cats enjoy crochet projects.
okay, I'm done

Chopping the Mop

Okay so I don't know if it is the fact that I turned 29 or that I didn't get to wash my hair much in Moab earlier this week but I decided this morning to chop my hair. So this afternoon I marched into Dollar Cuts (I am cheap--it was either that or do it myself) and shocked the stylist by announcing that I wanted it short. She was disappointed by my lack of desire to have it layered but she did a great job. I even have enough hair to donate it to locks of love. Happy, Happy short hair day.

Fantastic Run

So, I had one of those great running moments tonight where I just felt weightless and powerful and just happy. Eric rode the bike and pulled the trailer so I didn't have to push the stroller and I had the extra push of keeping up with the bike. It was great! I really feel like biking is helping me cross-train. I made Eric do some nasty hills:) He thinks I won't be able to do them without stopping but we'll see tomorrow when I ride the bike! Not that we are competing or anything. It's great to have spouse who believes in exercise as much as I do! Love that boy!

Good Mommy Day!

Nothing especially spectacular to report today, just a day when things seem to go smoothly. Not that every other day is not smooth, it has just been a real adjustment coming back from Turkey and today I feel like Cedar, especially is back into the groove of things. And, I thought he was cute many times today. That is always a good sign and he wasn't even asleep! We enjoyed some scrapbooking time together (I HATE scrapbooking but Cedar loves it so I buy him stuff and he comes up with these crazy designs and thinks it's great--he has a babysitter who scrapbooks and we live in the scrapbooking capital of the universe). We made salt dough for FHE and it was just pleasant. AHHHHH sigh. Motherhood is good:)

"Officer....I ran out of tape!"

So I got pulled over this morning for running out of tape. I guess there is more to it than that. Yesterday, by some miracle, our car passed emissions and inspection and I went online and got the temporary registration for our car. I admit, I was a few days past the expiration (okay 4 days to be exact) but I figured there must be a grace period. So this morning, I thought "hmmm, I should put this temporary thing on the car" but sadly the only tape I had was some shoddy dollar store item that I knew wouldn't stick to the windshield. So, I tucked all the paperwork into my bag and went off to work. We were driving up University Avenue and I had just told my husband that he needed to laud me for taking care of the car registration when the blue lights started flashing. We rolled down the window and handed the kind officer all our paperwork and Eric's drivers license. I told him about the tape and let he laughed and let us go on our merry way. He didn't even check the license. Which, would have amounted to nothing as Eric is a very cautious driver. So, there you have it. The moral is.....don't buy tape at the dollar store. The END

Rollerskates and Bicycles

So, we had the Walden School skate party last night. I had forgotten how enjoyable roller skating is. It had been a long time but it all came back. The joy of whizzing across the rink and feeling the wind on my hair came rushing back. Okay, so as a kid I didn't have a 5 year-old upsetting my balance but nonetheless I felt like I was seven again. Further adding to my youthful glee is my new bike! It is shiny and purple and Eric bought it for me for our anniversary! I love it! I even got the attachment so I can cart Cedar around. Great! He is excited to try it out and so am I!