How to occupy an 11 year old in the car

1. At stop light, yank a big ole gray hair out of your head.
2. Hand it to 11 year old.
3. Pull a "normal" hair out of your head.
4. Hand it to 11 year old.
5. Let 11 year old compare/contrast the texture/flexability of said strands of hair.

Good times.

Let's do lunch.

Today I had lunch with an old friend from high school. I found her on Facebook a feww weeks ago, I had no idea she was still in the area. Why is it that I run into people from high school all the time that I DON'T want to see, but I rarely run into an old friend I'd like to catch up with?

We spent 2 hours at Chili's catching up. It was so much fun & we had to leave an extra big tip for taking the table for so long.

Today is the day!

Nineteen years ago today I became a Mom. I was 19 at the time, Michael was 20 (and 1 week exactly). Having almost no money at the time, we would spend most of our weekends going for long walks. At the mall. At the park. Being such young parents (we looked even younger than we were), we got used to people avoiding our eyes or looking with us with distain.

One day something changed. People started smiling at us. Pointing and smiling even. Even talking to us pleasantly. You see, our little girl had learned to sit up on her own. From the moment she could sit up, she would sit STRAIGHT up, eyes wide open, with a big engaging smile on her face. She was so beautiful & friendly, she DARED people to judge us & when they did, she convinced them that we were indeed a wonderful family.

God knew what he was doing when he gave us this one. She's been such a joy & a light in our lives for every one of her 19 years. We've been blessed. Happy Birthday Meggie-Poo! We love you!

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Thanks to George & Abe...

The kids are off school today for President's Day.

The soccer field is like crack to us.

Although Jordan's team has been eliminated from this tournament, we are driving an hour (each way) to watch her old team (full of kids we still love) play against her BFF (who also used to be on that team, but who lives in Chicago now) in the consilation bracket.

I have bribed Ben to come with us by promising to take him to see the Pink Panther this afternoon. It's a win/win for me, as I love soccer & I love movies. :)

Happy President's Day!

Spring is in the air

Jordan's team lost in the semi-finals today in PKs against a team that had outscored their other opponents 16-0. They held them to a 0-0 tie in regulation, so we were really proud, but the end result was still heartbreaking.

On the plus side, I reinstated my flip-flop tan this weekend. :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! You will be surprised to know that we will be spending the weekend at a soccer tournament. It may not be romantic, but the weather is supposed to be beautiful and I'm fully planning on restoring my flip-flop tan while sitting on the sideline with my sweetie & grabbing some Chinese food at the food court between games. Sounds like a good perfect day to me!

Morning Movie Etiquette...

I got to get my morning movie fix this morning. I went to see...

I enjoyed it much more than I expected to. I think it's one of those movies I could watch several times, along the lines one of my favorite movies, Love Actually.

Morning movies are great for several reasons, among them:

1) Cheap ticket ($5 before noon)
2) Popcorn & Diet Coke for breakfast
3) Theater is usually pretty empty

Today, surprisingly, I was the first one in the theater, so I picked my favorite seat. Dead center of the theater. By the time the movie started, there were 8 other people in the theater... 3 women DIRECTLY(!) in front of me, a couple IN MY ROW 2 seats to my right & a group of 3 people IN MY ROW 2 seats to my left. WTF?! This was a large, stadium style theater. I KNOW I had prime real estate, but as a general rule, if you get to a theater with only 1 person in it, DO NOT SIT IN THE ROW OF, DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF OR DIRECTLY BEHIND THAT ONE PERSON! Oh yeah, and when you DO sit down, no matter how many people are in the theater, please do so gently and without sound effects. No woman in her mid-forties needs to PLOP into a chair with an OOOMPF!

Yeah, I know, I got to go to a movie on a Friday morning, I shouldn't complain...