2 Years, 3000 Visits, and a mind that can't hold a thought

So June 28th was the second birthday of this here blog. I missed it. 3000 visits we just surpassed. I missed that too this week. In the grand scheme of things I know that is only 28 visits a week. But I have to tell you that it still strikes me as funny that 28 people care what I have to say.

Hope your day is more exciting than mine.

• Everyone else in my house has decided that napping sounded like a good idea.
• I should be cleaning house but I can't get up the gumption.
• We should be out doing something fun but there isn't much to do in Omaha on a 4th of July. which is really sad when you give it any thought at all.
• Our thermostat has apparently given up the ghost. Or at least that is what we think the problem is. We'll see on Monday when I dare to call anybody about it. Good thing it's in the 70s and low 80s this weekend.
• I should really get to the birthday planning for little one.
• hubby's bday is Monday. We are celebrating tomorrow. I have no idea what we are doing beyond the chocolate chip cookies and lasagna he has asked for.
• It looks like I could have some red tomatoes in a few days. :)
• I asked hubby to get me a Diet Coke at the store earlier today. He brought back a 44 ounce fountain drink. I laughed. what was I going to do with 44 ounces of Diet Coke? um... it's gone. has been for about 3 hours.

I should really head to the grocery store. I wonder if Baker's is open?

Declaration of Independence

10 Random Things for a Friday

1. I get to see my boys next weekend. :)
2. We went to Base Lake last night with hubby's boss. Best view of the fireworks EVER!
3. My left ankle is swollen and I don't know why.
4. I should sell my extra scrapbooking stuff. I haven't scrapped in way too long and by the time I get to it again, I'll like different cool new stuff I'm sure.
5. I am supposed to have the planning done for a birthday party for Little One next weekend. I should probably get on that. This is FUN why am I not further along?
6. We are going boating Sunday in Super Dave's fast boat.
7. BAM has started running. It's so cute.
8. I have 50 clients in my portfolio at work. There are 28 client files in my office right now. What is wrong with this picture.
9. I won a free whopper in the BK Transformers pull off play and win game. Needless to say, I gave the coupon to someone else.
10. I need new glasses. My eyes are getting worse I do believe.

Off to have a blast this weekend. If you think of it, call hubby and tell him Happy Birthday. email if you need the phone number. :) e-cards are accepted as well.

10 Random Things for a Friday

1. The smoke detector in the basement is in need of a new battery. Yet I keep forgetting to get a 9 volt at the store. So in the meantime we are living with a chirp every 34 seconds or so. I really need to just go pull the plug. But then I'll forget about it and I won't get a 9 volt at the store. 34 seconds apart people. every 34 seconds.
2. This weekend is the Omaha Arts Festival. I'm hoping it's cool enough to go walk around downtown. If for no other reason than the fact that the Nebraska craft breweries are serving a few beers. or 24 as the case may be.
3. Baby BAM pulled the C key off of my laptop. Then promptly gave it to Roxanne to chew on. I now have a little rubber nub where my C key should be. It kind of sucks.
4. I REALLY want to go see the new UP movie. wonder if I can get the Babe to sit still long enough.
5. My aunt sent me two aprons that used to be my Grandma's. They still smell like Grandma's house. It made me cry. I really do miss her and my Grandpa.
6. I haven't scrapbooked a single page in nearly a year. Yet I'm still considering going to Scrapfest '09 in Minneapolis again. It's the weekend after my birthday after all. Anybody want to come?
7. Hubby is turning the backyard into a 3 or 4 hole golf course. Seriously. He really is. Reminds me a lot of Hog Lot golf in Keystone. :)
8. I'm sick of Star Trek reruns. Voyager, Next Generation, Enterprise. ALL OF THEM.
9. We are hiring two part time people at work. I have figured out how to get help for everyone but me. Anybody have an extra $15000 laying around?
10. This afternoon will be devoted to good food, good beer, and good company at Granite City. We've earned it.

What are you doing this weekend?

The things we get in our heads

Little One is STUCK on the idea that we are going to go to the Eiffel Tower. Like tomorrow. We've explained that it is a LONG way away. That we can't drive there. You can't explain any of this to a two year old. So we've spent a lot of time on Google Earth looking at it. There is a webcam that shows you what it looks like right now. It's pretty cool actually. Gives vacation planning a new scope now doesn't it? LOL

Sunday Night Traditions

Where is the Wonderful World of Disney or Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom when you need them? Homemade caramel corn. Dad's bologna and grape jelly sandwiches. Playing Pong until my eyes were crossing.

We spent this Sunday night with peanut butter and jelly and bananas, squeezable yogurt and juice boxes. And the Wiggles.

oh what a difference a few decades makes.

How bout you? How was your Sunday night?

10 Random Things for a Friday

It's Friday. And I am BURIED in work. so this will be short and sweet.

1. Please add Daughter A to your prayer list. She's had a rough week.
2. Facebook will suck your life force right out of you if you let it.
3. For the record... My friends Tammy, and Lanel, and the Tasteful One are WAY more addicted to FarmTown then me.
4. I am enjoying the idea of having a 3 year old's birthday party next month. :)
5. Camping seems like the ideal thing to do this weekend and is completely out of the question.
6. I am going to Project Jason's Keys to Healing Retreat tomorrow.
7. Son2 is looking for a better job. Yell if you know of anything in his area.
8. I turned in $258 worth of mileage for the first 5 months of the year. I really need to do a better job of turning it in more often.
9. My family has been fed way too many convenience type meals this week. But at least it wasn't fast food.
10. Jr. had his teeth pulled last week. When he got in the car at the oral surgeon's the first thing he asked was if he could go fishing.

Have a beautiful weekend! It's supposed to rain here. :(

Today at the Strawberry Patch

Click on the pic to make them bigger. Then you can get the full effect of the cuteness. :)

Portraits of Today

Lucas - 6/01/09

You should have seen him climb to the top of the Tornado slide. You would have thought he had done it 100 times before. The boy is fearless. His Mommy and Daddy are in big trouble.

10 Random Things for a Friday

1. don't ask why I am up after midnight writing this.
2. You know that video below with the piano/cello duet? OMG. I am in love with Jon Schmidt's music. So is Little One. We listened to the songs on his site over and over tonight. She pretends to play the different instruments and dances while I do the dishes and pick up the living room. Forgot how much I love this kind of music.
3. Baby BAM is walking. We are up to about 8 steps at a time!
4. BAM's mama is still off work on medical leave. She sees the doc next week. Here's hoping!
5. I'm wishing this weekend was already over. Isn't this supposed to get easier?
6. I need to clean my car.
7. Willy isn't doing so well. We should probably start counting the good days vs the bad days. But I don't want to think about that either. :(
8. Jr has to get 5 teeth pulled on Tuesday. 4 wisdom and 1 other that is cracked. Poor guy.
9. We are going camping tonight. Little One is excited to "go play in the woods and throw rocks in the water."
10. I'm actually going to kill a few vacation days next week.

I know these are short and sweet. and dull. It's been a week like that.

Amazing Music

Found this on another blog. Loving every part of it. Hope you enjoy it as well.

I like to move it move it

we are quite a sight Little One and I. We've been dancing to this song over and over and over and over..... hope it makes you smile as much as it's made us laugh tonight. :)

New Tunes found when I was supposed to be working

Zee Avi - Live from and above the Solar Powered Plastic Plant

I needed a break. It was a good 15 minutes. :)

New Tunes found when I was supposed to be working

Zee Avi - Live from and above the Solar Powered Plastic Plant

I needed a break. It was a good 15 minutes. :)

10 Random Things for a Friday

1. Tuesday was my niece Emma's birthday. I can't believe she is 3!! What a miracle.
2. The question of the week is "Wine or Chocolate?"
3. I found THIS BLOG and spent way too much time on it the other night. It makes me want to write a love note on a random wall. Fav - "Just because today is a terrible day doesn't mean that tomorrow won't be the best day of your life. You just have to get there."
4. Sometimes I just feel like doing a somersault. Not that I do. Because it is usually somewhere silly like in Target in the clearance aisle or at work walking through the board room. That and I'm not sure I'm even CAPABLE of doing a somersault anymore.
5. Pepsi Throwback while not a subsitute for Mexican Coca Cola is pretty darn good.
6. My payroll check this week is check number 40646. Said check is already fully obligated.
7. When we ate Chinese on Monday Little One ate all of the fortune cookies. Careful to not eat the paper. When I read her the fortunes she told me, "I already knew that. Maybe you should get a different cookie."
8. My Grandma Rachel died 2 years ago this week. It seems like less than that. But it seems like longer. Amazing how much different things can be 2 years later. I miss her.
9. Did I tell you about the onion rings we made last week? They rivaled the onion rings we use to get at the Ice Cream shop in Monticello. the BOMB!!! Here is the recipe. If I already told you about them... pretend than I owe you another random thing.
10. My home has become appliance hell. Something is wrong with my refridgerator. When I take things out of the freezer and put them in the fridge to thaw... they don't. 3 days later the chicken legs for tonight's supper were still frozen. We've messed with the temp and cleaned the fans and it still doesn't work right. The washing machine is on it's last leg but if you don't do full loads it's ok. That and it's leaking small amounts of water from somewhere. And then the dryer started whining last night. Bearing noise I do believe. I need to call Kurt and see if he'll come fix them all. Me thinks this will be an expensive venture. And just to let you know, we are now accepting Lowe's gift cards. Donations go directly to the appliance hell memorial fund. As you plan your giving keep us in mind. It's a good cause.

Happy Memorial Day weekend. As you enjoy the long weekend, remember why we celebrate it.

First signs of summer

Little One would like you to know that summer is really on it's way.

Sure signs include -- skinned knees

And red slushie tongues

Planting flowers

From a couple of weekends ago

Helping Daddy spread grass seed

Planting Flowers

Sure sign of hard work

10 Random Things for a Friday

1. The daisies finally gave up. no more flowers on my desk. I compensated by buying a flat of annuals to plant in the flower boxes outside my window.
2. I'm barefoot.
3. The water company sent Four O'Clock seeds with last month's water bills. I have more than 1/2 dozen on my desk and no clue where to plant that many Four O'Clocks.
4. I had sushi on Wednesday from Beijing Tokyo. new favorite place for lunch.
5. Still haven't found a playset for the backyard. Which is good because I have no spare cash anyway.
6. I'm trying to decide whether or not to do this Wine and Nine golf event. They say you can go if your are beginner golfer. I don't know if you can call what I know how to do as anything close to golfing, but a walk around the golf course and into the trees and the sand might be a nice change of pace for a day.
7. I bought a cute pair of khaki capris a couple of weeks ago. (thanks mom) But then I realized I have no nice shirt that will go with them. Have I mentioned before how much I despise clothes shopping?
8. I am seriously considering cutting off Dora at my house. Little One has taken to "swiping" and hiding things and saying "You'll never find it now." Whose brilliant idea was this character and why is it that my husband had to be right when he said, "I don't like this Swiper character. Why would you want to teach a kid to swipe. And why does he never have a consequence for it?"
9. I seem to be perpetually tired this week.
10. Sunday will be 9 months since Little One came to live with us. :)

I so want this bike

Check out these bikes!

I love it. I want one. Bad. Can't afford one so I thought maybe I might be able to win one. Then again, I wonder how safe it is to carry your kids in a bucket. .... hmm. Maybe I need to rethink this..

If you want to enter to win too, here is the contest information.

I do need to buy a bike though. Hubby has been riding the one that Son2 left at our house. Hubby's needs a new rim which costs nearly as much as a new bike. The Stamp Pusher's husband said he'd sell us their bike stroller thing. So I guess I really have no excuse. Maybe with hubby's next commission check.....