Already behind - yikes!

Okay, so I initially started the blog thinking that I'd be able to keep up with it and already I feel behind! I've gone for 5 days without posting anything. Oooops! On Friday I found a new menu area to add a ton of cool stuff to the blog site, but I haven't had the energy or time to explore it yet. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to get that together and will have some cool new stuff for everyone to look at, including some pictures of the kids, a better picture of me, and some links to other blogs that I enjoy. Maybe I'll even add a picture of the hubby, although he might put a ban on that, we'll see. ;-) For now, it's late, and I'm exhausted after cleaning the house all day for a playgroup we hosted in the late afternoon. Now after doing some overdue financial things on the computer, it's definitely time for me to go to bed! Keep checking in this week and you should see some new stuff! And I promise to be better about making time for it. ;-) Good Night All!

What Cute Kids

Just to share some funny kid stuff (finally, it's about the kids!)...

John said during lunch today that when peanut butter touches his teeth it tastes sugary. Huh?? It was hard to tell if he was saying that to be funny or if he really believes it, but he was quite pleased with himself for saying it while eating a peanut butter and banana sandwich at lunch today.

Kara had a great time today eating fresh strawberries and blueberries that we bought at the farmer's market at Frying Pan Park. We got berries, zucchini, tomatoes and a scone. She was only interested in the berries and insisted on eating a ton of them! She kept asking for "mo" (her attempt to say "more") and pointing to the berries. You have to love summer's fruit and getting it fresh like that is the best. These blueberries tasted much better than the ones I bought earlier in the week at the store.

She was also quite happy today while helping me clean the bathrooms while John was at camp. She had a paper towel and would follow behind me wiping things off and then throwing her towels in the trash can. I told her we were the cleaning ladies! Without big brother around she could take his role as helper in the cleaning process. She was quite pleased with herself in her big girl role.

Save, save, save!

Well, my first blogging lesson was learned this morning. SAVE your posts as you go along! I was typing away and was almost done when I managed to hit some combination of keys (I'm still not sure what it was) and whamo! the whole thing was gone! Picture and all! I looked around and tried to figure out if there was any way to retrieve it, but it was gone. Ugga! So from now on I will be regularly saving my work as I'm drafting new posts. I guess it's all part of the learning curve on these things. Definitely not the fun part of this process though! Well, on to try and recreate what I had written the first time....

Cell Phones

Okay, so I realize that I'm not the most techy person out there, by far. But I do have a cell phone, mostly in case of emergencies or for when we're traveling. I went to the phone service store today to downgrade my service level to a pay-as-you-go plan instead of my current plan which provides a lot more minutes than I need and is $30 a month. When I asked the employee about making the switch he looked at me like I was crazy! My old plan is cheaper than any of the plans they offer now and I wanted less? What kind of crazy lady am I? I know, I know, most people go into the stores to get more minutes or more lines or a new phone or whatever. I'm sure they don't see too many people asking for less. Finally the employee passed me off to the manager who was much less confused by my request and got my plan changed over, gave me a new phone (that I wasn't expecting), and even gave me his business card to call him if I had any problems. The manager gave me great customer service and I've got my new prepaid service plan all taken care of, which my hubby will be happy with. But am I really so crazy for not using my cell phone all the time? I guess so. So what does that make my husband since he doesn't have one at all? Maybe we still live in the dark ages when it comes to cell phones, but for now at least we're okay with that.

New to this - Yikes!

Okay, I am brand new to the world of blogging. In fact, I've really only ever read a couple of different blogs, mostly written by friends and neighbors. But I've been inspired to start one of my own. I've found myself over the last couple of weeks thinking of things that I would write on a blog - mostly funny stories about the kids that I know I'll never remember to share with anyone. So I'm going to give this a try and see how it goes. We'll see how good I am about posting those stories and keeping it all updated, but I want to give it a try. I hope you will enjoy reading it and will share your comments and ideas with me as well.