Monday Madness

I'm getting sucked in...

...sucked in to March Maddness.  I sat through 2 basketball games this week. 

And I enjoyed them.

That, in and of itself, is a crazy surprise.

My blog has been getting very little of my attention as of late.

There's just too many pots on my stove.

I need a bigger stove.

There's a little progress on the Love Shack to update you on (including a tile winner!)

I've been asked to venture into some unchartered waters with a friend.

This launches in 8 days.

This is crazy-busy season for my work.

(and I am mildly behind...but I have yet to meet an auditor that doesn't say that)

Holy week is this week.

A asked me this week who the Easter Bunny is.

We don't make a big deal out of the Easter Bunny.

He knows it is a fictional character.

He still gets a gift from the EB, but knows that's not all that important.

He knows the real meaning of Easter.

I'm grateful for that.

Spring Break is next week.

My parents are taking the boys Sunday night through Tuesday.

I'm psyched.

I have many many lists of many things to do while they are gone.

Including visiting the dentist.

Grrrr.

Speaking of dentist.

Our family vacation has been cancelled this year.

Due to some unforeseen dental fees.

Sucks to see some desperately needed R&R going into your 6 year olds mouth.

Oh well, I'd rather see him with a healthy mouth.

Right?  Right?.....

My house is a pit, and I have no motivation to clean it.

I miss gluten.  I miss beer.

A. just finished a growth spurt.  He grew 1 1/2 inches in 8 weeks.

C's turn now.  He's waking up in the middle of the night.

I think I had two nights in between growth spurts.

C is thinning out.

After his haircut on Saturday, he looks more like a boy than a toddler.

sigh.

There's a hole in my sock.

C found it.

He wants to make it bigger.

He scratched me, and I said "ouch."

He is now kissing my foot.

I get to meet baby Fiona this week.

I can't wait!

Took long enough for us to get healthy.

Guilty Pleasure Friday

This post is dedicated to my facebook friends who will actually take me on a debate politics with me.

Thanks for giving me more ammunition for believing in the right way to do things!!!



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Faux pas?

I started a little debate on my facebook page about politics and where our nation is headed.

Faux pas?

Not sure.

I got a fun email about it, though.

My question is:

Why is it not ok to talk about politics?

and for that matter:

Why is it not ok to talk about religion?

Aren't these two subjects what pretty much rule our lives?

Don't they dictate every decision and action we take?

What do you think?

Is there such a thing as "Fusion Theater"?

Have you ever heard of the term "fusion cuisine"?

You know, where they stick two flavors together that you normally don't think would go.  The opposite flavors actually turn into some cosmic awesome dish?

I was watching Rachael Ray the other day, and they combined Lima Beans and Frozen Waffles.  I went back to work before I could see what they did with them.

I can't understand how anything with lima beans could be good.

I digress.

Anyway, back to the post title.

I have two movies that I watched some time ago that I cannot get out of my head.  They resurface in the most unlikely of times and places in my head. 

They are quite opposite.

And actually they don't really fuse in my brain.

They come out separately.  At separate times.

But I can forget neither of them.

The first one?

Silence of the Lambs

The first psychological thiller I ever watched.

And it wasn't the whole cannibal, human skin suit thing that got to me.

It was in the final 10 minutes- when Clarrise was in the basement with the crazy dude, and it was pitch black.  He had these see-in-the-dark glasses on, and he could see her, but she couldn't see him.

First of all, bravo acting skills on Jodie Foster's part, because I cannot forget the look on her face during that scene.

But, from that point on, any time I'm in a totally dark room I think about that scene.  And I'll even bust out some amazing kung fu moves just in case there's some crazy guy with glasses on that can see me in the dark. 

After I've karate chopped the air, I'm secretly hoping that I've either scared off the villian trying to get me- or made him bust out laughing at my rediculousness.

Either way, I come out alive...I dig that.

The second movie in my fusion?

The Passion of the Christ.

I know...how the two meld in my brain, I will never know.

If you haven't seen this movie, I strongly recommend it.

Especially given we're in the season of Lent.

Good Friday, for me, will never be the same.

I mean, I can read the gospels over and over and
still not get the magnitude of what He did for me that day.

When I saw it?

I could hardly breathe.

The horrible suffering.

Since Mel Gibson is Catholic, the movie does focus on the stages of the cross and the mother/son relationship.  Which was interesting for me- since when I saw it, Adam was only a few months old.  That whole mother/son bond was very new to me and very overwhelming on every level.

Which made the movie that much more emotional.

There's one part when Jesus is carrying his cross up the hill and he stumbles.  Mary trys to help him up saying, "it's ok...I'm here."  Then it flashes back to when Jesus is a toddler learning to walk, he stumbles and she says the same thing.  And that moment it when I started sobbing in the movie theater.

He was a human. 
He endured so much. 


For me. 
For you. 


For people I consider my friends. 
For people I consider my enemies. 

Everyone.

Kind of makes me think of people who tell me that they're

in search of a religion that makes them "feel good." 

Funny, I don't think it "felt good" to Jesus. 

But he did it out of love for us.

So...that's my crazy fusion theater story. 
What are some movies that stick in your head?

Special Saturday

My super awesome mom

took the boys and I to see this:

 

Disney on Ice: Finding Nemo.

It's one of the boys favorite movies.

They enjoyed themselves.

So did I.

Squirt is my favorite character.

I brought Swedish Fish and goldfish crackers for the boys to snack on.

It was a great special Saturday with the boys and their Grandma Connie.

While we were away, Dave was here...

working on this:

Any guesses as to what this is?

Hint:  It has been the MOST time consuming project of the addition yet.

5 Saturdays and counting....

Guilty Pleasure Friday

Dedicated to Dave who always says, "Proper prior planning prevents piss poor performance."




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What I hear right now

- hum of my computer

-the wind in the trees through my open windows (YEAH!)

- the gurgling sound my lungs are making
while I try to breathe

- the boys eating goldfish crackers

- the boys fighting over said crackers

- the ringing of my home phone

- the dog outside rolling in
(whatever gross thing died on my lawn) the grass

- the message on my home phone-
my awesome crazy Philipino neighbor needs her car jumped

- the barking dogs next door
that think Molly is a sexy beast

- the ringing of my work phone

- Thomas the Tank Engine music
letting me know the movie is over and chaos is about to erupt

- the ringing in my ears

- the "bing bong" of a text message

- talking in the church parking lot behind our house

- gold fish crackers being spilled on the ground

- C. crying

- the clink of Molly's chain as
A. lets her in from outside

- Molly eating crackers off the floor
like a crazy lady.

- C. whining

- "Mommy I have to go potty."

Must go.