Post Christmas Fun

I have been reluctant to post anything because I just feel at a loss for words. I think it is called Writer's Block. Although I am not really a writer, let's just pretend and call it that.

Ok, now that we have that out of the way, we have been having all sorts of crazy old fashioned fun around here. Take for instance, that we just removed the 3,452 ornaments from the tree and covered the kitchen table with them. Now we are going to see how long they will sit there before they pack themselves into the attic. This should be good because Morrie is about to eat lunch and has nowhere to eat it.

We started off the week by getting up early and going to work. Oh, wait, that was just me. Everyone else stayed tucked in their cozy warm beds. Then they got up late and met me at my office, saw the other 3 people who were working with me, and THEN we left and vacation started at exactly 12:31pm Monday afternoon. We took the kids out to lunch at a sports bar where we could all watch Arsenal beat Chelsea for the first time in...well...forever. Then we poked around the SAM gift shop because the line was waaaay to long to wait in for the actual museum part. Everything is pretty much on postcards and whatnot in the gift shop, so it was totally the same as walking around in the gallery.

We walked in the rain- to the kids horror- down to Pike Place and watched fresh donuts being made, fish being thrown and trinkets being sold. With Isabelle's new found love of cooking, we perused the shelves at Sur La Table. By "perused" I mean squeezed our way around the other 56 people in the tiny shop and looked at the shelves from 3 inches away as we tried to not block the walkways. It was fun. And by "fun" I mean people were in my personal bubble of space and I broke out in a cold sweat.

After a few movies we woke up and it was only Tuesday. The girls went shopping with Grandma and I dragged Morrie to the mall for some returns. He loved it. Really. We picked up the girls and needed some refreshments and of course that meant a trip to the bakery. Duuuuh. Donuts make the world go round.

Wednesday was the most exciting because I was able to play pinball!! We went bowling, ate greasy hamburgers and played pinball and more pinball in the arcade. Our standards are very low for what makes a good afternoon. We have raised our kids right.

"Wait!" you say, "where is the learning?". It's okay, we took them to the Museum of History and Industry yesterday and made them read all sorts of facts about our area. Isabelle had been begging to go, and because we encourage everything that I like, we went. Morrie was particularly interested in the "Purse and the Person" traveling exhibit regarding the history of the purse. I told him to pretend they were Eurpoean Carry-Alls, but he walked out faster than a greyhound chasing a rabbit. I think he had smelled the presence of a Hydroplane and had to go check it out.

I plan on watching tv for the next 72 hours, so please don't call. I will be watching very important reruns of old tv shows, movies on TBS that I have seen 53 times and Oprah's new network shows. I am verrrry excited about this. I will be watching from my room where we have installed FLEECE sheets because they are the best invention EVER made. The bed is always warm and ever so soft. We are still trying to kick the kids out and we told the cats to not throw up on them, but other than that it has been great.

Happy New Year!

Things I don't understand

I did not understand my 70 minute bus ride tonight. I sat in the middle part of an articulated bus, so I had no windows to look out and for the entire ride, had no idea where we were. I had no watch and no phone to give me any sense of where I was in the space/time continuum. It was very confusing. At one point I was worried I would get off the bus and be in (gulp), Kent.

I don't understand how last night my salsa tasted perfectly delicious and tonight it is lighting my mouth on fire. Alright...Who messed with the jar today??

I don't understand Physics. At all.

I don't understand how my daughter can find joy in baking and how she made me the most wonderful gluten free/dairy free cookies today. I don't understand it, but I sure as heck will take it. Holy Cow, they are fabulous. I am already making plans to eat dinner at her house when she is all grown up.

I don't understand where the sun went. I go to work when it is dark, and the bus ride home is also dark. What happened to daylight? I miss it.

I don't understand how I can still be this excited for Christmas as an adult. Only now, my excitement is about the gifts I am giving and not the dollhouse or Big Wheels I hope to unwrap.

My Macro-Economics class in college was just a big misunderstanding. I think I thought I was signing up for Masters of Art History or something.

I don't understand how I can love babies so much, but not have one in my immediate presence right NOW.

I don't understand why Morrie doesn't want to sleep under 3 down blankets a 2 fleece throws every night.

Finally, I don't understand why the cat is so mad at me. He tries to eat my dinner when I am not looking, meows to go out but runs away when I open the door and won't let anyone hold him for more than 4 seconds. I want a refund.

He is 7, do you think that is going to be a problem?

Lessons Learned

I have learned some valuable lessons recently. I learned that if you get all your shopping done early and things seem to be going really well, then you will definitely land in the emergency room with a case of pneumonia- thus thankful that the shopping is done- but wondering if you had left it, would you still end up sick?

I learned that little hands make cute iamges.


I learned that if your star is too heavy for the top of your tree, it will just fall right on OVER.

I learned that the cat and dog will sit together on the same couch, but the cat may not necessarily enjoy it as much as the dog.

I learned that giving birth to elves was the right thing to do.

But, they sure think everything is funny.

I learned that when I wanted to create a Christmas card and then realized that I failed to take many pictures of the girls together...ever...all year...that I would have to find some other image to represent the two of them.

Hmmm...I don't know if this is the right one...Isabelle doesn't usually wear hats.




I have also learned that Santa is sometimes peeking in on us from the least expected places.

Be good!

Things I am loving

Right now I am loving...

Christmas music that is on the radio 24 hours a day. Love. It.

The Kindle I didn't know we had. For a year. (funny story, that one)

Voss bottled water. I feel like a celebrity every time I take a drink. Where's my red carpet?

That my Christmas shopping is done.

And wrapped.

The Pioneer Woman's blog. Still loving it after finding it a year ago.

Sitting around a table with 6 other people last night shooting the breeze.

The fact that one of them was Adrian Hanauer and one was Kasey Keller wasn't too shabby either.

I know, right!

Taylor Swift's new album. Looove it.

The baby across the street. How could I NOT include that one?

Sleeping.

As a matter of fact, I think I am going to go take a nap right now.