School Daze

Gearing up for going back to school on Monday. As always, wishing we did more fun stuff over the summer, and thinking that it went by way too quickly. It will be nice to get back into a routine though.

Hannah and Evan got the teachers they wanted, which is huge and makes me very happy. So much more exciting for them to go back. A word about supply lists - extensive.

Overheard from the front seat of the car yesterday:
E: "Who invented school?"
H: "I don't know."
E: "Did you thank them?"
H: "Huh?"
E: "Mom! If the car catches on fire can I use the squirter thing?"

Calling All Scrappers

SIStv has a fun n' funky new collection available for pre-order until 8/24/08. And, if you spend $50 in their boutique you get a $10 gift card! It's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, right? Scrap on!

Yell Fire!

The tomato plants are outta control, and I've been making fresh pico almost daily. The second batch was smokin' hot, so I threw in an avocado and it cooled it down right fine. So yummy, and healthy too...except for the chips, but we don't need to go there, right? You could use celery instead (LOL!)


Pico De Gallo
4 ripe tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped
1 small white onion, finely chopped
2-3 jalapenos, minced
1/2 cup cilantro leaves, finely chopped
1 TBS fresh lime juice
salt & pepper to taste


Just mix it all up and chill at least an hour. Really best the same day. I personally scarf it down in no time, so long term storage is not a problem.


*note* Chopping by hand is really best, a food processor will just pulverize everything. But, do use gloves while handling the peppers. Unless of course you want to still have fiery oils on your hands that will withstand washing and continue to burn 2 days later. I'm just saying...

Monday, Monday

*Dropped Shane off at the airport, he's on his way to Vegas for the pool tourney. You can somehow track their progress here. Bring home the $$$, Daddy-O!

*Seven days until school starts, but who's counting?

*Vacuum is broken. Bad news: yet another unexpected repair/replacement of household item. Good news: unable vacuum.

*Today Hannah asked me why farts smell bad.

*Today Evan asked me if there will be snakes on daddy's plane.

*Thoroughly enjoying Big Brother, as always. This show never fails to deliver drama and "holy crap, I can't believe he/she actually said/did that on TV" moments.

*Ditto I Love Money. The trashiest of the trashy reality TV "stars" duelling it out over cold hard cash. Real high-brow entertainment.

*NBC Olympic coverage - besides showing a TON of some sports and nothing about other events, it hasn't been too disappointing. They seemed to hold back on the dramatic athlete back stories a bit. But, yesterday the track coverage was awful. They picked one racer, zoomed in and talked about her and didn't even show the rest of the field AT ALL. It was weird, like she was running the race by herself or something. This happened twice while I was watching. I thought it very odd.

Have a swell day.

The Olympics

So far, I'm enjoying the Olympics. I've been falling asleep to it for what, about a week now? But, I do have some questions/comments:

1. Why do the guys in beach volleyball wear these outfits,

while the girls wear this?

2. Too bad this guy lost his temper when he won a measly bronze medal,
because prior to that he was having a lot of fun.

3. Ok, ok, we get it, you are a champion. A virtual Man From Atlantis. Now can we see some track and field?

R.I.P. Hunny

Hannah's hamster, Hunny the Hammy, has expired. She is pretty devastated. She's had her for almost three years now, which is a long time for a little critter like that. On the upside, no more cage to clean. It's been a long, tear-filled day here, thought this might cheer my girl up:




It's the grand circle of life, sweetie. Sucks doesn't it?

Hump Day

Today in a nutshell:

-Biked to the post office, which I've been trying to do most days. Today Shane came with me and we took the long way home, about an hour and fifteen minutes round trip. So nice just to be outside, even though it is over 100 degrees out. We were talking about how different it is to ride through a neighborhood rather than drive - it just feels friendly somehow. Other people on bikes always say hi, I like that. Way more interactive than driving.

-Took the kids to the mall for back-to-school clothes shopping. I really don't like shopping (except for scrapbooking/crafting stuff) and I pretty much hate the mall. But, it wasn't too bad, the sales were good and they are happy. Chilled out with an Orange Julius after the shop-a-thon.

-Won't get teacher assignments until next week, which is also when we get the supply list. Let's hope it's not like Jordan's first grade class. I will never forget spending $50 on school supplies for him that year. Jeeez.

-Turned in some film for developing today. So weird to go back to that. At first I thought digital was weird, now I can hardly function without it.

-Getting ready to watch some Olympic action. I've really enjoyed the swimming and gymnastics so far. Shane promised me a foot rub - he's the best guy in the whole wide world.

Over and out.