Suzanne Earley

Not sure what else I did today (DIDN'T get a quilt loaded: wrong batting on hand...), but I DID finish my mini-quilt: http://bit.ly/dczIv5

So proud: my boys were at a friend's house, friend got out a Mature Rated video game. Boys said "We aren't allowed to play those, got any Teen Rated games?" Friend said "Sure, I've got X, Y, and Z."

Go ISU!

Western River Expeditions photo contest update: we're still in third place with 60-something votes, but first and second place are waaaaay ahead with over 100 votes each. Thanks to everyone that has voted, or weighed in on my previous post about why they hadn't voted (or hadn't even seen it!). As I said before, I wasn't upset, just curious. We're not expecting to actually win, but it's kind of cool that we're in 3rd! I'll post the link in the comments if you hadn't seen this before and are w...

Woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. Going to crawl under the covers and see if I can come out on the right side this time. Gotta be rested up before we go see The Muppets tonight!

Will and Joe are setting new personal records. Noon on New Year's Day and they are still in bed. Tuesday morning, when they have to get up at 5:45 for basketball practice is going to hurt.

One last day of vacation -- what to do? What to do? Read? Knit? Nap?

Joe just said "I feel like I might throw up." I said "OK, here's a bucket. Go to bed and aim for the bucket if you actually vomit."

You know you are tired when: you have a cracker in one hand and a camera memory card in the other, and you almost stick the memory card in your mouth.

Mark just found Airplane! on Netflix. Guess what the boys are watching tonight?

Just spent the evening at our friends' new house. I have new house envy.

The wind has been blowing, it will be interesting to see what this storm amounts to. The weather has been SO unusual!

After the craptastic day I had, the fact that we are having a 2 hour delay tomorrow has probably made me happier than it made the boys...

Will and Joe's team won 28-18 last night! Their reward? They have haircuts this morning...better go start the process of waking them up...

I made the boys sit together on the couch, so I could take an "after" haircut picture. Their immediate concern was "where are you going to post this?" UH, everywhere, of course???

I took a nap this afternoon, it felt like the right thing to do at the time, but now that it's bedtime? I'm not sure I'll be able to fall asleep. Blergh.

No school! Unfortunately it means we'll be stuck at home with Mark who is sick as a dog. On the plus side, I can start working on Chloe's baby quilt!

So far it only seems to be Mark that has caught the nasty stomach bug. We are going to have to call a do-over on his birthday. Poor guy.

Thankfully, Mark is human again today. Weak, but alive. Plus the boys are gone to an Honor Band thing today, so it's nice and quiet.

Well, snap. Will's got the bug. Pretty sure I've got it too. I must have tempted the fates one of those times when I said "I can't believe I haven't gotten sick after being around all these kids and their germs."

Our pots and pans have been showing their age for some time, but I haven't been able to pick a new set. Finally got something tonight when we were at Sam's Club, but I just realized something: Mark is going to expect me to cook tomorrow...

We recovered from the stomach bug last week, and now? The head cold has arrived. Ugh.

Now Joe's got the stomach bug. Poor guy.

Will to Joe: "What's your problem?"Mom to both: "He's a 12 year old boy, that's the problem with both of you."Will to me: "At least we aren't 12 year girls."Mom and Dad to each other: "That is not a lie..."

Will and Joe are no longer the only 12 year olds left without cell phones. Mom and Dad finally broke down. Yes, just before Christmas we were still holding out, but we made some other changes to phone/Internet/etc...and were able to feel like we aren't breaking the bank...