Fight Night

The Wii brings out the best in all of us.

My own IT department

We got home today from our morning b-ball. Col & Hope had prime time camp and Aus had his first 7th grade game (more on those in a min.) Tina plays the phone messages and I hear Paul saying he some how deleted Safari off of his dock. No biggie it is easy to do that. But he did not know how to get it back. Collin was listening and he pipes up, "I can tell him how to do that." Okay, let's call him. I dial and hand the phone over to Col and he does the rest. The best part is when Col has Uncle Paul open his finder and look for the Safari icon. He tells him "just look down they are in alphabetical order." I started to giggle. It is not everyday you get to see an 8 year old walk a doctor through a computer problem.

Cold-Eeze Rock!

Colds are not fun.
But I have a great and powerfull ally.

Monday at noon I got hit with a cold. Sneezing, runny nose the whole deal. No prob I'll just pop some coldeeze (or target generic) and in two days max the cold will be gone. I did and it is gone. I have been told by some that they taste bad. Okay they are not the greatest but a two day cold is worth a little metallic taste.

Wii Wii Wii all the way home.

No this is not about our five toes. This is about Nintendo's Wii game system. Austin has been saving his money for a while. I told him that he probably would not find one until after Christmas. Tina was at Franklin Park Mall in Toledo. Right in the middle of the mall was a Wii stand. Two ladies with Wii shirts were there playing the games, but not selling them. T asked where one could be bought and the response was "I think Game Stop is getting a shippment this morning." Well of course there was a line for just the possibility that they might get some, but the line was only about 15 people long, still a tad too long to wait for a "chance" to get one. As T went around the corner, she saw him. No, not Santa but someone even better. The UPS man with a cart full of boxes heading to Game Stop. Needless to say, she double timed it back to the store and waited to see how many of those beautiful white boxes would be going home to happy (for a while at least) children. "There are plenty" was the phrase that rang through the air. Sighs of relief were heard throughout the store.

Needless to say T was the hit of the house when we unvailed the catch of the day. Yes we waited until after all of the home work was done. We are surprised you didn't hear the screams of excitement at your home.

We'll let you know how the Wii rates as soon as we figure out how it works.

She has cooties.

Q: What is worse than mom/wife being sick?

A: Eternal damnation.

That is it. Nothing else is worse. Nothing runs smoothly when T is ill. I can't prove it but I believe that the kids fight more when she is sick. I know that my patience goes down at these times.