7and8

"The mayor of an Oregon town who once stripped to her underwear and posed on a fire truck has been stripped of her job"

Didn't the Governor of California appear totally nude in "Terminator"?

The details are arguable but HER side of the story seems just as legit Arnold's.

I'd rant more but I just stomped a hole in my soapbox.

-Not clean

-Clean

-Vacuum clean

Once every two or three weeks I request the room be vacuum clean so I can go in to vacuum with out sucking up a tie fighters yield of LEGOs.  On normal days we simply request that they clear a path to the bed and window so we can shut the shades and give snuggles at bed time without embedding LEGOs into our soles like some freak Danish coming of age ritual.

I have known for some time that toys are bought for the parent not the kids.  So I will take responsibility here and now and say we have too much crap.   A garage sale is coming, or grand donation or a lot of recycling.

The worst of it is the fast food kids meal toys.  This stuff is a blight on the planet.  I know there is a race to make a car that runs on happiness and jellybeans but in the meantime McKindys pumps out a metric ton of plastic every minute.

The frustration you read here is frustration at myself for thinking things like, "if we find the Yoda & Kybuck with the exclusive collector coin from the clone wars cartoon we'll only have two yodas but will replace the lightsaber 7and8 lost 2 minutes after getting the first one."

Add to this that when the kids get tired of their toys they play with empty boxes and sticks and have a fabulous time doing it.  Seriously how much of a chump am I?

Let's hope I can adjust this behavior.

My leg got hurt somehow so I called my medically inclined sister and described the circumstances.  She said she couldn't really tell me anything unless she saw it.  So I offered to start a video conference just like on "House M.D.".  She laughed very hard for quite some time.  I still don't know why that was so funny. 

There was a lot of snow dropped on NE in Friday.  We went sledding yesterday and was that a blast.  The kids wienered out too early but we had fun anyway.  I think I need to replace a belt on the snow-thrower.  It just a'int chuckin' it like it used to.

I watched the documentaries on "The Terminator" special edition DVD yesterday.  What a great movie.  They told so many stories how the chips where stacked against them and they had to use guerilla filming to get things done.  The main reason the movie is cool; because it is an awesome story told very well.  Then 7and8 watched "Sharkboy & Lavagirl".  Dont get me wrong, I'm a Rodriguez (dude who directed the movie) fanboy but this movie was really, really bad.  They must have said "Dream" 8,000 times in this cinematic turd.   I see why the kids like it though.  Speaking of entertainment turds...I'm very disappointed in Knight Rider.  It is a shame to because they did a good job on the car.  In all interest of fairness it is important that I say I didn't watch it all of the way through.  So if it got a buzillion times better after I turned it off then it would have only sucked a lot. 

That is all I have right now.  I hope to be back on form soon.

 1) People think I work there

 2) I look like a lot of people

I was at Town Hall yesterday standing there waiting for something when a lady comes up and asks me a question like I work there.  Then gives me a 'hrumph' when I said I didn't know the answer to the question.  I have given little old ladies so much help in the grocery store and directions to countless mall people.

Throughout my life I've been told that I look like someone they know.  And it wasn't just a passing comment.  Apparently the resemblances were uncanny.  The two most recent happen to be celebrities.  Greg Grunberg (Officer Parkman from Heros) and Josh Beckett (wicked-cool Red Sox pitcher)

                                           

I know I'm friendly lookin' and quite a nice person.  Mom told me I could never lie because I had a face that could be read like a book.  I guess I'd rather be mistaken for someone helpful or friendly than everyone running in horror at the sight of me.

You get the idea; for every burnt casserole there is a pizza night.  Or you could talk about the silver lining thing.  I always ask 7and8 this question and now would like to pose it to you:  What was the coolest part of your week?

So I spend too much on a dog bed but rationalize it that it's more durable and easier to clean and the design isn't so garishly obvious, bla bla.  10 loves it but 9 is the alpha so she gets first crack at it and 10 won't go near it.  That is OK however since 10 prefers sleeping on my bed anyway!

I have to wait for a new job to start so I can afford another expensive dog bed....did I mention that pet stores see me coming?