The two cutest kids on the planet finally meet...

I love the fact that you can print unlimited coupons for a free game of bowling Mon-Thursday good for up to five people. If you only play one game, it's just three bucks to rent shoes. (and is it sad that I go bowling so often I am considering buying shoes??). Budget friendly outing! So we asked my friend Becca and her sweet nephew Noah to join us. Noah and Isaac have been trying to get together for literally about three years and it just never happens. But finally the planets aligned and their playdate worked out. And, Isaac tied me at 101. Yikes...

Signs he has been here...

Random railroad pieces in the sink....

Updates - Quickly

Me * I can't stop watching HGTV. The househunting and design shows are on heavy rotation. * My work is crazy but still fun. Less than eight weeks until the end of the school year!! My first year has FLOWN by and we are already doing IEPs and ordering supplies for next year. Crazy! Isaac * Tied mom in bowling tonight! We both bowled a 101. If you bowl on a Mon-Thursday at Devon Lanes you can bowl for free (up to five people!) for your first game. All you have to pay for is shoes. It's such a good deal. The house * I put on some boots and tromped through my house today-- the "pre-electrical walk through". It was so fun! We marked out where I want all of the phone and cable jacks. Things are really starting to come together. Even though it is still 2 by 4s and subflooring it already feels cozy. If the weather cooperates we will have our pre-closing walk through May 29th. I am really looking forward to moving us in and starting to make it my own. =D Well I guess that's about it. =)

Phrases you only Utter When you are a Mutter..

or, in this case Grandmutter. =P "Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisa. Isaac put lotion all over the cat". Isaac was playing quietly in his room. A little TOO quietly. I found him naked, COVERED in lotion, and lotion spread over his TV, the rug and the carpet. And evidently the cat... I tried to scold him but it was pretty much hilarious. Why would he put lotion on the CAT?

Nauseated....

So I was called in to County jury duty today for the first time ever. I don't know what I was expecting. But it wasn't to find that I would sitting for a murder trial. Of two adults and one unborn baby. The defendent was sitting right there. Is that normal? It really freaked me out. And the general details they gave us (the 50 randomly selected jurors) were disturbing enough for me to almost start crying. Like, I had to keep my eyes really open and use all of my strength not to burst into tears. Here is far more detail than they gave us in the courtroom. About a 1/3 of the jurors had heard of the case. I hadn't-- but then again, I live under a rock: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14665467&BRD=1679&PAG=461&dept_id=86218&rfi=6 And they were seeking the death penalty. Which I am not sure how I feel. I used to be very for the death penalty. But, I have had a hard times coming to terms with the hypocrisy of being staunchly pro-life and supporting the death penalty. And it is fine to think about the death penalty in the abstract. It is another to be on a panel where you decide if a man will spend his life in prison or will be executed. They asked us a ton of questions about moral, religious, ethical beliefs that would make us impartial on a death penalty case. Although I did not indicate that the death penalty being involved in this case would make me impartial, I really don't know if I could be a part of a trial that sentenced a man to death... I was relieved to be dismissed. This was their tenth day of selecting jury members. The trial starts tomorrow and I am very relieved to NOT be a part of it.

Our house is

Well sort of. We are still going back and forth with the couple who put in a (low) offer. But I think it will work out. Which is exciting because it will be no more showing the house! YAY! They are looking at a May 29th closing date. I will let you know when I know MY closing date. Hopefully I won't end up homeless for a bit in between.

I do feel better today

I am a person of extremes. I'm black or I'm white. I'm wonderful or I'm miserable. Today, I feel better. Speaking of extremes in parenting -- enjoy this: Hammer time for cell phone used to run up $5K bill 6 hours ago CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A cell phone used by a Wyoming 13-year-old to run up a nearly $5,000 phone bill will text no more thanks to her angry father and his hammer. Dena Christoffersen of Cheyenne sent or received about 20,000 text messages over about a month, and her parents' phone plan didn't cover texting. Gregg Christoffersen told KUSA-TV of Denver this week that he thought texting had been disabled on her daughter's phone, which he smashed hours after getting a phone bill for more than $4,750. The family said Verizon has been willing to knock the bill down to a reasonable level. Dena has been grounded until the end of school. She said she feels bad and has learned her lesson. ___