Before I forget this one:

Before I went Trekk'n in WY, The kids and I went up to Cabella's to purchase some socks. I put Zman in one of their plastic shopping carts and didn't buckle him in... and zoomed upstairs to the cafe for lunch.

Zman sat in a regular high chair for the feeding frenzie after which I put him back into the shopping cart. It occurred to me that I needed to buckle the little devil: Mostly because that's the safe thing to do and it's also habbit.

We finished up our shopping adventure with a little jaunt into the "bargain cave". I was looking at the women's "discounted" clothing HAHAHAA still out of my price range. MissE was messing with a folding chair and MrT was pushing Zman around in the cart. I say to MissE, "don't mess around with that chair you'll catch your finger!" no less than 12 seconds later she is screaming her head off with her finger stuck in the folding mech of the chair.

I ran to her rescue, freeded her finger, and hoisted her up in my arms to kiss and make the boo boo better. While I was walking said screaming child back towards the boys. MrT jumps his feet up on the cross bar (at the base of the cart) to give Zman a smooch.

The smooch of death mind you...

The extra 50# tipped the cart straight up nose in the air. I was six feet from the carnage holding MissE. It was kind of horrible to watch zman drop to the hard cement floor. WonDERfully: Zman received nothing more than a free thrill ride (well I guess it was more like $20 for my socks) However, if I had not buckled the kid in tight he would have flung to the floor head first. :(

I've since complained to the Cabella's corporation that their carts are unbalanced and dangerous.

We shall see if they do anything about it.

The Zman is finally walking as his primary mode of movement. While on vacation we purchased him a pair of tenny shoes. I put them on his feet at the store and set him looooooose. Let me describe what he looked like in two ways. Have you ever seen the shots of a desert lizard who keeps two of it's four feet in the air at all times? It sticks it's front right and hind left legs out and off the burning sand then swtiches to the opposite configuration - back and forth to keep it's toes/fingers/feet from being the next big BBQ idea. That was Zman. He tried to "walk" in the shoes but didn't actually want to set his feet down on the ground.

The other idea that comes to mind is the vision of a cat with something on it's paws. Like booties or tap or something. The cat doesn't actually wish to put it's feet down...

Zman is doing much better in his shoes... instead of tripping himself endlessly like Maggy on the Simpsons - he's almost running. YAY! oh wait! NOOOOOOO!!!!

:)

Sooo... We are back on that bleepidybleep law suit. I have strong and completely negative feelings for the woman who bought our house. I can't stand how completely stupid people can slap a law thingies willy nilly. Her lawyer dropped us off, but apparently she wanted us back on (against his advice). I have strong feelings of animosity and general "if I saw her on the street I'd punch her in the gut" hate.

On the lighter side. We had a very nice family reunion/get together this past week in Washington. BadgerSister1 was up from San Fran with her hubby. I haven't seen them since June '05. Again: we ate way too much good food. I went bike riding, water skiing, played volleyball, Watched two movies: Nacho Libre and The Pirate movie, Finished one book and started on another, went to the mall (weeee) and all manner of card playings.

Then we drove home and I'm glad to be sleeping in my own bed :)

Okay I took an extended hiatus from the techincal world recently. It was rather nice. Recently the kids and I drove up to Washington to visit the family there. It was such a nice drive. I was itching for a road trip. There is this odd rock formation just south of Baker City OR that I have loved since I was a small child. I called it the ghost rocks. I wanted to finally stop and take a picture of them, but the traffic didn't cooperate. (Stupid construction). We are going back to Washington in two weeks so I will try to snap a pix then.


On vacation we ate waaaay too much good food. We went boating a few times. We played volleyball. We shopped. AND of course we played cribbage, "Calvin Cards" and crosswords/Sudoku puzzles. Nerd Alert!

The kids were soooo ready to come home. I was mixed about my feelings. I wanted to go home too, but I really hate leaving my family behind. I wish deep down we could live closer... maybe some day...

Yes, I have slackerdom. I am slackerdom! :) I need to report on my fantabulous experiences trek'n though Wyoming. I also need to report on a myriad of other things. I think I may be too far behind to catch up on my thoughts/actions over the past two weeks. I haven't so much as turned my computer on in over a week!

SLACK'A

Sunday we went up the American Fork canyon. It's where the Mt Timanogos National Monument is. We purchased a three day pass. We drove up to the top and then back down to Tibble Fork Res. It was a lucious 74 degrees at the top. What a lovely day. Oh to be on a motor cycle driving up that. The road at the top is extremely narrow - and for some reason those in rather overly large Ford F5000s drive down way too fast. The kids loved it.

Yesterday we grabbed a bucket of chicken from KFC and headed back up. We parked at a picnic area, ate, and walked around in the trees. MrT and MissE were thrilled. We drove back to Tibble Fk and walked around the water. We saw a ground squirrel and I thought the kids were going to have twin myocardial infarctions. They wanted to see wild life! The misquitos thought we were too tasty so we left and drove back down to our house.

I can't believe we live only a few moments from such a gorgeous place. I can't wait to take the kids camping and hiking!! I can't believe Robert Redford lives in such a KEWL area !

The people who organize the Pioneer Trek thingy I'm going on asked us to find a name of someone who crossed the plains way back when to keep in mind while walking. My Great Great Great Grandma crossed the plains in an oxcart company. He name was Cecelia - so hooah.

Okay so while I am sitting here typing you should know. I am wearing my pioneer girl costume. Full skirt/apron/shirt/bloomers/bonnet. Ugly brown and tan with blue accents. It's going to be 100F :( Ugh I'm going to fry. I looked all over the stupid county to find a shall. I'm trying to decide if I can find some cheap o material - I just want to keep the sun off my shoulders. Sure my shirt is long sleeved... but the neck isn't all the way to my ears.

But I digress...

Spouse took MrT to a Daddy/Son camp out yesterday. MrT had a blast. He said to Spouse, "Today is the best day of my life!" Awwww so cute. I hope this is a start of some seriously fun times for Spouse and MrT.

While the boys were away, MissE and I watched Disney's "The Road to El Dorado", ate chips, and "camped out" on the couch. Zman roamed around the house looking for MrT and Spouse.

Zman woke up at 530 this morning - ugh! We found about an hour nap from 6-700. weeeeeeeeeeeee. *twitch twitch

It's hot out. The kids have been outside playing with the hose/sprinklers for a while. I just checked on them... They made this nice mud puddle! Wahoo and they are covered! The sky is a beautiful shade of light sapphire. Mmmm Aluminum Oxide...


Okay well the sky doesn't look "exactly" like this, I just thought the picture was Nerdalicious.

To be honest I'm a little worried about the upcoming trek. I think the temps are going to be in the hi 90s :( I didn't work very hard getting ready - phsycially speaking - and I'm not sure my boots will work. I may wear a pair of tennies. ARGH :)

Yes, she really does. I just found out she's flying into town next week to take care of the kids while I'm trek'n it through WY in my glam styl'n "holly hobby-esque" dress and bonnet. She will get here Wednesday and leave on Sunday. I'm excited, but the kids are completely freaking out. They love their Grandma. My neighbor was going to watch the kids while Spouse was at work, but now... it won't be such a huge deal.

MissE got a card from Grandma the other day stating how much fun they will have together when we go to visit. MrT also got a note but it was hard for him to read - he's used to letters looking a certain way... and Grandma (like a lot of us) used penmenship that was a cross between cursive and standard.

Neat O!