Monday Randomness

NEW COMPUTER
Andy wanted to get a new laptop when he got back. His is pretty beat up and he's planning on giving it to Ellie. Rather than wait for his return, I ordered a new one this week. That way I can break it in for him. :) I've never had a laptop before. It will be nice to be mobile. I hate having to glue my butt to the computer chair downstairs any time I want to get on here.

GREAT WEATHER
The weather finally turned nice again. It was above 70 today. Warm enough for swimsuits, sprinklers, watermelon, hula hoops, and popsicles!!


NICK NEARLY GOT AWAY
The neighbor girl was over for a few hours playing with the kids. She brought her Barbie Jeep with her - you know the kind that really drives? That was chaos. Nick was glued to the passenger seat and everyone drove him around the yard. The problem? He kept putting his foot down on the gas pedal while they were trying to drive. I was waiting for a major crash, but luckily it didn't happen.

Later in the afternoon, I had the kids park the jeep outside of the fence while they went and did other things. I heard a noise downstairs that sounded like it was coming from the gate. Sure enough, I went out the front door and Nick had jumped the fence (forget the gate!) and was in the jeep with it floored. I eventually caught him. He was grinning from ear to ear.

I took him back inside and instructed Ellie to follow him around. (I was cooking dinner). He again headed out the back door and before she could catch him, he was over the fence and driving the jeep. Determined little guy.

I asked him if he wanted one of his own and he said "Yes, but blue". I'm at least glad that he noticed it was pink and foofoo.

What do I do with him? I can no longer keep him contained in the yard!!

WATERMELON
Did you know that I could probably eat watermelon until my stomach absolutely burst? Yum! Too bad that the kids eat as much of it as I do. We're going to have to start buying 2 at a time instead of one.

PHOTO EDITING
I finally broke down and bought the Photoshop Elements manual. I will be reading it over the next few days. Hopefully I can start actually using Photoshop and fixing up my pictures a bit.

A GIRL AFTER MY OWN HEART
Tori was trying desperately to break into my cabinet full of Polish pottery. She has good taste :)

POST WIDE YARD SALE
I love shopping at yard sales. You just never know what you're going to find. This past weekend was the first post-wide yard sale of the year. It's so nice having tons of them at the same time, in the same place.

I found Tori the cutest little pair of UGG boots. I bought the kids some movies. And the best find of the day? A sit n' spin. Remember those? You know, spin in circles until you puke? The kids love it :)

As much as I love shopping at yard sales, I would probably never have one. I love sifting through other people's junk, but the thought of people looking through mine is frightening to me. I don't know why. I always end up giving everything to Goodwill instead.