LOTR

Do you know anyone who takes the Lord of the Rings series MUCH too seriously? I do... EVERY time we ride in Rich's car, he listens to the soundtrack. Let me make this perfectly clear. This happens EVERYWHERE WE GO. While the kids are fighting in the back, while the cat is throwing up, while we're going on vacation and spending HOURS in the car, we listen to LOTR.

While I like the soundtrack, there comes a point when it's JUST TOO MUCH. When I hear certain songs, all I can think of are Frodo and Sam with pitiful looks on their faces, struggling through Mordor. There is only so much of that a person can take. ENOUGH ALREADY. Let's listen to something a little lighter. My husband acts like LOTR really happened. Guess what....IT'S NOT REAL. Here is a clip from youtube that I think Rich would enjoy. I'm going to show it to him and let you know his reaction...just a sec...

He wasn't impressed. No sense of humor at all. I think it's hilarious. Well, back to work. I can probably get a few hours in while the kids are sleeping. :)

Maybe Jeff will take his next turn in Scrabble (facebook). Not that I'm determined to win or anything....but I gotta win!

Late Night Blog

It's 11:30 at night, but I'm determined to blog. The kids are in bed and it's finally quiet. Well, almost. Here comes Rich. I have a mental-blogging-block. OK...got rid of him by turning on the TV. He immediately stopped talking and his eyes glazed over. Now I don't have to hear complaints about "no milk in the fridge" or anything else with a slight whine to it. Back to blogging.....

Since it's late at night, I'll make this short. But it still counts as a blog.

I'm going to turn over a new leaf and blog on a regular basis...really. This actually isn't such a good day for bloggin though. I told the optometrist I was having problems reading, and he suggested trying monovision. For those of you over 40, you know what I mean. It's a cheap alternative until you absolutely have to get bifocals. The idea behind monovision is that I wear a regular contact in my right eye (dominant) for distance vision. Then it gets interesting. Instead of wearing my normal presciption strength contact in my left eye, I get to wear a lesser prescription, which will help me read. So today I can't see. To top it all off, the optometrist dialated my eyes too. AHHHHHHHHHHHH! I've got a headache and the kids are wild.

So...with all of this going on...I decided to make turkey chili, beer bread and an apple/blueberry pie. Yes, the pie combination is unusual, but it's the fruit I have on hand, and it sounded strangely appetizing. The apples are from one of our trees. The blueberries are from Krogers. It actually turned out wonderful, and I think it helped my headache. I'll probably need another piece to make sure :) Here's a picture of my new creation. Yummmmm.


I think it's time for the kids to get ready for bed. Definately.

NEWS FLASH: My Wii age is 42. Well, at least I beat Jenna (age 9). Her Wii age is 54. LOLOL