American Idol part 2

I found this morning that I could watch last night's episode (minus the commercials) in parts on youtube. Well, I could watch most of it... I watched most of it and had two parts left (about 15 minutes total) when I was told the video I wanted was no longer available. Apparently Fox found it and had it deleted because of copyright laws. I wasn't quite fast enough watching it. Maybe I'll go check and see if it got re-posted. Some people will do anything for American Idol : )

American Idol

As I logged out of hotmail this morning I noticed one of the big "news" stories is that American Idol premieres tonight. How did I miss this? I've been a fan for the last few years and have even in the past marked it on my calendar so I wouldn't miss it...but this year it has snuck-up on me. I don't think I'm the die-hard-can't-miss-a-show fan that I've been in the past (who knows, maybe I'm growing up) but if I can find someone who's watching I may just invite myself over. Any body watching?...I'd love to get out of the house and join you...I'll even bring snacks if you give me warning (and I can make them healthy too...) Anyone...?

Jessie, it's all your fault!

So my wonderful friend Jessie gave me upholstery fabric for my birthday and now I'm searching craigslist like an addict looking for the perfect overstuffed arm chair to re-cover for my living room. And for those that know my living room and ask, "Where the heck are you going to put it?!" I will say that I have listed one of my own chairs on craigslist. The four-legged one that rocks...any takers?
Today I am now waiting in anticipation for an e-mail from someone listing the perfect chair for $30. I have to convince Erik that it is the perfect chair, but I think maybe I can even if I have to use feminine wiles that may seem unfair :). Just kidding. He knows that we never sit in the rocking chair and so it would be nice to replace it with something that we might actually sit in.
So it's all Jessie's fault. I love the upholstery fabric and even though I'm not sure I need another project right now, I'm actually excited to start this one...I have the motivation and the fabric, just no chair...yet.

oh...update! yeah...

I may be getting my own gun after all! Erik found the gun I want on sale with like 150 rounds of ammo and it's in Tigard. Oh, I hope so!

Hand Gun Safety

This weekend Erik and I are leaving the kiddos with his parents and are going to Salem to take our handgun safety course. I'm very excited, well mostly...I still don't have my own gun so I'm using BJ's. I hope Erik and I can go out shooting sometime before the class, maybe Saturday. Our class is all day Sunday. The other day we took a load of junk to the dump in Tillamook, got all the project scraps out of our yard so we look less like white trash. Then my sister mentioned that it might be hard to get around the title of white trash 'cause even though my yard is clean I'm attending a gun class while very pregnant...

Mystery Solved!

Well, I think the mystery is solved. We have been wondering where Hannah came up with the name Quincy and I think I know now. Last night the kiddos pulled out a DVD of old cartoons to watch (that we got at Walmart for $1) and about three or four cartoons in there is a "Little Lulu" cartoon where Lulu has a pet frog named Quincy. You only hear the name once or twice but that's usually enough with Hannah. So there you go, I could be wrong but this is my best guess.

Happy New Year

I haven't made any new year's resolutions yet this year, only because I have an ongoing list of things that I would like to get done in the near future. I just don't think they would get done any faster if I put a time limit on them. I will share the main ones on my list though. Mostly they are projects, though maybe you could call some of them personal goals also.
I would like to:
re-paint the kiddos room (they've already chosen a color)
re-paint my room (I think I've chosen a color...)
move the rest of my rock from the driveway to it's permanent resting place
stay on top of my dishes and laundry for the most part (this might go under personal goals because it requires me to be a little more organized and motivated to do this)
spend more time playing with my kiddos and less time with them in front of a movie ( I've been trying to limit the number of movies we watch each week but that rest time is really nice when Hannah won't take a nap and Ivan doesn't take them regularly anymore. )

Those are the ones on my mind right now even though I have a million unfinished projects and a million more dying to be on the list. Sometimes I add projects that are almost done to my list just so I can have something on my list crossed off.
It's a new year but somehow it still feels just the same, just another day in another week, that's part of a month, etc. etc. I look forward more to the changing of the seasons and the weather and momentous occasions (like a baby being born...only 10 or so weeks to go!) than I do the changing of one year to the next.
I will say though that I enjoyed hanging up a new calendar and actually looked forward to it wondering what will be written in all the tiny squares. So Happy New Year after all.