Today I am happy to have my family home together.

cheetos or tostitos? 

We had a new keyboard stashed in the garage that I had forgotten. I feel like I am being watched.

molly spilled grape soda on my keyboard and now i need a new one but my personal tech support guy is camping until sunday. do i try replacing it on my own or wait - imagine a question mark here

Doug and Noah are loading the Jeep so they can spend the next four days at the local Boy Scout camp. My brother just posted a picture of the Boy Scout memorial in DC. What were they thinking when they ok'd this design?!?

Half-Nekkid Thursday 

Tommy hopped out of bed early to watch more than an hour of early coverage. Noah had to be kicked off the PS2 and told to go watch the last 15 minutes of preparations. Sarah grumbled at my request but finally went to watch just the last 5 minutes. Amy was confused to see everyone sitting on the couch instead of scattered all over the house as they usually are in the mornings. Evan became annoyed with his hiccups. Sarah picked up Evan and whispered in his ear about what was happening on the television. Noah excitedly counted down and bounced on the couch. Amy started chanting, "Watch Dora! Dora, Dora, Dora - A rocket! Look at the rocket!" Tommy stared as he rocked and mumbled about previous flights. Uninvited tears escaped from my misty eyes.

Q - What is the difference between being inside our house and being outside?
A - Ten degrees (it is ONLY 85 inside the house)

Karate Boys 

It’s time to buy school supplies (there is always one item that the stores don’t have), new clothes (how did their legs get so much longer this summer?), backpacks and then prepare to write checks for each child’s school fees, workbooks, extra activities (art and music are extras?), PTA’s, lunches and whatever Knox County decides to cancel supplementing. As a child I always loved new school supplies and clothes. As a parent I love seeing my children clean, combed and ready for a new school year. It is less exciting to see them get off the bus dirty, untucked and bearing a pile of requests for checks as well as mountains of forms to be filled out in triplicate for each child.