Friday, August 12, 2011

This morning from the deck...

5:45am
After all the clouds and rain we had earlier this summer and spring, we have been enjoying day after day of gorgeous, sunny, not a cloud in the sky-type days!  The last few days brought a few black clouds that looked like they might just dump a lot of wet stuff on us. But all they did was make a few rumbles and flashes, then moved on to the north where they did in fact create some nasty weather.
This morning at 6, when I was up to make Trev breakfast and start the day, this lone cloud sat down over Link Lake looking like it had lost it's way.  In the grey haze of the new day it appeared to be a fluffy white topping on the lake.  As the sun peaked over the hills it slowly began to disappear, until at 7:15 it had disappeared altogether.  The sky is clear and the air is fresh and I have to get packed to leave this morning for 2 days of Karate Kamp with Alley and Zac!  Better get a move on!!


7:00am


Getting smaller...
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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Sick of the 'boob tube'!!!

The best kinda tv!


Well, I'm about ready to chuck that stupid box off the deck!  After 3 months of very limited viewing on the part of the kids (and that was on days off while staying with friends) they have been in front of that evil contraption every chance they get.  I am so sick of it's constant prattle and annoying commercials!!  Such silliness and brainless entertainment!  So, it's time for an intervention!  Time to take back the living room!  Time to get butts off of couches and outside where life really happens!  I will be announcing the 'shut down' of our satelite tv system for an unknown length of time today.  It has been threatened...it will now be carried out...really!  I mean it!!!  I'm not kidding!  Well, I guess I should postpone it until after the wedding...or after we get back from our Disneyland trip....Trev will be all alone here then and would probably appreciate the company..and the news...yeah, there's that.  So, I guess I'll have to put up with the sense assaulting thing for awhile longer.  Hmmm...I guess I could just shut it off and make them go outside! duh!!!!  But, come our return from Disneyland and it WILL happen!!!  Really!!!  There can't possibly be a bigger waste of time than tv!!  Especially when there are so many things that need to be done around here!!  Which reminds me...better go let the chickens out for their daily constitutional! Rant over!  On with the day!