Venti Wake Up Call

Our day started in this order.....

AJ apparently did not want to miss the bus for his trip so he did what all red-blooded 13 year old boys would do, he set his alarm. Set it for 3:30 am sharp, he did not have to leave until 4:40 so not sure what he needed 50 minutes for but glad he thought ahead. Anyway, Chris woke him up and all was well. What little AJ failed to do was to turn off the alarm so that 26 hours after he left we would not be reminded of him at 3:30 am! I woke up to Connor screaming "MOM!!!!" Thinking it was a bad dream or vomit I went running up the stairs. There stood Connor wearing only his boxers and his angry eyes pointing at AJs door. By that time my ears were bleeding because the alarm was so loud. Was this AJs gift for April Fools???

So because of that we have been highly Starbucks dependant today. Two Venti's before 3 pm.

On a more positive note, AJ is texting on a regular basis. He seems to be having fun. I will wait for him to come back to share the details of his day, I will share that his last text of the night was "they are taping our doors shut, I am not even kidding!" Those teachers have done this before and they are smart! Too bad Papa did not know that trick, he could have caught us sneaking out - or in Liz's case sneaking back in. Liz, did I portray that correctly??

Have Fun in HotLanta AJ!!

AJ is off to Atlanta for his school trip. He leaves at 5:00 am tomorrow (ouch, Dad is going to need a Starbucks for that!) and does not come back until Friday! Sounds like they have lots of great stuff planned so be ready on Saturday when AJ will be my guest blogger sharing all of the fun he had. Pray for him and his classmates for a safe trip!

Take me out to the ball game.....

Baseball started today - Go Mets! The team did pretty well considering there were only 4 practices before the season starts, darn rain!

Connor did great - even made his catching debut today! He looks like a natural back there.

March Madness Continues

Connor is loving March Madness. He is interested in every game and spending a lot of time in his room creating his own madness!

Chris had Pitt all the way so now Connor is the only one with a chance on the final team. If you could win based on commitment to the process he would win hands down.

Do Animals Go to Heaven and Can Turkeys Fly?

So Connor and I are driving home from church this morning talking about eternity, salvation and Heaven and he asks me "Mom, do animals go to Heaven?" We just started talking it through when the biggest turkey I have ever seen takes off for flight right in front of me. They are huge birds and take some time getting off the ground... as it turns out not enough time for me to stop completely. I am easing on the brakes being as safe as I can and it happens, we collide! He hit the windshield and with a small splat it was over. I am not sure if he made it or not but he did not land behind us so I am hopeful. It might have just been our imagination, but right after we collided Connor and I smelled the strangest thing, I hate to say it but it kind of smelled like turkey, is that even possible?? We are so lucky that it did not come through the windshield or force us off the road - WOW, nothing like that has ever happened to me, it was scary!

So I am still not sure if I know the answer to "do animals go to Heaven." If they do, and this turkey did not make it through our mishap, I hope he is there now!

Winning and Losing

Decisions...decisions.... I have been waiting a long time for a rug in the front hall. My purchase orders always get held up in finance if you know what I mean! The very nice women that is helping us with the house brought over 2 samples yesterday and we are stuck. In the spirit of American Idol I wanted to put the vote out to you! Especially this season since I can veto your choice if I think you get it wrong. Seriously though Liz inspired me with her Gymboree polls (which dress for Christmas, Easter, Birthday etc.) and decided this was the way to make this choice. You all know if I leave it to Chris we will end up with these samples pushed together as the rug with him saying, "this works just fine." Since that is really not an option, here we go....(drumroll please......)

Brown rug......

Or black and red rug - this sample is more red but the one Suzanne Sugarbaker is recommending is black with the red on the border. So weigh in, what say you America??

In other news... the NCAA Tourney continues, March Madness Baby! AJ and I are both out (we did the right thing by picking a NC school out of loyalty, just picked wrong one - hint, our choice rhymed with Puke!)

Connor and Chris are battling for the win. The big question of course, how is Bobo doing on her bracket???

Spring...are you out there???

I am watching my favorite tree for signs of blooming. Nothing yet but I am ready!

We did spend some time out on the front porch this weekend. I actually sat down and read a magazine (almost) cover to cover! Wow! I cannot remember the last time I did that. The sun was shining the birds were singing and until Connor let Maggy out and she slimmed me Beethoven style things were nearly perfect.