Hello beautiful people!

I've had a few blog posts rolling around in my head lately, but they're not so coherent and they're also not finished, so rather than wait till my Organic Chemistry class is over and I have my days back for a couple months, I decided to just post a few updates about what's goin' on 'round here.

We're settling into the house. We have just a few boxes left to unpack and we're planning a garage sale for the last weekend in August. Anyone who wants to bring anything over, you're welcome to do so. No kids though. It's illegal to sell them. Don't worry about how I know that, just trust me.

I also would love some bar stools too, if you happen to have 4 you don't need anymore. Apparently, bar stools are in high demand. I've been trolling craigslist recently looking for them. I've found free chinchillas, and an antique torture device, but no bar stools for less than $100/pc. I didn't take the chinchillas or the antique, I just found them...

The kids are loving their own rooms. It'd be great if they'd actually sleep in them. Bud carries his outer space nightlight around with him and that's how I know which room he's sleeping in. I just look for the projected image of space on a ceiling. Pickles shares his room with his rabbit, BunBun. Nobody could come up with a good name, so his nickname stuck. Pickles didn't like my suggestions of Steve, Ra-butt, or Dinner, so Bunbun it is. Sassafras has been living in her room for the past several weeks. She's on a mission to read a gajillion books this summer. She's almost there too. We just slide a plate of food under her door and try not to get our hand bitten. And the Hamster is still not potty-trained. Remember how I said it's illegal to sell kids? Well, I'll give you this one. He's really cute, funny, and eats his fruits and veggies, he just smells awful once or twice a day.

I have to go write up a paper that's due in a few hours, but I wanted to let y'all know we're still here. Hopefully it won't be close to 2 weeks again before I post.

Love you long time, Michelle.

Old Fogey-ness

James and I called the po-po the other night on some neighbors for a noise complaint. They were filling the streets, literally since we live across from a college, and shouting profanities into the wee hours. I have no problem with folks wanting to get their groove on, it's the Libertarian in me, but when someone is pontificating loudly and profusely about the lineage of someone else's mother, in the street, at 2 AM, then I feel I must take action. Party all you want till midnight, then take it inside people! I got stuff to do in the mornings, hear?

Also, today is Bud Appreciation Day. He's been having a rough time in kindergarten, so today we are celebrating his Bud-ness. We're all going to write in his journal (I keep journals for each kid) about how much we love him. He gets to pick the dinner menu and then we're going for a walk and to get ice cream. When we told him last night that he could choose fun things to do for his special happy happy day, he asked if he could do the laundry by himself! We should have Bud Appreciation Day more often!