Ridiculous

Day #10 and still waiting for a Saturn mechanic to LOOK at our vehicle. That's right, the poor VUE found itself abandoned in the Saturn service department parking lot after being towed from the post office where it breathed its last breath. And now we sit in wait for some mechanic, ANY mechanic, to pop his head under the hood and make a diagnosis of the damage. Although, judging by this letter, I think we already know the answer:


Wait... just got the phone call. Something's up - stay tuned.

Feeling the Saturn Vue Blues

From the day I was born breech with the worst Apgar score ever recorded, life clearly was not meant to be easy for me. And this week was a big reminder of that fact, particularly when the Mom Mobile tanked on the way home from purchasing Peep Girlie a fancy new bicycle from our favorite bike shop, guaranteeing the Peep family 5 more years of car payments once again.

I'll miss you, Vue-y.

Giving Ourselves a Break

The Peeps and I celebrated Easter 2010 with our usual family Easterly-type activities such as egg coloring, Easter egg hunting, attending mass and eating a home-cooked ham dinner with all of the fixings; that is, minus the green bean casserole Hubs and I forgot to make even though we purchased all of the ingredients the previous week. Like it was missed after all of the calories we consumed Easter Sunday, right? Exactly. In fact, we were having so much fun hanging out at the homestead enjoying a little bit of free time that green beans were never even mentioned once, a sure sign of a good time had by all.

So then what? Well, Peep Girlie made good on her promise to attend the weekly private cello lesson, during which time I caught up on some much needed reading of my favorite Chick Lit. Then it was time for SPRING BREAK to officially begin; and being all over the idea of sleeping in past 5:45 a.m. every morning for a week, I was almost first to begin the celebration by waking up promptly at 8:00 a.m. Monday morning. Now, if only the cat would've been clued in on my plan by not scratching LOUDLY at my bedroom door at 6:00 a.m. and again at 7:00 a.m., I would've found day 1 of Spring Break enjoyable. But no deal. So let me just say I was not amused with Smokie's antics and seriously considered a new plan called:

Sequestering the Cat Overnight Every Night for the Rest of Spring Break.

Still thinking on that one. Meanwhile, enjoy this fine photo of our Easter morning Krispy Kreme breakfast:

That Tuesday Blog

Hey, what do you know? Another Tuesday blog post! So now to wrap my head around what happened in the Peepstead over the past week since I can't seem to make time for incremental updates. And with 'The Biggest Loser' on television in the family room and Peeps gathered around to see who will be the eliminated contestant (a favorite family-time event for us), blogging here will be a little tricky. But here goes:

First things first, we now have a teenage Peep Girlie in the house and couldn't be more thrilled about it. Why? Because having a teenage girl around is actually better than we ever imagined it to be. I could drone on and on about how she has been such a blessing to our family, but really, it just goes without saying. So with that, we celebrated exactly the way she wanted with a quiet party at home involving pizza, friends, family, video gaming, trampoline jumping and last but not least: TCBY frozen yogurt cake. How. sweet. it. is.

The rest of our week was jam packed with client projects, instrument rehearsals, a field trip to the Strategic Air & Space museum, shopping at the bookstore, attending mass and teaching the usual CCD class. Did we really fit all of that into 7 days? Along with a couple of sick days and a doctor visit for Peep Girlie? Oh, and don't forget those workouts squeezed in between. Good Lord, how are we keeping our sanity these days? All I can say is no wonder summer vacation is looking so enticing to me right now.

On that note, here's a favorite photo worthy of blog space:


Holding hand painted cat birthday gift.