I'd Rather Be...

You know those bumper stickers on cars that say something like:
"I'd rather be fishing..." or "I'd rather be sailing..." or
"My other car is a Lamborghini."
Well, I'd rather be in summer. Flaming hot, sunny, and lying on
top of an inflated, colored ring in the middle of the pool.
I'd rather be outside in my bathing suit with a cool drink in
hand, headed for the backyard.
I'd rather be out in the garden with my flowers.

Oh well, I guess I'll just have to go and sit next to the fireplace.
Maybe I'll get a nice cup of hot chocolate to sip on and a blanket
to wrap up in.
I can always take a book with me...maybe a gardening book.

Car Wars

Last night we had the first round of what will probably be many more
to come...
CAR WARS(music interlude)
For Christmas this year Ben got a radio controlled race car. And
during the same time David has gotten his radio controlled car up
and running. They've been planning this Father/Son thing for some
time now. Bonding over cars and speed bumps is fine with me, but
do they have to do it in the house?
Last night Ben set up a course around the house complete with pillows as crash barriers. So it came down to 4 timed laps each.
Best over all time won.
All of the cats hid during the race.
In the end, dad won. Ben got hung up on several crash barriers.
A rematch has already been challenged.
Maybe in spring they can find a track outside.

More On Christmas '08

I have some more photos from Christmas Day.
Thought that I'd post them for all y'all.
We got a real pine tree on Christmas Eve and
put it up in the new room.
It smelled so wonderful! How great is that:
to take a real,live tree, stick it in your house
and decorate it with lights and stuff.
I left it up this year until after New Years,
which I never do. Usually the day after Christmas
I get the organizer/cleaning bug, and All the Holiday
decorations just have to go. I guess this year with
the extra room, it just seemed like we had extra room...