Obsessed with video games

The kids couldn’t get enough of the video games today. If they weren’t playing the Wii, they wanted to play the PS2, GameCube, or Nintendo 64 (those are just the ones actually hooked up; we own way too many gaming consoles). The boy is particularly addicted. After we told the kids we were done with the video games for the night, he kept asking, “Can I play [insert system name here]?” Apparently five hours of the Wii wasn’t enough. ;) Although at least with the Wii they were moving around. It’s probably the most exercise we’ve all gotten in a week. :)

We played between 5-8 games of Pictionary Jr. (I ended up ordering it from Amazon.com since none of the local stores were carrying it anymore) after we took a Wii break because the kids really liked it. We also fit a little Easter egg hunt into the mix. To say the day was full would be an understatement.

Lottery

Me to the hubby the other night: “Your mission this week is to win the lottery. Should your mission fail, I will self destruct.”

The thing is, I don’t need 227 million dollars like that one couple who recently won (and who couldn’t even crack a smile about it; what’s up with that?). No one needs that much money. I’d give a lot of it away to charity. A few million would be enough for us to quit our jobs and live comfortably off the interest. We’d travel, take the kids to cool destinations, and just enjoy life without all the worries that come from not having enough money to do what your heart desires. We’d also get a bigger house so I could have the game room I’ve always wanted (and maybe even an indoor pool).

But the best part? The house would have a detached guest house so I could foster animals for adoption without worrying about the boy’s allergies and asthma. I’d also photograph them for free for the adoption websites so I could help them find permanent homes.

That’s my simple dream.

Now make it happen, Joe.

No pressure or anything.

Easter decorations for sale

What is your opinion of these Easter decorations? They were given to me and I never put them out because I don’t care for them, yet for some reason I still have them. I’m thinking of selling them in my garage sale. Would you buy them? If so, for how much? $3? $1?


Easter Tree

Easter Egg Holder

All by myself

Don’t wanna be
All by myself anymore

Joe’s work has stolen him from me today while they make their big move to a brand new office. Whenever I have free time to myself I am initially giddy and I’m not sure why. It’s not like I’m doing anything I can’t do when Joe isn’t around. Plus after awhile I start thinking how it would be if I didn’t have Joe and then I get lonely and miss him. I’m well past that point right now so I’m feeling a little down.

So what have I done with my day of freedom? Not much on the surface, but I have been productive. When I woke up around 8:45 am, I started a load of laundry and put away the dishes. Then I backed up all my MP3s to DVDs, showered, and had lunch while doing even more loads of laundry.

Right now I just finished making labels for the DVDs and I plan to balance the checkbook.

Once Joe gets home I will probably be crazy from being inside all day and will want to go out to dinner. We didn’t end up going out anywhere nice on Valentine’s Day like we had planned because both of us were having stomach issues. We almost went to Red Lobster last night but it was too crowded. I’m guessing tonight will be the same so we’ll probably grab something quicker.

I still need to dust and mop but I might leave that for tomorrow. I am exhausted from spending all this time in front of the computer.

Catching up with me

A disclaimer

I’m a little burnt out on the internet. I’ve considered shutting down this blog, but I do like keeping record of things that have happened; I can’t tell you how many times I’ve searched my own site to verify something. That being said, I highly suggest you subscribe to this site’s feed instead of checking here everyday, otherwise you’re just wasting your time.

My husband, my hero

Monday morning while I was blow-drying my hair, a fuse blew. I went into the garage to try and reset the fuse, but couldn’t reach the fuse box, so I called Joe, who was already on his way to work. He explained I’d have to squeeze between his motorcycle and the various junk to reach over to the fuse box but I wasn’t seeing how that was possible. He told me to stand by, as he was turning around to come back home. I protested, but he insisted.

Ten minutes later he was home and could see there wasn’t any way to squeeze between the stuff to get to the fuse box, so he moved some stuff around and reset the fuse. The best part? He did all this without any guilt trips and that means the world to me. That’s why he’s my hero – he takes care of me and when he does something that might inconvenience himself, he doesn’t act like it. It’s more than I can say for myself, even.

You win, iTunes

So I gave into iTunes. Make no mistake about it – I’m not happy about it. But it was a necessary evil. I loaded all my music to the library, made sure all the album art was there, then deleted everything from my iPod and reloaded it through iTunes. I got tired of running iTunes to get iPod updates and have it “evaluate” all the music already on my iPod and remove the album art in the process. I don’t get why it insists on doing these things, but I feel like it’s a big bully that is forcing me to use it if I want my cover art to remain intact. So whatever. I will be begrudgingly using it to update my iPod moving forward.