It's a 4 Ring Circus!

that guy is good

It's official.  This is the first time I've ever thought that I would actually pay money to go see the post-season tour.

Maybe I'll have to copy his haircut sometime, too?  :-)

her radar is not fine-tuned yet

Should I be worried?

Every time that we watch American Idol, Ava (yes, my 3yo) insists that she wants to marry Adam.  As in:

(Too bad for Ava, I'm pretty sure that he's not interested in the ladies.)

I have a feeling that the teenage years are going to be interesting in our house!

Also, if you like AI, you'll love this.

check it

My girl Misty finally put a blog out there, so you better hurry over and get some eye candy (and join the controversial debate while you're there!).

In honor of this blessed event, I made a valentine for her.  ;-)

my other two friends

My friends arrived today via UPS.  Love the UPS guy.  And it's so great to have friends in the neighborhood that call to inform me that Mr. UPS has indeed started his rounds!  :-D

First, my friend Sam.  I bumped into his show a week ago or so and I feel like my life is transformed.  His recipes are really easy and have ingredients that are things I've wanted to try but felt intimidated -- he makes it all look easy.  The best part, though, is his show is right up my alley.  I love his sense of humor and he's pretty cute for an old guy with three teenagers.  Yes, my husband lays in bed watching episodes of 24 on his laptop, while I'm watching episodes of Sam I've taped on the DVR.  It's all very romantic.

Second . . . oh, I've been waiting so patiently to tell you about this one.  FINALLY got a digital SLR camera (used on eBay, of course) but it didn't come with a lens so I was trying to find time to figure out what lens I wanted to start with and then get it ordered and then WAIT for it to come......  So, the lens came today and I could finally try the camera out.  I did actually read the manual this time, but I still have a LOT of playing around to do to get used to this thing.  I have already noticed though how nice it is to have a camera that takes several shots as soon as I hit the button, so I never miss a shot.  Not that you would notice with my non-cooperative test subjects today, but that's another story.  Here's a few test shots.  (The first one I managed to use Photoshop Elements long enough to flip the picture so the words weren't backwards.  Another project of mine this year will be learning what in the heck I'm doing with that so I can quit using Picasa.)

following up

For those of you who were impressed with yesterday's accomplishments, here's what I did today.

• Laundry
• Caught up on the last season of The Office

Mmm hmmm.  It was hard work, but SOMEone around here has to do it.

ode to ferrets & JB

I do not like ferrets.
I do not own ferrets.
I do not like to stare at their empty cages, but there is one on the side of my house.
I do not like to clean up their 6-month-old 6-inch stash of poop, but I got to do that yesterday.
I do not like to clean up washing machine floods, but I got to do that yesterday.
I do not like to read up on mold and figure out if my immune-sensitive kid is reacting to a breakout in our house, but I got to do that yesterday.
I do not like to call my husband at work and tell him if he doesn't get his hiney home and fix this, he's going to be sending postcards from California to me back in Texas, but I got to do that yesterday, too.
Yesterday wasn't a good day.
EXCEPT --
In the midst of everything else, we have been getting our now-empty condo in Utah ready to sell.  And we got a great offer on (I think) the first day it was officially on the market.  I'm actually not sure if it was even in the MLS system yet.
So that saved yesterday.
That and the fact that my husband worked some magic and got my new washer working with no floods.
I am probably going to have all of the laundry (even though it was backlogged!!) done today, that is how much you can fit in those fancy front-loaders.

So.
I am tired of talking about my house and how it is falling apart and none of the appliances work properly.
How about a little manjoyment instead?
I will now tell you who my crush is -- he was on Letterman the other night and I fell in love with him again.  (Don't worry, Ryan knows.)

Jason Bateman.

Good night in the mornin'!
He puts the sizzle in my frying pan!
ha ha ha

Alright, so who's your celebrity crush?