this and that

I have a lot of things I want to blog about, but besides lacking motivation, I am suffering from a bit of writers block. So tonight I am just going to write about a few of the things I've been thinking about lately.

..This year daylight savings time has seemed like a cruel joke. This past week TJ and I have each taken a turn spending the night in the living room taking care of a very mad Lauren. The she wasn't demanding to be held she was waking up every other hour. Sleep around here was coming in 2-3 hour increments if we were lucky. Our lady seems to be feeling uncomfortable, probably due to teething, a setback with her skin, and gas. So really, what's one less hour when you are already only getting about 5 on any given night? Sigh. When you look at it that way, Daylight savings couldn't have come at a better time. And bonus, Will DID sleep in!



..How can someone be so grumpy at night, but delightful during the day?



..It's baseball season again. I actually felt a little bit excited when Anthony turned on some spring training the other day. I think I'm probably more excited about things I associate with baseball: warmer weather, carefree summer nights, and fun with family and friends.

You have to be careful when Will has the bat. He may try to hit the ball out of your hand.

..I'm kind of excited to take care of our yard. The previous owners of our house kept an immaculate garden (if our neighbors haven't already noticed our lack of gardening skills they are in for a rude awakening). It's been fun to see daffodils begin to bloom around the yard. I've also spotted some forget-me-nots and tulips. Who knows what else is out there and what will bloom with the 70 degree weather we're supposed to be getting this week?

Um, yeah. Probably need to get the leaves out of the flower bed.

..The way Will eats his "bread and choc-at" (bread and nutella) makes him look like The Joker.


..I participated in the Kansas Republican Caucus yesterday. I've never voted in a caucus before. Ron Paul actually came to the site I was at and spoke for a few minutes. I was kind of surprised by how few people voted and saw first hand that it really does make a difference when a candidate gets people excited to vote. I was one of the younger voters. Are people my age apathetic? Lazy? Not republicans? I feel frustrated by and am often annoyed with the current political climate. I don't like a lot of what I see, but I don't necessarily know what the answers are. I am committing myself to try harder to stay current on the issues so I can have informed opinions and then exercise my right to vote when the time comes.

..Will is crazy. He routinely tells me that Lauren is tired or that she wants to go to bed in order to get me to pay more attention to him. The other day while I was taking a shower he got into the cupboard under our kitchen sink (it was accidentally left unlocked). When I came out to check on him he was very jumpy he told me "Will made mess" and ran into the kitchen. I walked into the kitchen and saw a couple of our couch pillows on the floor. I thought that was a bit strange, but not really a big deal. I reached down to pick them up and return them to the family room. Will immediately tried to put the pillows back, but it was too late, I'd see the damage. Carefully covered by the pillows was a broken light bulb. For the rest of the day he kept telling me that "only Mommy touches light bulbs." At least I know he listens sometimes.

My kids make me laugh.