Spring Cleaning

I know, I know, Spring is nearly over and Summer is around the corner.

But sadly, the thing is.. I have entirely too much stuff. So, as I do the laundry I am setting aside all the stuff that is too small and either giving it to friends or giving it away on Freecycle. Can you believe I actually found some baby clothing?

We haven't even had a baby in this house in over 3 years! Old Halloweeen costumes I can understand.. those have to go too. My 4 hr old keeps dragging them out of my bottom drawer or climbing up on top of the washing machine to snag them off of the shelf. There is no hiding anything from these kids apparently. Imagine my surprise, to see a stray cow strolling down the hallway from time to time.. Yeah I think it's time to get this stuff out of the house.

I guess I should stop talking about it and actually go do it huh? The Man is off to go pick up The Kid from school so maybe I'll start on that while he's gone.

I miss my laptop!

Yes, I am still waiting for it to be fixed. Thank you to my wonderful husband who's been putting up with me taking over his computer for the last month and a half.

I can't seem to remember if I posted an update on what happened when they sent the tech out. Short version just incase I didn't, Dell sent a tech out to install the new video card. He installed it but it didn't solve the problem, then I find out they sent him with a downgraded video card not the one that I originally had in there. I need an upgraded video card for the heavy graphics that I do. He then says that he doesn't even think that the problem is the video card at all but possibly the motherboard. So, now they have to come back out with the new video card and if that doesn't work, I am not sure what they will do next.

If by chance they do have to take it, I wonder if I could get them to install more memory for me. I have 2 GB of RAM now but it's sort of slowing down a little so I'm thinking I'd like to upgrade to 4GB. It would be smokin' fast, how cool would that be?

Reno Bound!

A couple friends and I are planning a trip out to Reno for a much needed girls weekend sometime in July. I figure planning this far in advance gives me some time to save up some money to have a good time. The last time I went, it was for my birthday a few years back so it's a very much needed trip.

I noticed today, as I was putting away the bath towels that my luggage is looking a little worn. It might be time for some new bags.

I'm really excited and looking forward to this trip. Suze and I had so much fun last time, except she was pregnant and couldn't drink. But this time, no one's pregnant and we're taking more people. It should be a great time!

Here's the vid

Bwahahahahaha

Ok now that was funny! I was just cruising around on YouTube and I came across this video some guy made a as spoof on a Cadillac commercial. It was called Cadillac grills and cadillac spills. Oh my.. that was really funny.

I don't have time to do it now because I have to go and clean up a little before lunchtime but I will come back and post the video later. If you can't wait, then by all means go forth and search!

Wii Wii All The Way Home!

A couple of weeks ago, my mom and I babysat for my brother and sister in law while they went out with some friends. I had my 5 with me as well so we had 7 kids under one roof for several hours. It went fairly well considering.

My brother recently bought a Wii and he was letting my bigger boys play. They talked me into playing with them and I had a blast. So of course now I want one. I spent a good portion of the day searching out the best buy possible for the Wii Bundle. I figure if I'm going to spend that kind of cash, then I'm going to get the most bang for my buck as possible. The bundles come with the console, 6 games, and I believe an extra optional item like a controller or some kind of add-on like that.

So far the lowest, I've found was $475, which is pretty good but I'm still looking and if that's the best I find well then I know where to get it and how much to save up! I want to try to be able to save up the cash to get it by Christmas. I think it will be a good way to spend some fun time with the big kids, they never want to hang out with Mom anymore.. they are way too cool for that!

Super Sunday

It's not really all that super but it's the only thing I could think of that started with an 'S' at the moment.

Anyway, this morning my mom came over and let me sleep in while she made the kids pancakes. Greyson ate like 10 of them, I woke up around 9:30 and went down stairs where I was greeted with.."Why are you awake?" Wow, good morning, nice to see you too! If I slept any longer, I'd never be able to go to sleep tonight and I'd really like to!

Mom went home after lunch and asked if Alex could come over and help her in the yard. She wanted to clean her exterior shutters today and thought he might enjoy spraying them down with the hose. Heck, I might even enjoy that!

Dan is off at the races this weekend up at Infineon Raceway. he took our oldest, Kyle, with him to try to spend some extra time with him. He was telling me last night about the event they are covering. This weekend it's all old cars, he said they have about 400 cars so there should be a good turn out for sales this weekend, let's pray for it! He said that some of them were from as far back as 1915 and had wooden spoked wheels, the whole shebang. He took my camera with him so that he could bring back pictures for me. I will post those tomorrow after I get them back.

Right now, the kids are all outside playing hockey in the street. I better take advantage of the quiet and get the house straightened up before they come back in again. Have a great Sunday!