Does anyone really care about my mundane life?
Apparently, the answer is yes. So to avoid any further harassment, I’m updating.
I haven’t blogged in a while — holy shit has it really been 2 months! — because nothing really interesting is going on. Well, okay a couple of things:
MEH got hired on permanently by the company he was contracting for. YAY!!!! I’m really happy about this for all obvious reasons, but more importantly, because MEH is a super-smart guy and it looks like he’s working for a company that appreciates him. Also, he (and hence, we) finally has all the lovely benefits of being a “real” employee. Like medical coverage , paid vacation, paid holidays and some other cool stuff. Like a 25% discount for our cell service (they contract with his company) and then his actual employee discount on computer related stuff that his company sells, buys, repairs or processes. This company will remain nameless, for obvious reasons.
My bestest friend in the entire world, Michele, and her clan are moving back to Texas. Dude, it totally took us over a month to find them a house. It was very stressful to say the lease, but they’ll be here next week!!!! W00t!
While Michele was here, she re-did the red in my hair and put in the black sections. I hate it and when she gets unpacked, she’s totally got to fix it. She doesn’t know this yet, so….
Gaz’s hair is back to its normal color again. We re-did the pink twice this summer and then she decided to not wear a swim cap when swimming, so her hair turned green. There are some people that can pull off green hair. Gaz is not one of them. School starts in two weeks, so she’s back to normal.
Rico is adorable as always, but he drives me crazy sometimes. He had a lot of fun this summer and grew about a foot. He also gets pissed at me when I address him as “Baby”. He says, “I’m NOT a BABY!!”
I’ve been watching re-runs of “America’s Next Top Model” on MTV. I love the new show “Burn Notice” on USA. I’m on the fence about “Damages”. The way the timeline of the show jumps around is kind of annoying. It’s trying to be “Heroes”.
Both kids recently discovered Webkinz. And OMG! It’s crazy. I had heard about these cute little stuffed animals from one of Gaz’s friend Claire’s mom. I went to a couple of different toy stores and two different Hallmark stores that the store locator referred me to. Ugh! No Webkinz. Well I took Gaz shopping at Limited too to use her birthday gift cards. Limited too now has Webkinz. Let the madness begin.
Meet Coco:
The whole Webkinz concept is really cute. You register your pet and the site gives you an webpage for the animated version of your pet.
Like a virtual stuffed animal. Pretty genius if you ask me. You play games and answer questions to earn KinzCash to pimp out your pet’s room and to feed it, dress it, etc. Rico liked playing with Gaz’s so much I went out and got him the Golden Retriever.
He named him Goldie:
The cool thing is that there’s this whole section called Quizzy’s Corner where the kids answer 50 questions at a time about Math, Language, Science, Arts, Health, Social Studies, etc. They earn KinzCash for correct answers. So they’re learning while they’re playing. It’s educational entertainment or as we refer to it in the Evil Household — edutainment (vocabulary word).
It’s pretty funny, Rico will get on one PC and Gaz on the other and they’ll play this game called Link’d against each other. It’s like Connect 4 online. Okay, so why not just play the actual game? I don’t know. But they’re having a good time and they’re not fighting. Also, they’re both spouting off random facts like, “manatees eat lettuce”, “dolphins are mammals, not fish” and “Leonardo da Vinci was from Vinci, Italy”.
So that’s pretty much it. So I updated. Happy?
