wednesday

so here i am, on the eve of craig's 30th birthday. i wonder what it must be like as a parent to have a child turn 30. when that happens to me, i will be 52. whew. imagine all the drama that you have seen in those 30 years, not only with your child but also in life itself. all the things that you learn and wish that you knew when they were born and all the mistakes that you have made along the way. i think i would be very proud of a child that despite all my failures and victories with that child, they turned out pretty well. what an accomplishment.

oh no! i forgot a gift! ugghh!

back to reality! my kids have been diagnosed with lead poisoning (fun, i know) and the state health officials are coming tomorrow. so instead of baking cakes and putting up decorations, i have been cleaning and organizing so that every closet that they go through will not be a disgrace to my good housekeeping name! we will see if our house gets condemned (which has happened to others) or who knows what! this by far has been the most interesting thing that i have encountered as a parent. who tells you you might have your home comdemned when you bring that little bundle home from the hospital?

moday

so we finally have a computer. ingrid, a dear friend, gave us one. it is great. it is also cool because this is a mac and i am relearning all about the mac operating system.
onward to mac land...

friday

so my children are at "mormor's" for the weekend and craig and i are enjoying a wonderful weekend being kidless. it is quite a novelty considering we had such a short time of being without kids after we got married.

yesterday, i did totally neurotic things like vacuuming out my furniture and scrubbing the kitchen floor. it was so fun. i realized that i would get very bored and need a job if i was without kids. after that i went to church and had a great time emailing and generally messing around on the internet.

today, we went to la crosse (good times, good times) and went to the organic food co-op. i was in search of the perfect facial moisturizer and the co-op did not fail me. craig was not too sure about the co-op and upon entering the establishment decided that it was one of la crosse's best kept secrets. i mean, where else can you get a delicious deli sandwich made to order with whatever you want on it for only $3.29?

after this we went to best buy (which is not one of my favorite place on earth) and with some leftover gift cards, was able to purchase some super fun dvd's. (think amadeus, the director's cut.) next we were off to barnes and noble and then home. it is so fun to not have to have any time contraints whatsoever! tra la la! thank goodness for loving family members!

now we will be going to supper club where they will be having a belated birthday party for me on account that the host family all had the stomach flu last week.

ahh the fun of having kids and getting to share them with others! i say this because truly my life would be so empty without my little fritz and fran to brighten my days. but for now, i am enjoying my psuedo-kidless life! ;)

wednesday

ooof. we have no computer. and this totally blows. but my biopsy results are negative! yay! so my entries maybe fewer until we get a compy! yeesh...

monday

well my daughter is sick, again. we all had the dee-lite-ful stomach flu here. malin was the first one to get it, now she has it again. in fact, i had to take her to the doctor because she was getting dehydrated.

i have really been wishing that i could do some photography lately. i have no film and have been generally uninspired for the last few months. maybe i will head to the store and get some. i have done so much in b&w in the past and lately i have really enjoyed color film. wierd.

we had our first night of life last night. there were not too many people there but we really had a fun time. we moved it from church to a home so that people are a little more comfortable. i wish that we could have it at our house but we just don't have enough room. we are really excited about the series that we are doing. it is called the noOma series and they are short "movies" that a church out of michigan called mars hill church have put out. they are on numerous topics and are created to generate discussions. we showed a short clip of one last night and the kids were all bummed that we would not watch the whole thing!
to check it out, go to:

http://www.nooma.com