i feel the earth move under my feet...

a teachable moment and a reminder in the form of a 5.4 earthquake arrived today. of course, where we are, far from the epicenter, no biggie. still, the lessons remain, prepare and have a family plan. mooklettes need to know to sit tight, whether at home or school...

a growing obsession

okay- thomas is certainly not new to me, as i have logged many a happy moment with the pbs show, but when our other kids were little, they had a wooden railway other than thomas (sue me, we were poor!)

now,thanks to some stealthy activity at the clearance aisle of target, we are the proud owners of a thomas set (that works with our old one!) and a train table- all at scandously discounted prices.

it has already paid for itself, too- c. was up sick during the night and the only thing that made her happy was to play with "my thomas"- at 2 am, you can do anything you want sweety!

along with these wonderful turn of events, i have now won my first ever two items off of ebay (shameless, i know), combed the factory websites for discounts (found!), and discovered a local close out sale, where tomorrow I will mercilessly interrogate the shop owner as to what stock he has left. oh yeah, also joined a chat forum on the subject, but don't tell anyone, because that is embarrassing...

regular life

home from the beach to 116 degree weather and a freezer door left open- all food in both fridge and freeze spoiled...ahhhh life :) things on my mind this afternoon...
-the stench in the house-YUCK
-trying diligently to lose weight and gaining it instead
-going to my 20 year reunion with my best friend
-unpacking- YUCK,again
-missing j.t.- he's with his grandma&papa
-a little girl who is about to be 2- a bittersweet moment, that's for sure
-kayaking with kath at the end of the week

broken heart?? part deux

back from the ultrasound- not as much fun as when there's a mooklette hiding in there! they didn't rush me off to the OR, so i'm guessing not much will come from this...

what becomes of a broken heart???

hopefully it isn't broken- but the dr. saw something they didn't like on a routine EKG, so i have been on a holter monitor for 24 hours and will have a sonogram later today. as many of you know, my dad has heart disease, so i do try to take care of myself. neeedless to say- this has thrown me for a bit of a loop...however, i don't think anything will come of it, but it explains why i am so distracted, of late!

peace- j.

a summer storm...

when you live in the desert- you really appreciate days without sun and the exceedingly rare rain. last night we were treated to a summer storm with thunder and lightning- it was really great! today we got a break from the sunshine with a cloud cover that has been around all day- BLISS!

we here at mooklettes are feeling exceedingly lazy- still housework is getting done, meals are being prepared and some of us are getting really good at rock band!

from our carmel getaway...

a little breather

just needed a couple of weeks off to go enjoy real life! the mr. and i headed back to the scene of our honeymoon 17 years ago...pics to follow.

congrats to the krebs family on their new son!

off to teach at university tonight- more later....