Post 65

FYI - I didn't draw this - a student did.

Where have you all been? It feels like it's been 7 weeks since I've written, but it's only been about 3. Either way - internet was unavailable for a short time, and so I had to live life not only without television but internet. But it's back, and not as accessible as before, but till I get a laptop, I'll try to blog every week again.

And in case you are wondering - yes I'm alive. Yes I'm busy. Yes, I've been trying to keep my house decent, my children well fed, and all that mommy stuff. And to top that all off, I've been about 13% more organized, so I feel good.

It's been a fun past few weeks. Quite a few zoo adventures, where we walk around the zoo, and the girls keep magic powder in their pockets that protect the animals (especially the mighty sea eagle) from losing their coats/fur/skin to the evil witch of the zoo. It's perty entertaining, and a good place to walk.

We have been frequenting the library - and go once a week now with the 3rd muskateer - Sasha - Celia and Effie's cuzin, so running around town with 3 kids has been a good exercise in mommy-ing for me. The biggest pain about having 3 kids is putting 3 kids in 3 carseats - other than that, when another pal is around, they tend to entertain themselves better and it gives me a little break.

On our last trip to see Hershel - you know him, the astronomer who lives at the Observatory, it happened to be Valentine's night. We had to park WAY at the bottom of the hill by the tunnel at Griffith Park, and walk all the way up, me carrying 35 pound Celia, and Alex carrying 32 pound Effie, and it must've been 46 degrees outside, and the entire way down, Celia ran screaming as if the big bad wolf was chasing her - but she does tend to over exaggerate - and people who saw her must have thought she was running from a kidnapper or something - but it was fun - except I had to chase her with Effie in my arms. Alex was 1 step behind her to make sure she didn't run into the street cuz it was pretty dark.

But have you ever noticed all these lovey couples go out on Valentine's day? I mean, I knew the Observatory view was romantic and all, but I had to idea it was the 2/11 hotspot in LA. I'm talking a zillion couples, all cutesy, cuddly, and smoochy. Love was definitely in the air, and I never in my life saw so many public displays of affection. I felt so outta place, and wanted to warn the people out there that they better not get married and have kids if they wanna keep those butterflies in their tummies. Hahaha.. yuk yuk yuk.

We got to look at Venus through one of the monster telescopes which was cool. Celia was dressed up like Snow White, and her dress stuck out of her 3 jackets, and her cape, headband, and long dress made it apparent of who she was, and EVERY person who saw her either laughed or said how cute it was that mini-snow white was running around. Effie was Mulan, but you couldn't tell cuz she was under even more layers. Even though I was thinking in my mind "Oh heck no" when we had to park at the bottom of the hill, I'm glad we went - cuz it made for a nice first Valentine's day out on the town with the family.

And you guys? What's up with you? Huh? Any news? Well, let me know - cuz I'm interested, and I hope to see your faces soon. I'll be sure to write again soon, so stay tuned.