I bloggin' give up!

Sorry for the lack of blogs this past week! I could say that we've been terribly busy, but it would be a lie.

What's been happening? Let's see...

I went to a Goldeyes game last Wednesday - man was it boring. No scoring. At all. And since it was an exhibition game, if it's tied (even 0-0) at the end of 9 innings, we all go home. However, not to sound like a grump, it was a beautiful day out and there were some nice hits and good plays. And a free lunch. See, it was a work function - to "celebrate our success" - so it was all free. I'm not going to bite the hand that feeds me!

Ben stayed overnight at Grandma Susan's last Friday night. The whole night! The first time Ben has not spent a night with at least one of his parents there. This is a big step folks! He had a really good time destroying his grandma's apartment - pulling out books, chasing Sid (the cat), smearing banana on her TV screen - you know, the usual. We think Grandma was exhausted!

While Gord and I were "Ben-free", we painted our living room and part of the hallway. We chose a dark taupe and a chocolate brown. It is amazing what a coat of paint can do! The house looks so much warmer and lived in (I know, I know, how can it not look lived in when there are $300 worth of toys sitting all over the place. But now it looks homey!) I'll see about posting some pics tonight...

Sunday we drove out to Morden. Gord dragged Dad and I to see the new Star Wars movie. It was actually really good. Darth Vader good. Well, he's evil, but it's cool to see him transform.

Ben's sleeping this weekend left a lot to be desired. It was either short naps, naps at weird hours, or not enough sleep at night. Thankfully, Tuesday rolled around and things are back to normal. Mommy sure doesn't think she could go on 4 hours of sleep day after day!

Last night, Chris and his friend Barry came over to make a video of Chris acting like an idiot. They almost burned my house down and, more importantly, interrupted "Rob and Amber Get Married" by turning off every breaker in the house! The nerve! The TV box takes like 15 minutes to reboot itself when the power is interrupted. Who knew the world could be so cruel?

What's up for the rest of this week? Garth and Jill are coming in from Ottawa this Friday 'cause they are coming to see their new (and first) niece. Hopefully we'll be able to hook up with them at some point! Saturday, I'm playing in a MTS slo-pitch tournament, so that will be very interesting - I haven't played in almost two years! Bah, it's like riding a bike, right? (See pictures below!)

Liz is just days away from her due date. We talked to her last night, and she's doing great! Now that she's off work, she has lots of time to wait!

I was talking to my friend Michelle, whose son Bailey (5) is a Harry Potter fan (who isn't?). Well, Michelle was saying that she told him that my last name used to be Potter, and he finally caught on (we'd told him this before, but he didn't get it). He was apparently awestruck by this fact. Carrie Potter. Maybe I should have kept that name?

Take care everyone! Until next time...

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