Trying New Things

The entire goal for the day (aside from making bread, grocery shopping, and gymnastics) is to post pictures.  And the trick is, if I say that's what I'm doing to enough people it puts pressure on me to actually get it done right?  Well anyway, Shawn is coming home sick from work today and I think I can catch him while he's trapped on the couch trying to sleep and make him help me with pictures.  Ha!  (I really need to learn to do this all by myself.)

We've been sick all week.  By "we" I mean everyone, one at a time.  Some of us twice.  Lots of fun.  To my credit, I think I only put sick kids in front of the t.v. all day (in order to preserve my sanity) once. 

I've made three decisions which are seriously affecting my life right now: getting rid of my phone (which is affecting me in a good way), and putting all of our savings toward paying off debt--which means no new car, no bunk beds, etc. (which I'm sure will affect my life in a good way ultimately, but at the moment it's kind of hard).  I've also given up chocolate.  It makes me feel lousy, and gives my babies colic.  It also gives me the worst menstrual cramps ever (!) and aggravates RLS when I'm pregnant.  I have officially switched over to carob.  Oh, and eating a mostly veganish diet...for the sake of my husband, who appears to be allergic to food.  All food.  Well, only sometimes.  But dairy definitely doesn't help.

So life is definitely different right now, and I'm trying to adjust to the changes.  And now that I've escaped the clutches of my smartphone, I'm in the middle of some serious goal setting.  I'll let you know how it turns out :).

Our 4 day weekend. Happy Veteran's Day

Current Events- Demetri’s bike and scooter were both stolen from our fended patio, in the light, while we were home.  Unhappy.  But he took it well.  I think he knows we’ll try to make it up to him.  It was put away where it goes and the other boys’ toys weren’t stolen.  Strange.  Three scooters and two bikes and they only picked his– they weren’t even the nicest.

-My phone is broken.  Love having a computer/electronics geek for a husband.  What I need is ordered and it should be fixed by next week.

-Household goods arrived early!  They come bright and early in the morning :)

-The pipes under the kitchen sink busted over the weekend but are now fixed. 

And we had gymnastics trials.  That was interesting.  Olie loved the first place we went to.  Demetri thought the teacher was too strict, haha.  However, the second place, which we’re leaning toward for many reasons, was a sad experience for both boys.  Olie accidentally went to Demetri’s class, which was first.  The teacher worked them much harder than Olie’s class would have been, and didn’t put in the “fun” activities for little kids. Olie hated it, and came back early to sit with me, saying he didn’t like gymnastics anymore.  But at the end the coach came up and told me how great he did, found out he was too young, and was surprised but recommended him for the long and more advanced class.  There’s no way, because Olie’s really just in it for the fun, not to work hard, but it’s amazing what we can do when it seems to be expected of us.  Of course, Demetri went to pieces because he didn’t get to go to his class, but we rescheduled, and it will be just fine.

Technology

Good Morning.

Okay, I just wanted to say that you don’t have to be an expert in everything, but it is nice to know a little bit about a few things! When I want to buy a smartphone it is so annoying to not have any idea which phones do what and which are worth the money you’re about to pay for them. So what do I do about it? Educate myself. This, by the way, causes me to become pickier. I don’t even want to buy the Evo anymore; I’m holding out for a dual-core processor on my phone. Why, you may ask? Easy. People who keep up with the pace of advancing technology have an advantage in the business world and at home. What would your life be like without a computer? Without the internet? Mine wouldn’t be horrible, but I know so much more and can do so much more with it than without. But there are people who don’t know how to navigate the web, or use excel, or any other number of relatively simple software. They’re still awesome people, it’s just cramping their style- even if they don’t know it. :)

It also gives my children an advantage to know how to use the most modern tech (part of the advantage at home). I do get off topic. I was going to say that a dual-core processor phone is the next step to phones becoming personal computers, and a rather big step at that. I may keep my laptop around for a while, but the day will come when you go to the library, pull out your phone and plug it into a monitor. Then you’ll do all your typing on a full-size laser-projected virtual keyboard.

Okay, done with my rant about technology. For now. But everyone should really be required to read The World Is Flat, or at least the CliffsNotes, if only to get a snapshot of the up and coming business world. The more we know the more able we are to teach our kids.