Hurry Up!

The two mile stretch of dirt road I drove on the other day to get Sam to piano lessons brought back a memory of a favorite game I once played when I was Sam's age. I remember spending hours practicing the skill required to win "Hurry Up". In this game you are required to balance a marble on a plastic edge while you dodge various size holes. When playing against others the winner was the first one to get 5 marbles, one at a time, up the wall and into a tray. This game brought out my competitive nature to its fullest and I always won.

Who would have thought that decades later that marble skill would have translated into a driving skill! It sure came in handy as I dodged the ruts and huge holes that looked so familiar to that blue "Hurry Up" wall of holes. The only difference was instead of navigating one marble I had 4 wheels to maneuver around the mess. I also found myself wanting to hurry up to get off that stretch of road. However, increasing ones speed would likely result in damage to many parts of the vehicle. It's clearly spring in Michigan! Pure Michigan!

Happy Earth Day.

Who got the better deal?

The schedule for the rainy overcast day (my favorite) included the last day of swimming lessons, Dan's baseball scrimmage (which ended up being cancelled), Nick going back to work to catch up on grading and I my long list of things I knew would not all get done. At swimming I made a deal to swap kids. After lunch I took Sam to his friend Liam's and I took Liam's two cute little sisters Kailey and Maddie home with me. As we left their dad said "I'm not sure who is getting the better deal here". I believe he was thinking he was getting the better deal. I don't get a lot of "girl time" at my house so I needed to make the most of this. Kailey was more interested in Wii Sports Resort, the dog and what Dan was doing. But Maddie was my little buddy. She was so excited to make little Easter treats. I had all the equipment and stuff to make more chocolate covered marshmallows. So we did pink and green with Easter sprinkles. Nothing real original but we had fun and the time went by quickly. I think I got a pretty good deal. Now to attack the list. Actually I didn't accomplish more than 2 things off my list but that's OK...life goes on whether the list is done or not. I at least have a fun memory from the day!

TV Dinner Anyone?

When I woke up this morning I really didn't think about it being April 1st. I didn't have plans to make something fun either. But after running across a link on facebook that lead me to THIS, I had to make it! The fun thing is that we took dinner tonight to a family that had a new little baby boy last week! OH he is so little and cute. Daniel proudly delivered the following line "our budget has been a little tight lately and we could only afford one TV dinner for you. But there are three chicken legs, some mashed potatoes gravy and butter, peas and carrots and a dessert." Then Sam said "April Fools" and we delivered the regular food.