I'm so glad it's over!

I'm very happy American Idol and all the other reality shows I watch are finally over! Idol was a little disappointing this year, although I'm glad Jordin won. I have no doubt that by this time next year I will be singing along to one of her songs on the radio, unlike last year's Idol Taylor Hicks (Chris is the true Idol from last season). The worst part of last night was the end and I'm not talking about the fact that Jordin won. I have school on Wednesday nights and have to TiVo Idol. I got home about 10 and fast forwarded through most of the finale, only stopping at a few performances that peaked my interest. Anyway, after waiting through the two hours of filler, it finally get to the end when they are about to announce the winner and--- the recording stops! Even though they stretched a 10 second show into two hours, they still went five minutes over-- absolutely ridiculous! After all that, I still had to look up who won on the Internet!

We Actually Won!

The Ethical Society's First Annual Trivia Night, I posted about previously, was a complete success! Although we could always use more teams and sponsors for next year--I will let everyone in plenty of time the next time it comes around! Best of all, our team came in first! Thanks to Amy, Brenda, Ron, and our new friends Liz, Chuck, Cindy, and Jim for all their hard work. Out of the 100 questions (10 rounds of 10) we got 77 correct, in categories such as History, Mexico (it honor of it being cinco de mayo), Geography, Sports and Games, and Music. Everyone ate a lot of chips and salsa and had a great time!

The reason it took my so long to post this great news is because Alena had a fever and was kinda pitiful last weekend and when I took her the the doctor on Monday, they diagnosed her with a double ear infection (OUCH!) None of my kids have ever had an ear infection before (thankfully!), so this was a first for me. A few days on antibiotics and she's as good as new. Unfortunately, I also got sick on Monday and when I went to the doctor on Wednesday, they said I had bronchitis. Needless to say, it has been a rough week! Alex and Brian also have the sniffles and have been lazier than usual, but Brady gets First Prize for the best immune system in the house- he has yet to be sick (knock on wood).

I missed work and school all this week since I was sick, so I will be working my butt off this weekend and next week to try to catch up. I am so happy summer is just around the corner!

That's So Gross!

Last week the children and I were eating spaghetti for dinner, when Alena started rubbing her marinara covered hands all over her nose and face and acting strangely. She tends to freak out when she gets messy, so I promptly wiped her off. She was still rubbing her face, she said she was done and I got her out of her chair. I never thought anything about it again until about 4 hours later about 11pm when she was sitting on my lap watching TV. I thought I saw a booger in her nose, but when I went in to retrieve it-- a two inch long piece of spaghetti came out! GROSS, now I was the one freaking out! I guess when she was slurping her spaghetti into her mouth she accidentally also sucked some up her nose. After I pulled it out, she did one of those full body shivers and said "Mama, my nose is better." I guess so!

P.S. I almost took a picture of the piece I pulled out for the blog, but decided that was a bit much, so this picture was taken back in January.

Happy 8th Anniversary!

Eight years ago today (May 1st), Brian & I tied the knot! Its been a long 8 years, but we made it through the 7 year itch-- so that's a good thing! Brian brought me 8 red roses to my work today, they smell wonderful! Thanks, honey! Happy Anniversary to Us! I Love You!