Just RK

First off, for all you in C-U, yes, we know...we could have stayed with so many of you. Thank you. We appreciate it. But last night had an odd set of things on the schedule, so a motel worked better in the plan. So we thought... Here's things I learned, or remembered, from our stay. I thought some of you might find it helpful this travel season. We can't all be like Jen and stay in the fancy places. 1. If you're traveling with 27 10-year-olds on a baseball team, do us all a favor and give them the "common courtesy" speech about public places. (This could be another post completely.) Try to have a plan so that they are not running up and down the walkways at midnight screaming at each other and banging on random doors to "try" to find their room. It is NOT ok for the chaperones to sleep in one room and allow all the kids to run free all night. Sorry, I'm a killjoy, but come on. When did we stop teaching respect of other people in such a communal envi...

We're coming in late tonight and will be around for the weekend with some stuff to do and some free time. FYI... didn't want anyone to be upset that they didn't know we were coming! Nothing like short notice, right?

Blah blah blah....queasy, not sick, just icky. Blah blah blah...don't know when I'm due, dr appt in a few weeks. Blah blah blah....therapies, meetings, work, diapers. And oh yeah... We sold the house!!!!!!! Thank you, Lord!!

Little Miss Braska Bear decided to spring something on her daddy. Take a look. Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

In case you do, I know of a cute little place in Champaign, Illinois, with a pretty blue pool. Pass the word, people. We need to sell this place! It's been on the market 3 weeks, we have some interested parties, but no offers yet. I know I'm impatient, but really... let's find a buyer!! Can't you just see yourself relaxing there while the kids play? Or maybe you wanna float in peace while the kids are at school??

1. Snapshots vs portrait... I like them both, but so far we've had better snapshots of Braska most of the time. The portrait thing tends to make her just stare at all the crazy people trying to make her smile and shaking things in her face. Since I post about a zillion pics on her blog, I'll just re-share one of my faves...even though it was close to 19 months ago. 2. Crazy thing last month? Well, that might be packing an entire house and moving in two weeks time. (With alot of help!!) There might be a few other crazy things, but I'll keep those to myself for now. :o) 3. Current must-have food or drink? I am loving my Diet Caffeine-Free Dr Pepper about now. And for food, I'm on a frozen waffle kick again for breakfast. Weird, I know. 4. Last movie I saw was Fool's Gold, on Sunday afternoon. It was ok, kind of funny in places, kind of over the top in others. But since we watched it in Cindy's home theater that ROCKS, all 80+ inches of screen in my coz...

I got a few more boxes cleared out. The kitchen stuff is done, and I found a place for all of it. Even if it doesn't all fit in the kitchen itself. The kitchen and pantry spills out into the "dining area" that isn't. At least there's some open space now. There are 3 boxes left there that need to go to storage with the 42,000 others that are already there. The clearing gives free path to the deck and our little sitting area. It's nice to sit out there in the evening...well, when it's not still 88 at 9pm. We can stand on the deck and toss bread to the ducks and geese in the lake. Not a bad deal.