Absolution

I am posting this to absolve myself of the minor twinge of guilt I have felt about not posting recently.  It is not so much that I feel guilty depriving all my readers, (yeah all two of them,) of my greatness, but that I do use this as a journal and thought dumping ground and therefore I like to post frequently to record events and empty out my extra musings.  I am feeling a bit ca put and overwhelmed.  Life with the kids, mostly Mae, is draining enough that I have decided to absolve myself of any extra responsibilities.  So expect a dry spell here for awhile.  I will still throw up pictures of the kids at least once a week.  Any other musings will probably be shelved for a later date.  Hmmm while I am here I am also going to absolve myself of my unwritten Thank You cards.  As an adult I have been AWESOME at Thank You cards.  During my engagement I was working at a bookstore and the manager gave me a book on Thank You card etiquette.  I cranked those suckers out and am proud to say I excelled at getting them mailed for the first two kids.  Besides the kids and wedding I have also sent many out for kindness, service, and other various gifts.  Well this time I am gonna take a pass.  I am tired.  I got out a whole stack before the baby came to those who gave me shower presents, but then the gifts kinda trickled in.  I am embarrassed to say that I have actually forgotten a few.  There is one for my grandma cause hey, she's my grandma, and one or two others but if you don't get a card, please know that I do appreciate the lovely gifts and kind thought that have come my way recently.

A few random musings before I go....

We had another family move into our ward that doesn't immunize.  Are you kidding me?!?

Mae has started saying a few more words since we have taken away the Binky...Spider man and Star Wars.

We are going on week three of no nightly pull up for Max, so week three of washing the sheets EVERY NIGHT FOR THREE WEEKS!

It is that lovely time of year again when the water here smells and tastes like dirt.  But of course they say on the news that it is still safe to drink despite the odor. Comforting.

Runoff elections are a stupid waste of time and very un-American in my opinion.  If someone wins more votes then the other candidates then they should win the election.  It is insane that I have to go vote again for school board when less then 1500 people voted in the first place and the guy won by over a hundred votes.

I am assuming that my last blog contest was a bust due to an unexpected death in my family and the precarious health of Jeff's father.  Although neither of those absolve my friends.... but forget the Thank You cards that I owe you and we'll call it even.  I did get one post so Meg will be getting a pumpkin pie very soon.

Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwiches are exceptionally tasty

Five Guys Burgers and Fries is ridiculously overrated.

If you have Netflix streaming you need to watch the new Sherlock series done by Masterpiece Theater last year.  It is set in modern times and is the best program I have viewed in years.

Jeff has been crazy busy at work.  It is impressive how many times he is called in to some project cause they know that Jeff will save the day.

I really hate breakfast....there is probably a whole post about this that will come out eventually...also one on how I tried to go running this week and how after running three miles I thought my uterus was gonna fall out and I lost control of my car on the way home cause my legs were so heavy and numb.