Archive for November, 2006

26 Nov

Gobble till you Wobble?

Not me hopefully, although the food was a-ok. Grandpa Alebis helped Casey deep fry the turkey and then all the fixins to go along with it. Zach enjoyed the food but opted not to have turkey, then patiently waited to try the pumpkin pie with cool whip. Casey J ate a roll, and that’s all. [...]

17 Nov

4am Sirens

So this morning around 4am I hear a siren then see lights whiz by (I happened to be laying facing the window). At first I thought I dreamed I saw it, then through the window I see numerous flashing lights. (Given the recent events see Stealing = Jail Time) I got out of bed and [...]

16 Nov

Loving a little Star Wars Geek

First of all: geek –noun Slang. a person who is extremely interested and knowledgeable about computers, electronics, technology, and gadgets
Zachary certainly fits that particular definition (so does Casey J for that matter, just not to quite the same degree as his brother) of geek. The last few months he has been all about Star [...]

15 Nov

Stealing = Jail Time

Okay so this could be labeled as a *rant* but it’s not really, really…. So about two weeks ago some holigans broke into the shop outside of our house. The front door was locked but they went in through a side door in the garage and helped themselves to quite a few things. What gets [...]

13 Nov

Oogie Boogie

Well Halloween was fun (and some work). I volunteered to help with Zach’s school Halloween Party. I ended up being in charge of making a fishing game (fish for goodies). Casey and I came up with and easy PVC setup and I purchase enought toy goodies to make about 60 bags. Bags full of pencils, [...]

09 Nov

Mommy I’m a READER!

Yesterday Casey picked Zach up from school because I was in an interview and apparently he brought home his first book. At dinner last night he told me “Mommy, I’m a reader now” and that was it. This morning he showed my his six page book with single words in it like “arm, lips, etc” [...]