Ugh!

1. I am so tired of hearing about Michael Jackson. Can something else be on the news. PLEASE! Yeah, it was a shock that he died. Yeah, he had a big music career. But is everyone forgeting all the crap he was involved with? And regardless, this news coverage has lasted long enough.

2. Erica's been sooo grouchy lately! Perhaps because of the full moon? Or...

3. Both Erica and I have colds. Ugh. We keep coughing. Not fun.

4. We had a good time at 4th of July picnic. Erica got two baby toads and brought them home. The problem is that the toads arent eating. At least, not that I'm seeing. I gave them dried frog food; they didnt eat it. I gave them mini crickets; they were afraid of the cickets and kept hopping away. I fed them ants; they were afraid of the ants too! I gave them little worms, lightning bugs, dead flies, even blueberries and bananas. Nothing!

5. I'm having trouble with my knees again. Its terrible, getting closer to what it was when I was in college: it had been so bad that I could hardly walk. And then I totally freaked out when my jaw started locking again. I had serious trouble with TMJ in high school, and went thru therapy and surgeries for it. Well, it got better, but never perfect. It stopped locking, but since then I've always had pain and my jaw still always clicked everytime I'd open and close my mouth. STUPID JOINTS! All of my joints are too loose, and that ultimately is whats causing the trouble.

Well, enough ughs for now.

Wow

I was just checking up on my celebrity news...

Today, Farrah Fawcett AND Michael Jackson died. Whereas Farrah has been sick for awhile, the news of Michael Jackson was shocking to me.

Not that I ever liked him in the least. Far from. But I'll keep my opinions to myself for now. Its just terribly sad when anyone goes.

Beat the Heat

So, as I've made mention in years past, we get ants in our house. Some may come from the front of the house or the sides. But most come in from our sunroom. Its so frustrating each year. Ants are my enemies!!!

This year, I thought I'd found the perfect solution. (I dont remember what its named, though.) I sprayed all around the sunroom and in the windows / doorway too, from the inside AND outside. For extra measure I also set off a fogger in there. And I made a decree: NO FOOD IN THE SUNROOM!!!

This took care of the problem for the most part. Or so I thought.

I was just in the sunroom to close the blinds. (Love the neighbors, but dont want them seeing inside the house.) Well as I was doing so, I noticed some type of dirt on the ground. Lots of it. Upon looking closer, I saw that it wasnt dirt... It was a bunch of dead ants! They werent dead from poison though... It was the heat! That room gets above 100 degrees during the summer, and the floor especially gets hot. So the ants met an excruciatingly hot demise... Or something like that.

I dont feel bad for them at all though. Serves them right for tresspassing onto my territory.

Awake

I cant sleep. Thus, I am mobile blogging. I already spent 20 mins facebooking from my cell. I think my hands are gonna cramp-up. Ugh.

I went out to CVS at 10:30 for cough med for Erica. She was coughing so much that she couldnt sleep. Of course, when I got home, she was asleep. Oh well.

Thats why I'm awake. But I think I'll try to sleep now.

Buenos noches!

Recital Videos

Here are some videos. They’ve been a pain to upload. Ugh.

Anyway, the first one is of the song “My Thumbs are Dancing.” It was the song that only Erica’s class performed. They did a fantastic job. I took this movie from backstage in the side wings. I used my old camera, b/c Andrew had the good one in the auditorium, so you’ll notice a clicking sound throughout the video. You’ll also hear Erica yell “Mama!” when she sees me. The moms and I all started laughing. So funny.

[I'm having difficulties. So I ended up having to split the video into 2 sections, then upload it to Photobucket. Hence, it will be slightly different to view than the first one.] The second and third videos are of “Nearly Missed the Rainbow.” That’s the song that Erica’s class did with the other young classes. It was chaos, yet somehow my Dad managed to stay focused on her for the majority of the time. Erica is wearing blue, has her blonde hair in a bun. She's towards the back, behind other girls. And you can pick her out if you look for the one who's biting her fingernails. Ugh.