Mistake any AOGG fan can make...

We have been very sick this week and most of us have spent it in bed. No one has been eating because it was a tummy bug so we never had to leave the bed. What do you do with a week like this? Start Anne of Green Gables of course. It is so splendidly wonderful and joyful that it makes being sick feel like a blessing. There is a problem with taking this course though...

On Friday Josh, Math and I were still so sick that we moved the laptop up to my bed and we all watched Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea all day long. We've been reading the book too. This is dangerous. We hit a perfect storm when Matthew died twice in one day. It was heart breaking and we (I) cried and cried. This mistake should be avoided at all costs! It was comforting to have all the boys around sad and crying with me though. I felt like Anne in the later books when she gathers up all her sweet children.

PS - Has anyone seen Anne of Green Gables A New Beginning? Supposedly they are going to air it here in the US this year but I am a little worried since they messed up the third one so bad and they don't have any of the original people back...

How do you care for the environment...

We are working on Josh's Wolf requirements. One of them is to discuss with your family ways that you can help the environment and show respect for the earth. John asked Hyrum what he can do. "Recycle," was Hyrum's answer. Then John asked Math how he could help the earth. Math's reply, "When I throw-up, I will throw-up into the garbage or sink." This would be a big help!

PS Recently Seth has had some tummy issues that might have inspired this answer ;)

Food

I read somewhere last week that American's throw away 1/4 of the food they buy. That seems almost impossible to believe. The report said that most of it was produce which I guess is more understandable but still...
I am not too happy with the economy, the price of food, ethanol and how expensive Boulder is. My monthly budget has been shot to pieces over the last year. I can't completely blame Boulder because it was getting messed with down in Austin too. Food prices climbed an average of 7% this year with many staples increasing in the double digits. Is anyone else having this problem? It makes me feel like my life is out of control...I just cannot make my food budget as small as I want it. I don't want to spent that much on food...

Missed Christmas Video

Okay, granted this video could occur at any time of the year in our house because we listen to Christmas music throughout the year, I actually took it right before Christmas. I have no explanation for why Matthew is the way he is...we just find him hilarious and leave it at that. Seth's singing as he runs around also adds some flavor ;)

Lester posted by John

Hungry and the Weather

The title of this post might be a little misleading. I am very hungry right now and am dying for some Wavy Lays but I don't have any (on purpose for this exact situation). That, however, is not what I was thinking about.
Weather is a lot like being hungry. When you aren't hungry you don't think about it. You don't go around thinking, "You know...I'm not hungry, I'm feeling nice and full. This is great." But when you are hungry it is all you think about. It is hard to think about anything else. Weather is kind of like that. It has been so incredible this week that I have forgotten about miserable weather. I was reading Meredith's blog today about the snow and then I remember that all over the world millions of people are either suffering in severe cold weather or dreadful hot. I open my windows and think is there any felicity in the world such as this? The air smells so incredible and feels so fresh. I can't imagine that anyone woke up to a day different than mine. Strange how our human nature turns so "naturally" back to a semi-selfish mode.
PS Don't worry, it's going to snow on Sunday so it's not like I'll be in beautiful weather forever.

Life is amusing

Yesterday Math decided that it was talk like Harry Potter day. He requested that we talk with British accents. Mine, although not authentic, is at least decent. Math's is just funny. I am not sure what part of the UK Math's accent comes from but it is entertaining. This also caused Seth to giggle most of the day. (PS still mad about the delay in the release of the movie!!)

On a totally different subject...today I was so exhausted. After hearing my sister-in-law Anne tell me all the funny places she has fallen asleep recently because of exhaustion I decided that maybe I should just try and lie down. I don't recall this ever working before!! Math is in a good mood today so he and Seth just played trains and army men while I fell asleep for a long time. Could it possibly be that I may be able to take naps once or twice a month now?? Amazing!

And lastly...how long to you think it would take your family to go through 2 lbs of blueberries? Maybe a day or two. Well, ours lasted about 15 minutes yesterday. This is still longer than the 4 lbs of strawberries that only lasted about 10 minutes. On Sat, besides dinner, the boys only ate grapes, blueberries (another bunch), carrots and steamed broccoli. I am not complaining because I am happy that they are all nice and antioxidant rich but it does mean extra trips to the store and extra money ;)

Curls

So my sister just put up this video and I am so going to try it! It will beat the pink sponge curlers I used to use before I moved to Texas and cut off all my hair. Here's the LINK to her post.

I'm lame I know...

So, I know y'all might not be Office fans but the opening of this week's episode was soooo incredibly funny everyone should watch it and if you don't laugh at the cat falling through the ceiling then you have problems...

Twitter

So, Kelly Kapoor is now on Twitter. I am finally tempted to join Twitter...I am so lame!! (not about joining twitter, more about the temptation :)

Palo Duro

This is a little funny and should give you an idea of how big Texas really is. We lived in Texas for 7 years. We went to a lot of state parks and saw a lot of

amazing things. We have always wanted to go to Palo Duro canyon. It is up in the panhandle which actually makes it a huge trip from central Texas. Now that we live in Boulder, CO we are actually much closer to Palo Duro canyon than when we lived in Austin, TX. I guess now that we moved to Colorado maybe we will finally get to visit some of the places in Texas we always wanted to go. Maybe we will wait till we move to Utah to go to Big Bend :)