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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Googling the lyrics

So you hear a new song you really like.
What is better than turning it up loud and singing along?
Well, you need to know the lyrics.
So google 'em and the not only sing out loud, but sing the right words too.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Slow to Go

This blog has been slow to go. We thought we'd have photos and lots more.
But we're just starting and hope to post more and maybe get some comments from time to time too.
So for inspiration for this blog.....what turns up but a link to the 2010bloggies.com - a site with blogs that are up for awards for the year.
There are great blogs out there and even more on their list.
They are inspiring. And fun. And really good.
We do have a few blogs we like to read because they are interesting to us.
We already read zenhabits.net that is a self help blog like no other, covering everything possible. We also read www.happiness-project.com and even have the book, which is a pretty happy book with lots of good ideas and stories.
We just found www.thepioneerwoman.com which is a great story of a woman marrying a cowboy. The ranch life stories are interesting and so is her love story of meeting her "marlboro man". She's got a great sense of humor. And great recipes and good photography tips, too! All in one blog!
If you like Project Runway the best blog out there is www.projectrungay.blogspot.com. They write a lot about fashion and are really insightful about the series Mad Men (although that is off season right now). It's funny, too.
We see these blogs and think - well, we think we can blog, too. There is a lot going on in our lives and our communities that we can certainly comment on and that's what we'll be doing.
We just are slow to go right now.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Game Week

This is game week for us.
It's too bad it started off with this big sad dumb Viking loss to the Saints.
Sigh.
However, we are happy that we had the Vikings play through the month of January. Wish we were playing in February, though!
But, like we said, that game was just the start of game week.
As we both have boys playing school basketball, we'll be at games Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday this week. Sue gets to add Saturday and Sunday to game week as both her kids have tournaments.
Gotta love high school basketball season - starts in November and ends in March!
There are plenty of things we like: the popcorn, the people we sit by, the game itself for the most part, listening to people yell at the refs (we learn a lot and find out we miss a lot) and watching our kids out on the court.
We also like the pep band and halftime shows and three point shots and sitting at the top of the bleachers so we can use the wall as a back rest.
After this week it'll be February, and even though the Vikes aren't playing, Southland is. All month long.
Every week is game week.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Kids are Doing Well so We're Doing Well

When our kids were little and were sick, especially when they were toddlers or younger, it was always so hard. We remember wishing we could be the sick ones instead of them. We would prefer having the stuffy nose, the cough, the fever, and the aches and pains as we knew we would be ok. It was easier for us to be sick rather than see that poor child suffer. They couldn't even tell us what was wrong, but would just cry or lay there.
It's the same with heartbreak or any sadness all during those growing up years, from not getting a main part in a play to sitting on the bench during a sporting event to not being part of the group of friends you'd like to be part of. All of these things are hurtful to kids, and they about kill parents.
It's just hard.
And we know these are all small slices of life that everyone goes through; but it's still tough when you are living them.
So when the kids are doing well, we're doing well, too.
It could be anything, from getting that job to making some points in a basketball game. It could be your kid getting the invitation to spend the night at a friend's house or getting through a semester of college. It might be getting the driver's license or making it through the piano recital.
It's all good.
And our kids are doing well. We're doing well, too.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

A movie and some happiness this Sunday!

First of all, Maureen saw the movie It's Complicated and thought it was pretty good.
Secondly, we just want to draw your attention to the book The Happiness Project. It came out in late December, just in time for New Year's Resolutions. It's a good book. Like the author, we are happy people, but like reading on how to be even happier. We have followed author Gretchen Rubin's blog (www.thehappiness-project.com) for most of the year and her book has a lot of what she writes on the blog in it. So you don't have to buy the book. If you do check out her blog, be sure to watch her one minute video The Years are Short.
It's good to have bought the book, we have to say.
You know how it is....there is something good about holding a book in your hand while reading. Same with a newspaper (like The Monitor Review!) which is why it is nice to read a real paper than read on line.
Speaking of happiness, though, go Vikings! What a great way to end up Christmas/winter break with a big win and a bye next week. The Wisconsin sisters keep telling us Brett will break our hearts. We hope they are wrong and so far they are!