From the Silence...

Sorry for the quiet lately. We had a 2.5 day power outage last week which threw me work-wise. And there just hasn't been much to say, truthfully.

The power went out Wednesday afternoon and came back Friday morning. Not a whole lot of fun, but not the end of the world. Eerily enough, we'd just bought a small Honda generator three weeks before (long story), and we were very thankful for it. It's just big enough to run both the refrigerator and a box fan, so we didn't lose all our food and we had a breeze in the heat. I also discovered that Energizer makes cell phone chargers that use standard AA batteries. That was worth the investment, as we also lost our home phones. All's back to normal. :)

We saw Kung Fu Panda last night. It was cute, but be warned that there are a few scenes that were frightening to the smaller kids in the theatre, including DD, who left a permanent imprint of her chin in my upper arm. There's also some less-than-appropriate language for a G-rated movie. I liked it--the chemistry between Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman is hilarious--but it wasn't Horton.

Today, I'm wearing a shirt that was too tight three weeks ago. :)

DS turns seven this coming weekend. I'm a little stumped for his gift. I can't find anything space-related that he's either not too old for or that he doesn't have (or that I can afford). He has enough Legos thanks to yard sales, and we haven't yet given them the Wii that's hiding until Christmas. He picked out a few things at Toys R Us yesterday--a few RC trucks and cars--but nothing I was really excited about. *sigh* I'd love to find something he'd use more than a few times--a cool building set or something.

It's the last week of school for us, and half-days all week. I'm looking forward to a less-regimented schedule for awhile.

Finally, a plug. If you haven't learned yet about these guys, take a few minutes and read up. They're doing some great things. More and more of our kids are being affected by this, and it's time for all of us to speak up, even if it hasn't directly hit our families. There's just no good reason for it, you know?

More soon...