I See A "New Moon" A Rising

Guess what? I have New Moon tickets! Yeah {doing the happy dance}!

OK, so Dave is going to kill me for making that my title, but I'm sure he'll forgive me in time...though CCR may not...hehehe.
New Moon opens on mine and Dave's Wedding Anniversary. When I found that out, awhile ago, I said to Dave we have to go, it was a sign =) The best part is, he agreed to go!
Anyways, Dave and I had coupons for free movie passes that expire in 4 days. We had been wanting to go to the movies, but every time we could, someone was sick. There's no way we're going to be able to go to the movies before the tickets expire now, so Dave decided to call the movie theater and ask if we could use the coupons to purchase tickets for an advance showing. The movie theater person said that it should not be a problem, so Dave asked if we could use it towards advance tickets for New Moon. The employee said sure, depending on what time because the midnight showing is sold out and the others are almost sold out. Dave told him we were not planning on the midnight showing...but I could not believe that the midnight showing is already sold out! This is Chico! I expected to be able to go the day of and purchase tickets...so glad Dave called.
After Dave got off the phone, he told me he would go and purchase the tickets after we put Jaron to bed, that way we would be sure to have them. So off Dave went, and now we are the proud owners of 2 New Moon tickets for the 4pm showing opening day. Huzzah!
Note: I'm extremely surprised that Dave did this. He thought about calling the movie theater on his own, did it without any nudging, and decided and offered to get the tickets today before they were sold out without me saying a word. What a sweet husband! I probably owe him big time for this one!

Instead Of Ironing...

I'm blogging =) I should be ironing my aunt's quilt tops to I can turn them in to be quilted tomorrow, but I thought I'd post a little blog instead...I mean first =)
Lara is growing up so quickly. She works on walking on her own all of the time. The most steps she has taken at one time is eight. Usually it's two or three. She is such a determined little lady! She is my mini me is so many ways. Yesterday she was not feeling well. She was lethargic and not eating a whole lot. After one of her naps, she felt hot. I had Dave take her temperature when he came home from school...it was 102 degrees! We called the doctor and took her in. The doctor thinks it is just a viral infection. Lara's throat is a little red, so that is why she does not want to eat much. I hope this is all just left over from her cold, and because she has a molar coming in. Other than that, she's a happy girl determined to be independent.
Jaron is such a big boy now. It's hard to believe that a year ago he had long curly hair, no words, and could not climb on top of the counter or open doors. Now he speaks in sentences, has super short hair, opens doors, climbs on top of the counter, and just yesterday figured out how to unlock the child locks on the drawers. Soon he'll figure out how to get back into the cupboards, I'm sure.
Dave is in the process of applying to Pharmacy Schools. He just needs to complete the applications, and we're still waiting on one letter of reference. The important one, it's from a Pharmacist. Any Pharmacists out there willing to help us out with a letter in case this one never comes through? =) Anyways, Dave will be graduating from Chico State in May. I can't believe it's getting to be that time.
I'm working on over-coming all the post partum stuff. I've began quilting again, and find that it is helping out. I will have to post pictures of my projects once they are finished. Other than that, just raising my two beautiful babies...which is hard work! They grow too fast, no wonder why some people have a lot of children!

For Scientific Research

Today I had an "attack" at church. I call it that because I'm not sure what else to call it. The doctors cannot figure out why it happens or what it is. When I do not eat enough, I get weak and start shaking. This has not been a problem for a while because I have to eat so much while I'm pregnant and breastfeeding. I even forgot that it was a problem until it happened today.
Dave and I usually eat dinner late because it's just easier that way with the kids. We feed them and put them down for bed and then make dinner for ourselves. But we decided that we were going to start eating dinner with the kids, and yesterday was the first time we did. Whenever we had eaten dinner early before I would eat something else later in the evening, so I had not had a problem. Last night I did not. This morning I had a bowl of cereal and headed to church. I had a prompting before we left that I should grab a protein bar just in case, but I ignored it.
I was sitting in Relief Society, holding the hymnal for the opening song, and noticed I felt shaky. I thought it would be fine, we had less than an hour left, so I was going to wait. But I started feeling more shaky. I still wanted to wait. Finally I decided that I needed to go. I went to get Dave, then we went to get Jaron from nursery. The nursery leader started to tell us why it was hard on them and the children when we pull kids out early (and that she knew that we probably had a good reason) when I blurted out, "I need to go home and eat." So she offered me some crackers or goldfish crackers. Knowing that crackers have never worked in the past, I chose the goldfish in hopes that the minimal amount of cheese in them would help. But they didn't, the shaking was worse by the time I got home. So now I am going to try to remember that I still need to eat before I go to bed.
Now, some of you may be thinking I'm diabetic or hypoglycemic, but I'm not. I have been tested I don't know how many times for these and for my thyroid, but the tests come back negative. The doctors do not know what is wrong, it's just something weird that my body does.
This got me thinking today. I have several "problems" that the doctors do not know why I have them, it's just something weird my body does. I have a heart bruie. The blood flow in my artery right before the veins split to go on each side of my stomach does not flow straight through. It swirls and then flows out. This is usually a sign of high cholesterol or an aneurysm, but I have neither. There are other things, but right now my Mommy Brain is blocking them from my memory. So I was thinking, maybe after I die I should donate my body for scientific research. Then maybe they can figure out why my body does the weird things that it does. I don't know, what do you think?

Miss Lara Is 10 Months Old

Where does the time go? I can't believe that she will be a year old in less than 2 months! She is still 30 inches but now weighs 20lbs 10oz. She started standing up from a squat on her own. She loves it! Her brother, however, is not so thrilled and knocks her down.
Since Lara turned 10 months old, she has begun working on walking. Too soon for Mommy! On Tuesday she took a step by herself, Wednesday it was two, and Thursday it was four. Friday she went back down to one. Today she wanted to hold one hand while she walked. It's only a matter of time before she'll be keeping up with her brother, if he'll let her. When we try to practice walking with her, he decides that is when he needs all of the attention, and then tries to knock her down. Happy times!

Obama De-funded by Congress!

Well, yes. I know, I know. Officially it was ACORN that was defunded by Congress earlier this week, but everyone knows... Wait, what?... You mean even though his first job out of law school was working for ACORN as a "community organizer"; later, as a practicing lawyer, he represented ACORN numerous times; after he was elected president, he selected ACORN to help collect the next census data; he earmarked billions of dollars to go to ACORN in his stimulus bill... he has "absolutely no ties" to ACORN? hmmm...interesting.

Congress is a Joke!

That was the seed that germinated into the thought process that has developed into this post. While at work this morning, I was contemplating the congressman who interrupted BHO by shouting "Liar" (or something very similar).

The congressman was obviously really frustrated, as more and more common citizens are becoming, with the flat-out lies and half-truths that has been "The Great Benefactor's" campaign and reign thus far.

Congressman Joe Wilson immediately apologized to the president, who, along with VP Biden, etc., all accepted his apology. I, personally, don't feel he should have apologized for speaking the truth. Most, if not all, of what The Great Benefactor said in his speech to the joint session of Congress was lies. Pelosi, and the rest of the Democrats then proceed to hound Wilson to apologize to Congress as well. Thankfully, he told them no, that one apology was enough.

So then the Dems announce that this week they plan to formally reprimand Wilson for not apologizing to them too. This is what made me think they are a joke and what caused the thought process to initiate. They are so smug and self-righteous that they feel they deserve an apology as well, even though the presidency already accepted Wilson's apology to them and the matter has nothing directly to do with the rest of congress. Also, if Global Warming is such a threat, if Obamacare is so necessary,etc. etc., why would they feel the necessity to waste precious time reprimanding a fellow congressman when they could be spending that time "saving the world". But then,...

I began to think about it a little more and realized something:

Congress is not as dumb as we think they are but they are not as smart as they think they are.

They aren't a joke nor are they stupid for file an official reprimand. That will be on his record as a congressman and can be used against him when he's up for re-election. "don't vote for Wilson, look what he did in September 2009..."

However, they aren't as smart as they think they are because We, The People are on to their little schemes and realize that is exactly what they are trying to do. But their plan is going to backfire on them as they are replaced, one by one, for being so out of touch with reality and the rest of us that belong to this nation. The majority of We, The People also realize that the Great Benefactor is a liar and are fully supportive of Congressman Wilson. Our eyes are opening (well, at least the eyes of those that weren't open to begin with) and we've had enough.

This weekend there was a massive march on Washington DC. Local police reported that it was the largest gathering ever seen in front of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, larger even than inaugurations or Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Local authorities estimated numbers around 2 Million citizens (none of them paid, as the left-wing conspiracy-theorists will claim) all gathered to show BO just what we think of him. His inauguration only had ~1 Million people. Did he listen? Nope, as soon as he caught wind of something brewing, he high-tailed it out of their for the weekend on "vacation". And in true Kool-Aid drinking fashion, his propaganda distributors, the main-stream media, grossly underestimated attendance of the event either in the tens of thousands or around 200 thousand. Quite the difference, no?

To all those that voted for you Great Benefactor, thank you so very much; this is exactly what we wanted for our country (laced heavily with sarcasm). The time for repentance is at hand. Please step away from the Kool-Aid and return to the light.

Update on the Duckies

As you may recall from this post, Jaron has a group of duckies that have been living in his bedroom. As I mentioned previous, we decided just to let them stay there until Jaron was ready for them to go away. Fortunately, that first night was the only night that they disturbed his sleep, and they haven't bitten him since. Additionally, since they didn't break skin when they bit, we haven't had to worry about salmonella or rabies or whatever :-) He has continued to keep his door closed during the day so as to not let them out. But now they are his pets. Approximately a week or so ago, while his door was closed, I saw him open the door, pop his head in, say "Hi duckies!" and then close the door again. And then, earlier this week while I was at work, Corrina reports to me that Jaron wanted the door left open so the duckies could come out. Then later they went back in and he closed the door again. I just can't help thinking that it is so friggin' cute and very humorous that his proverbial "monster-under-the-bed" archetype has now turned into his "imaginary-friend/pet" archetype. (For a decent overview on the subject of archetypes, as defined by Carl Jung, follow this link. Keep in mind that Star Wars is so popular b/c George Lucas studied the work of Joseph Campbell on the subject and modeled the characters and plots after common themes {"archetypes"} of mythology, etc.)