Oh no, not like Mom!!

What has happened to me??? We are leaving for vacation this Sunday early, early and I have not even gotten the suitcase out of the closet yet. In the past by this time I would have had several lists going and most of everything packed! I'm so scared that as I get older I'm truly turning into my Mother. Growing up if we were having company she would wait til the night before they were due to arrive to clean the house. It was always a mad dash to get things done. And it wasn't just the housework--school clothes were bought the day before school started, Christmas presents were bought on Christmas Eve, etc.... You get the point. So when I got out on my own I tended to go the other way--I planned things out, made lists, started early. I was always the "organized" one, now I'm ashamed to say I think those days are gone. Someone needs to kick me in the ass and tell me to get going here!!!!

The week ahead!

This should be a busy week for me--lots to get done and not much energy to do it (today anyway). Brad has his 26th birthday on Tuesday and then Little Miss EE will turn 7 on Saturday. That means presents to buy and wrap plus helping with EE's party on Saturday. I have Emily's presents but I have to load her shuffle up with songs. I have no idea what to get Brad, I'll have to be making up my mind tho, like NOW!!! Then on Sunday we will take off for Minnesota and Kruse-a-palooza. We always have such a good time with the Kruse side of the family, it's just nice to go up there and know that there will be no drama like there seems to be with my side. Even going with Holly, her girls, Irene and Jade tends to always have a little drama--but what do I expect?--they are teenage girls!!! Love em' like they're my own, but they always seem to have "something" going on. I'm sure my teenage years were the same, but that's been a long time ago now, guess I've repressed those memories!!!

Space, the final fontier!

I got to see the neatest thing early this morning. DKK left for work and two seconds later was banging on the door. I open it and he asks if I want to see the space station. What a cool sight, it just amazes me that we have put something that big so far away and that it stays. As I watched it on it's orbit, there is no doubt that the earth is round. Not that I have ever questioned that fact, but it is so amazing when you see it for yourself. Years ago we saw a satellite go over but it was so fast if you blinked you missed it, this was fast but you could watch it from horizon to horizon. Sometimes I think that I'm missing things living where we live (nowhereville) but if I lived in a city somewhere, chances are I couldn't have witnessed that this morning. What a way to start the day!!!!

Can't go anywhere without it!

This is just a quick post to say how I'm getting along with the new Blackberry--so far, so good. I'm learning my way around all the options and settings. I love the fact that I can get my e-mail and facebook updates on the go. It's also really nice to have the Internet anywhere I go. The only real problem I've found so far is that the bluetooth is kinda a pain in the butt. Too many steps and for some reason I can't get all my ringtones from the old phone to transfer to the new one. I'm still working on it, I'm sure it's just one little step I'm missing but it's been a little frustrating. All in all, I give it a big thumbs up!!