New Baby!

Ha ha. I got you all excited didn't I?

Just wanted to share the good news. Our family is getting bigger by the day.

Here is our list:

1. Nick-He makes the money
2. Sarah-I spend the money
3. Tom Brady-Red Headed She Beast Spawn
4. Leroy-Dumb, but super soft cat
5. Cheeseburger-cat that likes to pee on stuff
6. Sarina-Granny Dog
7. Zelda-Our GPS. I hear her talking to Nick most times I call him when he is working.

And our new addition to our family: Nick's iPhone!!

Funny, he threw a mini hissy when I was begging to replace both our TVs and he won. But, when I spend an undisclosed amount of money on an iPhone (and monthly service), he has no comment. I made a joke about having a coupon for an iPhone and he either believed me, or didn't care how much it cost. As long as Nick is insanely happy with his new toy, I guess I'm happy.

I will also be happy with the new pair of shoes I am going to buy today.

History Lesson

We are leaving for South Carolina on Friday. We are hoping to get a chance to tour Fort Sumter while we are there. Last time we were in Charleston, we took a boat ride out to the Fort but didn't get to stop.

In preparation of our trip, I have gotten a book out of the library about Fort Sumter. I got the most juvenile book I could find so none of us would get overwhelmed with boring information. Tom Brady and I have been reading it all week and I think Tom Brady is getting mildly interested. She is interested enough, she has set up a re-creation in her room. Her doll house is Charleston, SC (specifically Fort Moultrie I think). The Go Diego Go Animal Rescue Center is Fort Sumter. The boy dolls are the Confederacy and the girl dolls are from the Union.

The Civil War starts tomorrow in Tom Brady's room.

10 year plan

I know everyone is wondering if I heard from Tom Brady's teacher. Yes, she did email me back and told me that Tom Brady did deserve a different grade and she apologized. I'm sure she had a million other choice things to say, but didn't. She is a nice teacher.

We received our tax refund and now are proud to say that we have paid off both automobiles. By the end of the month, we should have zero credit card debt. Good for us! Our next goal is to build a savings account. We have decided to set a goal of 6 months of living expenses. We have the ability to reach our goal in 12 months. With our will-power this should take approximately 50 years.

This wacky goal of having a savings account means that we have to save save save for another year. Yes, this sucks but we have a 10-year plan! Noooooo our plan does not involve a house of our own or more kids. My plan is to take a vacation and leave Tom Brady at home to pet-sit. Tom Brady did the math all by herself and discovered that she will be 16 in 10 years. We told her she can even have her boyfriend over while we are away. She said it was an okay arrangement realizing that we don't need to find a babysitter OR a pet sitter and she can hang out by herself. Unfortunately, she has expressed her dissatisfaction about picking up poop.

Tom Brady, thinking logically as usual has decided that she can take on the job of pet-sitting for us in 10 years because she can have her boyfriend pick up the poop for her.

Child Genius

I still haven't heard from Tom Brady's teacher I hope she wasn't too offended. I'm sure the teacher is just waiting for a response from MENSA for the paperwork she submitted on my daughter's behalf. What does a mom have to do to get a solid gold (notarized) certification that her daughter is the most brilliant 6 year old on earth?

Here is a picture of her presenting her lecture on Millard Fillmore.

Ewwwwww

I did it. I am a Grade Grubbing Stay at Home mom with too much free time. I emailed Tom Brady's teacher about some glaring inconsistencies between Tom Brady's abilities (clearly documented by the teacher) and her Report Card.

I have sunk to a new all-time low.

Super Bowl=Super Fun

We did purchase a mini television yesterday to replace our broken one. Tom Brady and I enjoyed watching the Super Bowl together. We decorated the living room and had a grand time. Nick was in Washington DC at a party with his work comrades.

Tom Brady started to show signs of fatigue about 8:30. She starts laying all over my lap chatting incessantly. She also fights sleep by moving constantly. I think I may have a few bruises from her evil little elbows. I told her to take a very short nap over a commercial break. She fell asleep and was out for the rest of the game. At the end, I sat her up and told her the game was over and she actually opened her eyes but was clearly still asleep.

Now is the nearly impossible feat of carrying the child up to bed. I am barely over 5 feet tall and she is 4 feet tall. She also weighs 50lbs. Just the sight of me carrying her up the stairs is hilarious, but to make it even more entertaining is that we were both wearing our Snuggie Rip-Off blankets which are about 6 feet long and drag on the floor. No one was harmed in the journey up the stairs.

Tom Brady has no recollection of being told who won the game so she woke up at 5:30am and bothered me for an hour asking a million questions about what she missed.

Despite the early morning, I had a pretty good day that ended with Tom Brady telling me she loves me more than the smell of grapes. I hope that she means that.

Electronics Graveyard

Last winter we had a windstorm and it killed our VCR. I had been saving the broken VCR so I could take it to one of those electronics recycling days so it wouldn't go to the landfill. In the last 2 weeks we have added to the broken electronics pile quite a bit. Our DVD player and bathroom scale have both bit the dust.

Last night our cats were chasing each other and knocked our TV off the stand. This is the TV that we bought less than a year ago. I am so so angry.

Here is the beautiful picture that our TV produces. Tom Brady is very concerned because it is Super Bowl Sunday.