Friday Fragments

• I finally got all the Christmas decorations packed away until next year. Is it me or does it seem to take twice as long to put them away as it did to put them up?
• Why does an empty tree you are about to decorate look so pretty and promising and an empty tree that you just took the ornaments off of look so depressing?

• I had a great date night with my oldest son. I really try to get out and spend a little one on one time with the kids once in a while and I let them choose what they would like to do. My oldest loves to go out to dinner so we dined at Olive Garden (his favorite!), had some great conversations, and then browsed through the book store afterwards.

• The winter BLAHS have officially set in. I was hoping to hold them at bay just a little longer. I was also hoping to figure out a better way to chase them away this year.

• I took the kids to see Alvin and the Chipmunks over the past weekend. I loved the movie and laughed a lot. I only had one problem with it. A children’s movie should NEVER ever contain a reference to pole dancing. What were these people thinking? My 5 year old daughter sat there and kept saying “pole dancing” and laughing. Thank goodness she doesn’t actually know what that is! (and if she ever finds out I may have to lock her away forever!)

• Jillian Michaels is a sadist. I decided to try out her 30 Day Shred after reading in the blogosphere a few other bloggers who have been giving it the ol’ college try and liking it. As you know from my post from Monday, I’m trying to make peace with exercise. There ain’t no making peace when Jillian Michaels is in charge.

• My favorite quote of the week “It’s like a cat barking. It just shouldn’t happen” Spoken by Simon Cowell on American Idol in response to an audition.

• Today I get to be the Mystery Reader in my daughter’s kindergarten class. The teacher gives clues to identify who is coming in and the kids have to guess. She asks us to give one clue that only our child would know…lets see if she guesses it’s me!

• Tonight I’m attending a pajama party with our Girl Scout troop to kick off our cookie sale. I think I’m as excited to go as my daughter is!

• My kids have off from school on Monday for MLK day. Didn’t they just go back to school? I’m having trouble coming up with something to keep them busy for our 3 day weekend. I think I’m unloading one on the grandparents. Gotta love those grandparents.