I can do it!

Tonight I (hopefully) ordered an oil filter, air filter and special 36mm socket to do an oil change on my Mini Cooper S...don't worry, Rex will be changing the oil. It should be interesting when the stuff is delivered. Did I order the right stuff? I love my Mini, but it is a pain as far as getting parts and service. Plus, did you know that it costs us $900 to replace the tires? Ouch. I so want to keep this car and pass it on to Eli...since he gets his middle name from our little yellow car of fun. I wonder if he will think that his mother is a nut for naming him after a car? We considered naming him Max...after the cat. I think a boy would rather be named after a car, rather than a cat. I don't want Eli getting beat up on the school grounds because of me.

swim buddies

Here's a great photo from Aqua Tots...and that other handsome young man is Cache with his mom, Melanie. We are so sad that there are only 2 lessons left. Eli loves swim classes and I'm even getting better at modestly changing clothes in the locker room. Maybe when we go to Denver in November we can go swimming at the hotel. Oh, by the way, we are going to Denver in November. My mom has a checkup at the National Jewish Medical Research Hospital and maybe we can squeeze in a bit of fun.

Splish-Splash

Today's swim lesson was quite interesting. Three students and utter chaos. Eli decided that he should splash his hands in the water violently throughout the lesson, Cache (12 months old) decided to swim to me, which then caused Eli to swim to Cache's mom, Melanie, and meanwhile...Katie (9 1/2 months old) decided to scream and cry. Fun for everyone!
Today Eli is 9 months old and I can't ever remember what life was like without him.
At "movie night" last night we watched "Kenny"...and mockumentary about a portapotty man in Australia. Hilarious. Now I need to watch it again with the subtitles, because I know I missed a whole lot of funny because of my deafness!

You tagged me where?

This is my first time attempting to respond to being tagged...here goes

8 TV shows I love to watch:

1. CSI
2. Fringe
3. House
4. Ugly Betty
5. The Mentalist
6. NCIS
7. Masterpiece Theater
8. Top Gear (on BBCAmerica)

8 Favorite restaurants

1. Papa Kelsey's
2. Tom's Burgers and Gyros
3. Olive Garden
4. New Hong Kong
5. IHOP
6. Mangy Moose
7. Ruby River Steak House
8. SmorgaBob's (I just love the name!)

8 Things that happened yesterday

1. I ate a bagel at a new-to-me deli
2. I had a V-8!
3. I window shopped in Jackson
4. swim lessons for Eli went swimmingly, as usual
5. Rex and I didn't go on our date night
6. laundry!
7. drove to town twice
8. helped Eli eat half of a grape

8 Things that I'm looking forward to

1. bedtime
2. sleep
3. nap
4. rest
5. retirement
6. the Millenium
7. more sleep
8. living in one house and one town throughout the week

8 Friends I am tagging:

1. I don't have 8 friends :(

My husband is how old?

This will prove how tired and sleep deprived I am right now...I couldn't correctly recall my husband's age. Duh! Of course, I tried to figure it how last night (this morning?) at 3...I couldn't quite get my head clear enough to realize that Rex is 42 and not 41. How embarrassing.
Other than that, I just haven't felt very "bloggy" at all. Maybe it is the weather, maybe the lack of sleep or maybe even the fact that stress doesn't make me feel much like anyone else would want to hear about my life. Speaking of stress...is there any way to negotiate the holidays without offending inlaws/outlaws and spouses? There has to be some way to enjoy the holidays.
Eli has his 9 month checkup next Wednesday...I'll have to lie about what that young man has been eating. "Of course his favorite food ISN'T ice cream, Doctor...I don't know what that sticky stuff is on his cheeks."

Eli's wardrobe

I finally got brave enough to try and sort through Eli's wardrobe...he needs his own closet because I seem to have an issue with buying him clothing! I tried to hold onto the wiggly little guy long enough to try on some things to see how well they fit. Finally, I gave up and decided to just put everything smaller than 3/6 months in the "too small" box...I know, he is half way to 9 months old and can still fit in such tiny things. I wish that I would have bought certain items in several different sizes. How was I to know how great the orange polo shirt would be and that those Walmart khaki pants would be so awesome? I'm enjoying the daily morning decision as to what Eli should wear. What will I do when he gets old enough to want to make that decision himself? Wait a minute...Rex is 41 and still lets me dress him occaisionally. Cool.

First snow

It is snowing outside...am I ready for winter? I guess so. I think winter is good because I can layer my clothing and no one really knows how much of me there is under all those layers! In the summer heat I can't hide anything under a turtleneck or two. Perhaps I should start wearing a muu-muu and call myself an 8 cow wife? Anyway...I realized that I need to show everyone why I so want a miniature donkey. Look at it. Isn't that the cutest thing ever? This picture was taken at Thanksgiving Point and the sign on the gate said "I bite"...awesome!

Eli is almost mobile...eek!

So, any second now Eli will be crawling. He sits on his behind and rocks back and forth and then tips over and gets up on his hands and almost gets his feet under him...and somehow he ends up going backwards! Life is a journey not a destination, I guess. Swim lessons were good this morning. I'm glad that Eli does so well, but embarrassed that he is the Teacher's Pet Supreme! Now, if we can just get back to our normal schedule and get Eli sleeping in his crib again. He thinks that when he sleeps with us it gives him permission to treat me as an all-night diner! Ah, the joys of breastfeeding!

Furniture Fun

Yippee! I get to leave "work" early today so I can pick up the rest of the furniture that my Mom and sister-in-law bought on Wednesday...definitely go to the back room at Sofa Mart (Furniture Row). I bought a cool little clicky couch thing that folds down into a bed. Much cooler than a futon...I know, Patty did something cool? Hard to believe. Anywho, I also get to do some case lot shopping at Broulims...also fun. I feel like I'm really accomplishing things when I buy in bulk.
So, now everyone has a reason to come see me at home...the new clicky couch curiosity will overpower you and you will not be satisfied without a firsthand witness to its coolness.

Sad moosey

I'm heart broken because the mama moose that I wrote about a few days ago was hit and killed on the highway. Now there are 2 orphan calves. I can't imagine how someone couldn't slow down enough to miss a moose the size of a pickup. Probably some soccer mom with a cell phone in one hand and a coffee mug in the other. (don't know how they steer) I hope I never meet a moose in my Mini...that would be very bad.