The Writer's strike is over.........

I guess now that all the writer's have gone back to work, I, too, can cease my strike.( not that I had any reason for my being absent) I was just standing in silent support......ha, ha, ha. Now that I have successfully alienated all my readers, ( all 5 of you) or at least have them believing that this blog has been shut down permamently. Well, I am back, for now. Until I decide to have another 3 month hiatus. Not very good blogging etiquette, huh?
On to my new found obsession........ mind you, we are little behind the times on this, a little slow to come on board to this phenomenon sweeping the nation, but we are getting there. First let me say this. The library has become our new favorite place. My kids love it. ( not too sure if librarian Fran loves us.....) It is really hard to keep Jack contained to a stroller in there, and he really thinks it is fun to run around the kids section and pull books of the shelf, while mommy chases him and puts them back. We are going to try a different location tomorrow....... Fran may not be so happy to see our faces so soon, we'll go meet a new librarian! Anyway- the library has movies you can check out for FREE ( I am sure everyone else already knew this beautiful tidbit of information- but maybe decided not to share it- for fear that it would be spread to too many people- after all there is not a huge assortment) So anyway, Rylie and I ( okay mostly me) decided to check out...... wait for it...... that is right...... the best movie of the past 5 years..... High School Musical. I cannot believe that I had not seen this movie before 3 weeks ago. I was a scoffer, I must say, when I heard others singing its praises and giving it such high accolades, but now I must admit, I was so wrong to scoff, it was like a dream come truesday! Rylie liked it too. She watched it 6 times in a week. Then we made my whole family sit down and watch it when we went to Mississippi, and Rylie was singing along with every song. I can't even describe how happy it makes me to know that she is a daughter after my own heart. I love a musical, i wish life were a musical. I would love to break out in choreographed lyrics and dance moves while mopping my kitchen floor or grocery shopping down the aisles of my local walmart. The best thing about HSM is that the music is actually really good- I may need to download the soundtrack to my Ipod, considering I wake up singing the songs every morning! Like I said, I know that we are a little behind the times on finding out about the shear awesomeness of this movie, but we are catching up...... we rented HSM2 and watched it today- I have to say, Luke even made it through like two- thirds of it!

Bluebonnet letdown

One of the signs of spring in Texas is the bluebonnets. You know that the weather is starting to get warmer and that spring is on it's way, once you start to see those signature blue flowers, covering the highways and byways all over Texas. It is also a rite of passage as a parent in Texas to throw your kids into patches of them and take lots of pictures. I mean, when else, would you willingly stop your car on the side of the road, take your kids out, put them in a field five feet away from the passing traffic, whilst vehicles are cruising past you at a mere 90mph? Family members: do not worry yours truly did not do that- no we just went to a fire-ant (another lovely distinctive sign of a Texas spring) infested field in Ennis - during their annual Bluebonnet festival. We drove an hour and a half to get there- to what are supposed to be the best bluebonnets in the state. All to hear the women at the tourist office say " This is the worst year for the bluebonnets. Last year was the best." Great. Well, we did find one semi good patch of them, only problem was, so had everyone else. But it was okay, and I think in the end we got some good pictures. I should hope out of the 200 we took, there were at least some good ones! Oh well, even though the flowers were not as abundant as they had been in previous years, it was still a nice afternoon to be outside and enjoy a beautiful spring day, because I know all too soon, it will be unbearably hot, like, probably next week! After all, that is another sure fire sign of spring in Texas, it only lasts about 2 weeks!