I Will Avenge You!

Has it really been three days since I blogged?  Being sick is even more horrible than I thought!  Anyway, it's been touch and go for me since Monday.  Yesterday was terrible, but today was not so bad, so here's to hoping I am totally on the upside of this awful sickness.  Monday was great, though.  Jacob took the day off and we got to go on a day date to go see The Avengers. I had heard and read a lot about it in the last week, but somehow I managed to still be surprised by certain things in the movie.  Were you?


TOP TEN SURPRISES IN THE AVENGERS


10.  The Hulk and Yoda share the same great-grandfather
9.  In order to appeal to a wider audience Captain America is renamed "Captain Du Monde"
8.  President Obama meets with Loki and agrees to give the aliens New Jersey in return for all the space dogs he can eat.
7.  Black Widow repeating as SHIELD Slam Dunk Champion
6.  Stan Lee makes a cameo!!  I mean, what are the odds!?
5.   Instead of Captain America having a square, masculine jawline, piercingly gorgeous blue eyes that take you to places you've only dreamed about, a smile that turns your bones to jell-o and a physique rivaling only that of a Greek--- wait, what was this list about?
4.  The part where Voldemort kills Hawkeye's parents was a little contrived  
3.  Iron Man's suit is still flexible enough for the kick line finale 
2.  Thor's version of American Pie was surprisingly tender
1.  Goodbye Special Agent Coulson,  Hello Hertz Rent-a-Car Agent Simmons


Thanks to Dave for all his help.  Just to be clear, I  definitely wrote number 5 :)

A Luke Quickie.....Mother's Day Style

Today the Primary-aged children were to sing a song to all their mothers during Sacrament meeting.  At the appointed time all the children were called up to the front, and Cindy and Luke began to make their way forward.  As the song began, my parents, who were seated behind me, leaned forward and said, "Where's Luke?"  I scanned all the singing children and did not see him anywhere.  Maybe he was in the back?  As the kids finished and filed back to their seats, we still did not see Luke.  When Cindy came to sit down I asked her where Luke was and she had no idea.  I was starting to panic a little at this point. I mean, unless he got translated, my son was completely missing.  As I looked around the chapel, I leaned forward and in the south side foyer, there was Luke with a very embarrassed, tear-stained face.  He came walking over to me very sadly and when I asked him what happened he very quietly said, "I thought it was time for Primary."  He had walked out of the chapel and down the hall to the Primary room by himself and had missed the entire song.  It was so. sad.  If you have met Luke  you know that he has very big, very blue eyes.  But imagine those giant eyes filled with huge pooling tears and his little mouth beginning to pull down at the corners.  It is absolutely the most gut-wrenching, sympathy-inducing, pathetic sight your eyes have ever beheld in your life. EVER!!!  I think he is related to this guy....

Vermin Virus

It's a good thing that I don't get sick very often, because when I do, I am not fun.  I have some sort of mild flu that is causing my entire body to ache, given me a sore throat, swollen tongue and provided me with a solid 48 hours of the most demonic tension headache I think I've ever had.  On the other hand, it has once again reminded me how lucky I am to have the Mom I do.  She took the kids to sleepover last night, cleaned my kitchen and brought me flowers this morning.  And in return for all this, I will give her some lame wind chimes for Mother's Day. Yeah, that seems fair.

Ohhhhhhhhhh

Top Ten Reasons Why I Didn't Write a Top Ten This Week


10.  Too busy procrastinating killing the giant black widow spider in my garage
9.    Too tired from swimming laps for the first time in over a year
8.    Too annoyed from learning my outside freezer was left open all night
7.    Too sweaty from waiting in car line to get Cindy  (The bus is on my shun list for saying bad words)
6.  Too exhausted from helping out with the 18 Activity Days girls (and that's with 4 assistants!)
5.  Too excited from winning money the radio - Woo-hoo! 
4.  Too drained from watching Jacob do multiplication flashcards with Cindy. For the love of Pete, 6 X 5 is THIRTY!!!! What a world, what a world......
3.  Too stressed from trying to decide our official summer plans
2.  Too happy getting caught up on THREE whole episodes of Psych :)
1.   I was abducted by aliens

Two Things...

Excellent find by my friend Davina....

And a Cindy Quickie

The other day in the back seat of the car the kids were having a conversation about outer space.  After talking for a few minutes Cindy tells me "Here's the thing; I really, really want to go to outer space, it's just that I'm nervous."  She then tells me she's nervous because "it's so high in the air."  And then very matter-of-factly Luke says, "Plus also there are bad ships and aliens attacking."   Frankly, going to outer space sounds like a lose-lose situation.

Doth My Ears Deceive Me?

I have noticed recently that my children need to have hearing exams.  I think there is too much ear wax in there because they never seem to correctly hear what I am saying.  For example....


When I say "Go get dressed"  my children hear, "Put on the oldest shirt you can find so your teacher thinks I haven't been shopping since 1987."


When I say "Go brush your teeth"  my children hear, "Can you please go smear toothpaste on every square inch of the bathroom?  And don't forget the inside of my hair dryer like last time.  Thanks."  


When I say "Please go clean up your room real quick so you can play" my children hear,  "Good news, slavery is being reinstated in America and you two are the lucky first victims!  Clinically sterilize your bedroom and if you could you also sing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot while you work, that would be great."


When I say "I have a meeting up at the church so you will be staying home with Dad for a few hours"  my children hear,   "I'm leaving for a pony-riding party and a meet-and-greet with Iron Man.  See ya later, suckers!!!"


When I say "Go take your shower so we can read scriptures" they hear "Go see how long it takes for us to completely run out of hot water and also find out if the wood floor in the hallway is really watertight."


And my personal favorite, when I say "Time to get out of the pool"  they hear  "Woof, woof, rrrrufff! Ruff, woof, arf."  That one's for you, Dad.

The Big Dance

This past weekend I finally did something else I have been meaning to do for about 5 years, and that is attend a dance concert at Harrison School of the Performing Arts here in Lakeland.  Every year I ALWAYS say I should take Cindy and I never do.  But Saturday night, I FINALLY did!  And it was fun.  Cindy was not so impressed with the modern dance numbers, but when it came time for a routine that looked something like this:

Cindy leaned over to me and very seriously whispered, "I need some shoes like that."

Farewell...

Star Wars weekend in Sweeneyville was fun.  I am going to miss it.

Star Wars Food for Thought

We can't repel flavor of that magnitude!

That's no melon...

These were the droids I was cooking for.

Eat it up, Fuzzballs!

He was alive and in perfect hibernation.

I used to pan fry womp rats in my T-16 back home.

Only blue food coloring could be so bold.

I found our lack of cake disturbing...

Impressive, most impressive.

Delicious beverages.  They are your destiny.

Good thing my microwave was fully operational.

Aren't you a little cute to be a stormtrooper?

I don't know, watch casual.

May The Fur Be With You

I couldn't let my Star Wars revelry pass without a little mash-up action.  This time it adds up - cats: great.  Star Wars: awesome.  Cats and Star Wars:  epic win.

This is one is definitely the best.  The kids laughed for 20 minutes....