I love this weather.

Windy, cool, right before the rain. Fast-moving clouds. Spooky moon. Can't beat it. I can sit outside for hours.

I still believe in fairies.

The girl lost a canine tooth today. She came home, proudly showed me the tooth, and said, "How much money will I get for this... MOM? Huh, MOM?"

This made me sad. I mean, I still believe in the tooth fairy, why shouldn't she? I promptly told her that I didn't know what she was talking about, and if she didn't believe in fairies, I guess she wouldn't get any money.

So, when the tooth fairy came to visit, she found a note:

Dear Tooth Fairy, I'm sorry I thought you were mom. I ♥ U.

Much better.

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There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be

I'm baaaack. With cookies.

So, this new year's resolution isn't working out so well. At least I'm back, even if I'm not consistent... never give up!

I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of some yummy cookies that are sitting in my kitchen. The kids wanted to make them, so we did. Why is it that the kids always pick out the recipes that are the WORST for the diet??? These are marshmallow-chocolate-chocolate-chip awesome cookies. I've made them before. Each time, I've posted pictures on flickr. You think we like them?

Speaking of the diet (while I eye the cookies and DON'T eat them)... I have lost 12 lbs and have plateaued, so I'm glad I'm blogging right now instead of eating.

Glad I have not LOST time.

So I watch LOST.
<aside>OMG. I just typed LOSER instead of LOST by mistake. Is that symbolic of anything? </aside>

I was kind of frustrated at the last episode. I watched it (in an airport actually) and was left kind of ... wha??? I was going to blog about it, but then found this blog entry by interlost. Basically says everything I would have, but better. Or maybe even more than I would have, because I don't think I'm this smart.

So, thanks, I just saved some LOST time.

Heh, my son said "cheapass"

Thanks go out to my wonderful SIL and BIL, who bought the boy a slew of awesome games for his 12th bday. I am still having trouble dealing with the number 12... The teens are only a year away.

The games are mostly from Cheapass Games, which produces quality games with no fancy marketing or packaging. When the boy told me that his aunt and uncle got him like 10 games, I said "wow!" but then the boy said, "oh, they are cheapass." Nice. No offense should be taken because we love the games!

We played the non-cheapass game first: Girl Genius The Works. We've played this game before with the SIL and BIL. It is an imaginative card game where you have to get the "cogs" on the board to work together to your benefit. The boy loves it. And kicks my butt every time.

We also played Steam Tunnel several times. This is an abstract strategy scored card game that has some elements of Carcassone, some of Tsuro, and I'm sure other games too. I beat the boy by six points the first time, which just pissed him off. Made him figure out his strategies though, because the second time we played, he more than quadrupled my score. I think I'll be hard-pressed to beat him again. We tried to get the girl involved this time, but she wasn't interested. Next time.