just stuff

*It's official. We are going to Disney World the last week in March!! My parents have been planning on taking us for over a year now, and we've finally sat down and finalized the plans. I haven't been to Disney since I was twelve, so I am really excited. To be honest, neither of my boys know much about the Disney characters. I think the only movies they have seen are Jungle Book (Peppy's favorite) and Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid (my favorites.) However....Owsley is the biggest Mickey Mouse fan. So I know his little mind is going to be blown when he sees the gang in real life. Gage could care less about Mickey Mouse, so I've been downloading whatever behind the scenes shows I can find about Disney World. And now Gage is equally amped for our spring break trip. It'll also be the boys' first real plane ride. So that should be interesting. Epcot was my favorite park when I was twelve. I have a feeling Gage will really like that park too. Oh, I already know how very many happy tears I am going to shed when I get to experience Disney World through the eyes of my kids.

*Peppy suffers from what I refer to as 'Post Cruise Depression.' Up until yesterday (when I googled the term) I didn't realize that it was actually a pretty common thing. I mean, it was basically just used in jest, but it seems like tons of people feel the same way as Peppy. For about a month after we go on a cruise he is in a funk. He will constantly email me links to websites about cruises and potential vacations. He feels the swaying of the ship for almost a week after we get back home. And every day he will say something like, "Do you remember what we were doing at this time _______ days ago?" Since we both have summer birthdays, we have decided to combine our birthday money this year and go on another cruise in July. My parents currently have an empty nest for the first time in almost 30 years. So my mom should love watching my kids for a week.....right? ;-)

*Over the weekend I was going to take the boys to Early Works. We were just about to walk out the door, when Gage tripped and busted his nose. He's never had a nose bleed before, and it looked pretty horrible. There was blood everywhere. But ten minutes later it was all cleaned up and he said he still wanted to go to Early Works. We got on the interstate, but had to get off a couple miles later due to a police barricade. Turns out that ten minutes earlier (the time we should have been on the interstate) a police chase was going on. There was an erratic driver pointing a gun at other cars. When they finally caught the guy, it caused a wreck with two other cars, sending them to the hospital. It's really crazy to think that if Gage hadn't tripped we would have been right in the middle of that police chase. 

*All right. Who watched American Horror Story: Asylum? What did you think? (Without giving any spoilers away) I really enjoyed both seasons, but I think I might have liked Asylum better. It dealt with mental demons, which I think can be more terrifying than ghosts or spirits. I also really loved that although the two seasons weren't directly related, many of the cast members rolled over. Peppy didn't watch the first season, and he might have gotten annoyed every time I would scream out, "OH! They played soandso during season one!"

*The only downside of our booth seating is that Owsley can currently reach the light switch. Now he knows not to turn it on/off over and over, but sometimes he just doesn't care. And last night he somehow flicked the switch too hard, causing a wire to disconnect, leaving us without a kitchen light. This isn't too bad during the day, but at night it's pretty dang dark. I think this is a pretty viable excuse to keep me from cooking dinner until the light is fixed.

*One last thing. Peppy picked up some Kroger brand triple brownie ice cream. That stuff is where it's at.