Getting Back To Normal
We've been home for four days now, and things are slowly starting to get back to normal. The Moosh woke up at 7:30 this morning instead of 4:00. A vast improvement. He also went down for his nap on time.
I went to visit my parents yesterday, and at some point we ended up in Wal-Mart (where I almost never shop if I can help it), and I spent a boatload of money on 2 DVDs, 2 gallons of milk, a six-pack of YoBaby yogurt, and a toy for the Moosh. It cost almost $100. For 6 things. When did stuff get so expensive?
The toy was a LeapFrog magenetic alphabet toy that I'd been meaning to buy for some time. You can check it out here. He loves it, for the moment anyway. I promised myself that when I had children, I would not fill up my house with useless junk that the kids play with for 5 minutes and then ignore. Of course, when I made that promise, I had no children, and therefore had no idea what I was talking about. I have bought a myriad of junk in the last 1.75 years, and spent an untold amount of cash. He plays with about 10% of the stuff. Sigh.
I bought The Incredibles, even though I hadn't seen it, because I had been assured that it was good by reliable people, and I'm always looking to expand my collection of children's movies that I can stand. I only have a few, but I want to get some more before the boy takes a keen interest in television, so that I will not be forced to watch Barney. The Incredibles was really good, it kept me interested and it was funny. Two thumbs up.
The other DVD I bought was the director's cut of Donnie Darko, one of my favorite movies of all time. Director's cuts are such a crapshoot, because you've fallen in love with a movie in its original form, and sometimes the changes that the director makes just seem wrong somehow. Take the opening scene of Donnie Darko, for example. The original movie featured Echo and the Bunnymen's The Killing Moon during the opening credits. I love that song, and it fit perfectly with the main character's personality in the film. The director's cut has a different song, I think its by INXS. It's a good song, but no. Just no. I'll take the Echo and the Bunnymen song any day. I haven't finished the director's cut yet, but I intend to watch the first cut of the film, and then the director's cut, and do a comparison and contrast. I just love this movie. Seriously.
This morning I cleaned my house. I picked up all the clutter and put it away, and then I vacuumed. I even changed the vacuum cleaner bag. I also made muffins. I am so Martha Stewart all up in here. Tomorrow I will have to clean the bathrooms and the kitchen, but then everything will be clean! We will have a fresh canvas of a house to crap up and let dust settle all over.
I went to visit my parents yesterday, and at some point we ended up in Wal-Mart (where I almost never shop if I can help it), and I spent a boatload of money on 2 DVDs, 2 gallons of milk, a six-pack of YoBaby yogurt, and a toy for the Moosh. It cost almost $100. For 6 things. When did stuff get so expensive?
The toy was a LeapFrog magenetic alphabet toy that I'd been meaning to buy for some time. You can check it out here. He loves it, for the moment anyway. I promised myself that when I had children, I would not fill up my house with useless junk that the kids play with for 5 minutes and then ignore. Of course, when I made that promise, I had no children, and therefore had no idea what I was talking about. I have bought a myriad of junk in the last 1.75 years, and spent an untold amount of cash. He plays with about 10% of the stuff. Sigh.
I bought The Incredibles, even though I hadn't seen it, because I had been assured that it was good by reliable people, and I'm always looking to expand my collection of children's movies that I can stand. I only have a few, but I want to get some more before the boy takes a keen interest in television, so that I will not be forced to watch Barney. The Incredibles was really good, it kept me interested and it was funny. Two thumbs up.
The other DVD I bought was the director's cut of Donnie Darko, one of my favorite movies of all time. Director's cuts are such a crapshoot, because you've fallen in love with a movie in its original form, and sometimes the changes that the director makes just seem wrong somehow. Take the opening scene of Donnie Darko, for example. The original movie featured Echo and the Bunnymen's The Killing Moon during the opening credits. I love that song, and it fit perfectly with the main character's personality in the film. The director's cut has a different song, I think its by INXS. It's a good song, but no. Just no. I'll take the Echo and the Bunnymen song any day. I haven't finished the director's cut yet, but I intend to watch the first cut of the film, and then the director's cut, and do a comparison and contrast. I just love this movie. Seriously.
This morning I cleaned my house. I picked up all the clutter and put it away, and then I vacuumed. I even changed the vacuum cleaner bag. I also made muffins. I am so Martha Stewart all up in here. Tomorrow I will have to clean the bathrooms and the kitchen, but then everything will be clean! We will have a fresh canvas of a house to crap up and let dust settle all over.
posted by Lisa C. @ 5:31:00 PM
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