XXX Library XXX

Libraries....ughhh. Lets just say that I have a long history of disappointing experiences at many a Public Library. Yes, it is a fact that I once lost a Stuart Little DVD and ended up owing over $100 in fines. I found the DVD over a year later while unpacking after our move to Minnesota in a bathroom box....what? Yes, it is also true that we (as in my boys and I) have been kicked out of multiple libraries for excessive noise. If we weren't lucky enough to officially given the boot, I was sure given enough looks of death to make me want to leave. Needless to say, we don't frequent the library often. As a lot of you know, both my boys have grown up and improved on all the things that make them who they are in the last year. So contemplating on how far they have come, I decided on a whim to take a trip to the Maple Grove Library. I'm happy to say that for the first time my boys didn't have any major issues. No, this time the Library is the one that had a problem. As we were perusing the adult non-fiction for some good Star Wars reads we walked by a nasty man on a public computer. He was on youtube about to watch "hot sexy teen girls getting frisky." I herded my boys away as fast I could and didn't end up seeing the actual video. I went up to the help desk to ask what their policy was on that kind of nasty crap. So if you live in Maple Grove listen up: there is nothing they can do about "pornographic text" and because I didn't actually see the video about to be played, there was nothing the Library could do. So basically I would have had to wait around for the video of girls getting busy and risk my boys seeing something offensive to get this guy kicked out. I guess if I read more books my vocabulary would more extensive, but all I can come up with is this is Lame Lame Lame! I guess it's back to scholastic book orders for us!

Lessons Learned

We got back from our 13 day vacation extravaganza on Tuesday night. As I look back on the trip, I decided that I learned quite a bit in the last couple weeks. Lets just say that this vaca was done Grizwald style......

Here are a few things I learned in no particular order:

1. Never let Max outside in high altitudes while the sun is shining or his poor little nose will blister!



2. John is capable of making the UGLIEST FACE KNOWN TO MAN if given a sour warhead. My bellybutton is so enormous that you can see it through my shirt...gross!


3. There are apparently people not as excited as I am to go to Nielson's Frozen Custard the minute it opens. (at 10:30 am) This one I will never understand, who should have to drag their kids to get custard, what kind of a world am I raising my kids in nowadays?


4. Temple reflection pools have to be cooled down too even though no one swims in them. We didn't get to see the reflection due to the "cooling system", but the boys were down for a pose or two.


5. I forgot how much I love the scenery and red rocks or good ole AZ. I need to get back to the Canyon!!


6. How picky Max really is. While all the cousins shoveled candy into their baskets, Max is happy to pick through piece by piece to find the two or three pieces he would like....he' so funny like that!


7. My kids no longer require a babysitter, all I need to do is buy another Nintendo DS and call it good.


8. After a long trip, nothing is better than sleeping in your own bed!!


I learned many other things that I sadly don't have pics for such as what my Mother in Law looks like naked and how cranky a 7 month prego can get on a 24 hour car ride, but I think those are better mental images anyways!

MMMMM New carpet smell!!!

This morning I had my living room carpet replaced compliments of KHOV. They should make this smell into a candle if you ask me, it's so yummy! I'm going to enjoy the sent down to its last wiff. It smells almost as good as my dessert tasted last night. Thanks ladies...especially Camie!