Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Pidge Scout Johnson
I have always wanted to buy a parrot. I had a parrot when I was a kid. It was a mean cuss. It loved my brother, but hated everyone else. Amazon parrots can be very cool, but they are one-person birds - meaning that they really only want to be with one person.
For years, I have dropped hints to Brodi about getting a bird - not an Amazon parrot, but a nicer parrot. She always says No. She had no interest. But then a little trip to San Diego where she got to see some cool birds at the San Diego Zoo Safari, and she became interested. To make a long story short, we got ourselves a parrot. We wanted a bird that could eventually talk some, but was a nice friendly family bird. We found her. A female Eclectus Parrot. She is beautiful and the kids have loved her. She eats all kinds of fruits and vegetables and beans. She makes some awesome noises and is happy to be around us. Brodi named her Pidgeon Scout. Don't ask. But Pidge is now a family member. We just need to teach her to lift up the seat on the toilet.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Entertainment Weekly and Brodi
Among our magazines at home, we get the Economist, Sports Illustrated and Consumer Reports. We also get Entertainment Weekly and we love it. TV, Movies, Books, etc...it fills our pop culture needs. So, today has been pretty cool, because Entertainment Weekly is featuring Brodi's book. They get the exclusive of revealing Brodi's book trailer. If you go here: http://shelf-life.ew.com/2012/11/08/watch-the-exclusive-trailer-for-brodi-ashtons-everbound-video/#disqus_thread
I captured the web page and it was the main page of their book section. So, check out the book trailer video.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
You are sick...but not sick sick
I am going to try to post more regularly again. Or, I can just post every month or two and apologize and then say 'I am going to try to post more regularly again.'
I got the phone call the other day that every parent dreads. Your kid is sick at school and needs to come home. Yeah, that phone call. So I talked with Carter and asked how he was feeling because he was just fine when he went to school. He said that he felt sick to his stomach and his head hurt. He then explained that he was playing a game with his friends at recess on who could run the most number of circles. He did 50. 50 circles. In a row. I explained to him that he was motion sick/car sick/dumb game sick and I told him to sit on the couch in the office and I would call back in 10 minutes to check on him.
Now, this is a fine line. You don't want to be THAT parent that doesn't pick up his poor sick kid. But I am not going to be THAT parent that runs to get my kid when he is not sick sick...just dumb sick. 15 minutes later, he was still sick. I left work to pick him up. I took him home and miraculously, about 10 minutes later, he was feeling great. Carter 1 Sam 0.
Not sick, a few days earlier |
Now, this is a fine line. You don't want to be THAT parent that doesn't pick up his poor sick kid. But I am not going to be THAT parent that runs to get my kid when he is not sick sick...just dumb sick. 15 minutes later, he was still sick. I left work to pick him up. I took him home and miraculously, about 10 minutes later, he was feeling great. Carter 1 Sam 0.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Carter playing Pro Soccer

Sunday, August 5, 2012
Is that a brick in your pocket?
We were cleaning out old boxes and I came across an old cell phone of ours. Yeah, technology has improved for the better, hasn't it?
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Taco truck catering rocks the party
Now, we are trying to figure out what to do next year to beat that. Anyone know how I can contact the circus?
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