I WAS GOING TO EAT THAT!

Ahh - a two hour work day tomorrow. Gotta love Fridays!

Tom and I are off for our weekend getaway. Well, it's only one night and I had to find a sitter because the plans for a childless weekend backfired. Still going to enjoy the time alone doing something other than watching golf or whatever other sport might be on the boob tube.

Daryl had another game tonight. They won, 6-5. He got an assist for the first goal of the game and scored the final two goals in the third period - both of which were shorthanded. Way to go Daryl!! When he was playing in Texas, there was a live feed that Tom could watch over the Internet free of charge - now that he's back with the Cyclones, you have to pay to watch online. So, poor Tom just keeps going to pointstreak to see what's happening.

So anyway - I'm sure you could care less as I know you hate hockey - it's the only sport I enjoy watching.... next topic. (not that I have one lined up and ready to go).

I just went to Sobeys and bought 3 huge boxes of Reese Puffs cereal because it's on sale for $3.99 - regularly $7.49 or $7.99. I have to go back because I was chatting with the guy behind me in line and he had 3 blocks of Cracker Barrel cheese - not the large sticks, the BLOCKS! They were on for $5.99. We eat a lot of cheese. I swear, Brett would live on it if I let him.

I remember one morning, he came up to my room where I was sound asleep and asked if he could have some cheese. I said yes... however I was thinking a slice of the Kraft Singles. When I came downstairs a few minutes later, I found him at the table, eating a 500g package of cheese like it was a chocolate bar. Oh - Jade caught him eating bologna one day... took the whole stack out of the package and bit the whole pile. Weird kid.

Brett asked me the other day what my favorite smell was. I said there were lots of scents that I really love, but said that if I had to pick one, it would probably be fresh baked bread. He said his was the smell of grilled cheese. It's his favorite food. Unlike the embarrassing conversation I had with Cole's Kindergarten teacher at a parent interview. Seems they were talking about nutrition and the teacher went from child to child, asking what they're favorite thing to eat was. She said she got a wide range of foods - pizza, french fries, spaghetti, and so on until she got to Cole - who told her he liked to eat boogers. lol - I was so proud.

Another story that should be sent out for anyone to see involves Cole, the booger eater again. He was 4 or so. I can't remember what age exactly, but he was young. He and Jade had swimming lessons, but he had broken his arm while trying to slide down the banister (obviously he failed - miserably) so he had to sit and watch with me. There were quite a few other parents there watching too. I happened to look to my right and saw a lady looking past me at Cole with a disgusted look on her face. I turned my head to the left, and saw Cole, inspecting a huge booger on the end of his finger. I didn't have a Kleenex, so I tapped the back of his hand, figuring that it would drop to the floor and that would bring a quiet end to the situation. I figured wrong. He jumped back, his eyes frantically scanning the floor, all the while, yelling at the top of his lungs "HEY - I WAS GOING TO EAT THAT!" I am pretty sure that he has outgrown this. If he hasn't he's learned to do it in private. Thank God!

Hmm. I am eating a box of Crunch'n Munch as I type this. I happened to set the box down with the nutritional values facing me. I eat the entire box, any time I open one. I am shocked to say that 40g contains 190 calories, 7g of fat, 16g of sugar and only 2g of fibre. I slowly turn the box to see how much is in there... 200g! OMG! That explains why my pants have been getting shorter. They're not shrinking, my ass is just getting bigger! What's that? Have I stopped eating it? No. Something about this stuff. I can't control myself. It's got popcorn, "buttery toffee" and peanuts. It's sweet, salty and crunchy. YUM YUM!

I am super bored - does it show? Everyone else is in bed (except for Jade who is still not home @ 12:30am). She should be home and thumping around any time now.

I could sit here and type about absolutely nothing for hours. You've probably already noticed that. However, I should probably go break down the five thousand boxes that have been piling up in the sun room for the past couple months. I have two large boxes full of broken down boxes that have to be tied and brought out for recycling. I have no excuse for not getting this done seeing that the snow that was blocking the back gate has melted (what - three weeks ago?)

So I will bid you farewell, and hope that you are snug and warm in your bed. I know you weren't feeling so great this morning - hope tomorrow is a better day for you.... talk to you then!