This is the kind of week (Jan 11-17) that makes me feel lucky to get to be a wife and mom and work part time at my youngest’s school. First up, I got to drive Michelle and a couple friends to their Button Rock hike. Michelle is pleased her hiking club is growing in numbers. I enjoyed hearing about how the hike went after Hubby brought her home, along with updates from her many other endeavors. The same day as Michelle’s most recent hike Danny and Jane went to the Nuggets game with tickets J had gotten D for Christmas. They had so much fun and I heard it was a good game to be at! Meanwhile, some girls pulled up in front of our house, yelling and singing and honking their horn and then drove off. Hubby and Michelle and I were in the hot tub and when we saw them coming back around, Hubby jumped out of the hot tub, went around the side of the house and scared them by putting his arms up and roaring. They SCREAMED and drove off and we laughed and laughed... espe...
Blame the title on me watching 2009’s Star Trek on New Year’s Eve before it left Netflix. Don’t worry, that won’t be the only movie I mention. Why was I watching a movie alone on New Year’s Eve? Well, we had all planned on flying to visit Hubby’s family after Christmas but Danny’s coach was still pretty disappointed for us taking Danny out of town at Thanksgiving and Danny was afraid of further punishment. (Sad part was he sprained his ankle again so it’s not like he got a lot of minutes his first game back anyway.) Kate wanted a nice, relaxing break after our busy trip to NYC during Thanksgiving so we decided I would stay home with Kate and Danny for a few days after dropping Hubby and Michelle and Natalie off at the airport. I felt like the Grinch because after getting home I started doing everything I wanted done before I left town, including taking down all the Christmas decorations like a machine. It made Danny laugh and made Kate question my me...