more jo bro happiness

don't forget about the opening act: Demi Lovato -aka "Tickly Saurus" in our house: after watching "Camp Rock" one night, the next day the girls were playing -what else- "camp rock". "I'm Tickly Saurus", said Lib. "What? Who are you?", I asked. "Tickly Saurus", replied Fi. It took me a minute or two to think & then I realized it was the character "Mitchy Torres" from "Camp Rock" to whom they were referring. Lib was most excited to see her in person...it was a surprise b/c they didn't know who -or if- the opening act was to be.

Saturday night special pt #1

used to be lighters we held high above our heads...










Jo Bros

I love synchronicity!!!

So Auntie Lindsay randomly entered this Verizon contest to win 4 tix to the Jonas Bros sound check b4 their show tonight at Fiddler's Green (what is it now called? Coors Amphitheatre, or something?). And she won!!!! She took the girls today on a "surprise" trip. They had no idea. I can't wait to see their faces & hear their reactions when they get home. BUT GET THIS! Out of the 200 some people at the sound check, Lindsay won 4 tickets to tonights concert. Can you believe it!?!?!?!

Update: Maddie & Fi came home & immediately wanted to make posters. Lib was kinda ambivalent about going to the concert because it's so loud unless she had "things to put in your ears that is like styrofoam but small". I mangaged to scrounge up 3 pair of earplugs. Off they went with G. I hope hope hope it's fun for everyone


Thank you, thank you, a million thanks, Auntie Lindsay! Don't know how long the littles will remember this, but I'm pretty sure Maddie will. What an awesome first concert experience!!!!

We will rule the world!

Bucs vs Rocks tonight in Denver. Be there or be square! The Rocky Mountain News box is specially reserved for Buccos fans tonight...mwahahahaha!

curses!

Friggin' American League. And G for making me watch it when I was blissfully unaware until the 13th. And for his jinxing McClouth's could-have-been winning HR.

hear ye hear ye

more brother Ben's musical musings for the Boulder Weekly

New England random

shaking my fist at the heavens

why oh why oh why do things happen "for a reason". How to "reason" that Linda's stroke is "purposeful" and not just random. What kind of "lesson" is to be learned here? How is this lesson helpful for Linda? How is a person's physical pain & suffering any kind of "God only gives you what you can handle" crap? I went to the hospital again last night (it's been my ritual, after work visit). Linda is off the respirator & on lower dosage of sedation. So she was awake periodically. And I have to say, selfishly, that it was alot easier to pretend she was just sleeping when I visited the other times. Last night I had to liken her wakeful behavior to that of inebriation. It's hard to see, hard to be there, to talk to her. It's easier to pretend she's drunk than to actually think about the converse truth; that she's had a freaking massive stroke & she won't ever be exactly who she was before. How is it "that which doesn't kill you only makes you stronger"? WTF??? How is this better than death? How is this going to make Linda a stronger person? WTF.

I've been here before. It's like deja vu. My great aunt Dee Dee had a stroke when I was about 11 or 12. But she was old -elderly. It was difficult then to deal with. The lack of communication, the lack of self-sufficiency. The look in her eyes that she was STILL there, but trapped inside her head; that she wanted to talk, to move, to do, but she couldn't.

And now my friend has come to this same fate, but she's so much younger. So much the more reason to question the "purpose" behind this happening.

Again, I'm at a loss for words.

the Mayflower II

leaps and bounds

I measure the girls' heights every so often, usually when they "look" taller, if you know what I mean. So on the 3rd, Maddie looked a bit taller -and she was about a 1/2 inch taller than on her birthday the month before. Of course the littles insist on also being measured. Fi was about a 1/2 inch taller too. Lib had no change since February. This past Friday the 11th, Lib slept until 11:30 a.m., no kidding. When she woke up, she was 1 & 1/2 inches taller!!!! No kidding!

Last night Fi crawled in bed with me & she threw her leg up over me. Her foot "felt bigger". This morning, her hand felt bigger in mine. She IS a 1/2 inch taller!

One morning a couple weeks ago, Maddie was in the shower & her feet looked bigger. Her feet have looked a bit smallish for her body for some time. Sure enough, NONE of her shoes fit except her Crocs. It looked like her feet had grown about 2 -2 1/2 sizes -overnight! She immediately went out to the garage to raid Snick's stash of shoes; found a pair of flats & a pair of cons. Both were only about 1/2 size too big! Her previous shoes were size 3 1/2 & 4. You know what we'll be buying next month for school. And she's outgrown most of her clothes too. She skipped right over size 12 & is into size 14 now. And NOTHING at Old Navy fits. It was a blow to her self esteem. She refused to try on junior's clothes. How to make a self-conscious pre-teen understand that it's not HER, it's the store that caters to only a certain (slim) body type. The ONLY bottoms that fit her are from Target & Gap...and we've tried EVERY store, every style, every brand. Seriously.