God also apparently uses the British spelling system. Who knew? (besides the Brits who will no doubt let me know in no uncertain terms that they had always known their spelling had divine blessings ( Read more... )

I think my computer's dying. It won't stay on without being plugged in (despite the fact that, according to my computer, I have 42% battery), and I had to tape the cord coming out of the converter box in a certain position so that the computer considers itself "plugged in." And my battery doesn't re-juice; it's stuck at this mythical 42%. And ( Read more... )

...not that that's all that hard ( Read more... )

Weather suspended the game in the 4th inning with Air Academy behind by 2 runs. We get nervous holding bats when there is lightning nearby. And then it hailed. And before that it was pretty chilly. It's May, and we're playing in 50 degree weather. Springtime in the Rockies...not so much a season unto itself as a sampler of all other seasons. ( Read more... )

Baseball playoffs started today. Air Academy kicked butt in the first game, winning 17-0, despite weather that changed every two seconds. We had everything from cold winds, to warm sun, to mini ice storms, to spring rains. It was bizarre, but we got through a full regulation game (thank heaven). The next game at 3:00 should be a bit more of a ( Read more... )

I don't know how we've managed to get all this fog this week. The nearest large body of water is the Great Salt Lake, and there are these small hills in the way of that ( Read more... )

Total ftw for our kids tonight. The girls got their parts and the characters so quick, and the barbershop quartet was amazing. All the director/costume/props/leaders people came in to listen to our readthroughs of the whole scene and they were so impressed. Then the boys even stood outside and serenaded people as they left at the end of practice ( Read more... )

Always flexible! It's the new motto of the stake musical. It's going to be a crazy month and a half ( Read more... )

Alert the media.

Because I'm in a typative mood, I present the lj-cut.

( of waterbeds and weird weather )

...I just forgot to update the weather gods that I had moved! We got more snow here, but not even a 2 hour delay. Oy vey. Jefe was so very unamused at that this morning; with counseling he might be able to get over it by next year. You may thank me for my amazing skills on your behalf with monetary or chocolatary compensation at any time ( Read more... )