February 02, 2008

Short Updates

Posted by Scott at 11:44 PM

Man! It is wicked windy outside. I just saw Miss Gulch fly past my window on her bicycle. And my world is black and white. (related link) 06:56am

And I hear strange music in the distance... (related link) 07:03am

Michelle and I just got back from a Saturday morning Step class. I'm going to help the twins practice their reading skills. 10:43am

I'm pretty impressed with the progress Daniel has made. He read me "Are you my Mother?" (related link) 12:13pm

In an effort to help the boys understand money, Michelle is taking them to use some of their savings to buy Lil' Kinz at the Hallmark store. 12:14pm

I'm browsing UPS/Surge protectors to use with our wood stoves. 12:15pm

Without asking, I'm the new owner of a WebKinz. In honor of my Unix-y background, Michelle bought me a penguin like Tux. (related link) 12:44pm

Here's WebKinz's link to my animal: (related link) I'll bring it to work to sit near my monitors. 12:48pm

I didn't realize the new VeggieTales movie, "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything", was out in theaters now. (related link) 01:39pm

Michelle, the 4 younger kids, and I are having dinner at TGIF's. Claire is playing with a friend. She went ice skating earlier. 05:21pm

Comments

What are WebKinz?

Posted by: Erica at February 3, 2008 11:22 PM

Alright Erica! I no longer believe you are really a school teacher! ;-P

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webkinz

http://bilikfamily.com/Pictures/2007/Dec/27/15.html

Posted by: Scott at February 4, 2008 06:26 AM

LOL! Scott, these things have not yet hit the midwest! Well, at least not my small corner of it....

Posted by: Erica at February 4, 2008 11:26 PM

Amazing... Even many of Alyssa's kids near Chicago collect them. Evidently Ganz has not saturated the US as much as I thought they had.

Posted by: Scott at February 5, 2008 05:59 AM