When "10" isn't Perfect

On the favorite websites show, I talked about www.traffic.com - one of my everyday websites. They score routes that you pre-program home on a scale of 0 - 10, 0 being no traffic. Today, I saw a 10 - and it was the road between Dan and us. 10 means a total block, basically. He left work at 3 so he could be home nice and early to trick or treat and I think he's going to get here around 6:15. This is a 35 minute drive with no traffic. He's really cranky - and I don't blame him. On top of it, the kids have been all wound up (Halloween, anyone?) and they've been in and out of time out all afternoon.

Dan got Guitar Hero III over the weekend and is a big fan. It came with another guitar, this one wireless, so now we can play each other, which is kinda fun. The graphics are really nice - clearly a step up - and the songs are better too (bigger bands). There are guitar battles with celebrity guitar players, and they wrote them personally. If you like GH II, you'll love the new one!

Barenaked Ladies new Single :-)

Well, it's Thursday morning, and once again I woke up at 5 in the morning to a little boy getting sick to his stomach. Nick this time, and all over his bed, his blankie, and comforter. All of which I just washed on Tuesday :-(. It's been hours, he's had some water and some pretzels, and he's fine - I'm wondering if next Thursday it's my turn. Again, it seems to be just enough to derail my play date for the day.

On a happier note, Barenaked Ladies released the Big Bang Theory theme song as a single and I am so excited. Big Bang Theory is on Monday night on CBS http://alpha.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/ it's pretty geeky - which is why I bring it up - but it's really funny. The plot is that two research physicists are roommates and they have a beautiful blond move in across the hall. I think the best part is that they could've just made the girl pretty and dumb, but she holds her own just fine. The geek I'm married to likes it too.

If you're interested in the single - it's on iTunes :-).

A blog beats nothing, right?

Well, we've been terrible about recording and posting! Kelly's got a bunch of Sunday school stuff and work's been a bit busy for me, so there you go. Kelly is actually in Florida right now visiting our grandparents - she took both girls on a plane with no other adults, I can't wait to hear how that went.

I'm stuck here at home with a sick kid. Vinny woke up at 5:30 and threw up. It's been three hours and he's eating and drinking, and seems totally fine. I don't understand - kids are so weird that way. They can go from sick to fine in to time flat, but you have to do quarantine and lock the house down. I mean, we made it through our big annual party and we've been traveling, so if he had to get sick now is a good time. But I really don't have any interest in throwing up right now. Here's hoping that Nick doesn't get it.

Halloween is coming and we're ready - Buzz and Woody this year. I need to get a couple of finishing touches for the costumes - but we're in good shape. We have a parade through our neighborhood, there's one at school, and trick or treating. At least they'll get used. I'm pretty sure this is the last year I'll be able to get the boys to match.

On a tech more geeky note: Since our last post, Dan (Tracey's Dan) got an iPhone. Now he is a big iTunes fan and talking about buying a mac. A mac! I don't know him anymore. Linux to Microsoft and now Apple? His phone is working well, but the problem is that every time I look over he's on the web. It's like the laptop, but sneakier.

Take care - we haven't forgotten, we just got busy!