Just Chugging Along . . .

I'm still here . . . somewhere. Had a rough night last night, so I think I'll be in a bit of a fog most of the day. Ah well.

We did end up going out somewhere on New Year's Eve. Unfortunately, that somewhere was Chuck E. Cheese (codename Charles E. Fromage). The kids had a ball. I think Spousehole had fun too. I enjoy seeing the kids happy, so it was okay for me as well. We ate dinner before we went, so I did not have to endure their horrendous take on pizza. We did get the cinnamon sticks for a snack and they were yummy. The fact that they actually have caffeine-free Diet Coke and UNLIMITED REFILLS is always good too. I had a coupon for 100 tokens for $15.00, which made the whole deal pretty darn affordable as well.

After CEC, we went to Nite Lites drive-through display at the local minor league ballpark. This is the first year Girl has really gotten into it. She kept say "Oh wook a dat!" every few seconds as she spotted different displays. She was very, very excited. Boy enjoyed it too. It was a nice family time.

Then we returned home and everyone was in bed by 10:00 p.m. We're just crazy partiers like that!

We spent New Year's Day hanging around my parents' house, eating them out of house and home. The kids had fun and they always make my Dad smile, even though they frequently interrupted his bowl watching. Speaking of which, 8 Big Ten teams made it to bowl games this year, but that's about all they accomplished. My Spartans lost to BC and Illinois let USC romp all over them in the Rose Bowl. Unfortunately for my favorite troll, Michigan did manage to beat Tim Tebow and the Gators. One bright spot in an otherwise lackluster bowl season for the Big Ten.

Not sure if she ate too many weird things or picked up a bug at Chuck E Cheese or what, but Girl woke up around 1:30 a.m. last night barfing her guts up. And again at 3:00 a.m. And 4:00 a.m. And 5:30 a.m. Though by 5:30 the poor kid just had the dry heaves. Lots of laundry and very little sleep makes Mommy a crabby girl today.

Girl woke up bright and sparkly around 8:30. She's perky, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Hopefully whatever got her last night has passed. She ate some Cream of Wheat and drank some apple juice and is just little Polly Sunshine this morning. Go figure.

I'll try to make the blog-visiting rounds today, but I promise nothing. With Boy home from school until next week and the massive mountain of laundry I have to do, I can't be sure where the day will lead. Here's to living spontaneously in 2008!

Edit 1:35 p.m.: Both kids have diarrhea now. A great new year so far!