Project 365- Day 8

This was taken at the local state forest. My family loves to go hiking in the woods and it reminds me of my childhood. Funny that we can hike in the woods and see running water in January.

April 19th

Saturday was definately sunnier but today is just as nice. I got up early, not really on purpose, the weekends are my sleep in days but apprently the kids did not get that memo. I went out for a run and woot made 2 miles. I was just doing a mile and a half or 6 laps. 3 walking 3 jogging, but I upped it today. I was very proud of myself, and the nicest part is that I was not hurting after it.

When I got back, Tim mentioned that in Jim Thorpe they were having the Earth Day Celebration. We had fun last year so we headed on over. I found a good parking space, which in that town is rare and we headed on down to the square. There was not as much as last year, but it was still a nice time. It was good to see so many people out to celebrate.

Which brings me to my rant. Call me a snob, but I do not think people who plan these things get it. Like it is trendy to be green right now, so they have this thing, but they miss the point entirely. To me there are 2 different kinds of hippies out there, the enviro hippie and the burnouts. They are not the same thing. Tie dyes and wind-power are not the same thing. And I find it ironic to see a burnout wearing a shirt that is organic and dyed with clay about clean air when they are blowing out smoke. Yeah the earth thanks you, now pick up your freaking cigarette butt, you moron!

December 6th

This is the day the kids have been waiting for. Who is better than Santa? Why Chuck E Cheese is! We were going to meet up with my parents in Allentown to go out to dinner at the CEC’s there. My kids have never been to one, but they have seen the commercials, so they knew what it was all about. All day long they were ready to go. When 2 pm came around and we could not take the questions any longer, we decided to hit the road. Sure we would be early but we were taking back roads and there had to be something we could do when we got there.

• We made our first pit stop out by Centralia. Such a sad little town. But now the are has new hope. Where once there was coal pits, now there are windmills. There is now a huge windmill farm on top of the mountian. I get excited driving out that way and seeing them. I got a wonderful picture of one of  them, and in the foreground is a coal bed. Kind of and old energy meets new energy. I am such an eco geek!

Wind power

While I was out of my car taking this picture, a really nice man stopped to see if I needed any help with the car. It was so nice to see a good samaratian.

Tim and I have a little thing about Allentown, any time we go there we get lost. We used to go to the same restaurant every year, and we would get lost EVERY year. We mapquested directions, mistake number one, and we decided to take back roads instead of highways. We got lost once, drove around in a circle trying to get back on the right road, and then once we were on the right road again, what did we see, but the road we were just on. If I would have stayed on that road instead of turning around and back tracking we would have been alright.

Finally we get into Allentown and we can see the mall. There is something that you should know about me. I can not drive in the city. I have a total panic attack. And I have another driving confession, I can not drive in mall parking lots. Shop yes! Park NO!!!! Well here we are in a city, by the mall, during Christmas time. Why am I driving??? I should have handed the keys over to Tim. After meyhem in the parking lot, I find the first open parking space and park. I was shaking I was so nerve wracked. However the kids were like, Hey you past Chuck E Cheese, I thought we were going there. And explaination later and we decide to check out the mall. Bad Idea!!! We get in there, try to find our way out of JCPenney, give up and go sit in the car. OH NO! It has started to SNOW! AHHHH the Triquetra of horror! City, Mall and Snow! Just breathe, we can do this…. No you cann’t, who are we kidding, let the man drive. After about 20 minutes and a well plotted out escape from the mall plan, we headed over to the Chuck E Cheese lot. What is worse that driving past the place and not going in, sitting in the parking lot and not going in, that is what. The kids were just so excited!

There are few things that impress me more than punctuality, and that is being early! Score one for GP and Mrs Clyde for being early! We get into there and Gryffan was in shock. Like just an overwhelming of the senses. Now there are 6 of us trying to find a table in a totally packed place with half the tables reserved. A guy who came in after us was complaining to someone that all the tables were reserved, so an employee clears him 2 tables, he then leaves the 2 tables…. alone….with nothing there to say, “Hey these are my tables” So like the beautiful bird the Eagle, we swooped in on one of the tables like it was a weak little mouse. It was ours!!! HAHAHAHA. The guy came back with everyone and made some comment, but the point is this, you left, you did not claim it as yours it is ours. Want to keep making comments and I will unleash my husband on you. (Tim is a teddy bear, but he is big and he can scare people, ask my garbage man. And he has never even spoken to the guy)

After pizza the kids open their presents, since it was a dinner to celebrate their birthdays. Gryffan has a thing for Fords. No idea why since he has never been in one, and we have not owned one since before he was born. But you combine Ford with Transformer and you have yourself a happy kid.

Bumble Bee Who?

Lexy was chomping at the bit to open her presents. I think it is her age, but I have to teach her to not be so, gimme gimme, with gift, especially with the upcoming holiday season. She got a really cute bakers set. I am saving the picture for the next time we bake and she gets to use it.

Then it was off to the games! We split up, girls and boys, so I have no idea what Gryffan did. But Lex was pretty good at some of those games. Ski-Ball is not really one of them. She throws over hand and got one in 2 boards down.

Duck!!!

We left around 8:30 at night, and man was it snowing. It took us almost and hour to get out of the area. I had to stop for gas and ended up sliding, I just about jumped a curb there. Everyone was driving very slowly and it was kind of icey. We got home at around 11 pm! It was a very nice, but long day.

Tomorrow is the first day of Wrestling!!!