Spring Break - down...

The kids and I had a blast in California over Spring Break. While Robert was slaving away at the mines to pay for our trip, we enjoyed: sun, blue skies, Six Flags, blue skies, The San Francisco Aquarium, many normal parks, family, friends, good food, sun, and did I mention sun and blue skies? My boys didn't come inside the entire week. It was baseball, bubbles and sidewalk chalk every waking moment. You could hear their heads hit their pillows every night with pure exhaustion laced with vitamin D absorption. I'll post pictures later because I have to go and fix a clogged rain gutter right now. That's right, I left 75 and sunny for 46 and raining.

* le sigh*

Cheap mortgage, cheap mortgage, cheap mortgage, cheap mortgage. Wash, rinse and repeat.

Belated Love

This is what we did for Valentine's Day this year. Yeah, I know it's "pretty" even "breathtaking" but it's not champagne and a massage and/or chocolate covered strawberries. Long gone are the overpriced, four course meals from a set menu - hello Subway $5 foot long! Bitter? Me? Never! I LOVE my family and besides, V-day is a commercially enhanced crock of propaganda right? Robert and I decided that we wouldn't "do" gifts this year and I was fine with that. Really, how many times can a girl get sent a dozen long stemmed roses to work? As many times as it takes. Who needs Moonstruck chocolates on their pillow? Me!Me!Me! Pish posh! Hiking Multnomah Falls was uber romantic and yes, breathtaking.

Who am I kidding... It was cold, I was sweaty, and Fun Bobby had to carry Jakers all the way up on his shoulders. Next year? Cupid needs to hit us up with a room at The Heathman.