06 MARCH 2007
Mike is at it again…he’s just plain different (weird if not being p.c.). If I leave him alone for too long, then he tends to do things in which I won’t approve. For instance, while out on a shopping trip with Trang a few weeks ago, I got a phone call from Mike. In a hurried tone, he informed me that an eBay auction was to end any minute and could he buy a Jeep. Yes, a real car, and I was given about 2 minutes notice about the purchase. And, with Mike, there’s no asking. He’s already got his mind made up when he “asks for permission”. I think guilt just sets in enough to make him tell me before he takes the plunge. Lucy was another one of these “decisions” that I wasn’t really given any choice in the matter. Fortunately, he had enough sense to speak with me first before the purchase of an airplane. Yes, a real airplane! He also had enough sense to know that this hair-brained scheme was a little beyond what we could handle at this point in our lives. Now, fast-forward to the present. Mike made another strange purchase…a jumpsuit (see below, and he is also wearing an ascot). I don’t know how to explain it other than to show you. I wasn’t informed of this acquisition until the package arrived on the doorstep. I will admit that Mike has mentioned on a few occasions that a jumpsuit would be a nice addition to his wardrobe, but I never thought he would actually get one. As Chris W. has always said, my neck must get awfully tired from the shaking back-and-forth after dealing with Mike’s antics. Mike wants me to mention that Annie did say in reference to Daddy’s new jumpsuit, “It’s so beautiful!”
The girls have had a not-so-fun weekend. Both were struck with the fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose bug. Annie actually began her journey back in February over a week ago but was well and showed no more symptoms by Monday (or so it seemed). Then on Friday night, she was very feverish and as cranky as a 120-year-old man. Mimi decided to jump in on Saturday afternoon with her fever. Mike and I decided it would probably be best to have them checked out by the doctor. Strep cultures were taken and negative–thank goodness. Last night they both slept until 6:00 p.m. from their naps. Mike was not happy about this as his hunger had gotten the best of him. Annie seems to be back to normal today while Mimi is still coughing profusely. Hopefully, things will be back to normal by mid-week. Just take a look out how sick these kids were 😉
The project that has been eating up much of my time lately is slowly coming to an end. As some of you know, I have done a few web design jobs on the side–mostly for fun and the learning experience. This latest venture helped me to gain a ton of new knowledge in the way of MySQL and PHP. This is probably foreign language to most but basically means that I can now handle uploading an unlimited number of products to a website without having to work on each product one-by-one. Do you know what this means? Large-scale e-commerce web design is now a possibility for me. There are also a ton of other ways to apply to my new skills. Feel free to check out the project here: www.twinpapers.com. Keep in mind that there are still a lot of bugs/typos to work out.