Weekly Update for Feb 12 (Valentine's Day edition)

EASY ED

This Week I Loved...... going out to Community Canteen for breakfast w Jen (aww...good answer!)
Currently on my nightstand.... John Wooden: On Leadership
Valentine's Day Plans? Breakfast in bed w Jen (or possibly w my BFF podcast buddies and my iPad....depending on Jen's work situation that day)
Best pickup line.... "Did you know that Deaven George is the only Laker to win a championship every year of his career?" (Yeah, really....that is his best....)


JEN

This Week I Loved...... still thinking..... not a great week. Breakfast w Easy Ed was nice, though. Yummy veggie omelet.
Currently on my nightstand.... Last two books in Hunger Games series, The Book of Mormon Girl
Valentine's Day Plans? (See above)
Best pickup line.... "I don't know, Babes, I just washed the sheets."


NOECHIN

This Week I Loved...... swimming lessons on Saturday morning, baking heart-shaped sugar cookies w Mom and Asher and stealing copious amounts of dough
Currently on my nightstand....whatever my teacher sends home and makes me read (not a big book fan right now)
Valentine's Day Plans? Par-TaY with my multi-aged autism peeps. 10:15AM sharp (snack time). BYOS (Bring Your Own Stim....just a little autism humor)
Best pickup line.... "Give me CANDY!"


ASHERCITO

This Week I Loved...... finishing a kick-a$ 100 Days of School project (drawing a world map and labeling 100 countries on his own), going to Target to spend allowance and birthday money and then handing the cashier ALL of his money when he only needed half, Quote from the toy aisle: "Oh...this is a very hard choice!"
Currently on my nightstand.... Shel Silverstein, Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Valentine's Day Plans? Watching Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown and stuffing face full of V-day candy
Best pickup line.... "Hey, how's it doin'?" (he really says that...)

Weekly update for Feb 5 (Superbowl Sunday)

EASY ED

Best Thing This Week: Great convo with former boss
What's On My Mind: Superbowl, upcoming trip to Orlando, finishing my honey-do list (Jen wishes)
Superbowl Prediction: "Madonna will not have a wardrobe malfunction."
Was Punxsutawney Phil correct...six more weeks of winter? "It feels like we've barely had six weeks of winter as it is...."


JEN

Best Thing This Week: Hearing Noe say "Mom" several times, and a couple of times he wasn't even angry with me! Getting Asher to practice the piano every day without protest (that NEVER happens)
What's On My Mind: our ever-rising food bill (can't keep the boys full and they don't weigh 90 lbs combined), staying in DC versus moving to the West Coast, work crap, my never-ending sinus infection, my new awesome Banana Republic thrift store jeans, Hunger Games (great read or too Twilightish?), getting back on the bike, surviving the next while without my tag-team partner.
Superbowl Prediction: n/a (I hate football)
Was Punxsutawney Phil Correct? "Hell yeah....I want to wear my new REI snow boots at least once this winter!"

NOECHIN

Best Thing This Week: Lake Anne hike with Mom and Dad while Asher was away with his BFF.
What's On My Mind: How to permanently rid my life of Asher (hike w Mom & Dad was fun!), sneaking my iPad into my school bag so I can play games and listen to music there, is there a more perfect food than spaghetti?
Superbowl Prediction: "That I will eat all the nachos and drink all the root beer before halftime."
Was Punxsutawney Phil Correct? "No way, Jose. Winter does not agree with my Latin blood!"

ASHERCITO

Best Thing This Week: Kicking booty during Family Game Night
What's On My Mind: 100 Day Project for school, convincing Mom to be a contestant on Winter Wipeout with me, lunch and soccer with BFF, sneaking into North Korea (I warned him that President Clinton may not be available to negotiate his release)
Superbowl Prediction: "New York, because that is where I got born. The New York City."
Was Punxsutawney Phil Correct? "Yes, he saw his shadow. Do you know how to spell Punxsutawney? I do. P-U-N-X..."