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This last week...




So this last week I cleaned my room, from the closet to the nightstands and everywhere in between. Daniel enjoyed being in the closet a bunch and also loved being able to lay on my bed all day. He loves laying on the pillows and then flopping on the blankets and well really, he just likes moving.


On a more serious note, Jason and I have tired on listening to annoying music and have once again switched to listening to NPR. Jason has more opportunity to listen since he drives more often and frankly Daniel doesn't appreciate that NPR is not singing Veggie Tunes every few minutes. The funny thing is that now we are news junkies. Jason knows everything that is going on about everything. From the problems on the Mexican border with the bandits, and all the campaign issues, and has followed the economic disasters faithfully. It is the first time in our marriage that I am the ill-informed one. I have to be honest, it is kind of hard for me to be in this position. Hence I too have been sneaking in more news time of my own. I have learned I just can't kill all competitive parts of my nature, even if it is something really stupid like being just as informed on the news as Jason.

Speaking of really funny things pertaining to the news....we were discussing who would be the lesser of two evils to vote for and I said "I hope Nader is running because I think I would vote for him!" Daniel turned and shouted "Nader!" Or really we figure he shouted "Mater" from CARS, but it was close enough to make us laugh for a long time. It is true what they say, even your kids will be interested in the election if you talk to them about it.

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BigJason said…
I would like it noted that I have always been a news junkie. I just recently discovered that NPR can pour it into my head all day long.
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