The Murtie Memoirs: Computer crash and the Latest

It's been a while since I've blogged. I've been anti-computer. Mainly because I'm pretty sure electronics HATE me. While I was on the computer last week, doing some very serious work on Pinterest, the computer went bazerk! Apparently we got a virus, which the anti-virus picked up but not before the hard drive got wiped out. :-( So after many hours of labor, Tom got the computer back in working order, almost like brand new....with nothing saved on it. So now that we're becoming friends again, I'll get back to blogging.

Can anyone believe that Christmas is 2 weeks away?? Ummm....wasn't it just August? I'm not one that usually gets stressed around the holidays. I usually eat every bit of the holidays up annoying everyone around me. However, this year, it snuck up on me and I'm feeling a little stressed. There's nothing worse than heading to bed, so tired and ready to sleep to only have your head hit the pillow and your mind run crazy with those to-do lists. Even though there's a ton of things going on and things yet to do, we have gotten a few things done.....
We decorated the inside and outside of the house. Our good, old, fake tree is up and looking as good as it can. :-) The boys loved decorating. You can tell they helped since most of the ornaments are on the same branches towards the bottom. It was a good look, so we kept it! :-) We made bouncy balls, which turned out more like flubber, but anything that makes a mess is a big hit in this house. We had Tom's brother Bruce visit for a few days. We got to hang out with him and take him on the Maker's Mark bourbon tour and through the Louisville Slugger museum. We've also had Spider Man, Peter Parker and the naked cowboy (ya know, the NYC, Times Square guy) make guest appearances here in the Murtie house. Jack's imagination is running wild and I love it! When he wears the Spider Man mask, we have to address him as Spider Man, when the mask is off, he reminds us that he's Peter Parker. Then to explain the naked cowboy, I have this to say.... For 3 weeks Jack's worn nothing but his skibbies around the house. (we did feel victorious when he wore clothes while Bruce was here, but that ended as soon as we walked in the door from dropping Bruce off at the airport) So one day Jack asked to see my cowboy hat, found a vest from a pirate costume, put on his snow boots and added a stuffed animal snake as his "rope" to finish out his cowboy costume, no other clothing but the skibbies. (I can't post a picture of this, but it was pretty darn creative!) Bodie's taken up the art of raspberries, spitting everywhere, and he's trying to crawl. It's not a graceful attempt, but it's getting there. He hates being held right now and wants nothing more than to be able to roll and wiggle around. Feeding him has become a wrestling match. hahahah! We also upgraded his exersaucer to the one where he gets to walk around the play center. Putting that out today was like Christmas came early. It's funny what entertains the boys. Well, that's a quick summary of some of the things that have been going on here. Now to get a move on and tackle my ever growing list of to-dos.