It's been a fun week!

I like weeks like this on the internet.  All the neat and weird stories that have popped up, it's fun!  It's a nice break from the heavy (and often negative) stuff that can often be in the news, and that can sadly make up our world today.

But this week was different.  I've smiled and laughed a lot the past few days, and my curiosity has been peaked.  It started off with the mystery bunker found in Toronto.  What is this bunker, who built it, what was it for, when was it built, etc...so many questions and no answers.  Crazy!  (It's too bad it's been filled in now...)

Then it was the story of the llamas on the loose in Arizona.  Police, bystanders, people in their cars - no one could catch these for about 20 minutes!  A fun video to watch (here's the shortened version):

Then there came the story of the giant catfish.  Dino Ferrari reeled in this monster - 280 lbs, almost 9 feet long! (He released it.)

And then of course, the one that has completely boggled my mind - "The Dress".  The dress that has polarized the internet.  Some see it as white and gold, others and blue and black.  For me, it so CLEARLY was white and gold all morning, and I emphasized that on the air and to all callers today...and then five hours later I looked at it again and now all I see is blue and black...  It's messing with my brain!

I can see both variations now (it's all the lighting and the angle).

Hopefully one or all of these stories made you laugh too!  If not, look one of them up and enjoy!

Birthday

I turned 33 yesterday.  It was my birthday, meaning I could do whatever I wanted.  My wife kept asking, "What do you want to do?  Anything you want, it's your day!"  But I worked in the morning, and had a 2.5 hour meeting that I had to go to in the evening...so there were only a few hours in the middle of the day that were 'mine'.

So what was my choice for 'whatever I wanted to do' for those few hours?

I took a nap.  A wonderful, magnificent, almost heavenly, nap.  My wife took the kids, and I had some one-on-one time with my pillow.  I woke up feeling so refreshed.

For those of you who think I'm lame, I understand.  I too used to be so naive once.  Then I had kids.  And started working at 5am.  And everything changed.

It was the best birthday ever.

It's about time

Our new washer arrives today!  Finally!

Our washer broke about two and a half weeks ago and we called a repair man in to fix it.  He said it was a write off and we should get a new one.  We were finally able to order one at the beginning of this week, and it'll be delivered today.  Whew, just in time, our bedrooms are literally full of laundry. With a two year old who doesn't care about his clothes and a baby who still spits up, laundry piles up FAST.

Over the past couple of weeks though, I've been reminded again of how great it is to have good friends.  Since our washer broke, we have done about eight loads of laundry at three different people's homes...and we easily could have done more.  In fact, if the new washer wasn't coming today, we'd be calling on our friends again this weekend.  But all the friends just jump in right away - "Of course, you can use our washer and dryer anytime!"  One person even folded our laundry for us, lol.  Too sweet.  The hassle of carting laundry back and forth in a small car is nothing when compared to how great your friends can be.

So I am beyond grateful for our friends...but I can't wait to not have to rely on them anymore :)