1. Today was the first day of school for Cole. He actually handled it quite well compared to previous years. He woke up, got his shower and headed downstairs for breakfast with nary a snide remark or a put-out look. I treasure those type of mornings. He even spoke using words with more than one syllable. Double bonus for me! I'm sure that even though he was dreading the first day, at least he'll get to see his new girlfriend. Too bad they don't have any classes together. With a lingering cloud of Abercrombie cologne, he headed off for the bus at 6:30 am. These are the days that I love being home so I can pump him for info at 2:30pm. I'm sure he'll be monosyllabic by then!
2. Chris got me a bunch of Pop Cap games awhile back, and while I've enjoyed playing them, I quickly became addicted to Zuma Deluxe. The game is pretty straight-forward- you shoot colored balls at a chain of balls and try to make sets of three. Of course, the game gets progressively harder as the levels increase. I cleared the first 8 levels pretty quickly and then it got crazy hard. I was stuck on 11 for a few weeks and just two days ago, I completed the bonus round on level 13. It was a bittersweet moment because while I was glad to have completed it, I was sad to be done with the game. Chris says I'm now a game addict :) In true addict maner, I searched for a similar game and ended up with Luxor 2. The premise is similar but it's not as fun. *sigh* If anyone knows of any games similar to Zuma Deluxe, please let me know!
3. I've dipped my toes once again into the scrapbooking waters. Chris was nice enough to finish editing the Disney pictures so I started printing them out. My printer, however, is really finicky if I don't use it regularly. The ink clogs and it takes time to run cleaning programs etc so scrapping is not a spontaneous thing in our house. In a flashback to previous technology rants involving the MythTV dvr fiasco, poor Chris had to listen to me bitch about how we have too much technology and nothing is ever easy in this house! For the sake of our marriage, I may run down to Costco and have some pictures printed. Sometimes the easy way out is the way to go.
4. Of course, since August was one of the crappiest summer months on record, September is shaping up to be beautiful - right as the kids go back to school. I love fall so I'm mentally ready for the crisp weather and fall decorating; however, I'll probably have to wait until October for the crispness at this rate!
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1. Oh my, the cologne was in full effect this morning! He was in good spirits though!
2. Addict. Avitania does a lot of those xbox live arcade games, which may have some you'd like.
3. Hey! I think it's working now! I tried to help! :)
4. Sigh. Worst. Summer. Evar.
Why was August crappy? Too hot?
Since we got back from our trip, the weather has been fantastic - nice n' cool.
I can't wait for the leaves to start falling again. Fall is amazing here - heck, every season is awesome!
Oh man, I got hooked on Zuma a couple of years ago.
That stuff's like crack.
Still a relatively mild summer here in Chicago.
lynchseattle - I need to spend some time looking at games. I think Spore will be fun when it comes out on Monday but I like the arcade games as well.
synthetik - August was cold and rainy. Hot was not an adjective I'd use to describe it :)
RE: Zuma is indeed like crack and I'm jonesin' for a fix! Did you find a new game to play after you beat it?
I got hooked on the hidden object games from bigfishgames.com.
The ones by Mystery Case Files are the best.
I'm ashamed.
RE- I'm going to have to check those games out. I love that you can play for an hour before you have to buy!
That's too funny... I have both the Zuma and Luxor games as well and got stuck around level 10 for awhile before I finally had a breakthrough and finished it up.
I can't wait to see your disney stuff... omg... I have four albums from our two trips and still have photos left over. Must Learn To Edit.
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