What a day!

Do you ever have one of those weekends that starts off with a headache so bad you end up nursing a "Cup a Soup" and curled up and napping on a pile of clean laundry with your two year old? Not that I would do anything like that, mind you.....

Anyway, Sat. was uneventful - big pancake breakfast for 5 kids (Olivia had another sleepover - so we had one of our "regular extras" over :-) - basketball practice - shopping at Whole Foods - play date for Enzo and Milo - a nice dinner of honey, ancho chile, mustard - glazed salmon, asparagus, rice... new recipe cooked with hubby - then out late night for an hour or so to see a friend's band play... drank beer from plastic cups, listened to loud music....

Today was like "bad luck Sunday". And... we had the best of intentions - shopping for Olivia and cousin, Sofia, with Lil tagging along - and a play date for Enzo and Milo with cousin, Oscar. HOWEVER...... First, a big hunk of ice fell from our house, knocked our van off course and into the side of the house as we tried to pull out of the driveway, leaving giant gash in front bumper. While packing up my diaper bag, etc., I discovered that, for the first time ever (I think - and I'm serious), we lost a bottle vital to the care, soothing and happiness of one of my kids (looked everywhere - totally missing somewhere in the house, but... for our purposes - GONE). On the way to shop after dropping off the boys, Lil screamed and cried so loudly, no one in the car could talk and she almost threw up. Once in the mall, we went to eat and get money - wanted to give the girls some $$$ to go off on their own, but... all cash machines were broken. After hubby ate the worst sandwich of his life, we went to The Picture People (last year, we realized that we did not have an "official" one year old pic of Lil so... rushed to Picture People before Olivia had her braces put on and the boys' once a year haircuts grew out.... and had some photos taken - After some failed attempts to order prints with black and white and / or sepia tints along with wallets, etc. for grandparents online, we had to check in at the actual store... ;-) I, of course, digress....) only to find out that, despite paying like $50 for some "membership" that allowed us access to prints for an unlimited amt. of time, most of the photos we had taken were, mysteriously, gone from our folder - they are investigating - will call us tomorrow (some were cute if I remember correctly :-(.

Lesson learned today: I always enjoy my slap back to reality (usually pulls me out of my sulk). Today - got in the car - piled in the shopping bags - got my niece and my girlies all settled - smiled at hubby, then ... listened to a heartbreaking story about ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) on the radio. Man... am I lucky or what? How many times do I say this??? Appreciate what you have, and I'm not preaching... just sayin'...

Anyway..... hope everyone is having fun watching all the Olympic skiing - Super G and Giant Slalom!!! And... is it just me or is this "Ski Cross" new to these games??? Enjoy...