Ginger Unplugged

I am having hormones. For those of you who may not know, this is because I'm pregnant. At least, I assume that's why I'm having hormones. Oddly enough I haven't cried about being pregnant even though this is what, the millionth child? And I'm planning on getting a closet ready for her arrival in May because, unfortunately, I only have 250,000 bedrooms and all those kids are already sharing with someone. So anyway-- Things that did bring a tear to my eye recently: 1. The song "The Devil Went Down to Georgia". You know, the one where the Devil had a fiddling match over Johnny's soul and Johnny wins? So, so touching. 2. Crash being sooooo excited about his Darth Maul makeup. Ah. I'm so proud. (As a side note, we told him Siths are extremely obedient--it's working like a charm. I have to say I love to hear, "Yes, my Master," when I ask him to do things). 3. Obama's little slideshow before his nomination acceptance speech. I ...

Butterfly got to pick the movie for tonight and I expected a big sibling fight since I knew she'd choose either Cinderella or The Little Mermaid . She chose Iron Man !? We watched a heavily-edited-for-children version last week and apparently, she's been playing it at recess with a friend. "I'm Tony and my friend is Pepper. Plus we have dogs that fly, too." She then launched into her version of the "Iron Man" song by Black Sabbath complete with the catchy guitar solo in the intro. "Pepper" taught her the words. I was beginning to wonder what exactly had become of the girly girl I know and love when Husband produced a new Sleeping Beauty DVD and Butterfly promptly decided we should watch it instead. I was thrilled. It's worth a fight to preserve the illusion that we still have a princess in the house.

Do you ever have a half hour where you end up doing more than the entire week before it? Here are the highlights from 5:28 to 5:58. 1. En route to Barnes & Noble to buy Princess a book she HAD TO HAVE, there was a smacking fast accident right in front of my van. I didn't know what else to do so I just completed my right turn and let the other 80 people in the intersection deal with it. After reflecting on how apathetic I am, I 2. Came upon a Highway Patrolman a block up, pulled beside him with all my info and convinced him to red light and siren over to the wreck. Feeling good about myself in all ways I then 3. Walked into B & N only to find two fantastic authors having a book signing right in front of me. "Hey! Are you Brandon?" I asked Brandon Sanderson. "I am!" he naturally said. I told him that I wrote with Eric Stone and he oohed and aaahed as every writer loves Eric Stone (or at least knows him) and then I looked at the other author and said, ...