hot pool shark mamas

Debra came and picked me up last night (I love having a friend who lives only two blocks away!) and we decided to go play pool. We played for 117 minutes (they keep track like that so they can charge you super accurately), and I think we played five games. Maybe six. I won one. Debra won two (or maybe three, if we played six). I lost one by shooting the 8 ball while attempting to get my final ball, and Debra did the same on the next game. I did have one fabulous run of three balls, though, which was my highlight of the night. Partway through our fun we noticed that we were the only female-female table there. All the other tables were occupied either by girl-guy couples on dates, or two or more guys. Seems like a pretty good chance that we were the only moms there, too. As an added bonus, there was a live band performing upstairs and they were actually pretty good. They even had a song with a cowbell. Which of course made me happy. (Did you know I asked for-and received-a cowbell for Christmas? Thanks again, Jenn!!)

In honor of the cowbell, enjoy the following:


And I still really want this tee shirt. Someday it will be mine.

a good day...

so we (David & I) spent the day up in Salt Lake City for the Thomas Jefferson Education Forum. We had to get up at 5 this morning, get the kids down to my sister's at 6:30, and be up in SLC by 7:40 to check in. The kids had been a bit feverish (Noodle yesterday & Spud during the night) so we were a little worried about them, but really didn't want to have to miss this. I'm so grateful it worked out, and even more grateful for the generosity of my sister & her family, and also my wonderful friend Debra, who popped in to let the doggies out for a potty break and to stretch their legs. (Thanks again!) The forum lectures I attended were fantastic! It was really what I needed to help figure out what the most important things are for the kids' educations at this stage in life. Hopefully I'll have a chance to blog some more about the philosophies and thoughts. But it was a really really great day, and my head is full of great ideas. I love that!