Few and Far Between...

I know, I know... I've said it before. And I've got more lame excuses. So, sorry it's been two weeks since I posted last. Lizzy has been bugging me, I've been bugging myself, yada, yada, yada [a la Seinfeld]. My excuses are this: 1. Our laptop sucks. 2. Our other laptop sucks. 3. Well, that's really all I got. Actually... Our laptops don't really suck. My old one just has such limited memory and is not wireless internet (it was old before I got it back before Sean and I got married!) and our other laptop has been having serious issues with the powercord, as in, we've bought two new ones now and are pretty sure it's something with the connection on the actual laptop. This means no power, no charging the battery, no internet and no blog updates!! ARGH!!! Anyone know how to fix something like that??

Anyway, here's a little look into what we've been up to the past week or so, minus any major event that was documented with pictures (because, again, no power to the laptop means no downloading pictures off the camera)!

*Jungle Junction*

Anyone else with toddlers seen this show yet?? Well, let me tell you. Disney advertised this show to death! I thought it looked sorta "baby-ish" and had no intention of Ethan watching it (we're Handy Manny and Mickey's Clubhouse people). Enter DAY 1 of the new show. It just happened to be on while I was getting ready for work and he is hooked!! That's all I hear now... "I wanna watch Jungle Junction!" Luckily the show is better than I thought it'd be, so we record it for Ethan to watch either in the morning while I'm getting ready or at night while I fix dinner. Yes, for that 1/2 hour, Ellyvan, Zooter, Bongo and friends are my "baby-sitter"!

*Army Wives and Grey's Anatomy*

Keeping with the TV topic, Sean and I finally watched the season finale of Army Wives last weekend... Hole-E Mole-E!! Serious downside to shows with a summer season - we won't find out what happened (where's Pamela?? is Jeremy ok??) until June! Also, Grey's Anatomy - holy mean people from Mercy-West! What a bunch of over-zealous jerks! Oh, and Izzy and Alex - what the...?!

*Ethan's Papa, aka Sean's Dad, aka my awesome Father-in-law*

Was officially back in the hospital this month. Curse you pancreatitis (as I shake my fist in the air)!! This time they claim to have *cured* him. We sure hope so, especially because it looks as though he may have had his gall-bladder removed (after the last round of pancreatitis attacks) unnecessarily.

*Alysha is engaged!*

In other CA Southworth family news, my sister-in-law Alysha is engaged! We're so happy for her and Blake. :) Massive wedding plans are now underway and January will be here way too soon.

*Curls are the new fall trend*

I don't know how the topic of my hair works it's way into our blog so frequently, but I've decided it's time for the curls to be back... when I actually have time to blow-dry/diffuse my hair. I made the effort to "do" my hair on Sunday for church and realized I'd forgotten just how much I loved my curly/wavy locks. Definitely something I will be doing more. Plus, I think I'm going to grow my hair out just a little bit and length always helps with my curls (they're not the super-springy, get-really-bouncy-when-you-cut-your-hair type).

*The Crock-Pot is my friend*
I love this time of the year when I can put my crock-pot to use more. I just love being greeted with a whiff of dinner when you've been gone all day and open the front door. [[sigh...]] Feel free to pass any good crock-pot recipes you have my way. Right now I basically just make chili, stew or taco soup... I'd love to try something new!

*Ethan's sick*

Poor guy. I hate when they get sick! No fever [yet], just a really runny nose and slight cough. Of course, it comes during the couple weeks before our new insurance kicks in! Luckily, it's not a doctor-visit-worthy cold. And it certainly hasn't affected his dinner appetite! The kid has been chowing down on spaghetti, green peas and sliced peaches - always asking for more. Last night he even had a late-night bowl of cereal after we got home from the grocery store.

And I think that's about it. Sorry no legit pictures. I'm working on it... I've got a couple of pumpkin patch/farm visit posts in the works - one with pictures and one waiting on pictures. And let me also apologize for my lack of comments on other people's blogs... I promise I'll try to catch up! Oh, how I miss our good laptop!