A week without the interwebs.

Our internet quit working for no reason a whole week ago.  Well, I guess there was a reason and that reason was the modem (the one I just bought).  So today, the new modem came in the mail and we are once again in sync with the world.  But here's what you missed in the life of Bigley over the past eight days:

-At Valentino's on Tuesday nights, kids eat free.  Last Tuesday, we were seated at our table and the waitress asked the children, "And how old are you kids?"  Kyler replied, "Ten."  Mae said, "Eight."  And Kenny, the most excited kid of all, beamed, "Thirty-three!"  He just loves food and tends to lose his composure when surrounded by it.

-For the first and second times in the life of postal me, garage doors opened right next to me to reveal empty garages.  Both times, the doors were opened via remote by people just coming home.  The first woman apologized profusely for scaring me.  But the second, a man, laughed for an inappropriately long time while pointing and saying, "You should have seen your face!!!"  Yeah, very funny.  And in my own defense, I only jumped away so quickly because I was worried that a car would soon be backing out right over me, thus turning me into a pancake.

-I brought donuts home for the kids to surprise them after Kenny told me they'd been good little boogers all day.  Kyler immediately began searching for "his" donut.  I asked what he meant by "his" donut and he said, "You know, the ones I like?  With barbarian cream?"  

-We have a new family member: Lucky the kitten.  The kids saved her from drowning in our yard during last Monday's monsoon.  Actually, they saved five, but mama kitty took all but one back the next night.  So Lucky no longer has to battle the outdoor weather or predators.  Instead, she is ruling the house with her constant meowing and need for food.  She is pretty much exactly like a human baby, except smaller and more hairy.  Mae is constantly complaining of the cat scratching her in the "elbowpit."  And this tiny little kitten has all of the other animals wrapped around her little finger, except for Sadie-kitty, who is still trying to decide the most precise way to swallow a kitten whole.  I'm certain of it.  

And today's heavy mail has completely exhausted me so I am off to happy, dreamy sleep-time now.