Sorry No Pictures.

I was all about going out and photographing all of my favorite places here in MI, but I never got around to it this week. I was very intent on getting all the laundry done and making sure there was food in the house before I go off on my fantasy vacation without the family. A few people pointed out that Paul is more than capable of doing all these chores himself and I shouldn't bother, but this way I have way less guilt about splitting. Besides, if it was just Paul I would give a quick wave over my shoulder as I was on the way out the door, but the babies are so used to the Mom way, that I want to make sure they are well taken care of. They have never been without me. The max was two nights and three days when I would go for a girl's weekend in Washington, so why make them suffer. We had a bit of snow here last weekend, and when I say snow I mean a sleet/rain/flake mix that never stuck and the kids didn't get to play in. I guess it usually doesn't really snow here until December. My big hip-hip-hooray moment came this weekend when I finally found snow pants for H. He has those darn short little legs, but is a husky boy, so I tried two different pair at Target, one at Meijer, one at Wal-Mart and was getting ready to go to Land's End online when I found them at Sears. If I was in OR I would have been hosed and would have just gotten them online to start.

Laurie- Very nice story about W's Veteran's day. I think scouting is a really great thing to do with a boy. I wish H would have been a bit more interested in it, but alas he is not. He did get two medals in his swim meet two weeks ago....are those kind of like patches? Let's pretend they are!

Tara-Where are you in Gilmore Girls? Has anyone else watched Gilmore Girls? What part are you watching now? I took a break for a bit to catch up on Grey's and Desperate Housewives, which by the way is really good this season. Last season wasn't so exciting, but this is nice.

Did you all watch the season finale of Army wives yet?

I have all of your addresses and will send postcards any such from China. I hope I will be able to blog from there next week. The hotel should have a business center, so I will include pictures if I can and let you know how it is going.