Mommy Brain

So, last week we bought a “new” (to us) mini-van. Today, we made an offer on a house. Yes, life has been interesting here at the Mommy Brain household. The offer is, of course, contingent on selling our home. We haven’t heard back from the sellers yet, so we’re still waiting, fingers crossed.

It has been a dream to move into a bigger house for a while now. Our home is fairly small, and the bigger the kids get, the smaller it seems. Not to mention only having one bathroom, and a girl about to turn twelve… The house we put an offer on has four bedrooms, 2.5 baths (about which Natalie exclaimed, “Half our family could be going at the same time!”), central AC, large living room, large family room downstairs, laundry on the main floor, and a fully remodeled kitchen with gorgeous hickory cabinets. I loved it the first time I saw it, but I’m trying not to get my heart set on it. A log of hoop-jumping must occur before it could be ours. Prayers would be appreciated – especially for our house to sell quickly.

I need to get some deep-cleaning done – which doesn’t happen very often during our homeschool year – but won’t be able to do much this weekend. My nephews, Peter and Andrew, are coming in the morning to spend the weekend. It has been our pleasure to have the boys for at least one weekend a year while Marni and Hans have some much-needed alone-time. This weekend is especially meaningful, since it will be the last time we will have them before Marni and Hans move to St. Louis this summer. Sunday afternoon, we will celebrate Andrew’s 4th birthday at Mom and Dad’s house. If I have any energy left at all, I’m planning to take the kids to see Prince Caspian on Monday afternoon; it actually came to our little rural theater the first weekend it opened! Anyone else planning to see it this weekend?

The oldest three kids have started archery on Thursday nights. Their Tae Kwon Do instructor offers archery once a week after junior class during the summer. Tonight was their first class, and they came home full of excitement – and an argument about whether Legolas or Robin Hood would win an archery competition.

~ I received another freelancing assignment – this one a (slightly) paid blogging gig at Today.com. My blog there is called Books and Movies – head on over if you feel like it. You’ll see some repeat posts about books, but most of the posts there will be strictly entertainment based, and I am planning to liveblog Lost tonight. (Yes, I know the title of this post is “Links for Friday,” but I have more time to post in the evenings, and once I have it written, I might as well publish it for all of you night owls out there, right?) The paid part of this assignment is partially based on traffic, so any clicks or links would be highly appreciated – and I promise not to mention it here too often, for fear of self-advertising.

~ Robin at MartinZoo posted this adorable video. See if you can get “Hey, Jude” out of your head after watching it.

~ This comic could easily happen at our house.

~ Armchair Commentary has posted the Top 5 Celebrity Gap Commercials. I never knew that was Claire Danes!

~ Randy Alcorn is giving away three copies of his new novel Deception. I haven’t read it yet, but I loved Deadline and Dominion – the first two books in the series.

~ Kamp Krusty has a unique idea to fix the environment.

~ I’ve probably posted this before, but you have to check out the Literature Map. Enter the name of a favorite author, and up will pop a map of other author’s names. The closer to your author, the more they are similar. Pretty cool.

Well, that’s all for now. Enjoy your weekend!