My Little Life

Well, hello my long lost blog...how've you been?! I've missed you...and apparently, so has my family! We just returned from a vacation to the Black Hills, during which my Baby Girl said, "Mama, you should blog again." How the heck can I deny that?! ;) While I'm getting warmed up with my blogging skills again, let's start with a couple of pictures from our vacation. (Oh! And, I Instagrammed a bunch of pics also, with the hashtag #blackhillssecondedition, if you wanna check it out!) Here we are, all packed up and about to take off...we JUST missed a big thunderstorm, which (thankfully) held off so kindly until we had finished packing and were pulling out of the driveway! We did the quarter trick again this time (see details here ) and I love that one of my boys snapped this picture with my iPad from the back seat. This was the temperature when we reached the Badlands. Good golly...let me tell you that when the temperature reaches this and there is no wind...

Well, something sure is goin' on in Minneapolis this weekend...we can't get a reservation anywhere! Guess we'll either be waiting for hours...or hitting up the nearest Sam's Club for samples. Regardless, tho...it'll be fun! Mr. Wonderful's good buddy from college (and his wife) are joining us. I think the extra couple will be good for us so we don't just sit and brood and fester in our grief...I hoping they'll provide a good distraction! Well...let's get onto the main event...FIVE QUESTION FRIDAY! If you've never participated before...WELCOME! And, if you're a weekly regular...WELCOME BACK! I'm glad to have you all! Rules for Five Question Friday : Copy and paste the following questions to your blog post, answer them, then watch for the linky to appear Friday morning! And, most importantly, HAVE FUN!! Questions for Friday, February 18th : (Special thanks to Rene , Sandy , Tammy , Ciara , and Rachel for their question suggestions! If YOU ...

When I heard about Cosmos, from people who offered me suggestions and from my bestie ...I KNEW we had to go there. In fact, I was most looking forward to Cosmos out of everything else! Cosmos is a "mystery", set in the woods, in which all reason and logic go right out the window. On level surfaces, people seem taller or shorter than they normally are, water flows up hill, trees bend at odd angles and everything just "feels" weird! Just standing still, we either leaned forward: Or backward: People could sit on a chair on a ledge: And, it took me having to pull myself to get out the back door: The "shack" we toured was a "replica" of the original shack that some college buddies built and "discovered this cosmic force"...our tour guide informed us that pilots report their gauges "go crazy" when they fly over the Cosmos site. I'm certain that there was some kind of optical illusion...but DANG! It made me feel goofy! I actually...