Some Movie

We went to see Charlotte's Web Monday night. It was Jay Greenan's treat. He did it mostly for Laney. But, the whole family tagged along as well. What a very nice movie. I only marginally remember the story being read to us years ago in grade school. The movie seemed to follow the story line very closely, just perhaps a couple of embellishments that added nicely to the plot. The CGI/live action mix is extremely seamless (except perhaps Templeton, for some reason he doesn't look right and move right.) The voices were great. The story had all the women blubbering.

U.S. not winning war in Iraq, Bush says

Somewhere along the line this argument was co-opted and altered. As far as I see it, there is no war in Iraq. We haven't been fighting for a long time. We're too shackled by the rules of engagement and flighty public opinion.

Jungle Gym Mania

I don't often get holidays where we stay home. And I can't tell you when was the last time we stayed home and didn't have a "project". This past Thanksgiving vacation we painted. That in and of itself doesn't sound too bad. But, we did almost the whole main level and then the stairway down into the basement. In total it was something around 1700 square feet of wall space and required the rental of 3 sections of scaffolding (15 feet high). We all had fun on the first couple of days. We are almost done now. But, our interest is waning.

The kids loved climbing on the platform. Even Laney screwed up the courage to climb up. Lenore however, got the heebies jeebies once she got to the top, thereby exempting herself from the first part of the painting. I should have claimed severe Heebie Jeebie Syndrome on the lower part so as to prevent the continual need for my services.

I did manage to fit in 130 miles of cycling so far during the painting project. So I can't complain too much.

We've decided that the reason you don't see adult sized people playing on playground Jungle Gyms is that the equipment is too small. Playing on a Jungle Gym is actually quite fun and good exercise.