But, first I have to share with you my new original piece of art work from Amy Hanson. Don't you just love it!!! She and I have become fast friends ever since I took her class over at Paper Tales. She came over one day and showed me this piece she was working on with her two girls as a teapot and teacup. I instantly fell in love with it and wanted one done of the boys. We decided to make it a coffee pot instead of a teacup and she worked her magic! I adore it!! Look how Carlos has little glasses on....and, Andres still has his long hair! Thanks so much Amy!!!! I absolutely love it! And, if anyone is interested in her work, just let me know....she does does commissions as well as other work available. You can click her name above and it will show more of her fun work.
Well, we had the "Great Blackout of 2008" over here last night. Not to be confused, of course, with the "Great Blackout of 2007" ........It was about 7:30 last night and all was quiet on the chaos front. Andres was playing in his room with his trains. Carlos and I were at the kitchen table reading. Cosme was heading home from work. All of a sudden...bam...total darkness. Ack! At first I thought it was a tripped circuit as it's very common over here in our old house. But it was dark....too dark....
So with Carlos' panic level rising, I feel my way over to the pantry to retreive the flashlight. Dead. Once again, the "don't play with the flashlight. The battery is going to go dead and what will we do in an emergency." mantra was ignored. Uggg....At that moment I hear a small voice in the hall...."anybody, anybody...I wite here. I wite here mommy. It very too dark." Oh my gosh....for the love of Annie and Clarabel....Andres was all alone down the hall. We meet up with him as he's describing in great,yet unintelligible, detail of what just went down. We retreive the little LED lights in the boys' room and venture outside to discuss it with all the neighbors. Cosme comes home...... hands out flashlights to everyone and all is right in the world again. The lights went back on around 9:30 so no big deal.
But....why are you so tired? You ask. Well let me tell you......
I awoke at 5:45 and decided to get a jump on the day. Got my pot of coffee going....turned on the computer and sat down to make sure everything was ok with it since it shut down unexpectedly. I had to reboot it twice. No problem...... Just sitting there, sipping my coffee, thinking what I should get done before the boys wake up. Once the computer comes up, I happen to glance at the little clock in the bottom right corner....the little clock that said 3:25. huh? 3:25? AM? Holy smokes...my computer really did get messed up! The clock was completely wrong! It was 6:45 not 3:25.....wait a minute....I go get my cell phone.....aaaaaarrrrrgggggg.....it was 3:27 am. Where I thought Cosme reset the bedroom clock, it turns out that it just reset itself from the blinking 12:00 point........I crashed at about 10:00 am this morning....and then again at 1:00..... and again.....right now.....
Good night! I talk to you tomorrow!