The Bazerghi Family

I’ve become a Soccer Mom! The minivan has a permanent place in our driveway now. It’s extremely comfy – much smoother than the “trucky” feel of the Explorer. The color is “Magnesium”…..a gorgeous blue-green color and the interior is a dark grey leather. Hope that new car smell will last a little longer….not looking forward to the the juice-Cheerio-sticky-car smell.

Mmmmmm…..the sweet sweet smell of FOOTBALL SEASON!!! It is right around the corner and I am oh so excited! GO SKINS!

…or even be excited about for that matter. A minivan. Yep, you read that right. We’re getting a minivan. I’m gonna be a Soccer Mom. Who’d have thought?! We’re currently testing out a Chrysler Town & Country Limited. It rocks. It’s roomy, comfy, quiet and it’s loaded. Sara can’t wait to go to Gramma’s house so she can watch a DVD in it. I love how the seats all fold down flat into the floor and the best part is being able to take people with us instead of always having to take 2 cars everywhere. Hopefully we’ll have it by the weekend!

Just got back from a week in beautiful South Florida. We had amazing weather and a good visit with Eric’s parents, brother, sister-in-law and their 2 kids. We hadn’t seen Joe, Marie and the kids for several years since they are currently living in Europe. Sara was thrilled to meet her 2 cousins. They’re considerably older (9 & 10) but they were really patient and seemed to enjoy “playing” with her. Every morning Sara would wake up and the first thing out of her mouth was “Where’s my cousins?” The beach was great – water was amazing – not too cold and fairly calm. Sara loved sitting in her floatie while her cousins were on their boogie boards. We took some great pictures and hope to have some online soon. Now, it’s back to the grind here in NoVA. Bleech.

Hurricane Charley thought it would be cool to see Kenny Chesney in concert too. Woke up to rain on the morning of the concert and it was getting progressively worse. Concert was cancelled (it was to be held in an amphitheatre in VA Beach) so I decided to get outta there and head home to beat the worst of the storm. I drove through rain at least 3/4 of the way home. Walked in the door and find out that the concert was rescheduled for the following night. Ugh. I wasn’t about to drive all the way back there in the rain so my Mom was going to take my ticket. Guess it’s good I wasn’t there – Mom & Beth had to park in a swamp, hike about a 1/2 mile in the rain and proceed to sit (in covered seats) in blowing rain. They said the show was really good but Charley sure screwed up the weather. There’s always next year!

So I’d heard about this website a couple different times and the other day one of my neighbors mentioned that she was doing it so I decided to give it a try. Now, don’t think our house is a sty, cause it’s NOT – there’s just clutter. This is what happens when 2 pack rats marry. I’ve been “flying” for 2 weeks now and I have to say that I have a huge feeling of accomplishment every single day. My kitchen sink is shiny, laundry is done, my “hot spots” are clean, and I’ve got 4 big bags of stuff to donate. Here’s the website: http://flylady.net/index.asp

Kenny Kenny Kenny….

I got a new laptop! Whooohooooooo Go Me!!
I’m the proud owner of a brand spankin’ new Toshiba Satellite A75-S206. I love it love it love it. My old POS was forever locking up, crashing, refusing to function, and making horrible grinding noises. I rock.

….and I will be at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre spending the evening with Kenny Chesney, Uncle Kracker and Rascal Flatts. Whooooo-hooooooo!!

We just got back from visiting my parents for several days. On Thursday, my parents kept Sara for us so we could go out on a date. We had intentions of going to see Spiderman 2 but idiot me read the schedule wrong so we ended up seeing Dodgeball. HA! It was good mindless fun. I can’t even recall the last time Eric and I went to the movies together – I think it might have been while I was pregnant with Sara – and we saw Shrek. (The original, not 2!)

Friday we spent the day at Busch Gardens with my sister. Had fun and we were all worn out. I think we must have walked about 10 miles. Sara had a blast playing in “Land of the Dragons”. She road lots of rides and enjoyed petting the Clydesdales and seeing all the birds in the aviary.

I’ll part with this quote from Dodgeball… “You’re about as useful as a poopie flavored lollipop.”