Just like in the Friend. Or is it the Ensign that has the Random Sampler?
At any rate, I love how the sound of it justifies the discussion of completely un-related items.
♦ heart rate.
Funny, that I bought a heart rate monitor last week as a way to keep better tabs on myself during workouts....
and where I really needed it was when I bravely attended the follow-up to Bret's Geography Bee win last week, the district bee.
It would have been interesting to monitor my HR fluctuations during the competition. I'm pretty sure my heart was beating as fast as it was during my spin class this morning each time the questions crept up to Bret.
He was edged out by some fierce district-wide competition, but did great, and got a top-notch inflatable globe for participating. The framed certificate seems very pale in comparison.
♦ movie night
When we're not doing the date-night thing, we deem Friday night our "Pizza & Movie Night." A blanket is sprawled to cover our family room carpet and pizza is consumed as movies are viewed. I know, you're grateful for the explanation since the title was misleading.
I don't do well in the same room with pizza, since I want to eat every last piece, but have recently found comfort in this de-lite-ful version here, from our neighborhood Papa Murphy's that makes it all seem more feasible.
Doug and I split this one
right down the middle.♦ discovery
Am I the only one ??? who didn't know you could eliminate all kinds of fat and calories by simply popping the top of your favorite diet (or other) soda and pour the contents into a bowl with a cake mix and voila...you have this:
Where have I been? My kids couldn't tell the difference. Granted, they are a bit flat, but then again, maybe my stomach would be too, if I eat these instead of the original.
♦ curtainsAbby's preschool group took a field trip today to a local candy store. They received a fine tour of the facility and a demonstration of how to coat just about anything with chocolate. Two words were used somewhat nonchalantly, yet caught my attention and I haven't since been able to free them from my thoughts:
"chocolate curtain"
and I don't even LIKE chocolate...?
♦ language acquisition
a hollering sound of sorts just rang from the bathtub where my youngest is bathing.
It was:"ayudan me!"
How many of us does he want to help him out of there anyway?
and...that's it. Yeah, I told you it was random.
And last night's Pinewood Derby was a nail-biter.
There were some pretty impressive entries.
Thankfully, amidst defeat, my boys were graceful in their losing, and clearly
With 23 cars in a double-elimination tournament, you can imagine we were there for a while. 
There were plenty of animated fans, astonished at some of the results.
But to be honest, by the end, a lot of us shared the obvious sentiments of this tired-out fan.
It got pretty heated there at the end as to who would claim victory.
After all...look at what was at stake!
Some of us couldn't wait for the treats.
But when that time FINALLY arrived, we were more than willing to consume these.
And so ...until we meet again, crowded around this same sturdy track, we'll be researching ideas on how to create faster cars. 
