russia?!

when we moved down here we decided to go without cable.

which means we have now gone 10 months without cable.

we still have netflix so we aren't totally out of the loop.

but, since turning on netflix is more involved then pushing an on button, i don't do it much.
and, in a way, i'm kind of proud of us.

but despite all the positives i can list about ditching good old fashioned TV, it appears as though going without it does have a downfall.

2 days ago - on the day of the olympic opening ceremonies - matt and i were chatting about the olympics.

i was telling him that i had heard [via facebook] that russia was super far behind on the construction of hotels needed for the press covering the olympics

and then our conversation continued:

matt: russia?! what does russia have to do with the olympics?

pam: the olympics are in russia this year. in sochi.

matt: isn't sochi in japan?

pam: [starting to doubt my source. because, let's be honest, sochi does sound more like an asian city then a russian one.] nooo.. i thought it said they are in russia.

and that just goes to show that we make absolutely no effort to stay on top of current affairs.

and that people like us would definitely benefit from having news broadcasts forced in front of us as we flip through stations.

we'll have to work on that.

with that being said, here is a picture of our boys laying in their tent watching a show.
go figure!

this picture was worth taking because holden honestly never sits still to watch anything.

and this time he watched for a good 7 minutes. personal best!

plus, it was a cute brother moment.

..if you ignore chet's face.

that is his grouchy TV watching face.

happens to the best of us.

don't act like you haven't caught yourself glaring at the TV or watching with your mouth wide open!

other pointless pictures from this week:

i bought a $4 XXXL shirt from the clearance section of target and made it into a not-XXXL shirt.

i wore that shirt to church today. tucked into a skirt that i also re-invented.

so i was 100% homemade today.

good thing homemade is cool... it is cool, right?

and here is a something kinda crazy:

holden is 19 months old - walking, talking - and we just got another bill for some treatment he got back in his hospital days.

what?!

now?

seems a bit sketchy to me.

all i can say is thank goodness for insurance.

because this sweet boy has racked up ridiculous amounts of bills.

the new charges got me looking through his enormous folder of hospital paperwork, where i found the most entertaining one:

holden was born at 7:00am-ish.

that means in the first 17 hours of his 25 day hospital stay, the bill was already over $64,000.00

and, as you can see, that doesn't even include the cost of me actually having him!

madness.

and last, but not least, here are a bunch of pictures of us at various parks.

because we love parks.

cute brother picture.

not as cute brother picture.

sand angel.