The Hannah Family

Well he missed them anyway

Matt is back!  He had a fun time at the state wrestling tournament supporting his teammates.  He just asked Claire if she missed him, then Dave, and both admitted they hadn't realized he wasn't home.  "Guys, I was gone for THREE DAYS!"

Hey Claire, do you want some fish sticks?

No, but I'll try them when I'm a grownup because taste bugs change.

Long day

Dryer is fixed.  It turns out there was a complete blockage in the vent between the dryer and the wall.  Luckily we have a crawl space underneath the house where they could crawl (thus the name apparently) while wearing knee pads to remove the joint in order to unclog it of years of disgusting and now wet (!) lint.  God bless them one and all.

I found it interesting that the dryer repair man and all three vent cleaner men commented on Big Dave and his energy level, i.e., "is he always like this?"  Oh yes.  The various tools gave him something to comment on, but Dave would have found something regardless.  His latest is pretending Claire isn't really at school and then we get to search for her all day behind the couch, in her bed, another room, blah blah blah, you get the idea.  Dave's days of not talking are clearly behind him!

Oops, I did it again

Fried another dryer.  Luckily this one is only 6 months old and under Samsung's warranty.  So Dave and I get to wait from 10 to 1 p.m. tomorrow for the dryer repair dude, and from 2 to 4 p.m. for a different dryer duct scrubber dude.  We hate that, but TGIF.

Things that make me want to quit my job now

Dave:  Dad made me hot chocolate milk and I burned my tongue off!

An hour later:  Is your tongue better, baby?  Yeah, it's getting softer now, kind of harder...

An hour after that Dave is talking, but it's muffled with his tongue curled partially over his lip and back into his mouth:  Mama, do you have a special lotion for my boo-boo?

My freckles and moles have been there for a while

Dave - suddenly alarmed and pointing at my arm:  Mama, I see old on you!

Don't worry, kid.  I see it on me too.

Harris Teeter is doubling all coupons up to $1.98 this week

I love when they do that (or triple coupons).  Spent $220, but got two full carts and saved $122.  I never want to go grocery shopping again though.  Alice needs to offer more food so I can have it all sent to the door! 

Matt wrestled really well this weekend

Matt won 3 out 5 matches, just one short of qualifying for the state tournament.  Two kids on his team made it, and Matthew will be going to cheer them on!

On a side note, thank goodness he can say goodbye to the 103 weight class he has been in for the past 2 years.  It was fabulous that he made varsity, but no fun having to cut weight the past couple of months.  Matt didn't complain, but teenage boys are made to eat!

Katie calls me a 'stupid reader' (clearly jealous)

I enjoy books set in the future, and cannot wait for August 24 when the third book in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy will be released.  The second book was Catching Fire.  The third book will be titled Mockingjay.  The books were written for teens, but of course neither of my teenagers wanted to read them.  They are missing out.  Only 187 days to go!!  (I'm sure they will catch the Hunger Games movie in 2011.)

Wrapping up the wrestling season

All 14 of the varsity wrestlers for Holly Springs High qualified for the regional tournament this weekend, yep that includes our Big Matt Hannah.  Way to go, son.  We are very proud of you!!