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After a month without it, I found my digital camera in the trunk of my car

Which means I've been missing out on photo ops like this for 30 days. (Click photo to see more.)

Does the Easter Bunny Have a Phone? (And Other Questions)

• Does the Easter Bunny have a house?
• Does him have a car?
• Does him hop on the road?
• Does him hop high and hop low?
• Why does my belly hurt?
• Is it Easter at church too?

Still Life by Robey

Old Bible
Originally uploaded by AliBlog.

I love seeing what's in the camera after Robey's had it for a few hours. He takes photos of things I'd never think to photograph. This Bible belonged to my dad's mother. It's pages are marked with old marriage certificates, black and white photos, yellowed newspaper clippings and other small scraps of memories. It's a treasure. An old Master-Art Edition. It speaks to me more than any of the other Bibles in this house.

It's Probably Not Even Safe to Breathe While Reading this Post

We have Rotavirus and RSV. At the same time. You suppose there's any hope that the two bugs will start battling one another and leave our stomachs and airways alone?

We Do Laundry Everyday

Well, maybe not everyday. It just feels that way. But who can complain when you have helpers as cute as this?

Guess Who Got a New Camera for Christmas?

Click photo to see more at flickr.

Dirty Laundry

What do you do when - while rushing around the house at 7:30 in the morning - you realize your 3-year-old doesn't have any clean long pants for the day? Tell me I'm not the first "bad mom" to be in this situation?

Luckily, I remembered a pair of 4T overalls that were stashed away in his drawer of still-too-big clothes. I pulled them out, ripped off the tags, rolled up the cuffs and we made it out the door on time. He hasn't worn overalls since he's been potty trained, though, so I'm a bit worried about the scene where he dances his way to the bathroom at the last minute and can't get the straps unbuckled on time. I warned his teachers that he might need help. I hope the only clean pair of pants he has don't come home soiled.

Lost Questions

I should know by now that this show raises more questions per episode than it answers. And that means the questions are going to pile up. But still. I'm getting annoyed with the fact that I'm unable to keep up with the heaping piles of questions. Already this season I want to know:

• How is it that the survivors never ran across the Others' little suburban utopia?
• How big is this island?
• Why are they in cages?
• Why are they being treated like animals?
• Why was their blood drawn?
• Who is the unknown captive across from Sawyer? Is he an Other in disguise?
• How do you enter and exit an aquarium without getting wet?
• What happened between breakfast and the cage to make Kate cry?
• How many of the Others are willingly part of the tribe and how many are just afraid of Ben (aka Henry Gale)?

And yet, there's all these unanswered questions from the past two seasons - some of which even the writers seem to have forgotten. A few that are really nagging at me:

• What happened to the beasts and monsters that were patrolling the island?
• What do the numbers represent? And are they cursed?
• How does the island heal some but not others?
• Why was Rousseau allowed to roam around the island all by herself for so long?
• Why do the Others have an interest in some survivors more than others?
• What ever happened to that one brunette from the tail section who disappeared during the hike to save Sawyer right before Shannon was shot?
• How did Desmond's button-pushing mentor (I forget his name) end up on the island?
• Who made that one provisional food drop & why?
• What was Libby's deal?
• What are Walt's powers?
• Where have Walt and Michael gone?
• How did Desmond's ex-girlfriend know to look for a magnetic event?

Okay. That's barely touching the surface. But I have to start writing these down before this season's questions eclipse the questions from season one and two - and I forget what needs to be answered.

On Couches and Chairs

Have you ever spent the better part of a day rearranging all the furniture in your home only to realize that it was in the best configuration possible in the first place?

I'm sure this is a metaphor for something.

How Was Your Week?

Last week I:

• Watched a storm roll in.
• Saw a 50-foot pine tree snap in half right outside my window.
• Went three days without electricity.
• Handed 40 bags of frozen breast milk over to Rob to salvage during the power outage.
• Celebrated three birthdays (grandmother, husband, cousin).
• Pulled weeds and gathered flowers for a bouquet.
• Filled a "mix CD" with songs of praise.
• Made a handful of homemade cards.
• Said goodbye to our family's pastor of 11 years.
• Ordered another blook online.
• Put Monroe in daycare.
• Started back to work.
• Deleted hundreds of e-mails.
• Spent countless hours on the phone.
• Witnessed the joy of a three-year-old learning to swing and climb and hang from the monkey bars on his very own swing set.
• Got back in touch with a handful of high school classmates.
• Skated on Rollerblades for the first time in five years.
• Introduced Monroe to a genuine friend.
• Relinquished complete control of a BBQ dinner to Jeromy - and still ate before 9pm.
• Heard insider stories about the Rolling Stones.
• Slept through the night three days in a row.