I Got Tagged...

THE RULES:
1- Post the rules on your blog
2- List 6 random things about yourself.
3- Tag 6 people at the end of your post.
4- Let each person know they have been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
5- Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

1. I hate driving in D.C. because I always get lost! Whenever I go downtown I always take the metro or a cab.

2. One of my favorite things to eat is peanut butter and radish sandwiches. I use to eat them with my Dad when I was a kid. The trick is to slice the radishes really thin and layer them real thick and use lots of peanut butter. Sweet and crunchy -- Yummy!

3. I have one leg slightly longer than the other as a result of breaking my leg when I was 10.

4. I'm really good at ironing. I can press a shirt as well as any professional dry cleaner. I find it very theraputic when I have the time.

5. My feet are not ticklish.

6. When Shane and I first started dating one of our favorite things to do was tandem biking. We still have our tandem hanging up in the garage. Maybe when we have more free time we'll dust it off and take it out for a spin.

Unfortunately I have no fellow bloggers to tag that have not already been tagged!

The Next American Idol!

Okay, this is a pretty long video because he sings the whole song but it's pretty funny. Using the flag as a prop was his idea. He's such a patriotic boy!

Date Night

Shane and I actually had a date night this past Saturday and celebrated Valentine's Day. We very rarely go out but Christian's martial arts school had a special Ninja Night. For a small fee, from 6-10 p.m. they had special crafts and activities, a pizza party and a movie. He had a blast and we got a night out. We saw the movie Gran Torino with Clint Eastwood and we both really liked it. If you're looking for a good movie to see, I highly recommend it.

Amazing Koala

I saw this news story this morning about a koala being rescued from the devastating bushfires in Australia. I was so touched by this story I just had to post these pictures. Amazing!

CFA firefighter David Tree shares his water with a koala injured in a bushfire at Mirboo North. Photo / AP

Sam the koala is being treated in a wildlife shelter after being saved from a burned-out forest. Photo / AP

Reward Chart! Please Help!

We're reinstituting the responsibility/reward chart at our house again. We used one once quite a while ago with success and we're hoping it will work again. The morning routine has really become a problem for us and I'm going crazy having to ask Christian ten times to go brush his teeth!

I'll tell him it's time to get dressed so off he'll go to his room and when I go check on him ten minutes later I find him sitting on the floor in his underwear looking through a book!!! I tell you, it's driving me mad! So, starting tomorrow morning the chart will be back on the wall and not only will there be rewards, there will also be consequences! If anyone has suggestions, I'm all ears!