Monday. 'Nuff said. Temps should be tolerable today, but will get colder as the week goes on.

The Packers sure gave one away yesterday. Yikes. They had it in the bag. 4th and 26? You gotta be kidding me. Favre throws up one of his patented here-you-have-the-ball-I-don't-want-it interceptions. That loss was downright Vikings-esque.

The kids had kroupa and orange juice for breakfast. They were in good spirits when I dropped them off at Sue's house.

Our phones have been out since Friday. No dial tone. The funny thing is my dsl still works fine, and that is over the phone line. So will have to call and see how my employer's customer service works these days.

Ordered some books for the kids the other day. Ordered The First Thousand Words in Russian, thought it would be fun to teach them (and us) some Russian words. Also ordered one called Favorite Russian Fairy Tales. (As I understand it, sort of a misnomer as there aren't any fairies in Russian folk tales.) Will be interested to see if they tell us what stories were depicted in those murals that were in Hanna's orphanage. Then, to get the order up over $25 so I didn't have to pay shipping costs, I ordered Natasha's Dance, a cultural history of Russia. Looks interesting. Figured might as well spend the money on another book instead of shipping costs.