I'm now Jack Benny's age

A decent enough birthday weekend. John had a little carnival thing at his preschool Friday night, so we went to that. They had little kiddie games that John and Hanna enjoyed doing. And, they got to pick from piles of little toys after doing the game. They particularly liked the inflatable jumping pit. Oh, if we could only get one of those of our own, to keep in our backyard. John would never come in the house. I should look into how much a small one might cost.

Mom sent me the dvd of House of Flying Daggers. Am looking forward to that. She also sent Dobson's book Bringing Up Boys. I've been wanting to read that, too. The kids picked out a sea animal playset for me. I think they'll play with it more than I will. :) I did scavenge the orca from it, though. Also got an Orca story book.

Yesterday we went to Dairy Queen for an ice cream treat. They had the AC cranked up in there. We were shivering a bit after awhile. John snuggled up against me to keep warm.

I've been playing a little bit of Doom3, just to test out my stomping good new computer. Wow. An amazing visual and auditory experience. And scary. My spleen has nearly melted on several occasions. However, a very gory and violent game. The kids will not know of its existence. Candyland is fine, thank you very much. Next up, I'd like to get Half-life 2.