Author: Chauntel Ensey

Magic Erasers repair scratches on dvd’s, video games, cd’s, etc. Lightly wipe the wet Magic Eraser in a straight line from the center of the disc to the outer edge. Then wipe any water off with a lint free cloth.
Our Finding Nemo dvd hasn’t played without skipping or freezing for years. I tried the Magic Eraser yesterday thinking well, it can’t hurt it. We just watched it skip free! Our dvd collection may be saved!
Umm… if anyone knows of a good reason not to do this leave a comment soon so I don’t wreck all our discs 😉

For a lot of years, I mean a lot, I avoided music. I didn’t lose interest, I avoided it purposefully.
I get sucked in, addicted, I fall in love with it. Maybe I was too immersed in it at a young age when my brain was like a sponge, forming permanent connections.
I fell asleep with music from before I can remember until I got married. Unfortunately my tastes for music to fall asleep to and my husbands taste were nowhere close. So I dropped it.
If I wanted to go to a show the first couple years it was never what my husband liked so I didn’t go. Eventually I dropped music since it was a point of contention. I found a few bands we could compromise on but again, I immersed myself in them. Going to every show within 2 hours of us, buying every version of every album, knowing their full history and sadly even a few birthdays lol
Yah, no surprise my obsession was noticed and wasn’t loved. So for the last 4 years until this last spring I avoided music again. Spring came, changes were made, I got to choose my passions once again. Understand I was never really told I couldn’t have my music, my shows. It was an unsaid understanding. Not worth the arguments. No, I didn’t want to run off with the first punk boy I met at a show. Gosh! (Channeled Napoleon Dynamite for a second, sorry)
Tracy has witnessed my obsession first hand and can attest to my love for shows. She may actually think I go a bit insane 🙂 Very unlike me. But actually it is more the true me than I have shown for the majority of the last 17 years or so.
Good God getting older sucks. I realize that I am not old yet, I just can’t help feeling I missed some good years.
All this because I came into bed 4 hours ago, put my headphones on and was instantly wired.
There are a few things I am going to have more of; concerts, loud music dancing around the house with my kids, streetbikes (don’t laugh, after I gain weight and I am kick ass strong again I am going to learn to ride without a man to hold onto. Mmmm…. I love riding behind a man though). My brother got a new bike and I was instantly jealous.
Frick, now I am really awake.
Oh well, more personal crap that could have all stayed in my head except that I know it’s loved by all that stop by 😉
oh! I broke a filling/tooth while camping. Damn s’mores. Payback for eating shit I shouldn’t eat. More bills, yay. Sure wish that full time job with benefits would hurry up and call… there are prospects!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=cH9Yac_VRTY

So I am making her knee highs out of some funky sock yarn Cori sent me this summer.

We had a great 3 days camping. It is the first time my kids have camped in a motorhome and not roughing it in a tent.
Super beautiful weather, and beautiful scenery. We played a ton of games, went on scavenger hunts, sent the kids on scavenger hunts for a bit of quiet, and generally just enjoyed being together.

We had a nice daytrip to the Johnny Sack Cabin and Big Springs. I the cabin itself is all locked up tight for the season but it was a beautiful day to walk around the springs, peek through windows and enjoy the day.
There are huge rainbow trout (probably average size of 18-24") up near the springs and you can stand on the bridge over the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River and just watch them laze about in the shaded areas of water.
Tons of ducks and even a muscrat came swimming by to steal some of the bread crumbs people were tossing to the fish and ducks.
Fun little family trip, now I must go find information on Johnny Sack and his cabin in the woods.

The kids, Grandma, Grandpa, and I decided to come camping for the weekend. We are only half an hour away from the house in the Riverside Campground on the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River. More pics and fun to come.