Mark's Manly Acquisitions

7/13/08

So, my last post was probably very uninteresting unless you're a member of my family. Oh, well.

Mark has had quite the past two weeks. He is now the proud owner of a new computer that he built himself (smoking fast, I might add. That much I can appreciate.), four new tires (intentional), with new rims (not intentional, but necessary, come to find out), a rifle, and a receiver. I had him jot down some notes so that you could be duly impressed:

"AMP Quad Core, 4 GB RAM, 250 GB of hard drive, 8800 GS video card, Windows Vista Home Premium, and lots of Awesomeness!" (That's his direct quote) We don't have a new monitor or keyboard to show off. I'm asking for them for Christmas.

"R-15 aluminum rims." And ironically, with 4 new tires and rims and a fresh alignment job, this still careens around like a squirrelly go-cart on a washboard dirt road and goes WOM WOM WOM WOM WOM WOM. The rims were bent and the tires shot, thanks to Mark being rear-ended last year, but as it turns out, a bearing also needs to be replaced. After $900, I hope it drives like a frickin' Cadillac.

"30-06 Springfield bolt-action sniper rifle." Used to be my Grandpa Wally's. It's the same type that was used in WWI and WWII, but we're not sure how old this one is. Mark has always wanted one of these.

"Pioneer 7.1 Dolby Surround Pro-logic receiver." Mark won this at the family reunion's raffle last week, and only paid $1 each for his 2 tickets. Thank-you Nathan for your generous donation!! (We seriously scored a ton of loot at that raffle, and we only spent $7. Not to boast.)

And lest you think that our Madelyn has been resting on her laurels this week...

"Who, me?"

She has been a little mischichi lately. "Mischichi" is what my Grandma Nora calls mischief makers. (Not sure how to spell it. It's Spanish slang.) I think Madelyn deserves the title. What do
you think?

Mark let her come up on the roof with him while he fixed a leak in our swamp cooler. I was not a proponent of this. After telling her a dozen times to stay close to daddy and not get close to the edge, she had to be handed back down to me kicking and screaming. Just imagine if we didn't have a flat roof...

This was about an hour after we got home from church today (during which she made such a scene in Primary that she ended up back in nursery with me). I went into my craft room and discovered her under the table, covered in marker scribbles and playing with my needle-nosed pliers. She is hiding her head in shame because she knows she's in trouble. Siiiigggghhhh... An hour later:

She has been practicing sitting on the potty (hasn't gone yet). She can just hang out on there for ages, so I went into the office to check on a picture CD I was burning. I came back to find this. I thought she had fallen asleep, since she often falls asleep in the stinkbug position (although I realize the potty is an odd place to fall asleep). But nooo...

Can you see what's really happening here? She's got both arms stuck down into the bowl, nude from the waist down, no less, splashing around in the water!!! (Toilet water is actually quite clean, from what I've heard. Please tell me that's true.)

Oh, Madelyn. The things she does make me laugh, despite the trouble she causes. And then I have makings for a good post. (Plus I want proof of her behavior for when she gets older.)

Well, I need to get back to my Christian Bale movie fest. Yesterday we watched Batman Begins (drool), and I've got Little Women waiting for me. Now if I can only find a copy of Newsies...