Tech-Geeks, Mountains, and Underpants

So, we packed a lot into our weekend, which started at my least favorite place on the planet, the DMV. We were there for about 2 1/2 hours, taking care of business. There are now Virginia plates on my car. They are not as cool as my Texas plates (see below), but they do have a cardinal sitting on a dogwood branch, so that's nice. Daphne was good...she colored the whole time. She had a much better attitude than I did. I hate the DMV.

The events of Saturday afternoon require a little background: We have wifi at our house. The signal is good downstairs, but not so good upstairs. So every time we wanted to print something, we had to haul the printer downstairs to the kitchen, which is where my computer lives. This was a pain, so Kev bought some sort of $80.00 gadget at Best Buy that is supposed to among other things boost the signal and solve the problem. Guess what. It didn't work. So Kev went all McGiver on me and used some techno-geek dudes free internet template to build a wifi booster out of cardstock and aluminum foil (pictured above - the thing that looks like a sail). Guess what. It works. So, props to Kev for saving us $80.00. Pretty cool, huh?



Having had enough of chores and errands, we decided to spend Sunday doing "something fun." So, we packed a picnic lunch, and made the short trip to Shenandoah National Park to drive along the Skyline Drive to take in some wintery mountain scenery. We had a picnic in the way-back of the car because it was too cold to eat outside. We saw hawks and deer, and heard frogs and woodpeckers and had a great time. The park is going to be spectacular in the spring and fall, so we bought an annual pass and plan to go camping as soon as we can.

Sunday night, in order to provide some potty-training motivation (because M-n-M's ain't workin'), we all went to Target to let Daphne pick out some big kid underpants. She was so excited about them that she wanted to wear them over her clothes. She will probably be mad at me about this picture someday.

To end the weekend, Kev and I stayed up late and watched Barton Fink. What a ridiculously terrible movie with the worst ending of probably any movie I've ever seen. But it was good to make it past 8:30 for once.

So, now it's Monday. Daphne is doing some painting while I blog. I just looked at her and she is kind of a mess, so I better clean her up and start thinking about lunch. I hope you all had a good weekend and didn't have to spend any of it at the DMV.

And one more quick thing...any ideas on something cool I can do with my Texas plates? Look how cool they are! They must be preserved in a special way...