I thought of a few more random things to update since my mini-blog hiatus. 

- Rock Band!  This is the only video game I have ever enjoyed playing.  We already had the guitars from Guitar Hero, so we were able to get the game without spending any money on all the "instruments."  A few days ago, my husband sent me a twitter:  "I have a present for you."  Intriguing, right?  When I got home, there was a huge box in the middle of the entryway – I opened it up, and what do you know?  The drums for Rock Band!  I'm terrible at them, but it will still be really fun to have people over and be able to have 4 people play instead of 3.  Plus, I really appreciate having the drums going to drown me out if I'm singing!! 

- Twitter.  Bad-influence-friend Kate managed to talk Tammy and I into using Twitter.  It's pretty fun to get little updates from people throughout the day.  I'm zarah on there if you want to follow me.