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I'm thinking we have had a busy week. The boys are so busy with end of the year projects and we finally finished soccer and LAX season with the final tournament this past Saturday. I got to see Camille for a while and I also went out with Amber Saturday night. The boys were with their dad most of the weekend. Well, Alex was at the house most of the weekend. I read in church this morning. The boys weren't there because they were asleep when I went to get them at their dad's this morning like I do when they are there. Disappointing. Today's sermon was a good one the boys would have benefited from hearing. What wasn't disappointing is that Alex went to the gym to work out with me today. He has to get in shape to go to North Carolina in June. He was hesitant but I think he was shocked at what I could do and wanted to show me up. He even ran on the treadmill. Wonder if he will go with me at 6am tomorrow morning. Lucy and Sophie were glad to have all three boys here tonight. We had excitement today when I was watering out back. Baby bunnies are living under one of my flower pots. Six of them. I found that out when they ran when I watered the plant. Lucy had one in her mouth and I freaked out. She dropped it when I screamed. She is a hunter that Lucy. She was even after Sam's second dinner tonight. That's the update here at Fletcher365. We look forward to a better week. NO SOCCER OR LACROSSE PRACTICE AT NIGHT!! Yippeeee!

Sunday night/Monday morning

We have just finished our Lacrosse season and our Soccer season. The boys have so much homework. I've been in town but working a lot. I just had to put $2,000.00 in my car for repairs after it didn't pass inspection. We went to church today. Sam stayed home. His allergies have been so bad after being on the Soccer and Lacrosse fields this week. When we got home from church, Alex laid down in his bed. I went to wake up Sam in his bed. I woke up 5 hours later. So for today, Alex, Sam and I, slept in the middle of the day. Chase, on the other hand, painted wood for a project we are doing while watching his new obsession, Dr. Who, on TV. He was so happy with the three of us out of his way. Needless to say, it is 1:20am and I am just now going to bed. We have been a houseful of sleeping beauties for sure here at Fletcher365.

Here fishy fishy....

Alex has always wanted a fish tank in his room.  I keep saying no.  He doesn't need anymore responsibility in my opinion.  But.....he has continued to talk about it, price it, and study about it online.  So he has his own money and we talked about how much he was saving and how he needed to be cautious with his money.

He went out and bought himself a tank yesterday.  He bought live rock (whatever that means) and sand from the fish store.  Okay, he is uber excited and it is nice to see.  He can't put fish in it for a month.  He did find some kind of snail in his live rock.

He put it on top of his dresser and it is what you see when you look in his room from the living room.  Okay.  I kinda like it so far and there are NO FISH in it yet.  I'm proud of him for doing his homework, managing it so it is not an impulse buy, and learning more about it.  I can't argue with that.  So now we have 2 dogs, 1 snail and the anticipation of some cool fish here at Fletcher365.

Seriously?

Every once in a while, Chase gets in a mood where he is calm, reflective, and attentive. We have to capture it when it happens. He and I have struck a deal. He needs to have his homework done by 8pm, in bed by 10pm. This boy waits until really late to start his homework and I typically go to bed before he does. He needs his sleep (to be in a better mood) and he needs more time to do his homework (so I am in a better mood). I'm confident the rest of the school year will be smooth. I am just so proud of him. He is so much more mature and so much more responsive to being given direction. He is a keeper....seriously.

We get by .......

I moved furniture around at the office and needed to take our coffee table from home to work.  Chase helped me paint the legs so we could hide the blue.  So easy.  We used our sponge brushes (I get them on sale - 20 for a dollar) and some brown acrylic paint I've had from another project.  The weather has been so beautiful so we did the whole thing today.  Chase even tightened one of the legs for me.  It will look so good in my office and every time I look at it, I will remember how Chase and I did this - with a little help from our friends who all make up Fletcher365.

A new way to do Easter

I didn't get plastic eggs.  We didn't have an egg hunt.  There were no hard boiled eggs.  We didn't have a fancy dinner.  We DID have rain.  We DID have fun.  We DID go to church.  We DID feel like it was Easter......and there was candy.

This year, I decided to do it a little differently.  As the Easter Bunny, I get to decide don't I?  The boys are big enough that they kind of know what is going on.  But, they are not too old for something fun on Easter.

I bought this machine, that you put in the freezer, and you make popcycles, fudgecycles, and anything else you want to freeze in the shape of a popcycle.  Chase is having a ball with it. We looked up recipes on the web.  The recipe book in the store was $16.  We found some great, healthy recipes and we are trying them all.  It takes less than 10 minutes.  So much fun and so good to eat.  So glad the Easter Bunny thought of it.

Ann Romney Urges Respect for Women's Choices

I was asked last week to comment on this story for FOX 4 in Dallas. It stirred up quite the controversy.

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Ann Romney Urges Respect for Women's Choices