Then I came inside for a Piña Colada and basketball. My BIL’s sister came for a visit from Columbia and brought rum. Mac made virgin coladas for the kids. Ada said it was the most yummy drink ever.

I now have a Plantronics 925^* headset. It has three sizes of eartips, the middle one keeps it in my ear, but it starts to feel slightly uncomfortable after a bit. I may try the smallest one. It also has multipoint, so it is paired with my laptop and my iPhone. We tested it today to see what kind of range I can get. I connected it to my laptop and sat on our bed. Mac carried my laptop around the house. Once he took it into the basement, it started getting static, but I could still hear it. I tried to answer a call with it, but it didn’t work. However, I accidentally pressed the button while I was putting it in the charging case, and my phone started dialing Mac, so it will control the phone. I can use it to listen to music, but it quite monotone, and after a bit, it bothers my ear just like all the other ear buds I’ve ever tried to use. It will work great for calls without being tied to cables and that mute button that I frequently press by accident. And if I wear it during the day while I’m working, I’ll know when my phone is ringing because it will beep in my ear. The biggest drawback of not having a landline is that I miss calls because my phone is charging in the other room or in my bag, and I don’t hear it. Just like the Rock Chalk call I missed the other day.

*Thankfully, it wasn’t the price listed on that site. Don’t buy it from there.

It is my own fault. I bought this for Ada as a present on St. Paddy’s Day. It was a suprise Hello Kitty figure. I didn’t know which design it was going to be until we opened the box. Ada has a small love for Hello Kitty. At least, she gets really excited when she sees Hello Kitty stuff. She doesn’t have a massive collection, but so far it contains:

• A Hello Kitty crayon holder
• Her Build-A-Bear has Hello Kitty panties.
• A play Hello Kitty cellphone
• Hello Kitty stickers
• Hello Kitty egg decorating kit for Easter.
• A Hello Kitty t-shirt
• The origami bird Hello Kitty figure
• Hello Kitty electric toothbrush
• Hello Kitty toothpaste
• Hello Kitty bubblebath
• Hello Kitty drinking cup

The bad thing is that there is so much Hello Kitty stuff out in the world that her collection could become massive. If I let it.

I also picked up another monkey cup for the kids. My mom said that the number of kids cups is going to outnumber the adult cups soon. But Target keeps shelving kids cups. They are plastic. They have cute things on them. They are plastic. They are cheap. They are plastic. I almost grabbed James a straw lobster cup. It is plastic. I’m now wishing I had. Plastic.

Boo: If my general digestive area that I refer to as “my tummy” doesn’t stop causing me pain and grief, I may have to bash my toe with a hammer as a distraction.

New toys! Yippee!

I always talk myself out of replacing my 7-year old one, 128MB one.