Working with the lights on

We did not participate in Earth Hour and turn out our lights tonight. Not that a reduction in energy consumption isn't a good idea. Not that we aren't environmentalists. I think we are just non-conformists. We don't need to be guilted in to doing something good for the planet. We do a lot of good things everyday.

And we are skeptics.

Did you notice how convenient a time they chose for the Earth Hour for Big Business? Sure, we'll turn our lights out between 8 and 9 pm on a Saturday night. Hmmm. Coincidence? But they couldn't have picked a worse time for families. They picked the getting ready for bed, taking a bath, reading a book, having milk and a snack and finding pajamas hour for it.

Speaking of pajamas I got this stuck in my head earlier tonight:

"Pajammy to the left, pajammy to the right,
Everybody's wearing them for dancing tonight.
Jamma, jamma, jamma, jamma p.j."

(Please note, my little one is now 8. "Eight and a half mom!" I haven't gotten to read Pajama Time by Sondra Boynton in years. I might have the words slightly wrong. But it is still a catchy verse.)

The snow has melted. It was sunny and in the 50s. In fact it was nice enough for Violet to take her in-line skates out to practice. She actually let go of me and Mr. Incredible a few times. She is getting some balance. She still needs a lot of practice, but she really wants to learn.

I spent much of the day working. I have been assigned to a really big project at work. The money is good, but I don't know how I'll get it all done. I did come up with an idea for enlisting the help of others from the department. I'll broach it with my boss next week.

Tonight we ordered in pizza. The kid with the black hair spiked up a good four inches and all the piercings in his face forgot the garlic bread. He was really nice about it. He even looked to see what was in the other order he had to deliver. I think if that family would have had garlic bread he would have given it to us. But he couldn't find it and drove back with it a little later. Nice kid, but I don't think I'll stand next to him in an electrical storm.

While we ate we watched the movie "Enchanted", the Easter Bunny left it in Violet's Easter basket. It was a fun movie. We had not seen it in the theater. Funny how it is cheaper to buy the DVD than for the whole family to go to the theater to see the movie.

Tomorrow promises more of the same: work. But the money's good. And since the economy is so bad, I am not complaining.