We Be Goovin'

And by we, I mean WII!!!!!!

Yes, people, I did indeed break down and get the Almighty Wii. When your friends who don't even have CABLE have something, it's time to admit that you are hopelessly, pathetically Out Of It. So, the other day, I took the kids and my tax return and toddled on over to the Walmart. We left with extra controllers, a charging station, Wii Party Pack, and two games - Raving Rabbids and SuperMario Party 8. Plus, the system came with some sports games. I wanted a Wii Fit to go with the whole thing, but nowhere in town has one. Believe me, I've checked. Apparently now that I am the last person to get a Wii in town, I will have to get in line to get the peripherals, which would put me, you guessed it, at the back of the line. So, I may be procuring that little doodad online.

I ended up returning the charger I bought the next day. It was by Energizer, and it stunk. In order to charge, you had to remove the rubber controller holder thingy, which would have been a pain and probably would have resulted in broken rubber holder thingies, plus the little nodes on the back of the new battery-cover didn't really match up well with the charger unit. Add that to the fact that you had to use special battery packs rather than regular rechargable batteries, which I didn't see in the store, and you have a crappy unit. So, I returned it and got another battery charger, but unlike our smaller regular Energizer charger, this one is totally souped-up and charges the batteries in 15 minutes flat (although it says for optimum charge to leave them in for 25 - why not just day that?! I mean, who wants partially charged batteries?!). So, we have a ton of rechargable batteries and two chargers, and that should suffice.

Also, Josie doesn't know it, but we're having an organ delivered to the house today. Providence again - I offered to help clear out one of the storage rooms at the back of our church, and there was a storage bench in there that would have looked good with our piano. I asked the education director whose it was, and she told me that it goes with an organ that was donated to the church years ago by an elderly couple and is never used, they've been trying to get rid of it, did I know anyone who would like to give it a home? HELLO!!! So, she spoke to the property committee, who spoke to the woman who donated it (who is in her 80's now), and they agreed that we can keep it at our house with the understanding that when we're done with it, we will pass it on to anyone else in the congretation who would use it. YAHOO!!!!! Josie has no idea what's going on, so when she gets home from school today, there it will be waiting for her. The only thing that they asked is that we take a photo of her face, and send it in, but of course she'll make a thank-you card as well to send in. Holy cow. We are so fortunate!!!! I can hardly believe it. I can't wait to see her face. :)

So, we have a Wii, an organ, and soon a puppy. It's a big week, and certainly a LOT better than last week!