Monday Morning Thoughts...

1. The 24 hour getaway with The Family was quite nice. Kids got to go swimming. We ate some great food. The hotel was beautiful. ***However, there were two bummers - both bed related. The first one was the mattresses were way too soft. We shared one queen with The Playmaker (while The Wife bedded with The Playmaker's Sister). No back support = waking up stiffer than stiff with a bad case of sciatica. Ugh. And perhaps "waking up" was the wrong term. It seems as if The Playmker is a high roller. As in he rolls around a lot while he sleeps. If we were bumped into once, we were bumped into a dozen times. Total number of hours we slept? Definitely less than four. Even worse, they came in 15 or 20 minute bursts -- until the next bump. Still, it was a good time.

2. Saturday morning's b-ball games went well. The Playmaker's Sister's Team improved to 8-2. She has shown major improvement this season, scoring in 3 of the seven games she has played. Perhaps her biggest accomplishment was sinking a foul shot at the end of a quarter when the other 9 players were already off the court. As we Twittered, The Playmaker got his elusive Double-Double (14 points, 10 boards) while leading his team to to the .500 Level at 5-5.

3. Rain in February totally and completely sucks. Reminds us that spring is not far off. We love fall and winter...have come to enjoy summer...but spring is The Worst.

4. The newspaper business continues to struggle Big Time. Philadelphia Newspapers, owners of the Inquirer and The Daily News, filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday. Yikes.

5. Caught a new show on the DVR yesterday afternoon -- Being Erica. Absolutely loved it and will be blogging about it soon.