I just want to let ya'll know that even though I am horrible at my new Mario Kart for the Wii, it does not mean I am a bad driver.
It just takes practice with the little wheel thing.
And, I can still *usually* beat Night when we are playing, so I can't be that bad at it, right?!
Showing posts with label wii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wii. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Happy Mother's Day to Me!
Look what I got!!

Last year, my family got me the Nintendo Wii. This year, I got the Mario Kart to go with it.
I think my husband has turned me into a nerd.


Last year, my family got me the Nintendo Wii. This year, I got the Mario Kart to go with it.
I think my husband has turned me into a nerd.

Thursday, October 04, 2007
Keira's First Boxing Match
Now that Keira has turned the big...2, she is able to play the Wii. She was amazing. Before I had the wii, I never really thought I'd be yelling, "Punch his lights out!" and "Kick her butt!" in order to encourage my children to "hurt" each other. A little aggression is good for the soul, right?
At least I didn't make the comment Josh did, "Hey, this will come in handy with parenting...knowing that she can take a punch."
She does have a little ways to go-she kept yelling "Knock Off" instead of "Knock Out!" Don't worry. She'll get it. Before long, she'll be knocking us all off... (uh oh. maybe what they say about violence in games is true...)

At least I didn't make the comment Josh did, "Hey, this will come in handy with parenting...knowing that she can take a punch."
She does have a little ways to go-she kept yelling "Knock Off" instead of "Knock Out!" Don't worry. She'll get it. Before long, she'll be knocking us all off... (uh oh. maybe what they say about violence in games is true...)
Friday, June 01, 2007
TV Upgrade How My Stupidity Got us A Big-Ass TV
Remember our wonderful garage sale find-the tv that doubled as a snooze button?!
Well, about a month ago, the tv took over 2 hours to turn on-after Josh spent pretty much the whole 2 hours pushing the on button because it kept turning itself off. After that, we didn't turn it off at all. You would think this would cut into the snooze time, but actually, if we left it on a cartoon channel, Josh could snooze for hours instead of minutes! (I'm always at work, so I don't get to snooze!) Yes, we are good parents like that.
Anyway, Tuesday when I left for work, the tv was on. When I got home, it was OFF. Josh's theory is that one of the cats stepped on the remote and turned it off. My theory is that it is an old tv and was tired of being on all the time. So, every 3-4 minutes or so, Josh would say, "TV" and Night would go and push the power button, to no avail. This, apparently had been going on all day. Neither boy would give up. Feeling sorry for them, I said we could look into getting a new one.
We got on-line to CraigsList and looked for some tvs for sale to decide if it would be better to buy a new one or a used one. First, I saw one for free! Yay! I called, and missed it by about 10 minutes. Someone else had called first, but she would call me back if they didn't show up. I looked at LOTS of different offers. Then, I saw a 27" tv for $50. I called him and asked him about it. He told me it was about 10 years old, but that it worked really well. Thinking I could get a better deal, I asked him if he'd take $20 less for it since it was so old. Sure! Great. Of course, when I was thinking about the tv, I thought it was advertised at $100, not $50, so I talked him UP to $80. Oops. So, I was all cocky when I came in and told Josh to get ready because we were gong to get a tv for $80! This is when he pointed out my stupidity....
Well, neither one of us wanted to call the guy back and tell him we wanted to pay $30 (or even $50), not $80, so we didn't get the tv. I looked on CraigsList a few hours later, and saw a 52" flat screen (theater screen) for TWO HUNDRED BUCKS! The guy was moving and didn't want to take the tv with him. So, there you have it-we got a big-ass tv for $200 bucks instead of a big tv for $50 or $80 or $30. It took some finagling to get it home, but now we have it, and my WII is awesome on it!!
Well, about a month ago, the tv took over 2 hours to turn on-after Josh spent pretty much the whole 2 hours pushing the on button because it kept turning itself off. After that, we didn't turn it off at all. You would think this would cut into the snooze time, but actually, if we left it on a cartoon channel, Josh could snooze for hours instead of minutes! (I'm always at work, so I don't get to snooze!) Yes, we are good parents like that.
Anyway, Tuesday when I left for work, the tv was on. When I got home, it was OFF. Josh's theory is that one of the cats stepped on the remote and turned it off. My theory is that it is an old tv and was tired of being on all the time. So, every 3-4 minutes or so, Josh would say, "TV" and Night would go and push the power button, to no avail. This, apparently had been going on all day. Neither boy would give up. Feeling sorry for them, I said we could look into getting a new one.
We got on-line to CraigsList and looked for some tvs for sale to decide if it would be better to buy a new one or a used one. First, I saw one for free! Yay! I called, and missed it by about 10 minutes. Someone else had called first, but she would call me back if they didn't show up. I looked at LOTS of different offers. Then, I saw a 27" tv for $50. I called him and asked him about it. He told me it was about 10 years old, but that it worked really well. Thinking I could get a better deal, I asked him if he'd take $20 less for it since it was so old. Sure! Great. Of course, when I was thinking about the tv, I thought it was advertised at $100, not $50, so I talked him UP to $80. Oops. So, I was all cocky when I came in and told Josh to get ready because we were gong to get a tv for $80! This is when he pointed out my stupidity....
Well, neither one of us wanted to call the guy back and tell him we wanted to pay $30 (or even $50), not $80, so we didn't get the tv. I looked on CraigsList a few hours later, and saw a 52" flat screen (theater screen) for TWO HUNDRED BUCKS! The guy was moving and didn't want to take the tv with him. So, there you have it-we got a big-ass tv for $200 bucks instead of a big tv for $50 or $80 or $30. It took some finagling to get it home, but now we have it, and my WII is awesome on it!!
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
It's Mario Party 8 Day!!
This was my greeting this morning! Night was pretty excited. Mario Party 8 for the Wii just came out today-we had it on reserve, and I picked it up from the mall this afternoon after work. It is amazing-fun! I'd tell you more about it, but I have to go play it now!!
Thursday, May 24, 2007
From the Wii
I'm currently blogging from my wii-tv internet connection. How cool is that?!
Actually, it is kind of annoying because I don't have a keyboard. I'm using thre remote (wiimote) to aim at the keyboard on the screen. Maybe this will help develop my skillz!
The other problem is the slow internet connection. I don't know if I should blame the wii or comcast. I can forgive the wii because it is neat-o, but if comcast loses my connection before I post this... well I wouldn't surprised!
Exuse me, I've gotta go get knocked out in boxing. My 4 year old is scary-good!
Actually, it is kind of annoying because I don't have a keyboard. I'm using thre remote (wiimote) to aim at the keyboard on the screen. Maybe this will help develop my skillz!
The other problem is the slow internet connection. I don't know if I should blame the wii or comcast. I can forgive the wii because it is neat-o, but if comcast loses my connection before I post this... well I wouldn't surprised!
Exuse me, I've gotta go get knocked out in boxing. My 4 year old is scary-good!
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