Batteries and Such

Batteries are going to be the death of me- we never have the right ones or the toy that needs them is a major pain to replace them in. I usually (and secretly) don’t want the toy to work anyway so when it goes dead- it is like I get a lil’ much needed brake. But the kids eventually can’t hold out any longer and the requests for batteries start coming fast and furious. I know the request is reasonable- I mean why not replace them? But that means more than just having to get off my butt and going to get them- it usually means I need to prepare myself for a lot of noise and probably fighting because a toy with new batteries becomes new in and of itself and a “new” toy is something the boys just can’t help but fight over.

I’m overstating- the boys don’t fight that often and I’m usually not “on my butt” (except when blogging which I’ve had to cut down on). Anyway, I really do enjoy most of the toys but the really noisy ones and/or the remote control ones seem to cause more problems than they’re worth sometimes (though yes, the boys do love them so…).

One of these days I’ll invest in a big ole set of rechargeables- like one of those chargers with batteries that come every size and lots of them that are ready for use anytime- but I think they cost a lot of $$$. We’ll see.

Well, I’m off to track down some double As, wish me luck. If we’re out, it will be another trip to Target or Wal-Mart tomorrow and $50 later I’ll be wondering what happened. And then I’ll be complaining about $$$ in my next blog (ha ha). Well maybe I'm not kidding. Then again, complaining about $$$ is like complaining about air- it is something we need/can't live without and even if you're not getting what you want out of it- any amount is still better than nothing.