1. I met Lori for lunch on Monday, so it seems like we've finally found a good day for our weekly lunches. Woohoo for that. We went to Wendy's in Alpine (close to her work) and the parking was so lame (too small) that I had to park over on a side street and then walk across some rocks and around a couple trees. It wasn't a big deal until after lunch when I went back to my car and ended up walking through a spiderweb! Eek! I still don't know if the spider came with me, what if it's living under my gas pedal or something?!
2. I took some more baby photos this week and am rather smitten by them (I hope the family is too). I came away from the shoot wondering why I didn't take pictures like this of my kids when they were babies. I'm guessing it's because I was in the throws of Smotherhood and because my photography skills have improved greatly over the years. I just have to be happy with the photos I DO have and should probably dig up some of my favorites.
3. Amie and I met up to go to Lisa's daughter Kylee's wedding reception on Thursday night. It freaks me out that I have a close friend who has a child getting married, especially because Lisa is only 3 years older than me! I'm really glad I have friends who are ahead of me in the different stages of parenting (i.e., puberty, teenagers, college, missions and weddings), somehow it makes it less daunting.
4. After the reception Amie and I went to Taipan Trading (a big home decor store) to wander around for a bit. I saw these silver ornaments for $1.94 and got 6 of them because I like to attach them to Christmas gifts or goodies. But when I was paying for them the cashier said "$17.77". I have such abysmal math skills that I wasn't surprised the total was off from the estimate I had going in my head, but this about $5 more than my estimate and even I'm not that dense. So I stopped to examine the receipt (which she'd just stamped with FINAL SALE) and saw that only one of the ornaments was $1.94, the other 5 were $2.94! What the? I found them all in the same bin. It turns out that the ones with the cuter striped ribbon are slightly heavier. I left there feeling like I'd just been shnockered. Three dollars seems like a lot to pay for a treat bag decoration doesn't it?
5. Little Miss Whitney lost 2 teeth this week (and has now caught up with Landon with the total number of teeth lost, he keeps track). She came home from school the other day and we had this conversation.
Whitney: I lost my tooth at school today!
Me: Wow, that must have been kind of crazy, which one is it?
Whitney: (Showing me) This one. I lost it in Mrs. Brown's room.
Me: (Laughing) Oh no, you lost your tooth in Mrs. Brown's room, ew? (I thought she really lost it and couldn't find it.)
Whitney: But I left it at school.
Me: ????? What do you mean, I thought you lost it.
Whitney: Miss Rosell put it in a baggie but I left it at school.
Me: Oh, I thought you lost somewhere in Mrs. Brown's room, so this story really isn't funny at all is it?
6. I am loving iTunes' new Genius feature, have you tried this? You select a song in your music library and then click on the little Genius icon at the bottom right of the screen and then iTunes instantly creates a new playlist of up to 100 songs based on the song you chose. It's brilliant! It has totally changed the way I listen to my music. I have a tendency to listen to the same artists and playlists, but now I'm listening to all kinds of music I'd forgotten I even had. It's energizing.
7. I made a 12x12 copy of the great photo Amy took of Landon and Whitney on Whitney's baptism day and planned to put it in the frame you see when you first walk in the house. But of course, when I went to get the glass out of the frame so I could clean it, it broke! %$#@! So I ended up making an 8x10 copy of the great family photo Amy took of us that day and put it in a frame I'd bought awhile ago. I'm happy to have this photo framed, but I'm bugged about the broken 12x12 class because that's hard to replace dang it.
**Have you ever walked through a spider web?
Are you ever bummed out about pictures you didn't take?
Are you glad you have friends who are
ahead of you in child raising years?
What would you have done about the ornament shnockering?**
Are you ever bummed out about pictures you didn't take?
Are you glad you have friends who are
ahead of you in child raising years?
What would you have done about the ornament shnockering?**
