A few random things...

*My class is over, and I have three blissful homework free weeks ahead of me. I got an A and my teacher said some really good things about my final paper, I think she actually read it! (Last semester the only comment my teacher ever made was, "great paper".) I'm seriously still amazed that my brain actually works. Sometimes I really wonder.

*Cole and Cagney have pink eye (we think) so I stayed home from church with them today. It was so nice and quiet with just me and the littles here. I painted my toes, they needed it bad. Don't you just love the names of nail polish? This one is called Almond Crunch and is the pink color of an almond roca package.

*I just made zucchini muffins. Trevors mom gave us a bunch of zucchini. I love it when people share their harvest. YUM.

* Girls day was yesterday and it was so nice and relaxing. I made a couple of skirts. I'm totally not a seamstress. I really like to sew but I'm not good at it. Oh well, just don't look at the seems too closely.

*Last night as part of girls day we went and saw "Julie and Julia". I loved it. It was so cute and funny and just a feel good movie. I totally recommend it.

*Miquelle had a great time at oakcrest. LOVED it. She starts school in a couple of weeks and wants the time to pass quickly, she is ready. I, on the other hand, would like the next couple of weeks to last as long as possible!!

*We have had a cooler spell the last couple of days and it has made me so excited for fall! I don't want it to be here yet but I will be ready when it gets here! Wouldn't it be nice if we had an unusually warm fall like we did last year? It's my favorite time of the year. I especially love decorating for fall. I got some cute stuff last year on clearance and I'm so excited to use it this year.

*We have one more week of swimming lessons. I thought it would drive me crazy to be at the pool everyday but I have loved it. It has been so nice to just sit by the pool at watch the kids. They have all improved so much and it has been fun to watch.

*My parents are in Boston AND HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME. I'm totally jealous, I want to go to New England. Someday. I need to go up to their house later and raid their garden. More yummy stuff.

*We have been keeping track since March of license plates and have only 10 more until we find all 50 states. The kids have had fun looking for different license plates. People probably think we are stalking them because we have followed their cars rather closely to try to see the license plate. Last night while walking in to the movie I saw Vermont. Now we just need Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii (Jared is convinced we will never see this one), Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. (I bet my parents will see a lot of those!) What about you? How long do you think it would take you to find all 50?

Sometimes I do not enjoy being a girl

Boys, stop reading right here. This blog post would not be interesting to you. Move along, nothing to see here. I'm sure you can find a Popular Mechanics or Sports Illustrated that you can read. Seriously please leave. You have been warned, BUT if you choose to read further just don't make direct eye contact the next time you see me.

Okay, does everyone who is left have a uterus (or used to have one)? Good, read on.

Sometimes being a girl SUCKS!!!! Big time!

Case in point. Before I had kids I wore a size 7 shoe. Before I had kids I wore a C cup. After having kids I wear a size 9 shoe. After having kids I can't quite fill an A cup. HOW IN THE WORLD IS THAT FAIR!? I knew about the stretch marks and expected that but no one told me that after having kids I would look like bigfoot trying to smuggle grapes out of the grocery store by stuffing them in my bra. And while on that subject it is totally unfair that I still have to wear a bra. I went bra shopping the other day and had a fitting. I hoped that the breast gods would shine down on me and I would miraculously be a B cup (Heck I would be thrilled to even actually fill the stupid A!) but that was a big fat NO. Still an A. Although I don't think I can even call it an A. It's more like an a. A tiny lowercase a. So the girl suggested a bra with padding. I tried it and discovered that I really don't like wearing a bra that makes me feel like I'm trying to steal twinkies by sticking one in each cup!! Nope, not a fan. Then she brought in the chicken cutlets, seriously...I don't care how comfortable and discreet you say they are but it would just be one big embarrassing story waiting to happen. "Excuse me ma'am I think you dropped something....is that a chicken cutlet?"

Second reason I don't like being a girl. Three weeks ago I decided that I wanted to try to lose a few pounds so I decided to cut out sugar. I thought I would give it a month and not weigh myself during that time so I wouldn't sabotage myself (I'm really weird that way). I had been doing really good with the no sugar thing and this morning I decided that I just couldn't wait to weigh myself, I had to be down at least a pound or two. Step on the scale....UP FIVE POUNDS! Are you freaking kidding me!?? So I showed that scale. After dinner tonight I made cinnamon rolls and ate two! And they were yummy.

So there you go. Two reasons that being a girl really stinks sometimes. I'm sure there are many more. Does anyone know where I can get some double a's, and sadly I'm not talking about batteries.