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Well, I'm a horrible sister and managed to lose track of days and missed wishing my brother a Happy 31st Birthday on the 18th. Granted, we have been very busy, but the honest truth is that I had no idea what the dates were, and we had company for the weekend, and it just slipped my mind. If I had realized that the date was the 18th, I surely would not have missed it. :-(
Hope you had a wonderful birthday, little "baby" brother!
I was moved by this performance of my absolute favorite musical song. She is fabulous!
Yes, I know it's been a while. Life has sped up and thrown us all kinds of things to keep us busy. So when there's a free moment, I usually am on Facebook, getting some Mafia killing in, buying some Be Popular glam and making some poor girl cry, or whatever.
But anyway. While I wait for a few things to come around, I thought I'd take the moment to update this journal.
We had a very productive and busy weekend. Over the past week, I got a little bit of prep in to paint the spare bedroom. On Friday, I gave the room a first coat and was praying that the the second coat would not look as bad as the first. Saturday and Sunday I finished the second coat, and it looks fabulous, aside from the paint that seeps under the tape and the splotch on the ceiling that I apparently didn't see when I made it. Oops. So the spare bedroom is painted pretty in "Lavender Meadow" -- just in time for our out-of-town guests, Bill's aunt & uncle, to visit this coming weekend. I need to hurry and get the room back into a livable space. And then scrub the bathroom down. Ugh.
We also have been very busy trying to make the outside more... earthy?? We planted over 50 trees, bushes, etc the previous weekend. Our favorite is the gardenia we put in by the back porch/pool area. It's by the window, so we'll be able to open it up and let the breeze flow the sweet scent into the house. Yay! We also put in two orange trees to replace the ones that were planted not too long ago. I think those became casualties of hurricanes and maybe flooding. Don't know. We transplanted the croton and ti plants. The crotons may not make it... the ti plants are holding their own.
Little B is growing like a weed. He talks a lot, as to be expected of a nearly 3 year old. Potty training is almost there. Sort of. We're working on peeing in the potty all the time, except for night time. A server at a restaurant we were at recently suggested a book, something like How to Potty Train in 3 Days. I thought about getting it, but decided to hold off. From the reviews I read, it can work, but you have to really be consistent. I'm not so consistent. Ha ha. Anyway, we're trying to do the underwear-during-the-day-at-home thing. This is day 2. Too much information? Oh well.
Work sucks.
Fiber One Key Lime Pie yogurt and the new Fiber One Raisin Bran Clusters are AWESOME. Seriously. The key lime pie yogurt is so good, it's like eating a slice of the pie. It has a graham cracker crust taste, too! Bill and I love it. I love the Fiber One cluster cereals anyway, but I really love the raisin bran they came out with. I hate raisin bran (Kelloggs, Post, whatever) because bran just isn't really crunchy, you know? Especially after you get the milk on it. But, as with the other cluster cereals from Fiber One, the raisin bran delivers crunch WITH MILK. Love it. Try it!
Guess that's all for now. See, you haven't been missing much with my lack of updates. But, I'll try not to take so long for the next time. No promises. :-)
