Domain

Conversation we had tonight after Aaron saw a large cricket by his side of the bed.

Him: "Shell, will you please kill it? I always kill the bugs,"

Her: "Nope. God made you the boy, so He must have meant for YOU to kill bugs. It's your domain."

Him: Sighs, grabs a shoe, squeals just a little, and kills the bug.

Him: "Ew, its guts are every where."

Her: "Make sure you clean that up."

Him: without missing a beat, "Nope. That's your domain."

So I'm Slightly Paranoid

I've had a brief bought of tummy aches and a head ache today.

I did the bare minimum for my kids, and spent most of the time lying on the bed with a pillow under my tummy.

**this may or may not have resulted in Desitin being smeared all over the bedroom and Cade's "baby" (a stuffed teddy bear) being dropped in the toilet while he (the baby) was trying to go potty.

I was doing okay until Aaron came home for lunch and I told him I was feeling a little nauseous.

His first reaction?

"You're not pregnant are you?"

**my last period was 5 days ago.

Me: "I don't think so..."

Don't ever Google pregnant and period.  Apparently, many people have periods and are still pregnant. 

**pay no attention to the fact that I only had one symptom of pregnancy...the nausea.

I knew it.  I was pregnant.  Baby number 3 was due in October.  While on birth control.  And while I still had a period.  This kid is one in a million folks.

I went to the dollar store, bought the cheapest test they had, and tried to find a way to make my kids look older.

**next time, I'm going to buy tampons at the same time.  That'll show 'em.  Try & figure that out!

The final verdict.  Not pregnant.  But I may need a year supply of pregnancy tests, just to keep me calm. 

Series

Growing up, I was a big Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites fan.

Devoured them.

I started reading them again. 

And my reading tastes have changed.

I've noticed as I start reading books by the same author, I tend to get tired of them.  Their writing style is the same.  It's predictable.  Just different places and characters.

Anita Stansfield is another example.  Two beautiful attractive people fall in love, go through everything that life can possibly throw at them, and still end up madly in love, with kisses and touches that are electric.

Anyone had a series that they haven't gotten tired of, or noticed that the author writes the same? 

**I realize I may infuriate some people, but I think Harry Potter gets a little monotonous, especially the 5th book.  Harry is always right.  No one ever believes him.  It's Harry vs every one else, and Harry wins.  The end.

Troubleshooting

What do you do when you're mad because mom won't stop at the grocery store to get you a cookie and you're 3?

Follow these steps:

• remove shoes and socks in car.
• throw shoes and socks
• become angry when mom just gets you out of your carseat and expects you to put them back on yourself
• stay outside and refuse to go inside
• stand outside the door screaming 
• remove clothing
• find large rocks and throw them inside

If all else fails, run over and find Grandpa at work.  He's just two doors down.

Grow Faster

I do not have a green thumb.

The last plant I had, drowned in its own pot. 

I thought I was being helpful.

But I love having green, growing things in my home.  And I bought some herb crates that will look beautiful with something growing inside it.

A couple days ago, Cade and I planted some seeds (sweet basil, baby's breath, and forget-me-nots).

**seeds are a much cheaper investment.  If my plants die, I'm only out 3 bucks.

I just wish they didn't take so long to grow.  I'm dying to know if I killed them yet. 

Uncomfortable Situations

I've being trying to stretch myself. 

**for instance, I organized a volleyball team for the Parks & Rec competitive league that starts in February.  Normally, I'm a wait and hope to get asked kind of gal.  This time, I put my destiny in my own hands.

 I finally conceded that Aaron had a point with making all of our purchases with cash so that we could cut out unnecessary spending and save even more for a house. 

**except I totally forgot the cash at home when I went grocery shopping today.  Oops.  
 
Lots of ideas have been filling my mind lately.  I finished a little dress for a friend's baby shower that's coming up and thought, "I'm getting pretty good at this." 

So I was brave, and asked a friend who has a successful Etsy business if she would sponsor some of the dresses that I made. 

And guess what?

She wasn't scary or mean or anything. 

**I had to take several breaths before I could read the message.  This is one of my foolish tendencies.  I'll send an email, or a text to someone asking them something and then I'm scared to read it to find out the answer.  It sits there for several days, until I convince Aaron to read it for me and tell me what it says.

So I've got my dress patterns and I'm ready to go. 

**except, I've been looking at fabric, and yikes!  It's expensive.  If your dress only uses 1 yard of fabric, then the cute $10.00 a yard fabric is fine, but when you get into 5 yards +, along with time/labor and supplies, no wonder all the cute dresses on Etsy are $90.00. 

So we'll see how that goes. 

Potty Train?

Occasionally Jackson shows me that even with a limited vocabulary, one can still be funny.

Aaron took Cade & Jackson to the park on his day off (bless him), and Cade experienced a call of nature.

While he's peeing on the grass (I'm sorry!  He refuses to go in the potty if there's any possible way he can pee outside), Jackson comes up to them.

Lifting up his shirt, and patting his tummy, he yells, "PEE PEE!!"

Aaron looks at him and says, "Just go pee pee in your diaper, Jackson."

Jackson: "YAY!!!"

***

Cade and I were talking about his birthday and how it's coming up.  I told him that when he has his birthday, he will turn 3.

Cade looked at me, and said, "No Mommy.  My next habby burbay (happy birthday) my be 4!"