1. I didn't really write much about Mother's Day and this is not because I don't love my mom. I didn't have anything amazing to write up. We stopped by my parents' house in the morning to hang up the 3 enlarged framed photos from our wedding that we got my mom for Christmas and never got around to hanging. Whoops. While we were there, my mom pointed out 3 new screen doors for their ratty 20+ yr old porch that is barely hanging on by a nail and said to The Mr, "can you hang these up real quick? It should only take you 10 minutes." I love my mom and her unrealistic views of housework that she expects me and The Mr. to do.
2. I think my MIL might actually like me again. I might even venture to say that she... loves me? Things have been very cool between us since Christmas and I'm not sure what happened that gave her a change of heart. She went out of her way to make a veggie patty for me on Mother's Day while everyone dined on steak and she repeatedly brought up the idea of me having babies. She actually accepts me enough to produce offspring with her only son! All is well in the families again.
3. This makes me sad. According to the article, my honeymoon locale will be gone wiped out by global warming. The Mr. reminded me that we saw evidence of this when we were there last year. They were in the midst of modifying a beach bungalow because of the rising water. So sad!
4. According to this, my neighborhood is pretty walkable. I guess that's mostly true of my zip code, but I wouldn't necessarily walk everywhere from my house. I could walk everywhere but I like to avoid as many crackheads as possible in a given day. Either way - I almost fell out of my chair when I saw that the only movie theatre they listed was for the porn theatre. Nice. And it's a walkable distance!
5. I want this. It's cute, it helps me feel less guilty about my carbon footprint and my current umbrella has a giant hole in it.
6. Speaking of carbon footprints, does anyone watch Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane? Yeah yeah, lots of people can't stand Kimora Lee Simmons but I love her. She's completely ridiculous and she knows it. Aaanywho - the last episode focused on her trying to live more "green". She went to some eco-guru who calculated her carbon footprint. Apparently her footprint is about 27 tons a year. The average per person is 7 tons. Wow.
7. The Mr. is trying to convince me to let him get a Vespa.
8. I signed up for a bootcamp class in Patterson Park! I've always wanted to do something like this (it's on my 101 list) but the only class I knew of was out of the way. A gym by the park just started up this program. It's an 8 week course that meets 2/nights a week. This better kick my ass!
9. I've been playing kickball for 4 seasons now and this is the FIRST time we've made it to play-offs. I am the glue that keeps my team together. Okay not really... I broke my finger on one of those giant red kickballs when I was 8 years old and the trauma still hasn't left me. I flinch everytime someone throws a ball at me. Clearly, dodgeball is not in my future.
10. I had a very awkward run-in with my psycho ex-boyfriend. It always makes me laugh when I see him out and about because he's such a nerd about it! And it reminds me how lucky I am that The Mr is not such a tool. Seriously - what was I thinking?? We got to the bar and immediately he starts whispering to everyone about me. Even his little croney friend started whispering about me. I don't even know her! I wanted to scream, "Hi! Yes - I'm his ex. We went about about 5 years ago. And look! I'm married and have been for over a year now. I think it's time to let it go, guys."
11. I found out that my a-hole friends bet on when me and The Mr. will go home! It's always guaranteed, apparently, that we'll be the next couple to leave. Sadly - its true. We try to hold out so that we're not the first couple to poop out but we are always quick to leave once another couple falls. We're old.
12. And that reminded me about when we first started dating. We used to go out Thursday-Sunday. We'd stay up half the night just chatting or partying it up. Now we're in bed by 10pm. Awesome.
13. I will eventually post pictures of my nephew soon! We did another baby shoot and this time it was much more successful.
14. Aaand... that's it. What did everyone else get into this weekend?
