Things we did this weekend...

Jammed my baby's bottle into ball-pounder, repeatedly

Took naps. I sleep with my friends now.

Had 1st DQ of season/life

...with awesome grandparents!

Tried mom's new spaghetti "recipe", Ragu with frozen broccoli

Not pictured: lattes with Sabro, dropping college tuition at Costco, swimming with Momma at JCC, TickleFest 2009, Dad fixing drapery rods, 6 Feet Under Marathon and five loads of laundry.

Baby Stellan

Please pray for Baby Stellan (whom I do not know but thanks to his mom's blog, I feel like I do). Stellan is very sick with a bad heart.

You can read his whole story here: http://www.mycharmingkids.net

Travelocity!

I am so excited! I just got the green light to apply for a Study Abroad Site Visit! "What is this?" you ask. Well, it's lengthy application process to be selected for a free trip to either: a) London (in the fall) or b) my first choice, New Zealand (next spring) with the U of M to visit and learn more about what students experience on their Study Abroad trips. I have two weeks to write a "can't say no" essay so wish me luck!

I'm hippy.

Not the tie-dyed kind rather the bones digging into the waistband kind. I'm 31, it was bound to happen. Despite the sporadic workouts, all my dress pants (which sadly were purchased back in grad school in 2002) no longer fit. I need to buy new pants that are both bigger and more in-style

You know who bothers me? Octomom. Apparently I have been following her drama more than others because some of my coworkers didn't even know she is called Octomom. Anyway, what really irks me is that so many private citizens have been generously (and stupidly) sending her money to help with the babies but she has recently been photographed spending a $1,000 at MAC Cosmetics and shopping at various expensive boutiques in L.A. for herself. How selfish and wrong is that? Infuriating!

I cleaned my office! April is registration month and boatloads of impressionable students will be coming through seeking my wisdom so I thought I could hose the coffee stains off my desk and scrape the yogurt splatter off the wall just for them. Fun fact about working in academia with Ph.Ds is that philosophers and scholars are quoted constantly. Do people at your work quote Socrates, Plato, Erik Erickson or the new favorite, Henry Adams? They do in mine. Too bad I don't smoke a pipe.

Happy Birthday Aunt Jill!

The Hat from Down Under

Our friend Justin who currently lives in Australia sent Jake this cool hat from the Australia Open. Even though it got held up in Customs, it's here now and a big hit!

I forgot how good I look in bike shorts!

P is for parvo

Do you ever get really anxious, abnormally anxious, for no good reason? Normal stresses just feel so overwhelming that you have to crawl into your bed and tell people you are sick with parvo? I had one of those weeks.

Papa & Nori have a fake sneezing contest. It was a tie.

"Thanks for all the new clothes, Gramsie!! I don't know why Momma thinks you need to stay on a budget!"

Since you asked...my main mom, Hol, was here this weekend. I could tell T.McB really missed her as she showed off all weekend for her Gramsie. I introduced Hol to a massage at Santosha and she is hooked. We did a whole lot of nothing but supper over at Tracy's with the whole family was Hengel-tastic. Jake & I snuck away Friday night to see I Love You, Man which was worth the ridiculous price of admission. We are newly converted Jason Segal fans. On Saturday Jana & Tyler were in town so we ordered in girl pizzas from Pizza Luce and then we all took the dogs on a very long walk. Soon we will be off to Target to purchase new spoons. Only 7.5 short years ago we had 12 and now we have a measly 3, plus the oddball ones I borrowed from work.

It's poetic posts like this that make you wish you had a blog ,too.