Thoughts Going Around My Head

• SYTYCD is on again! Yay! And I'm strangely happy to see Mary Murphy back. I never thought I would say that, because she shrieks you know, but she is like a crazy aunt that I'm fond of. There I said it. I'm fond of crazy Mary Murphy. Now if only they could get Wade back...
• Diet Coke really does make me jittery and unable to sleep. Can you imagine what I'd be like on coffee? Or amphetamines?? Seriously I'd be like the squirrel on Hoodwinked. SO. I'm recommitting myself to caffeine free Diet Coke. Thank goodness there is a Chick-Fil-A near me that has it, and a Panera that has caffeine free Diet Pepsi (I'll take what I can get).
• We planted our garden! Okay, Adrian planted our garden. His garden. Whatever. I was very encouraging, yay me, but discovered digging in the dirt and laying drip lines is not my favorite activity. I'm going to have to work on liking it better.
• In conjunction with planting the garden Adrian had to spray rabbit repellent around our yard and soak the beams around the garden in it. The stuff is suppose to smell like coyotes. It smelled like wet dog and poo. Adrian smelled like wet dog and poo. Even after taking a shower. Just saying. And he's going to have to reapply this stuff frequently to keep the bunnies away. We are going to have a stinky summer.
• We got our family pictures done by a very sweet friend who is a great photographer. I think she took my very favorite ever picture of Ben, which is quite the feat since he was acting like a goof ball the whole shoot, but then he would stop and pose like a J Crew model. What in the world? It was hilarious.
• Last week I went to the funeral of one of the nicest and loveliest ladies I've ever met. I got to know her through my callings in the primary. She was the best primary teacher ever. Really. I learned so much about what it is to magnify your calling in primary by watching her. She loved those children so much and was always so patient and kind. Soon after she passed away the teacher of the primary class she had taught previously said that one of the little girls prayed that she "was having fun in heaven". I'm sure she is, but we will all miss her.
• Jane Eyre has left Colorado. It is in no theaters. This is very frustrating to me because they also do not have a DVD release date for it, so I'm in Jane Eyre limbo. It's hard to have an addiction to movies sometimes. 
• I bought sprouted wheat bread and teff today at Whole Foods. I hope the bread goes over well. I'm going to put some teff into my pizza dough along with some whole wheat flour and see how that goes over too. 
• I'm reading Devil in the White City on my Kindle. I got a Kindle for Mother's Day. It's rad! I find Devil in the White City fascinating. I have to admit that all the information on the building of the Chicago World's Fair got a little boring, but it is a super interesting read.
• Sophie is obsessed with making friendship bracelets. Like the ones I made in elementary school. I almost stepped on an open safety pin with threads hanging off it today. Her favorite colors for the bracelets are neon. Is is 1987 again?
• We unpacked every box over the weekend and organized the basement. Whew. It was a lot of work and we took a huge load to the salvation army, but it's done. I'm so relieved and happy and the kids are happy to have a lots more space to play in down there. 
• Nina likes to lay on the carpet or on a blanket and make "snow angels". It is her favorite activity of the moment along with making paper airplanes and begging her sister to make her Kootie-Catchers. BTW, can she really be almost 5? I'm ready for a shrink ray gun now.
• I am starting to go through an identity crisis. All my kids will be in real school next school year. That means in August. What is that going to be like? It makes me teary eyed to think of it. I'm going to put off dealing with it for now. Maybe after 8 weeks with everyone home this summer I'll be ready for it.