For Today…February 12, 2012

Outside my window…It’s cold.  It actually feels like winter.  It was even sleeting in New Braunfels.  Would have been nice to have jackets.  Might have been smart to check the weather before we left town.

I am wearing…Snoopy pj pants and a Get Up Kids T-shirt.

I am listening to…The Grammys.  I love the Foo Fighters.  Love them.  So do the boys.

I am grateful for…a weekend away with Paul and Brian.  Without the boys.  THANK YOU Mom for keeping the boys.  And Dad for getting Goose to his game after I screwed up the time.  Thanks to my in-laws for letting us stay at their home while they were away.  Over all a perfect weekend.  While driving home today, I realized that we haven’t been to Chicago this year and that is the reason my husband has been so cranky with me!  So, we planned a weekend and tickets will be purchased this week.

I am praying for…people who are unhappy, patience and the ability to be truly grateful all the time.

Excited…that I finally have  a date for Squirt’s Confirmation and hopefully, Goose’s First Communion.  Praying that we can move Goose’s date up so that the two can celebrate together.  Seeing that I am way behind on my parties for the past year, I would like to combine these two events.

Around the house…here is a new rule: something new comes in, something has to leave the house.  Okay, I made this rule to apply to the ever growing amount of crap that enters this house via the boys, but I’ll play along too.  In fact, I will go first, I came home with some wicker baskets and I am getting rid of a magazine rack.  Simplicity.  We will embrace this principal.

Learning all the time…truly we are.  And it just makes me so sad because I just want to keep all my kids home and learn and live all the time.  I told Lance I was getting really upset about Baby Hulk leaving next year.  He couldn’t believe it.  The reality is that he’s a pretty great student and is so enthused.  He loves to read and listen to stories and narrate.

From the kitchen…low fat please.  After this past weekend, we don’t have  a choice.  We went to Na…, the oldest bakery in Texas and ate like vultures.  Not just me and Lance, but Brian and Paul too.  Poor Sunshine was in the Ergo and had flakes of icing in her hair.  Plus, Brian brought me a cupcake from Chicago, plus all the baked goods the rest of the family provided…It was pretty gluttonous.

One of my favorite things…this scene from Boogie Nights.  This is one of my favorite movies, and despite needing to watch several movies before the Oscars I found myself watching this last night.

I am reading…Brideshead Revisited.  I have read two pages so far.

I am creating…haven’t moved too far on my printables.  This week, I make my rough drafts so that David can help me finish.  Because that’s what he wants to do.

On my nerves…old people who sit on the aisles at mass and refuse to give up their aisle seats.  I mean, seriously, what the heck is wrong with them?  Are they trying to leave early?  There is no way in hell I can come into mass with five kids and Lance and not get up at least once.  In fact, Lance gets up as much as the kids do.

A few plans for the week…art work, some play dates and relaxing.

A picture thought…