I tried semi-hard (ish) to find a picture to post with this post...cause pictures make posts better. But I couldn't find anything that quite fit. Oh well.
Here we go...
i accidentally friended someone on facebook - i was trying to click on someone that facebook was recommending...but the page "moved" and i clicked on the wrong person. i do know the person that i friended...honestly, it took me a while to figure out who he was/is - but i figured it out!! we're facebook friends now - we'll see how that goes (and now i can't remember who it was that i was trying to friend in the first place!)
Eli lost his tooth twice. We were at the pool last night and he came over to me pretty upset talking about getting knocked in the head by Luke and losing his tooth...and I couldn't figure out if he was talking about a tooth he had already lost or one that wasn't loose that got knocked out or one that had been loose. I was totally confused. We finally figured out that his front tooth (that was already lose) came all the way out....and that it was actually lost somewhere in the pool. So he "lost his tooth" in the typical sense of the phrase...and he "lost his tooth" in the "we can't find it" sense of the phrase. (maybe it somehow joined up with the other tooth that he lost a while back that i accidentally dropped down the kitchen sink.)(what are you supposed to do with baby teeth anyway?!)(i do not want to keep the in a little bag in my jewelry box like my mom did...no offense to her...it's totally fine if that's what she wants to do with my (and all of my sibling's!) baby teeth)(if anyone wants to chime in on what they've done with their kids' baby teeth - or what was done with yours - feel free!!)(and if any of you English teachers out there want to give me lessons on correct use of parentheses and punctuation, that's fine, too.)
I watched the BBC for about 12 seconds today. In that brief amount of time they reported that pictures were taken, without permission, of Kate Middleton topless. It really bothered me and I'm not altogether certain why. It doesn't bother me that she was topless - it bothers me that her privacy was invaded. My assumption, and the impression that I got from the news, was that she and William were in a private place enjoying vacation. It's just so wrong that someone would invade their privacy like that. Made me sad for her....let her enjoy her life and marriage for pete's sake! (never have I ever typed "for pete's sake" before). And, of course, I may not know the whole story...and that's ok...regardless of the story's accuracy, I just don't like invasion of privacy. I can't imagine being in her shoes. Seems like it's hard enough to deal with all the pictures that are taken "with permission." Why am I spending so much time thinking about this?!?
On to less serious topics, I definitely chose which shirt I was
wearing based on the shirt the news anchor on the BBC was wearing. She was wearing blue...i thought "I'll wear a blue shirt today, too." (it's pretty amusing that 12 seconds of the BBC affected me so much)
I wonder if using a vacuum backpack will ever feel normal. The vacuums here on the ship have straps...you strap the pack to your back and vacuum away. I definitely use our carpet sweeper more than the vacuum...the carpet sweeper doesn't require strapping anything to my back (or plugging anything in!).
There are so many activities taking place on the dock outside our window. A myriad of activity every day. From things that are usually reserved for the bathroom....to things that I'm preeeeety confident are not quite legal....to ships coming in and out, loading and unloading....to guys sleeping on top of their loads - and under their trucks....to monkeys....to sunsets...I like looking out of our window (even at not so pretty sights).
I really like rainy days. (not sure what
it will be like when “rainy season” is over) Right now there are probably 3-4 days a week where it rains for a least a portion of the day - it seems like it's typically in the morning and then clears up before lunch. I don't want to think about missing the rain. I don't want to think about missing anything else (there's enough that I'm missing without adding something else to the list!!)
I often second guess things that I post
on facebook…I'll type something - a status update or something on a friend's wall - and then I go back and delete it. I always wonder if people see them on their wall and then are like "wait, where did it go?!" (I guess you'd have to be online at just the right time to see it come and go....). Good thing I don't have twitter...
Seeing the picture of team Danger Zone on facebook made me reaaaaaaaly want to play ultimate with those guys (and heidi!) again. I really like ultimate - and I really like that group of friends! There's a group here that goes every Friday...Nick has been...maybe I'll go sometime. Maybe we can have a team Danger Zone reunion someday.
Alright...it's late...gonna go to bed -- mainly because my kiddos will be up early in the morning. I'm wondering when "sleeping in" will kick in for them. Nick and I are both looking forward to the day when they all sleep in!!! Bring on the lazy teenagers....but only on saturday mornings!!
It's funny to me that you read this...thanks for sharing life with me - even the random parts.
