Today…

Outside my window: It’s another day of blue skies… at the moment. Lately we’ve had a very annoying pattern of weather that changes constantly throughout the day. This morning it was foggy with rain and wind but now it’s gorgeous out – not that that means it will stay that way. It could snow in an hour and I wouldn’t be surprised.

I am hearing: some random show on PBS – the new line up just sucks. I don’t even know what we’re watching but MM hasn’t complained yet so I’m not worried about it. Just annoyed – what happened to all our cute shows? The stuff they have on mostly these days is way over MM’s head. And the school children who might appreciate it? Yeah they’re at SCHOOL. What gives PBS?

I am thinking: it’s so expensive to travel. We’re looking into taking a trip home this May for a family wedding, Dan’s brother’s graduation and his father’s birthday. All are happening on the same weekend so his parents want to fly us home for the occasions which is great. But between rental cars and hotel stay (our preference if we can swing it)? Damn, the money adds up quick. We’ll see how that all works out, though we do know which hotel we’ll stay in if we can swing it – it’s in the same town we honeymooned in which is kind of cool (we only went about 30 minutes from home for our honeymoon).

I am hoping: this week goes better than last. I can’t even recall what specifically sucked so bad but man, it was a long, draining week. I’m thinking the cause was mostly rain, a bored three year old and a baby who is probably having a growth spurt. And strange work hours for Dan. The only thing that is likely to stay the same this week is the three year old part – I’m not giving up hope – we may survive!

I am reading: Queste by Angie Sage – it’s book four in the Septimus Heap series and I finally got around to checking it out from the library. I loved the first three, I’m still only barely into Queste but liking it so far. I read book three so long ago though that some plot points are still hazy to me and I’m trying to get my brain up to speed with what’s going on and who some people are.

I am creating: my menu plan for October. I think I finally finished it last night but my menus are always subject to change and do frequently. Still, it’s ready to publish next week and that’s all that matters!

I am wearing: blue capri pajama pants and a blue tank top – basic bumming around the house, easy to nurse in gear. If I go running tonight after dinner, I’ll be changing into my awesome new workout clothes. I picked up this and this and this and this and this and this at Target. Next month I’m hoping to get some running shoes.

In the kitchen:

• Monday: leftover Shepherds Pie
• Tuesday: Fettucini Alfredo with grilled chicken and spinach
• Wednesday: Taco Salad
• Thursday: Foil Packed Chicken Fajitas
• Friday: Parmesan Baked Salmon

Around the house: Per usual I’m feeling like I’m drowning in laundry. I do laundry just about every day because of the cloth diapers, and I’ve started doing the rest of the laundry throughout the week as well rather than stockpiling it for once weekly. I think it’s a good thing but it does mean that I am always doing laundry. Really that’s about it – unless you want to know that I organized my desk a bit today but that you’d never know it if you looked at it. It’s better, I swear.

Plans for the week: I have another dentist appointment on Friday – yes really. I know, it seems like they never end lately. This one is another cleaning, so it won’t be too bad but it won’t be great either as I know they want to finish doing that gum scraping thing which hurts a good bit. That’s about it – other than that, we just plan to you know, live. We don’t really have the making plans with people thing as we don’t know anyone.

A few of my favorite things: We went to a little street festival yesterday, about 5 minutes away and stopped at a yard sale for a youth theatre company and scored 3 books for 75 cents: She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb; Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and Jamberry by Bruce Degen for the kids. Not bad, huh? We also picked up some fun new things to try at Target – pumpkin pie flavored yogurt by Archer Farms and another Archer Farms goodie, pumpkin pancake mix. Looking forward to trying those!

A picture thought: