rock star

today i was on the phone with a friend and davis walked up to me with his sunglasses on. i brushed his hair out of his eyes and he said in a 15 year old voice that he uses sometimes:

"mom, you don't touch a rock star."

cara tagged me.

cara tagged me. check out her quirks at http://vontress5.wordpress.com/

6 Quirks About You
Rules:
1: Link to the person that tagged you
2: Post the rules on your blog
3: Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself
4: Tag at least 3 people at the end of your post and link to their blogs
5: Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog
6: Let the fun begin!

1. i am a beauty consultant. this is sometimes humorous to those of you that knew me before i wore makeup. i am only a beauti consultant in name (not in practice) because i sell beauticontrol products. i am a big fan and i like the discount. don't ask me the best way to apply eyeshadow, because i don't really know.

2. i would love to be on the amazing race with joel. i wouldn't even mind being the token Christian couple. i am sure that i would prove to be all kinds of crazy under all of that pressure, but i would love it.

3. i like to read (i used to love it) but for the last several years i find it hard to complete a book. i have a slew of books that live on/in my bedside table and after one or two chapters are read, they eventually make it to the bookshelf. please note that this 'quirk' does not prevent me from purchasing books, even though i know their fate before i even purchase them.

4. i love fun notebooks, journals, paper, and office supplies. i especially look forward to 'school supply' time in the fall because i can get cheap notebooks, folders and colored pencils at wal-mart. i mean, 10 cents for a single-subject notebook? i'll take 20, thank you.

5. i really, really don't like cutters. i am talking about people who cut in line. i don't think anything else on this planet sends me more than someone cutting.

6. i don't do caffiene any more. we tried to get pregnant with davis for 2 years and during that time i gave it up. ( i am aware that chocolate has some caffiene in it, but we won't count it ) i have intentionally had it on the days that i have had sonograms to hop up my babies, but other than that, i am done.

i am tagging these people, even if they have done this before.

jada http://www.xanga.com/mezzogirl1974/
ashley http://www.ashleytsears.blogspot.com/
lee http://thesimmonsspot.blogspot.com/

week 26 (of my pregnancy, that is)

lane and my belly

this pregnancy is kicking my tail. it doesn't really take much for me to be completely wiped out. a friend at church once said of her pregnancy that she could get winded chopping a carrot. it is so true! a normally pleasant walmart trip (ha! is there such a thing?) has turned into me debating if davis could actually help me push the cart, hoping i don't burst into tears before we reach produce due to sheer exhaustion, wondering if the box of oreo cakesters will add enough weight to the cart that it will be hard to make it to the car. my sweet husband has been going with me to grocery shop (which is such a blessing) but some weeks it doesn't work out that we can make it a fun-filled family trip, and this week was one of them.

i was able to wrench my engagement ring off of my finger a couple of months ago, but i am yet to pry my wedding band off. we have tried every trick we have heard of, even wrapping floss around my finger - a method i don't recommend, i mean, when your finger shrivels up and dies due to lack of blood flow, the ring is easy to remove, but is that the outcome i'm going for? so we are going to have to cut my ring. this is hard for me for many reasons, i am sure you can figure them out- i am getting bored with this paragraph so i am moving on.

i also gained waay too much last month - cakesters, anyone? the nurse practitioner last visit, very kindly told me to try to watch my weight, and i nod and mumble something about sugary cereals being so yummy. i am offically a loon.

i am returning the bedding we have purchased for sweet ellen and getting another set that will be more fun for me, i think. they are very similar, with pink and tulips, but one set has burgandy accents, the other has chocolate brown accents, and you know, hey, i am all about chocolate these days and burgandy (no offense to the two of you reading) is just not a sweet baby girl color. so this change makes me happy.

please know that i don't take for granted for one second the wonderful gift that sweet, heavy ellen is. i am thankful that our great God has chosen to expand this crazy-tail family we have. i just have had a pity party this week and this will count as therapy.

(no, we don't dress like this often, this was back from the nat'l championship game)