Day Eight: Three Films

Three films....hmmmm.... these are definitely getting tougher.  Why can't we talk about my "wants" some more??

I guess if you insist...

1.  The Notebook
2.  Dirty Dancing
3.  Tombstone

And just for your information, I also really love the Twilight movies (but the first is my fave), I loved The Help, and Bridesmaids, both of which were in theaters this summer.

I hope everyone had a great weekend.  We sure did.  Brandon and I both worked Saturday morning, but enjoyed an afternoon at home, followed by an evening that involved grilled burgers and a few board games with a sweet family we came to love a couple of years ago.  We haven't gotten to hang out much lately but it was nice to visit and let our boys play.  WOW!  They got wound up and eventually just succumbed to running and chasing each other in circles.  I think Will and Brooks were asleep before we got out of their neighborhood that night.

Sunday was another low-key day complete with a trip to Traders and Whole Foods.  Holy goodness Batman!  You all know I love me some Trader's, but this was my first trip to Whole Foods and I fell in love.  I mean, you actually get to make your own peanut butter there!  Needless to say, I came home with both the honey AND chocolate raw peanut butter, along with nutritious snacks for the boys, Brandon and myself.  A friend of mine suggested making the boys a drawer in the fridge, dedicated to the their snacks only, so now we have a nice drawer full of healthy snacks within their little reach :)

I'll be back tomorrow with 2 songs (which will be the hardest for me by far because I just don't dedicate myself to music like so many do).  I'm heading for the bed.  Both sides of my neck are super tender today.  My glands are not officially swollen and I don't have a sore throat or anything, but I just feel like something is "off", so I've loaded up on the vitamin C today and I'm hoping a good night's rest will help.

Good night friends!

What We've Been Up To

That's right friends - that's hair you see there.  We did this a couple of weeks ago actually, but I'm just getting around to telling you about it.  Brandon's hair was falling out so badly that it was ending up in his mouth when he tried to talk, his food when he tried to eat, and his eyes when he tried to blink.  So one night about 10:00, I made the trip to Wally-world for a buzzer.  We went out on the front porch and buzzed it off in about 3 minutes.  It wasn't a clean shave - I was a little afraid to take it that low since I've never buzzed anyone's hair AND he was prone to infection at the time.  So he has a little buzz now.  There are several places that are completely bald (in the back where he sleeps on it), but mostly it's just extremely thin all over.  It's still falling out, but the cut helped manage the mess.

What else??  Oh yea - we took Will to see Kung Fu Panda 2 over the weekend.  The original Kung Fu Panda came on television a few weeks ago, so I DVRed it and he's been watching it ever since.  He really loved it, so we figured he would love the second one.  Plus, he loves the popcorn at the movies.

But the movie was kind of boring and didn't hold his interest at all.  We ended up leaving with only 30 minutes left, because Will was running up and down the aisle, talking too loud and kept faking that he had to poop just so he could go walk around in the hallway/bathroom.

And there's been a LOT of this -

This -

And this -

The Callaway Sprint Triathlon is one week from Sunday and I'm finally getting nervous.  I should mention that my goal is to finish the triathlon - NOT place/win/or even compete well.   I feel pretty confident in the bike and run legs.  My neighbor/training partner and I have been training for several months.  We've logged miles and miles on our bikes and followed them up with miles and miles of running.  But the swim.  The swim my friends is brutal.  If I don't drown in the first leg of this race, I'll be okay :)