What is this?  It is 8 a.m. I have been on the computer for a whole 30 minutes now and my sleeping beauty is still sleeping!    Don’t little things like that just make you soooo happy?  Although I’m sure if she isn’t up in another half hour mommy will just not be able to stop herself from going in there and checking on her which will cause her to wake up and then my freedom morning will be over. Oh well it was fun while it lasted.

Okay tell me if I’m overreacting her.  Yesterday Eva and her Daddy went to see Ponyo (Chris said it was the best childrens movie he’s ever seen by the way.)  Well, we are washing dishes later that night when he tells me “Your probably going to be mad at me”  OK great, what is it?  “Well after we sat down in the theater we already had our popcorn and everything I realized I had forgotten to get Eva one of those booster seats, it was just right outside the door and there was a lady sitting right next to us with a little girl Eva’s age who asked me to grab one for her too.”  Um ya that freaks me the F out!  Not only does he have to walk down a million stairs but then down the huge hallway, and out the door where the booster chairs are.  I asked him what would he have done if he got back and the lady and Eva were gone, if she had run out one of the other exits???!!!!  He claimed to see my point after that and I’’m not saying that I’ve never done something stupid that could have turned out bad but come on!  We’ve even talked about how dumb people are  when they ask perfect strangers to watch their kids for “just a second.”

How was everyone’s labor day weekend?  We had a pretty great one to be perfectly honest.  Chris and I went to a friends pool party were we ate and drank ourselves silly.  Then Sunday we just did some things around the house and I did some reading for school.  On Monday I had a great time being Oprah (I’ll explain later this week.)

The only thing I didn’t love about this weekend was writing my first paper for school.  I’m quickly learning that enrolling in a theory class my first semester back after 5 years of being in school probably wasn’t the smartest idea.  I just do not remember how to write a paper.  Do you think my professor will go easy on me??  I know, probably not, but I’m crossing my fingers.

For some more random head over to Keely’s at TheUnMom.

I know I know…I promised you a new blog design WEEKS ago.  Looks like there are a few more glitches to iron out and Chris (that’s my husband) has been really busy at work so we must wait.  I know, how dare him?!

I have been soooo lazy lately.  I have a million things to blog about, like our debt diet, the importance of fathers in their children’s lives, health care, the new purse I got to review.  I am going to make a BIG effort to get all of these posts done this week.  Although I think I’ll save the purse review for when the new blog design is up because I am also going to be giving one away.  So look out for that post…because this purse…is AWESOME!

Do you have this problem?  Whenever I put on mascara whichever eye I do second never turns out as good as the first.  Doesn’t matter which eye I start with.  It is a daily irritation.  I’ve even considered spacing them out like one eye now, the other an hour from now.  It’s sickening really.  Please tell me I’m not the only one.

When I was a little girl I always thought it was funny the way my grandparents called each other “Mom” and “Dad”.  Especially since their kids were long grown and out of the house.  I always swore I would never engage in such strange behavior.  Then out of no where I become a mom and my husband and I start calling each other “MOM” and “DAD”!  What the heck is that all about?  I can’t even stop it, like there is some cosmic force overpowering me.  I am determined it is genetic and must skip a generation because I’ve never heard my parents to refer to each other that way.

Well…it’s official, I start graduate school in one week!  I’ve been a full time mom for almost a year now and I am just now finally starting school (which was the plan from the beginning).  I can’t wait.  I’ll be going to ASU and getting a Masters of Education in Higher and Post Secondary Education.  Try saying that in one breath!  Basically I’ll be able to work in a college or university as an academic advisor or something of that nature.  Which I’m super stoked about because I love telling people what to do advising people.

Did you hear about this hotel in San Diego that is offering a “Survivor” rate of $19 a night?  The rooms are normally over $200 a night!  Basically you are camping out in a hotel room with no bed, a/c, toiletries, or lights.  But it’s way better than real camping because you have a toilet, a shower, shelter, and you’re like in SAN DIEGO!  With access to the hotels pools and restaurants too.  I am dying over the fact that there is no way we can do this right now because of the debt diet.  So please somebody take advantage of this and then tell me about it so I can live through you. Pretty please?

My new favorite time to shop for groceries is Sunday night.  It is so quiet and I practically have the whole place to myself.   Last night I left a little too late and got stuck with the overnight staff.  AKA – teenagers with an attitude.  Don’t get me wrong I love teenagers…just not in service roles.  So at about 10 p.m. they shut down all the check out counters and just have the self-checkout open.  I always try and be cool and act like I’m a real cashier but it never works.  I can never figure out those damn machines and that annoying voice that keeps telling me to “please place item in the bag” or “please place item back in the bag” or “please take items off of scanner” ten gazzilion bazilion times.  It took me about an hour just to check out and get the heck out of there.  Yes an hour because when something rang up wrong, it took teenage boy 10 minutes to run back and get a price check and then 15 minutes for teenage girl to fix my receipt while asking me “do you think relationships can be rekindled? You know like after you break up with someone and they want to get you back?”  Hugh?  Does it say therapist across my forehead?

How cool is it that Alec Baldwin narrates the Thomas the Tank Engine videos.  I thought that was his voice but just figured it only sounded like him, until I was watching it today and saw that it really was him.  Sorry, but after watching him on 30 rock I can’t take him seriously.  I love that show by the way,  him and Tina Fey are hilarious

We’ve been so spoiled with Eva being such a good sleeper but she is now at that stage where she fights us when it’s time for bed.  She had Chris running around the house like a banshee last night and today she thought it would be funny to hide under her bed when it was time for nap.  Then she screams and cries like monkey on crack when I finally catch her.  I know when she is 16 I will be looking back at these days with fond memories and wondering where my sweet 2 year old went.

Ya so yesterday I find myself telling Eva “You have to let Mommy wipe your butt.  Mommy wipes her butt, daddy wipes his butt, Everybody wipes their Butt.”  Aint that the truth.  She let me wipe her after that.

So yesterday I was yet again contemplating how life is a never ending box of change.  Today I should be mopping the floor but instead I am writing random thoughts.  I hate mopping.  Right up there with cleaning the shower and the toilet.  Those are three tasks that should never have been invented by God.  I mean couldn’t he of just given us self cleaning bathrooms and floors?!  Does that make me greedy?

I’m so proud that next week is my 1 year Blogaversary and I have a very special surprise! My new website design!  I am so excited for it and think my husband is the bomb for what an awesome job he has done.

Wrath – I gained 4 pounds last week.  What is wrong with me?  Ya ya ya I know…some of it is probably water weight.  I don’t care, 4 pounds in a week is ridiculous.  I even had to get down my FAT JEANS on Saturday.  It was that time of the month and I just needed something comfortable to wear, and they are still falling off of me but still that is never a proud moment.

To combat the effects of my recent laziness and gluttony I started Jillian Michaels 30 day shred video yesterday thinking it was gonna be cheesy and um ya it wasn’t.  It’s only 20 minutes and I stuck to level 1 but I still wanted to throw up afterwards.  Almost every muscle was hurting this morning.  I did it for a second time today and wanted to throw up a little bit less then yesterday.  Hopefully tomorrow there is no throw up factor.  And I am sooo envious of the abs on those chicks in her video.

I’m also doing the diet plan on her website jillianmichaels.com/shred.  It’s free for 30 days, she gives you your meal plan for the entire week and it comes with a shopping list and all the recipes.  It’s my second day and so far I’m super psyched about it, don’t feel hungry at all, have more energy and no cravings…so far.  The meals are AWESOME.  The recipes are not for those that are afraid of the kitchen but they are super delicious and healthy, full of fresh produce.  Even my husband liked the dinner I made last night.

As for extravagance/lust(how are those two the same thing anyway?).  I don’t know, I guess I’m one short.  So really this post should be called the 6 deadly sins.  Ya whatever.

I love thunderstorms but last night it was so loud I thought the sky was gonna break.  At least we are finally getting some rain though.

Don’t you just love the smell of rain?

We are going on three months of our debt diet.  I printed out our spending reports (yes I track everything on Money) and we have already spent $8,000 less this year then we did for the first six months last year.  Yee Haw!

Speaking of saving money.  Sunday night I went to the grocery store with about a million coupons and my total savings ended up being $150!  That’s a new record for me.

We’ve been watching a lot of old movies lately.  I love watching the really old ones, like from the 1930’s because the there are zero special effects.   We just watched the original Dracula last night and for the still shots of a house or a hillside the camera would just focus in on an actual picture.

My favorite part about old movies is the melodrama.  The actors or soooo over dramatic, I love the expressions on their faces.

Eva’s favorite new book is Princess Baby by Karen Katz.  She knows all the words and has to dress up like a princess every time we read it.  So cute.  Then she calls me Princess Mommy and I’m all like “Ahhhhh”.”

I absolutely LOVE the CD I won from Michele over at the The Integrated Mother.  It’s Ziggy Marley’s new Family Time CD.  The very last track is Jamie Lee Curtis reading her book Is There Really a Human Race? I highly recommend buying the book for your little one.  Check it out.

PSA – Please please please don’t talk on the phone while your kids are in the pool.  I know it’s  a little late in the summer for this but better late then never right?

I’m getting a shiny new website design soon!  My husband is working on it and it will be up shortly.  I can’t wait!

One last thing…If your kids are looking forward to seeing the new Disney G-Force movie this Thursday Ask.com will have a special promo for the movie.  You can go to there sight with your kids and ask silly questions about Guinea Pigs and stuff.  Anyway here is the spiel.

A preview of the homepage is available below and will include interactive ‘rollover’ components that prompt parents and their kids to experience Ask’s ‘Smart Answers’ [allowing users to obtain answers to their questions without clicking on additional links] first hand for two days to help kick off the opening weekend.  From encouraging children to ask ‘Where did guinea pigs get their name?’ to ‘How is a 3-D movie created?’ the homepage encourages online education, discovery and exploration.   These types of exercises are a great way for kids to learn and for parents to encourage safe searching habits along the way.

So there are your random thoughts for the day some more random than others.  If you’d like to join in jog on over to Keely’s blog at TheUnMom.