For Today...

Outside my window... freshly mowed grass (love love love having a yard service!) and dying plants... in this heat there's no possible way to keep everything alive and looking good

I am thinking... about our family vacation... making plans for NYC, Boston, maybe some Mystic, Connecticut and Cape Cod, Mass.
I am thankful for...  my bed... after a week sleeping on a bunk at summer camp (church),  my bed has become my new favorite place

From the kitchen... not much.  planned to grill hot dogs last night, but then realized I didn't buy hot dog buns.  maybe tonight.  after a quick trip to the store.  maybe.
I am wearing... t-shirt & capris
I am creating... a mini-album for Sister #1... in the shape of a cupcake (her current obsession)... shhh!  don't tell!
I am going... to take the little Mister to get a haircut and maybe Barnes & Noble for book for said vacation

I am reading... The Life of Pi... good so far... not "into" it yet

I am hearing... a 2-year-old babbling about sisters at piano camp and mowers and 'puters and wipes and too hot for sand
Around the house... everything is picked up... waiting for the cleaning ladies to come today (they are from heaven!)
One of my favorite things... fruit ninja and words with friends (both are consuming entirely too much of my time lately)

A few plans for the rest of the week... taking the Sister's to grandma/grandpa's house on Saturday... will be (semi) quiet here for a few days

Letters #5 and #6

Dear Lewisville Public Library,
We need to talk.  Your performance level is going downhill.  Things need to improve or we are going to have to let you go.  You are now on probation.  If the following areas do not improve before the next time we visit, we will have to replace you with a library that can fulfill the role and perform at a higher standard.

• Electronic card catalogue/computers... what's the point of have a dozen or so in the children's area if they are all out of order?  My children do not just wander the aisles looking for something interesting.  They have specific books in mind (but they never know the author... that is not our fault and yes, I know we could look it up before we go to the library, but you are assuming we pre-plan our visits.).  
• Train tables in the children's area... Could you please get trains that actually fit on the tracks?  Or tracks that fit the trains you already have?  A certain 2-year-old loves trains, but gets extremely frustrated when the train dwarfs the tracks and therefore doesn't work.  And then I'm supposed to keep that certain 2-year-old quiet because it's a library.
• Display... please figure out a better way to display your books, or maybe how to explain EXACTLY where the book is that is on display.  I am frustrated because 90% of the time I look up a book on your computer and it says that all of the copies on the shelf are checked out, but there is one on display.  Um, ok.  WHERE?  My time to look for a book is extremely limited (have I mentioned a certain 2-year-old?) and so I don't have hours to wander aimlessly looking for a particular book.  Especially when Melvil Dewey took a lot of time to figure out how to organize books in a library.  Just sayin'.

Thank you, 

Me

Dear Barnes & Noble, 

Things are looking up for you!  

:)

Me

Letter #4

Dear Chipotle,
I love you.  Madly. Deeply.  It's true.   If I were stranded on a desert isle, and could only have 1 restaurant to supply all my food, I would choose you.  Yes, that kind of love.
I love the witty stories on the side of the cups.  I love the fact that I haven't come across the same story twice.  I love your fresh ingredients.  I love your employees (you know, the ones that act like they don't know me, even though I'm in there ordering the EXACT same thing 2, 3, maybe 4 times a week).  I love the fact that you are less than 5 minutes from my house.  I love your chips.  I LOVE your rice.
I love you,
Me


P.S.  Any ideas on how to fix the header... you know, the right side of the box that isn't showing up and therefore looks stupid?