Random Thoughts for Thursday

1. I've really had nothing to blog about lately. Nothing extremely exciting has been going on with us, and I figured you'd be pretty bored reading about Jason's car repair, our lazy weekend, or what we watch on TV.

2. Of course, the new house is super exciting to us! I wish I could post more pictures so everyone could see the progress, but as it begins to look more and more like a house, I'd rather not put pictures of the front of our home out on the world wide web. We're at the point now where the outside is pretty much done, and all the work is beginning to take place on the inside. That makes it hard to see the progress, but we still drive by almost every day and stare. Even if they've just moved a pile of dirt from one side of the yard to the other, we throw a small party in the car!

3. Lindsay and Justin are coming this Friday to have dinner with us and take a tour of the house thus far. Yay! Our first house guests!

4. I have been searching for new bedding for Camryn. We plan to convert her bed to a big girl bed when we move in. I have looked everywhere for something I like, and, of course, the only thing I have fallen in love with is something from Pottery Barn Kids that is way pricey and more than I'm willing to spend. Ok, ok ... more than Jason will let me spend, cause I'd probably buy it anyway!

5. Camryn did math this morning! On the way to daycare, she told me about the babies she saw in the nursery last night, Claire and Gracie. Then she started talking about her favorite babies, Eli and Jay. I told her she sure knew a lot of babies! I asked her, "How many babies do you know who are girls?" She said, "Claire and Gracie .... 2!" Then I asked, "How many babies do you know who are boys?" She said, "Eli and Jay ... 2!" Then I asked, "So how many babies do you know all together?" She put her little fingers up and said, "4!" I was so proud of her and said, "Baby, you just added!" She grinned so big and said, "I did added!" I called Jason to tell him about it, and he said, "You realize your 2 1/2 year old just did better mental math than you can." I started to argue with him but then stopped. He's right.

6. Camryn also made me laugh when I was getting her ready for school on Wednesday morning. She told me, "I like to go to school today." I said, "That's right! You can go to school and see all your good friends!" She said, "And I'll see the bad ones, too?"

7. I've added a few new blogs to my blogroll: The Devescovis, Three Football Boys and a Girl, and Living Beyond Ourselves. These are some really fun girls I met at good ol' AC, and I've really enjoyed reading about their families. Plus, they're good at keeping their blogs updated! :)

8. Does anybody else go through breakfast food phases like me? I'll eat one particular thing for several months at a time, then get tired of it, and move on to something else. For the past 6-7 months, it's been peanut butter waffles every morning. My new breakfast obsession is blueberry bagels with cream cheese. YUM!

9. We are just loving our new church! There is always so much going on, and, I swear, I don't know how I ever lived my life without Wednesday night suppers! Next week we are having soup and grilled cheese sandwiches ... does it get any better than that?? I am really excited about the choir, though. It has already grown just in the short time we have been at the church, and Wednesday night practices are just fun. I can't wait to see what God has in store for the music ministry 6 months, 1 year, 2 years down the road!

10. My new job is kicking my tail, but I can't complain because I am in love with my weekly schedule. I love having my Fridays off so I can have Camryn home with me, we have extra time to spend as a family, and Jason and I have weekly lunch dates now! It also makes weekend traveling a little easier since we always have to be back in town on Sunday. It's like having the best of both worlds - being a working mommy and a stay-at-home mommy!

11. If you ever have the chance to work with the youth at your church, DO IT! At both of our churches, we have gotten to know some of the greatest teenagers! Last Sunday night, we went out to eat with some of the youth, and they had me laughing the whole time. This Saturday we are taking a few of them to Carowinds for Christian Music Day. We know we'll have a blast!

12. When we moved, we switched cell phone companies and got new plans. We decided before we went to the store which plan we would get, and I was disappointed that I wasn't able to get a Blackberry with the particular plan we chose. Jason and I both ended up with a Scoop, which we have liked so far. At dinner with the youth Sunday night, I looked around the table and about 5 of them had our same phone! Does that mean I'm cool now???