Potato Salad and Book Stores

It's been a few days since my last post...not that a whole lot has gone on since then, but I found myself kind of missing it after originally posting two days in a row!

Friday was an intensely stupid day. It was one of those days that you get less than halfway through and you already wish you could erase it from history. Jonathan and I were at odds with each other, it was rainy all day, and Noah wouldn't stop crying for anything. The only thing that's really worth mentioning on here is that I went to a Catholic mass for the first time ever with Jonathan and our friends, Brandon and Kari. It was really neat; a little different than a Baptist service, I must admit! It's fascinating to observe the differences between denominations/religions and how they all have positive and negative aspects to them.

After the mass, Jonathan went to a movie with Brandon and CK, another good friend of ours, and Noah and I came home and watched "Funny Girl" with Barbara Streisand. That's when I decided that we have similar noses (except mine isn't quite as Jewish) and I think that Barbara Streisand is very pretty (although uniquely so) so that made me happy! Maybe one day I'll come to peace with my nose.

I digress.

Yesterday started out on a much better foot than Friday. Jonathan helped me get some much needed housework done and then Noah and I went grocery shopping. The latter half of the day seemed rather useless considering that I spent most of my time between 3pm and 8pm making potato salad. No, that is not a typo...I seriously spent the better part of 5 hours just making potato salad. The reasons for this are that 1) Noah was apparently very hungry and needed fed multiple times and 2) I didn't make enough potato salad in the first batch for everyone who would be there for Easter lunch on Sunday so I had to make more. Bleh. I was pleasantly surprised that it even sounded good for lunch today after looking at it for so long yesterday! But seriously, who can say no to potatoes??? Exactly.

Today was better than Friday AND Saturday! No rain and no potato-salad-making. Jonathan and I ACTUALLY made it to Sunday School on time without pestering each other to hurry up getting ready (I'm pretty sure that's only the second time that has happened since we moved to Springfield almost 8 months ago!). The service was really good this morning and then we joined our dear friends/adopted family, the Dodds, for lunch (ah, potato salad). We were super lazy this afternoon and just visited until church tonight. Jonathan and I had nursery duty tonight and ended up playing "Red Light/Green Light" and "Mother May I" for most of it. It was Noah's first time and he won once at each game, although he did so vicariously through me!

After church tonight, Jonathan, CK, Noah and I went to Barnes & Noble for a while. Now, book stores and I have a love/hate relationship. I love books, but I HATE that I can't just buy out the whole store! I see so many books that I would love to read, such as Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, basically any book by Beth Moore, giant ones about Rome and other places with amazing pictures and facts, and this book called The Omnivore's Dilemma about the history of meals and food and such things. And cook books! Oh, I never truly appreciated cook books until after getting married and realizing that I actually really enjoy cooking. Now the cook book section is almost my favorite. Honestly, I don't even know what my favorite section is. Like I said before, it is a love/hate relationship of the worst kind. Next to chocolate,that is. Nope, just kidding! There's definitely no hate in my relationship with chocolate. It's all about love...

Oh dear! I just looked at the clock and it is 12:01 in the morning. For Pete's sake! Noah is asleep on the couch and Jonathan has been in bed for a while now. I should be sleeping too! Silly me! I guess it is time...

Goodnight world! I will see you on the morrow!

Spring has Sprung!!! Or is it summer?

My favorite season is spring. I love how the grass and the flowers start growing back. Everything is green and alive, and typically a mild temperature. But why is it that the weather likes to skip spring? It goes from 40 degrees to 90 degrees almost overnight? I disagree with this plan! Poor Noah, our little January baby, isn't so sure what he thinks of this whole heat thing! I've had him stripped down to his skivvies (a diaper can be categorized as skivvies, can't it?) for three days in a row now because he gets so hot! He's pretty cute that way though, I must admit! Behold:

Looks pretty content, doesn't he??? ;-) And look at this belly!!!

Ok, so maybe I don't mind that part of this whole 90 degree thing! I need to find out when the pool opens so we can see if he likes cooling off that way (...mental note...).

I suppose I had better go for today...dinner is about ready and we're going to hang out with some friends from church tonight. TTFN!