What's in YOUR wallet?

Because I currently lack good intro and segue skills, we're just gonna dive in to the first of many diverse topics:

1.  Much to the certain chagrin of the two of you who chimed in with opinions, we chose Get Smart over The Incredible Hulk last week. We had already gone off and made our choice before we saw your votes, so it's not like you were deliberately snubbed, so you can come out of your corners now. And - I liked Get Smart. Turns out Steve Carell has the rare ability to make me laugh out loud during a movie. So I'm a fan. And I don't even watch "The Office". Oh, and The Rock (sorry, Dwayne) is always a plus too.

(Don't worry, Hulky. I'll probably catch you on DVD, if only to see Edward Norton.)

2. As I'm exiting Sephora this afternoon, a mom and her 5 or 6 year old son are walking in. The boy shouts, "Ahhhh, this place hurts my eyes!".

3. Speaking of Sephora, I HEART my new Benetint Pocket Pal (not to be confused with a pocket rocket). I've been a longtime fan of plain old Benetint and many other Benefit products, but this makes me so happy that I'm wearing it right now, at 9:30 PM while blogging in my basement.

4. I emptied out and cleaned 6 bags of various size and purpose yesterday. Among the contents I unearthed:

• $102 in cash (woohooooo!)
• estimated between $20-$30 in change (oh, so that's why all my bags are so heavy)
• 4 size 5 diapers
• 2 size 3 diapers
• 6 size 1-2 diapers
• portable toothpicks
• a Crate and Barrel catalog
• my Better Than Ezra "Closer" CD jewel case
• 2 wine corks
• 1 unidentified key
• 2 toothbrushes
• 3 pens (1 good one, 2 crap ones)
• 2 boxes of raisins
• 3 smashed (but still in their packages) granola bars
• 2 old, skeevy pacifiers
• 4 tubes of lipstick/lip gloss/lip stuff
• a Target gift card
• 5 Bandaids
• 16 Hot Wheels cars
• 10 Fisher Price plastic zoo animals
• many, many, MANY Cheerio crumbs

5. Riley doesn't really say "I love you" unless you specifically tell him too. What he does say, as he snuggles on my lap, is "I make you so happy". He still has a bit of trouble with pronouns, but I don't really intend to ever correct this one.

6. Bathroom painting has made excellent progress, but is still ongoing. I'll snap some pictures when it all looks a little nicer.

7. We're leaving for Vero Beach, FL this weekend, so once again I must pack our entire house into 4 bags. I went to Eddie Bauer today and bought a draggable duffel that's the size of my king sized bed. I'm still not sure it will be big enough. I'm also not sure how I'll drag it when it's full. Wait, that's what I have Marc for.

8. Mason's developed a little Southern accent. She says "Haaah" in place of "Hi". Unsurprisingly, I totally adore this.

9. Our main floor AC has been out all week, but it's set to be replaced tomorrow, THANK GOD. Goodbye, $5,000. I'll miss the good times we could have had together.

10. A parting photo, taken about 2 weeks ago when my Uncle Tim came to visit my house for a few hours:

Comments

[kate]

"I make you so happy"!! ACK!! The cuteness is killing me. My daughter used to reach up her arms and say "I want to hold you." I never corrected it and was bummed when she eventually got it right.

And I'm sure I don't have to tell you this, but you'll never regret spending that $5k on air conditioning.

[Robyn]

Too cute, Kate. Riley does that one too... he reaches up and says "I carry you".

And, yes, now that the AC's fixed, I don't regret it a bit!