I’m reading Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre” right now. It’s a fantastic story, but I’m reading it on my smart phone and it just feels so wrong to read classic literature that way.

Ben is obsessed with learning colors. Except, he asks “yellow?” for everything until he finally finds something that is yellow. So all day long I hear “Yewow? Yewow? Yewow? YEWOW!” It’s cute, for now. He actually pointed to the sky on our walk today and said “Boo sky” (blue sky). So he does know other colors, yellow just happens to be the favorite.

I sent a text to my friend Lisa tonight and got a reply “Sorry no hablo ingles.” Lisa is a spanish teacher, so I thought she was messing with me. Turns out, it actually wasn’t Lisa :-P I had an old phone number for her. Yeah, that was interesting…

Ben has woken up really early a few days this week. 6am early, which is very unusual for him. Both times he had explosive poops (you’re welcome for that visual). It all stayed contained in the diaper, but I told him he needs to stop having these early morning poos. When I walked into his room (after letting him whine for 10 or 15 minutes to see if he’d just go back to sleep) he said “Oh thank you mommy!” I had come to his rescue, how could I be annoyed?

We watched a really interesting movie on Netflix the other night, “The Jonses.” It’s rated R for good reasons, but was a poignant story on consumerism, marketing and keeping up with the Jonses. Sidenote, growing up my neighbors were actually the Jonses, a sweet older couple who are nothing like the family in the movie ;-)

I wasn’t on top of getting fruit this year, so sadly I missed out on strawberries and blueberries (my favorite). My neighbor down the road still had blackberries though, so I went and picked a bunch of them with a friend. They’re huge, beautiful berries! Last year they were even bigger though, literally the size of my thumb!

I don’t really “watch my weight” or monitor it obsessively. I’m happy with where I’m at right now, but this morning I saw a number I hadn’t seen since highschool. Sweet! I’ve been really giving my all in workouts lately, instead of half heartedly just going through the motions and trying to avoid the pain. Although, I haven’t run in a while and miss it. Mornings and nights are getting nice and cool now so I’m inspired to start again!

Speaking of the weather…is fall coming??? I love fall!

Thanks for sticking with me through the randomness of the post :)

This weekend we went on a quadruple date with some friends. Dinosaur BBQ and a movie at the dollar theatre to see The Hunger Games. I thought they did a pretty good job with the movie, but of course I still like the book better. It was fun to compare how I saw things in my head to how it was represented on the screen. I may have done some matchmaking for a friend *smirks* so we’ll see if anything comes of that.

Ben is becoming increasingly talkative. I mean all.the.time. It’s really cute. And yet at the end of the day after he’s gone to bed, quiet time is wonderful too. He’s also becoming increasingly independent, opinionated and stubborn. Such a sweet boy, but he has his moments of toddler tantrums too. Of course, never for grandparents…always saves the testing for mom and dad ;-)

Andy cut the wood for the bookshelves in my office. He put a really pretty bevel on it called a Roman Ogee. I keep wanting to call it a Roman Orgy, but that is not correct, lol. My project for the week (who am I kidding, for this coming month…) is to sand, prime and paint the shelves so Andy can install them.

We hauled and stacked wood all last night. I am so sore but it’s a good ache. I listened to an audio book the whole time and Andy teased me. For some reason he finds the thought of listening to a recorded reading of a book, funny. This amusement may have come from the fact that the last recorded book I listened to was Twilight. Yes, I am 12.

I’ve finally broke the Dunkin Donuts iced coffee addiction and have started making myself a pitcher of coffee at night. Then I have ice cold coffee for a few days after and don’t have to buy anything. I even made coffee ice cubes per Danielle’s suggestion :)