Another week summary - making these things count!

This week I finished reading Stormchasers (well written, but I would have liked more. Not longer, just more, deeper, you understand?) by Jenna Blum, and downloaded the Kindle and Nook apps for my phone and read a couple free books there: Compromising Positions (don't bother), Elvis Takes a Backseat (surprisingly not bad, although predictable and a little preachy), Guns Will Keep Us Together (don't bother). I've downloaded all the free books that look mildly interesting, although I'm not sure if I'll like them (free, who cares?) and I don't know HOW TO DELETE THEM which bothers me.

I also read Fire by Kristin Cashore, and I actually did enjoy it as much as Graceling; it just took me 13 pages to get hooked, and then I stayed up all night to read.

I watched An Education (fantastic), but mostly it's premiere week for the thousands of television shows that I shouldn't be watching but am, so I haven't been watching movies (besides a couple of TeenNick movies ... Spectacular, which is Nick's version of Glee, and School Gyrls which is quite possibly the worst movie ever made ... EVER. I would have turned it off but it was only about 50 minutes long so by the time I realized I couldn't possibly stand another minute, it was over.) I also watched the second half of The Bodyguard and The Bachelor, and one of my favorite movies - The Thing Called Love with (swoon) River Phoenix. Oh, and I watched most of a movie called Good Dick, which would have been so much more successful as a comedy. I guess I did end up watching some movies ...

Turtle had his one-month doctor's appointment on Thursday, and he's gained 2.5 lbs and 2.5 inches since birth! Holy growth spurt! He's now 9lbs 3.3oz (25%) and over 21 inches long (50%).

I still haven't finished the boys' room, but I'm inching ever closer. I might have pictures by next week!

I cleaned both bathrooms with an exception on mopping/swiffering the floors which aren't dirty but a little hairy along the baseboards. It appears that now that The Boy will be having his paws all over the toilets, I will need to keep them cleaner than I have in the past. That will take some getting used to.

The Boy is working diligently on his potty training. When I expected to go on leave, this was one of the main goals I had - to potty train him. BUT somehow I forgot to expect my sacrifice in doing so - the staying home, the extra arguments over toilet paper and hands in the toilet and washing hands ... it's been frustrating and it has shown me that I'm still not quite adjusted to having two children and I'm still very short tempered. God help me to have a milder manner.

And then he comes up on my bed after his nap and cuddles up against me with his (clean) hand on my belly and his head on my chest while he watches baseball and who is this marvelous boy? I do love him so much.