Checking in on my list

I've been doing a LOT of reading. Read: Hunger Games (loved). Glass Houses (too young, too shallow). Forest of Hands and Teeth (meh). Still working on Shutter Island (very good but I keep finding myself straying to greener pastures). Blood Omen (totally different from the usual vamp fiction, not bad - good departure for me). Shiver (delightful). Fire (loved once I realized there was a corresponding character with Graceling, which I also loved).

I also watched a couple movies that Hubs would never watch: Love Happens with Aaron Eckhart (cute) and Play the Game (meh). I think my hormones have permanently changed me, because I seriously cried at the end of Love Happens (movies normally never make me cry) and then I got choked up watching the end of 10 Things I Hate About You (during her poem ... WTF?) which I've seen eight million times. We also watched Up In The Air, which I quite enjoyed.

I finished the boys' room (including finding and installing the perfect shelf:


The potty training is going relatively well. I'm not pushing it; I bought more pullups. They aren't much more than regular diapers, so at this point I'm just going to leave him in them and move on with my life. He's a boy; he's only 2 1/2. In the grand scheme of things, he's early for potty training and I should be happy with whatever I can get. He pees in the potty about half the time and poops about 90% of the time. There haven't been any more smears of poop all over my bathroom, so that's a plus.

I still haven't taken great pictures of the boys, but I'm thinking of taking them to a beach or park or something like that to see what I can do, maybe on Friday. I did take this picture, which melts my heart:


I think I've decided against a Kindle or Nook for the time being. I have apps for both on my phone and I've read several (free) books on that, and I'm pretty happy with it except that it eats battery life.

I'm currently addicted to Wordfeud on my Android (are you on it? What's your user name? Let's scrabble!)

One thing I have not done is start exercising. I still haven't pulled out the Wii Fit, and I've taken a couple walks but nothing significant. I just can't seem to get myself to get in a habit. I know it's up to me to get motivated, and I think I will, I just can't seem to do it yet.

AND I have managed to take Spencer to do at least one fun thing every week. We've been to playgrounds, we've played in the sprinklers, we've been to Ikea (don't knock it, he's enjoyed it). Ice cream, play places, visiting with other kids. We've generally had a good time. Two days in a row is a little much for us and we fight a lot on the second day, but somehow even though it seems like I want to kill him then, when I look back it's not so bad. Mommy amnesia is almost as powerful as labor amnesia.