moving on, i have some exciting news. okay, maybe not for you but i am so giddy with excitement it's hard to contain myself. after whining, complaining and down right cursing, we finally bought a new sofa. it's lovely and the best part was we paid a whopping, wait for it..... $300.00. that's right people. a wonderful, cheap $300. man i love cheap stuff.

also, i just need to say two more random thoughts. one, i need to always remember that i can't rely on the mister to tell me when i'm looking white trash. lately, i've been feeling a bit out of sorts. yesterday, i needed to run to the store and without even thinking i went out the door and drove to the store. it was only then when i was nearly to the store i realized what i looked like. i was wearing my nightgown OVER my jeans, had no makeup, my bangs twisted and pulled back with a bobby pin with the rest of my hair in a pony tail and flip flops. hmmmm, what was i thinking? when i asked the mister why he didn't question my fashion choice, his response? i thought you looked fine. right. note to self: ALWAYS CHECK THE MIRROR.
two, when you have your husband taking the train home from work at 10pm and you for the first time get the kids to bed before 9:30 at night, it REALLY sucks to get a call from said husband to tell you the trains are not running because it's a holiday weekend. and that you will have to wake up the sleeping so peacefully children and put them in the car to come and pick him up. crap. and even though the car ride is scenic and pretty with all the lights in the hills and crap like that, you just can't enjoy it because the oldest child is the only one beside yourself not sleeping and is just talking and whining and moaning and talking some more about how tired they are. yeah, note to self: REMEMBER TRAINS ARE NIL ON HOLIDAY WEEKENDS
have a happy 4th of july. don't burn your house down. or, catch on fire yourself.