So many things...

I have so many things to blog about but haven't been able to find the perfect occasion to sit down and embrace it so here's a quick, completely random, unimportant update -

*Got my car detailed.

I do this once a year and it truly brings pure joy into my life. Plus, we eat less fast food for about two weeks afterward while I'm pretending that we'll never eat in the car again because I am bound to keep it in this fresh, beautiful condition.

I love cleanliness. Makes me fall in love with my sexy gold van all over again.

*Read the book, Heaven is Here by Stephanie Nielson.

Wow.

I read it in one day- her words leading me to re-dedicate myself to being a more attentive, loving, patient mother and wife - but then felt torn because I had been ignoring my children all day, basking in this great book which led me to not being attentive in the least.

Tomorrow we'll start anew.

My cousin recommended this book so I have to throw out a thank you to her! She's already on the ball, being one of the best mother's I know.

One of my favorite excerpts from this book was in the epilogue:

"... our hearts matter most. Your heart matters most, so be gentler and more patient with yourself, and their hearts matter most, too, so be kinder and more compassionate to others. It's a beautiful heart, not a perfect body, that leads to a beautiful life."

Don't you just want to be Stephanie Nielson's best friend? She's perfectly delightful.

*Date night

The Beloved and I hit the town for a little dinner and a movie but after the dinner/before the movie part we saw an almost identical truck to The Beloved's in the wide spread parking lot.

We had a ton of boxes stacked into the back of our truck and I thought it would be funny if we parked next to this stranger's identical truck and maybe the owner would get confused, seeing our truck first, and begin wondering as to where all these boxes had come from and why were they in the back of his truck? Is my plan making sense?

So, The Beloved humored me and we ran into the Dollar store, peaking through the windows to see my plan unfold.

And they fell for it.

Confusion embraced the little family of three we saw strolling toward our vehicle.

When they realized it wasn't their truck the owner took out his phone to capture this coincidental moment forever.

Loved it.

Anyway, farewell for now.... promise more blogging updates to come! You should update too...

remember, I'm the gal who doesn't have Facebook so I am depending upon you for an outlet. Do it. :)