This 'n That

I have been savoring the sweet taste of victory since my last post! It is pretty exciting, I must say. (Oh, the things we moms get excited over!) I was prepared for that battle to be long and hard fought. But luckily, it only took a few days! Now he's done it 5 or six times, enjoyed his candy bar AND his ice cream cone (Cotton Candy Thrifty cone, to be exact!) and I am one happy, stubborn momma!

I must be going crazy because I find myself longing for summer vacation to be here already! I'm so tired of the school routine. Papers, homework, forgotten instruments, carnivals, reports, field trips, money for book orders, money for field trips, money for carnivals, money for tye-dyed t-shirts, I'm over it! This is bad because I'm sure that two weeks into summer I'll be pulling my hair out and wishing school was back in session!

Is anyone else as upset as I am that Corey and Leah from Teen Mom 2 are splitting up? I'm pathetic, I know, but that show is addicting and they were my favorite ones. I had high hopes for them, I wish they'd work it out and stay together for their family. And on that note- does anyone else still wish that John and Kate would get back together? Do it for the kids!!! Ok, I'm done now.
I always forget how good Fruit Stripe gum is and then the flavor runs out two minutes later. And it smells good too! You should get some, even if only for the memories of chewing it as a kid.

Mini Movie Review

We had some half-price movie tickets that we needed to use so we snuck out on Saturday night and saw Hanna. I'm not such a huge fan of movie reviews. I've decided I don't need an expert movie watcher to tell me all the intricacies and details of a film and whether or not it lives up to his/her high standards for movie viewing. And sometimes if a movie gets great reviews and is really built up then it can be a huge disappointment when the movie doesn't live up to the hype. I usually enjoy movies because I don't go into them with all these high expectations and I can generally tell from a preview whether or not I'm interested in seeing a film. That being said, I actually wanted to see Hanna and it did not disappoint. It was well done, suspenseful, had enough violence for my husband and I think it only had one f-word (for those of you who care).

Mini Book Review

I just finished reading the book Dreaming in English by Laura Fitzgerald. It's a book I just picked up randomly at the library off of their new releases shelf. Apparently it's a sequel to Veil of Roses, which I haven't read yet, and I hate reading books out of order but hopefully it won't ruin it too much. This book is about an Iranian woman who comes to America looking for a husband because she doesn't want to go back to Iran. I love reading books about other cultures, I find them so interesting. I also love it when a book is set in a locale close to home because I can visualize it so well and this one is set in Tucson. It was an easy, fast, light read which is sometimes nice when I'm not in the mood to read something heavy. The thing I loved the most about this book is that it oozes love for America. It got me thinking about everything I take for granted as far as being blessed to be born in this country goes, and that's a very humbling thing, really. Don't read this book looking for literary greatness, it's mostly just a feel good love story which left me... feeling good!

That's it, I'm done! Peace out homies! And, as my two year old told me last night when I put him to bed, "Good night Mom, have a good day!" Soooo, good night and have a good day!