Things to note

There is so much going on right now, Christmas, house refinance, potential job location change for Greg, dentist, an upcoming out of town trip for Greg, redoing the master bath shower, winter concerts for both kids, remembering to pack a lunch for Owen, trying to eat organic and GMO free, boot camp, and a really complicated case at work that has consumed all my time, to name a few.

And to top it all off, Ben swears the earth is moving faster and time is speeding up. Great. Like I need that.

During this crazy time I am letting things go by and failing to note those things, thus bringing you a blog of things to note of course.

1. The quality of homework in our schools is amazing. See for yourself: Jon has 4 cars. Don gives him four more. How many cars does Bob have? Amazing, right?

2. I love eating sweet potatoes. I cut them in thin circles, put olive oil on them, sprinkle with sea salt and 21 seasoning salute, and roast them to perfection. I eat them almost daily and they never seem to get old.

3. Ivy had her Christmas concert last week and she sang her little heart out. Her singing "Christmas lights" has got to be the cutest thing of her whole life so far.

4. I am obsessed with Autumn's cuteness.

5. A lady yelled at me at Trader Joe's the other day. I keep thinking I am over that and then I remember it and I want to go hunt her down and yell at her.

6. Owen has 3 things on his Christmas list this year : stuffed animals, an iPad, and a winter coat (he has a winter coat I swear, can you imagine if he had to eat a lunch full of crusts and then go out to play in a wispy little jacket).

7. Owen and Ivy were discussing what a husband is. He told her it was a boy after you got married. She decided she was going to marry Owen. He corrected her and told her she would get big and marry someone she liked. She thought for a minute and said, "Owen, I like you. Actually, I love you. I will marry you". I could just die.

8. Both Owen and Ivy take piano lessons and I am totally obsessed with that also.

9. You can totally make a smoothie with mangos, bananas, strawberries, orange juice and an avocado and no one seems to mind the avocado. Way to go little green source of wonderfulness.

And now I have 9 things to remember as the earth continues to rotate a little faster each day.