Order, where are you?

I'm in a weird funk today. It has been raining for I don't know how many days. It makes me sleepy. I'm in a fog, literally and figuratively. We bought the boys a trampoline a few weeks ago, and they haven't been able to play on it for several days now because of the rain. Thursday and Friday are Fall Break so the boys will be home all day. Hopefully the forecast is correct and it will be dry those days!

Sometimes there are so many things to do that I don't know where to start. I guess it's time to make a list.

That reminds me, we took an interesting personality test at our weekend marriage retreat. It divides people into six colors. I am primarily green, with some blue, yellow and purple thrown in. (sounds like a spectacular bruise). PJ is yellow, with some blue, green and purple. It's the blue people that like order and like to make lists. Green people like harmony and are accepting of others. Yellow people like doing for others and being around people. Purple people (eaters--wait, no) like to get things done and tend to define themselves by what they accomplish. And just to round out the color wheel.....Red likes to take charge and is competitive; and Orange likes to be the center of attention and loves taking risks.

It really was interesting and helps to identify areas of strength and weakness. A lot of couples are on opposite sides of the wheel, but not always.

True story

Someone was pounding at the door...hard. I was still in my nightgown, but I peeked out the window to see who it was. It was a group of teenagers....Nuts! they saw me. They pounded harder on the door.

I barely opened the door; just enough to speak to them. They demanded that I let them in, brandishing guns. I told them no and slammed the door. They yelled that I had left my key in the door and I couldn't keep them out.

I stayed calm. They were probably bluffing, but I had left my keys in the lock before... All the same, I didn't panic but decided to call 9-1-1. Hopefully I could find the phone quickly. There. I had it. Dial the number... What?! I didn't know you could get an answering machine when you called emergency!

Alright, now I was scared. I decided to get PJ's gun that is for "defending the house". I reached in the place where he hides it....It's not there! It's not there!!!

I woke up. My heart was pounding and my breath was coming in short little gasps. I rolled over and woke up PJ.

"Where's the gun?"

"What?" he asked, not fully awake.

"Is the gun in the ______?" I insisted.

"No, I moved it to the _______" he answered. !!!!!!!!

How much longer?

http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/howmuchlonger.php

How much longer will "officials" ignore the positive results of biomedical treatment for autism, and ignore the cry of parents to slow down the vaccination schedule?

A very good question.

Neat place

Last week, on our date (not 2 days ago but 9 days ago) I took my husband to this new shop I found in the mall recently. I really like it. (and they aren't paying me to say this) It's called Teavana (spelling?).

Alright, no more parentheses, please.

They sell loose-leaf teas, of all kinds: black, green, white, red, herbal, etc. They also sell all the paraphernalia to make said tea---teapots of glass, china, cast iron, earthenware; teacups; teawarmers; individual-cup-teamakers; kettles for boiling water; decorative tins for storing teas, etc., etc. But my favorite thing about the store is that they have 6 to 7 teas already brewed that you can sample! Most of them are hot, but there are one or two iced teas. I love trying teas I've never had before. I also like that they mark how much caffeine is in each tea, in comparison to a cup of coffee, since I can't drink too much caffeine.

I checked and there is a website here. Or you can go to Penn Square, and they are downstairs in the central part of the mall.

From the questions my husband asked, I think I might be getting something as a gift from there soon!