10 Things

My friend Mrs. Figby just did a 10 things post, so I thought I might just hop on her bandwagon.

1.)  I decided I needed to find the equivilent of Netflix for books.   My library has an awesome service that lets you request books from all the local library locations online.  Then the books show up at the library two blocks from my house as soon as they are available.  I read really fast, so I need to keep adding new books to my queue.  Unfortunately, this method means I have to find actual titles of books rather than just wandering around the library and grabbing whatever sounds interesting (which I also do).  So today, I signed up for GoodReads.  I have already found some good reading prospects from looking at my pitifully small (3) friends list.  If you have a goodreads account, help a girl find some good books by friending me so I can troll your read lists? (amfamblog at gmail dot com)   For the record, I do not intend to spend a lot of time reviewing books I have read.  That would waste the time I could spend reading other books.  God, sometimes I am very geeky.

2.)  I wish I had a local blog so I could review new restaurants we are trying now that both M and L can sit still for about an hour.  Tonight we found a cool, little trendy comfort food place that served M the best PB&J I have tasted in a long time.  We also have some serious love for a little south Indian dosa restaurant and a Puerto Rican/Italian place (why that combination? I do not know) we have tried recently.  Soon, I am going to venture out the the Chinese/Indian fusion place that is getting good reviews.

3.)  Along with that last one. Restaurant.com is pretty cool.  We paid $6 for a $25 gift certificate at the restaurant where we ate tonight. 

4.)  For Xmas, my mom bought me a gift certificate to Dream Dinners.  I think I can get about 7 dinners prepared in one visit.  The only hitch is that I will have to clean out my freezer to make room for it all.  I like to cook, but doing it every day gets old.  It will be nice to have another option.

5.)  M’s birthday is coming up in February.  She is already talking about her birthday party.  In the past, we have only done family parties and I didn’t have any real plans to change that.  I need to talk to Mr. A about it and possibly dial back the birthday girl’s expectations.

6.)  MIL has invited herself to visit for M’s birthday.  Apparently she took time off to spend with Mr.A’s sister and the new baby, but SIL is “feeling better and doesn’t need the help.”  SIL is smart, that’s what I think.  Since MIL is off for an entire week, it will be difficult to come up with an excuse as to why we can’t accomodate her at all.  Dammit.

7.)  After the gluttony of Xmas, we are on a shopping vacation until at least the end of March.  I am trying not to buy any non-essentials until then.  That means no more aimless wandering around Target.  The only exception is purchasing M and L’s birthday presents.

8.) I have convinced M that she really, really, really wants a booster seat as her birthday present, even though I was going to buy her one anyway.  She has asked for one at least once a week for the last year, since she found out some four year-olds have them.  For a while there, she was weighing herself every day hoping she cracked the 40lb mark.  (37 mommy!  38!  36.5! How close is that to 40?)  She has been a solid 40lbs for a month or two, so we are moving up to a high back booster.  Besides, maybe she will actually be able to strap herself in.  It is sad how excited I am by that prospect.

9.)  My email box is a black hole.  Emails come in, but rarely do responses go back out.  If I owe you an email, you have my apologies.  I suppose it is a lame excuse to say that I am an introvert via email too?  I am trying to do better.

10.)  10 is really a lot of things.  I am all tapped out.