What I Listened To Today While The Kiddies Napped

1. Poison & Wine- The Civil Wars

2. C'est la mort- The Civil Wars

3. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue- Crystal Gayle

4. June Hymn- The Decemberists

5. Thanks For Nothing- Middle Brother

6. No One Knows My Name- Gillian Welch

7. Nightswimming- R.E.M

8. Chelsea Hotel #2- Leonard Cohen

9. He Doesn't Know Why- Fleet Foxes

10. Blue Ridge Mountains- Fleet Foxes

11. Fly- Nick Drake

12. New York City's Killin Me- Ray LaMontagne

13. Fade Into You- Mazzy Star

14. Lost In My Mind- The Head and The Heart

15. Scarlet Town- Gillian Welch

16. Die Die Die- The Avett Brothers

17. As Tall As Cliffs- Margot and the Nuclear So So's

18. Call It What You Will- Joe Purdy

Thursday's Errands

1. Great Harvest Bread- we picked up a cinnamon swirl a honey whole wheat

2. Galleria- exchanged a pair of ripped leggings and returned a pair of too-skinny jeans at Baby Gap

3. Target- we had to return 3 items, and I needed contact solution

4. Whole Foods- we cleared out the on-sale Naked Juice case and picked up some dried organic blueberries for a recipe

5. Trader Joes- we went in for homemade pizza fixins and a few other things

Different Names For The Walks We Go On

1. Trash can and back

2. Around the block

3. To the fountains

4. To Beau's office

5. Busch Stadium

6. The Arch

7. The library

Shows I Could Probably Easily Stop Watching, But Probably Won't

1. The entire Bachelor franchise

2. Grey's Anatomy

3. CSI:NY

4. Law & Order SVU. I am not happy about Elliot leaving.

5. Real Housewives of Wherever. I think the accident knocked my tolerance for them out of my head.

Why Today Was Not So Great

1. I had to slam on my brakes to avoid being hit by someone who ran a red light and then later had to swerve out of my lane to avoid being hit by a tailgate that fell off of the truck in front of me

2. R got sick this morning at preschool-he's been feverish and whiny and tired all afternoon

3. I had to have a couple emotionally tough phone calls

4. Andy's aunt is not getting better

5. My now 3 day headache is making me feel like a crazy person

6. I got assigned to "deli meat" as what I have to bring to the first party in W's preschool class...do they not know that my baking powers are unlimited? That I can make themed snacks and elaborate fruit presentations?! That I am a vegetarian who gags when I touch deli meat?

7. I ran out of Mad Men episodes, and now I just have to wait and wait for new episodes. I shouldn't have watched all 52 episodes in one week.

8. Puddy puked three times today. Twice while I was just trying to leave the house this morning. Nevermind. Make that five. He is literally puking (twice) right now as I type this.

Coming Up In October

1. Getting my hair cut for the first time since June

2. Andy and I are going on a kid-free trip to Los Angeles to visit our friends Mark and Kara

3. I'm going to the dermatologist

4. The annual Reinberg Bonfire in Washington

5. Halloween- I believe this year we will have a beautiful princess and a handsome prince

6. The Martin's halloween party

7. I am trying to squeeze in a Branson trip one weekend

Today

1. I cleaned the house and Andy took the kids to the City Museum

2. Meghan McKenzie came and visited me!

3. I had a junky-for-me lunch...veggie burger with mustard and onions, cheddar SunChips, and a Coke

4. Andy and I watched this week's Biggest Loser, one of our favorites to watch together

5. Andy's been spending a lot of time at the hospital with his family because his aunt is really sick

6. The kids and I made smoothies and our favorite chocolate-banana brownies

7. R ran around the house all afternoon with his sunglasses on and his inflatable light saber saying, "I'm He-Man!" and calling Puddy Battlecat and trying to sit on him. Puddy= not amused.

8. Dinner- the kids had Gardein strips and sweet potato fries and Bolthouse Farms Green Goddess drink and I had a salad with spinach, romaine, peas, broccoli, and carrots.

9. When Andy came home, he watched He-Man with the kids

10. The kids are making pallets on the floor for a "campout" and pushing back their bedtime.

11. We are watching the Arkansas/Alabama game- not looking good.

12. I busted out my wintertime fuzzy slippers last night and will be wearing them until May.