ACHOO!

That is a sound of the coming post...a sneeze, a smattering, if you will, of random goings on...and because there has been lots of sneezing too...and snot.  So I thought it was an appropriate title.

Randomness #1: All growing up I used cutting my hair as a way to break through boredom.  If nothing exciting was happening in my life, it was time for a haircut.  Now that I have kids, I can leave my own hair alone and easily persuade one of them to cut theirs.  I actually didn't have to do a lot of convincing.  Abby has been asking for several weeks and so I caved.  One of these days I will finally cough up the cash and take them to a professional.  I really have no business cutting such lucious, thick little girl hair.  Or at the very least buy myself some real hair cutting scissors instead of my sharpy sharp sewing scissors.  I did not intend for it to be so short...but remember that part where I said I haven't learned my lesson yet?

And as cute as her hair is, I do miss her long tresses.  But whatcha gonna do? It'll grow back.  It turned out so short that it is kind of unintentionally stacked in the back even...what I mean is, "it's even stacked in the back", certainly not implying that it is "evenly" stacked in the back.

Asinine detail #2: Last week I gave into Mia's incessant pleading to try on swimming suits.  She saw the sun come out and automatically thought it was time to start prancing around in swim suits.  So I got them out and was so entertained by how entertained she was, that I took pictures.  Then I got sick of taking pictures and got busy throwing away about a dozen suits that are worn, stretched out, ripped, falling apart or otherwise too "un-cute" for this season to pass down. 

Ooh Belly! Then apparently Abby got in on the fun and instead of trying on suits that might fit them this year, the reverted to see how many suits of the past they could try.  It got very tight, and revealing, and silly...when the swim caps came out, that's when things really got crazy.  This last suit was hidden under 9 out of 10 outfits for the next several days, until I was able to successfully confiscate and hide it for Hazel.

Self Promoting Detail #3:
What you are looking at now, besides a dirty crock pot, is this year's Church Chili Cook off winner. Thank you, thank you very much.  I don't normally like to brag but just look at that empty pot.  Several years ago when Clark and I were first married I won the chili cook off in another ward.  At the time I thought they were just trying to make me feel welcome because we were new.  Looks like maybe I know a thing or two about cooking after all.

Maybe I'll get myself a nice shadowbox to display my winnings...I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that my dear brother in law was one of the judges.

In conclusion, I have successfully folded the mountain of laundry on my bed and am looking forward to another week of stuff.  Stuff is good, stuff is exciting.  Stuff is sometimes taking a nap in the middle of the day because I can, or actually using my new running shoes this week.  I just might.

I hope all your stuff is good stuff this week.