random mobile downloads

took these with my phone while J & G were visiting

the derb

3.5.10 pj's first pinewood derby

sweet flames, dude.

oh, the pressure...

the intensity!

he had a rough start but killed it in the second chance bracket. eliminated 1 race before the championship. at least he claims bragging rights for beating his bff.

i'm so nuts about my boy

seussical

pj just performed in his very first school musical. it was a spin off the movie Horton Hears a Who and he played one of the roudy Wickersham Brothers. they were a group of monkeys that tormented Horton.

he was reluctant at first and even "forgot to remember" to try out, but we signed him on at the last minute and he was hooked instantly.

they didn't mess around, either. i suppose i shouldn't be surprised that his school would do this kind of thing in a big way, but i decided to be anyway. they practiced after school three days a week for nearly three months. **forgot to mention that about half of the kids (pj included) got to take a field trip to a recording studio to record the background songs. luckeeeeee!

then they put on three performances, opening friday night and showing a matinee and evening show on saturday.

next year he has decided he's going to go for the lead. perhaps we have a budding actor on our hands?

some highlights...

hipstamatic

i was recently introduced to this fun new app for my phone. it comes with different flash, film and lens options to create old school effects on the photos. doesn't it feel like we should all be dressed in those old western outfits holding shotguns?

who knows, maybe we will.

in other news :: we're having a jolly holiday with justin and grace!

they were all made out of ticky tacky and they all looked just the same

i like things in place. i like when things are even, i hate odd numbers. i have found that the more i take on, the greater my need becomes to control everything {and everyone} around me. basically, i'm a total control freak. i try not to fly that flag at all times, but it certainly rears itself. often.

i don't like to forget things or leave things unfinished; it's a constant internal struggle.

SO.

the point of that little field trip into my psyche. i like to give myself little goals to work on, small things to improve upon. sometimes it's my behavior, my diet {rarely}, my priorities, etc. i like to start on the first of the month and ride it through. a definitive starting and stopping point and appropriate length of time to actually accomplish something without it being so long i burn out.

about a week ago i realized that march started on a monday {it's like a chocolate chip cookie, wrapped in a zinger, mixed into a marionberry pie inside a sunday nap wrapped in an ice cream cone, when the first day of a month is ALSO the first day of the week}. my brain pictures the week beginning with monday and progressing uphill to sunday...another post, another time.

seriously, just get to the point. when realizing said delightful fact, i started planning my march goal. i decided perhaps i could do a little {lot} less complaining. i don't need to list the blessings of my good fortune to know that i. have. it. good. in the words of gob: "c'mon!"

so, guess what? i did a test run the last few days and wow. big difference. big. huge {pretty woman}. we'll see how well it plays out when my 31 days are over. the beauty of it all? come april 1, i can get drunk off that whine.

and now, a bunny.