m.i.a.

Not that anyone really reads my blog as religiously as I read theirs, but in case you hadn't noticed, I have been m.i.a. for a while (ok, a week may not be a while...). I have had a nice day off, got loads done, and realized I would love to spill some creative juices here on my blog while I have a rare spare minute before B gets home from work. Bear with me, as this will probably be a jumbled mess of random thoughts.

First off, here's a Happy Birthday shout-out to my dad who celebrates his 60th birthday today (sorry for spilling the age beans, daddy-o!) Mostly for him, here's a picture of my dad and I when he took me to San Fransico for my 16th birthday. Don't laugh too hard, please...

A few things about this picture:
1. I realize my hair looks rediculous. Blame the wind, I don't know.
2. A high school boyfriend said of this picture: "Is that your dad and your grandma?"
3. I LOVED those green linen pants. Looking back now, I sure don't know why.

Hope you had a good birthday, dad!!

I'd also like to write a little about my latest internet obsession: Twitter. For those of you know don't know about Twitter, let me enlighten you.

Have you ever wondered what your friends, family, or complete strangers are doing at any given moment? If so, check their Twitter and it will tell you. Basically, you sign up for a Twitter account, which if you are cool enough, people will "follow." You have 140 characters to simply answer the question "What are you doing?" My dad introduced me to Twitter and I've been "Tweeting" since Christmas break. I'm not really cool though, because I have only 7 followers (people who can see my answers to the question whenever I update it) but I do follow some pretty cool people, including Dave Matthews of Dave Matthews Band fame, Coldplay, and a local DJ who is pretty cool. You can also send "tweets" from your cell phone. So, if you're looking for one more thing to take up you time, become a Tweeter and sign up. And then follow me so I can look cooler!

Baby Hubert continues to grow and make himself/herself known. It's been pretty amusing to feel its movements throughout the day--and night, no doubt--and it's almost like baby and me play a little game together all day. The game is that I poke it just to see if it'll poke back, and it usually does. I sometimes feel like it is literally rolling around or making 360 degree turns inside of me, which is a pretty rad feeling. At last week's dr. appointment, we heard the 147 bmp heartbeat, always so cute, and learned that all is measuring well. After the next appointment in three weeks, I'll start going ever two weeks. It's getting close and I'm getting nervous (but incredibly excited!)

This weekend has been, as always, pretty busy. Friday night Ben and I were actually home at the same time with no real plans. We made a few trips to family members houses and were able to enjoy a little Arby's on the couch. Saturday I had a Primary activity, which was pretty easy because we took the kids to the temple grounds and just walked around. After the activity I had an afternoon of homework planned. It took much longer than I anticipated, but I finally got it done. Then I had to figure out my sharing time for Sunday. Ben and I chilled at home but since we rarely get to chill together at night, it was awesome. Sunday I had sharing time--I think my last--and then we went to dinner at my mom's because Eric and Heather were in town. Today we went to breakfast with Eric and Heather and then I've been cleaning and getting stuff done around the house.

I love long weekends.