Well, last night was a bit tiring. I went to sleep early, trying to catch up on some lost sleep from earlier in the week. Lo and behold, at about 2:45 am, Oliver started screaming. After a few minutes, it became apparent he wasn’t going to stop, so I went into their room, attempted to comfort him, gave up, and brought him to bed with us. Which is sweet and all, isn’t really conducive to a restful night. And then my morning routine was all messed up, which just puts me out of sorts for the rest of the day.

But they were being a little bit cute. They all insisted on wearing the shirts with the alligators on them, which are from George’s school’s fair.

Ah well. The weekend should be fun, so I’ll stop whining. Tonight we have a wedding to go to, for some neighborhood friends. It should be a lot of fun for us, and since the boys are spending the night at Granny & Grandpa’s, it should be fun for them too.

And then Sunday is Mother’s Day! Hard to believe it’s my third Mother’s Day. I’m excited about our plans, we’re going to brunch at a plantation. There will be room for the boys to run around and lots of pancakes for them to eat. I know it’s kind of cliched, but I always wanted a nice breakfast with my family for Mother’s Day. That’s what we did for my mom (though she insists we never did.) I’ve been saving my WW points for all the yummy food. Mmmmm….

Note to self: Never have sushi for lunch on a Thursday anymore.

My weigh in didn’t go great, I only lost .2 lbs. That’s 0.2. One fifth of a pound.

But I know I did well last week. I stayed within my points all week. Let’s face it, for the past two weeks I’ve been eating a lot better (and a lot less) than I was before that. So I know that that zero-point-two isn’t an accurate reflection of my hard work. It’s a reflection of salty soy sauce on my sushi. (Oooh, alliteration!) Even though I used the low-sodium kind, I know that sushi makes me hold on to water weight and totally screws up the scale.

So next week, I’ll have a nice, sensible, low-in-sodium lunch, and just to be safe, I’ll wear a sundress. A very lightweight sundress.

Change of subject! I’ve been scanning more pictures. And some people have asked what kind of scanner I got. It’s a Pandigital Personal Scanner and it scans at 600dpi up to 5×7 prints. So far, so good! (No, I was not compensated or anything for this.)

Here are a few more old pictures I thought I’d share…

In college, I managed a daiquiri bar for a while. As you can see, I was a very responsible and mature young woman.

And my friend Ren, you know her? She also worked there! (PS Happy Birthday, Ren!)

As a child, I was quite stylish.

Oooh, here’s a picture I found from my brother’s wedding. Pretty! I cant’ believe they’ve been married for almost 14 years. Holy cow!

Okay, I’ll stop now.

Don’t forget to enter the contest for the Organizing Tote from Thirty-One gifts if you haven’t already!

At least, that’s what I hope will happen as the result of posting this…

My brother, Evan, has been making short films for as long as I can remember. He’s had success with some of them (ever heard of a little film festival called Sundance?) and now he’s a finalist in this contest. It’s called Get L.A., and I need you to vote for his film. Because if he wins, maybe I can convince him to give me a shout-out when he makes it to the Oscars and wins.

You never know….

The film is Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) California, and if you want to one day be able to say, “hey, I know that chick!” when he thanks “my sister, Pam”, then go here and vote for it.