Randomness

You know, I think Mr. Sandman is out to get me.  But not in a helpful way.  Between Alex's crack-of-dawn antics yesterday morning/the night before last, and last night.... Boy oh boy, am I getting sleep deprived!  What happened last night?  I honestly have no clue.  Donated blood in the evening, felt perfectly fine all night.  But despite feeling very tired, heavy-eyed, and ready for sleep last night, I could not fall asleep!!!  Finally, at 4am, I was starting to drift off (no thanks to my MP3 player's batteries, which had died around 3am, taking my relaxation music with it) - I could tell, because my brain was following a not-real storyline, and it was just barely starting to get that surreal feel to it.

And then Alex woke up.  Yay.  Well, he went back to sleep fairly easily, but it just prolonged my falling asleep.  And of course, you know, the entire time I'm laying there, whacking Jesse every few minutes for daring to start snoring again (can't you see I'm trying to fall asleep over here?!?) I'm thinking how entirely unfair it is that I'm getting closer and closer to morning with no relief in sight, and this is the second night in a row that I'm not getting the sleep I need!!  And there's no chance for naps today - we've got a playdate after lunch.  And I have to get ready for hosting preschool at our house tomorrow.  So, yeah.  I'm super-duper happy today!!  Or not.  I actually feel like digging my eyeballs out, they're so tired.

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Allyson over at Laughadaisy tagged me for a quick little picture meme:
Go to the 6th folder of your picture files and post the 6th picture.

....drumroll!!
My 6th picture folder happens to be 2008.  And then I sort them by month within that, so there weren't any individual pictures.  So I picked the 6th folder, which was June.  And the 6th picture there is this slightly-blurry but oh so spring-worthy picture.  I can't wait for spring!!  (Holy moly, Melinda's hair was short!!)

Alternatively, if I ignore the 6th folder part, and just go to my "internet" folder, where I store all sorts of random photos, the 6th photos is this one of Melinda and Jacob just before Halloween in 2005!

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And here's another meme for you, that I found on Facebook:
This is a fun way to waste 5-10 minutes (or more if you actually want to be creative).

Make your band's album cover meme:

1 - Go to Wikipedia. Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to Quotations Page and select "random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together.

And here's my band's album!

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I'm thinking of making baby blankets for my two sisters, Melissa and Megan, who are both expecting their first baby girls in May.  I've been eyeballing quite a lot of lovely, adorable, girly fabrics on Etsy.  What do you think, you two?  Any of these strike your fancy??  I'm wondering if I should even mention it (too late now!!).  Because I've been oh so unreliable at finishing projects lately.  But I should be able to handle some simple blocked blankets by May, right??  Here's what I'm looking at:

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I also absolutely adore this bundle of fabrics.... but it's not so girly.  :(  I might have to buy it for myself....

 

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Uhhhh.... look what Alex just figured out how to do while I was typing this post....

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I have the best kids!!  While that video was uploading, Jesse got home and we had lunch.  And then I put Alex down for a nap.  Just before Jesse left back for work, and after I left the room to rock Alex, Jesse told Melinda and Jacob to clean up the room for me.  When I came out, they had put all their train tracks away, and folded all the blankets!  *sniff*  Way a make a tired mama so happy!!