brain purge...

• girls night. every 2nd friday of the month, at whoever's house we decide on. this month it happens to be tomorrow night, at my place. jamie's the only one coming this time as the other(s) have alot on their plates right now. we'll just make it movie night... and since i'll also have my niece addison, it'll be pass the baby around night (she LOVES to be held). and jamie's bringing pretzel time pretzels! i've been looking forward to this all week! i know that's a little sad, but it's not like i have a life or anything so gimme a friggin break, huh? and it's not THAT sad if you think of how difficult it can be for one to actually get to the pretzel time... it's in a downtown mall that closes around 5pm, so you can really only get to it if you work downtown... which jamie just so happens to do! so maybe i'm a little less pathetic than you first thought... no? hm.

• my newest project. i use foul language too often. i find myself wondering how in the world i got into this bad habit. driving in houston has probably had some impact. when the nieces and nephews are around i try to watch my language (and i'm mostly successful). but i can't tell you how many times i've blurted out some of the foulest four-letter words (with some adjectives thrown in for character) with my nephew in the truck, because he was being so quiet that i momentarily forgot he was there! of course as soon as the words leave my mouth i remember he's sitting back there and start to ramble on about ANYTHING else so just MAYBE he won't contemplate (and later repeat) those words. i seem to do better in public, it's at home (and in the car, which means i'm talking to myself) where it's worst. when i inject one of those words into ordinary conversation, i've asked hubby to call me on it. so i guess lately i've been (figuratively) washing my mouth out with soap. don't misunderstand me... i know that a well-placed expletive can do wonders for communication. but i do NOT want to be talking that way in front my hypothetical children. and, well, it's just unattractive on me... so if it's something i can change, and still feel like i'm being ME, then i'm gonna do it.

• i have a surprise planned for hubby and i for the weekend after valentine's day. we're taking friday off (2/15) and we're putting our phones on silent (not vibrate)... i know, it's risky. it's not really for valentine's day, per se... just felt like a good time to do said surprise. maybe we can make this a valentine's tradition or something. scrap the flowers and chocolates and all that crap. each year, around valentine's day, let's take turns planning some outting or something (this year i planned it, next year he can plan it). i'll let you know how it goes later. although the surprise is just killing me... i can't keep surprises!

• monster energy drinks are my new favs... redbull was too expensive.

• yeah i've got nothing else, but i'd already typed the bullet point and didn't wanna delete it.