Ten. Dix. Diez. Tien. Dieci.

1. School conferences today. I know for a fact that one report is not going to be good. To the tune of an F in math for my firstborn. Why? Because he hasn't turned in his homework. Because he's lied to me every day about homework. You can be sure, there are going to be some painful consequences laid out tonight. Ugh. Parenting stinks sometimes.
2. Just finished an amazing book... Samson and the Pirate Monks. I think this book should be a must-read for Christian men. Great stuff. The author reveals the dangers of rugged individualism in the church and how men need each other to be honest and caring and supportive... It's well written. Honest. And a page-turner to boot. Now I've just got to get Asia to read it... my husband likes me to read books and then tell him what they're about so he can go acting as though he read it. But I think he needs to read this one himself...
3. I've been in a bit of a funk lately... feeling tired. And cranky. And like I fail again and again. I'm a bad mom. A terrible housekeeper. Lazy. Ugh. Ugly stuff running through my brain lately. Trying to find truth in God's word and remember God's goodness to me. But in the daily push to get through my days, my failings loom large. (This could be a whole post, for sure, but it feels safer to call it #3 and move onto #4...)
4. I offered to help a young bride from church with her invitations... she came by the store last week and we talked about what she wants. We're making 600 invitations. That's six-zero-zero. Wow. Not sure what I've gotten myself into! But I'm glad I can help. It's easy for me to break the project down for her and we'll just get a bunch of girls together and work our litttle tails off some Saturday. It'll be fun. Really... really!
5. I'm really missing my annual girls' weekend... usually in March I meet my mom and girlfriends in Portland for the CK convention. Last year, we felt burned out on the convention and decided not to do it this year. And I didn't meet Brooke last fall for our annual Portland shopping trip. Seriously wanting a girls' weekend. We've got one scheduled for June. But that seems so far off...
6. Rain, rain, go away.
7. Scrapbooked a little more the last few days. Lovin' being in the studio. Lovin' getting some layouts done. Lovin' some of the new products I've bought.
8. E.'s wrestling awards dessert banquet is tonight. Although I'm thinking it's probably not so much a banquet and more a smorgasborg of 'let's stop at Albertson's on the way and buy a pie to take to the dessert...' E. is excited about it. He's already got three medals from his meets. Not sure if he'll get something else tonight or not.
9. Idol tonight. Not feelin' the love for anyone in particular this year. Although I have to say, that Lakisha is amazing. And I like Blake, although I'd like to personally wring his neck because whenever the kids see him they feel the need to walk around the house beat-boxing for three days. Sanjaya - well, let's just say I cannot get over how much my own child looks like him. Lack of talent aside, I feel a strange attachment to his hair and his geeky attempts to get through this strange assignment life has handed him. And then there's 'deer-in-the-headlights' Melinda Doolittle. Is it just me, or does that girl have no neck? (Come on. You know you've thought it. I'm just sayin' it out loud.) I kind of feel like the whole show is a bit of a train wreck this year. I'm not really enjoying it, but I can't look away...
10. There. I got to ten. I thought I was done at four. Yay for little victories in blog writing!

Love you, friends.