Random Uselessness

I can't brush my teeth with the water from the kitchen sink.  I know it's the same water that flows through my bathroom sink..but I just can't do it.

I don't like my seatbelt to be twisted.  Ryan is the same way; yet it is not something I taught him.

The mess free ketchup bottle is TOTALLY WORTH the extra cost in my opinion! 

Sometimes I snort when I laugh.

I was able to go to Argentina on a missions trip my first year at college.  On our last day there we got to go see the Colon Opera House.  I cried I thought it was so beautiful.  Seriously...who cries over red velvet covered chairs?!

Sometimes in the winter I sleep with my heating pad on to keep me warm.

My friends from college know me as Paige.  When I'm calling some of the friends I have now I have to catch myself from saying Paige at times. 


I can't whistle.  My husband finds it hiliarious when I try.


On occasion, when I'm at the doctors office, I will still "jump" to get up when there happens to be another patient called with my maiden name.

On that same note...my mom still occassionaly writes checks out to my maiden name.  The bank still cashes them. :)

I wish I could hire a cook.  Or at least trade "services" with someone who would make dinner for me.

Although it's gotten better, I have a bad habit of bitting my nails. 


I'm fretfully afraid of mice.  I will cry.


I have been coloring in my eyebrows with a brown eyeliner pencil for at least five YEARS now.  My husband just noticed last week.  Love him!!!

I *used* to think that Burger King was the Military's version of McDonalds.  Laugh all you want.  :)

Free Time

Since we haven’t had the Internet for the last two months and nothing else in the house to do I’ve noticed the amount of free time I have had and how I use it.  I’m definitely looking forward to getting our things and the Internet back, but I hope to be more disciplined about how I spend my time.  

I think I finished about four books in the first few weeks we were here.  Granted they were all pretty easy reads…but that’s more than I’ve read in the last year.  I always seemed to finish them sooner than I thought I would too.  I would make a trip up to the CAC (Community Activity Center. AKA Free Internet) to download a book thinking it would last me a few days…only to be finished the following day stuck with nothing else to read.

Tim seemed to take over the Kindle for a few days reading a book of his own, so I think I lost my momentum.  I have two more that I’ve started but I believe both are going to be very spiritually challenging.  There’s a part of me that is somewhat scared to continue.  I’ve been praying over the last few days that I will be prepared to accept whatever it is the Lord wants to teach me through reading these books.  

Anyway.  Free time.

I swept a lot.  I found myself sweeping three or four times a day.  I would even mop.  Cleaning in general.  The bathrooms got cleaned once a week, opposed to every other.  I kept up with the dishes for the most part.

I was more consistent with helping Ryan with his reading.

I can’t say all my time was used wisely.

There was one day where my sole goal was to beat Tim’s record on the Dojo portion of Fruit Ninja on our Kindle.  I am proud to say I succeeded! 

Randomness One

Colin likes to dip his pizza in ranch dressing.

During swimming lessons today Ryan excitingly declared..."I'm swimming!!! All by myself!!!"..with his life vest fully secured.

Colin has been calling anyone and everyone Mama. He and Ryan were upstairs playing and Ryan's response..."I'm not Mama. I'm just a kid. My name is Ryan."

Whenever Colin sees a picture of the United States of America he makes his sign/noise for an elephant. ????? I guess Maine/New Hampshire/Connecticut look like an elephant's trunk.