Go buy it!

Yes, really. Go to Little Dreamer NOW and buy my good friend Tiffany's awesome digi kit. Right here! It'll only be available until Friday, April 18 and is at a stinkin' low price right now as part of Little Dreamer's Little Apprentice program that's been going on for weeks now, as they've narrowed down oodles of entrants to an initial 41 finalists to the six left right now. Tiffany's too classy to pitch her own kit to y'all (she says you should buy them all), but I'm not above encouraging you to buy her kit (which, as I understand it, is essentially a vote for her). The winner will be offered the opportunity to sell their designs with Little Dreamer. Very cool. And Tiff totally rocks! :) And. The kit is fab, so you win, too!

Snow.

Just so you know, in April, "snow" is a four letter word. That's all I have to say about that. ;)

Answers.

Ready? Let me start by saying that Hos came closest with two correct answers. Yay! I'll send you a little something, just for kicks. ;)

Now, want to know which ones were false?

1. Our van broke down yesterday and was the cause of our longest Target visit ever. (Three hours on my own, I could probably handle...three hours with three boys, not so much.) TRUE. Fortunately, it wasn't as bad as we thought, though still enough to mess with life for a day and a half. Many, many thanks to our wonderful neighbor who truly made the whole ordeal easier! (She watched the boys while Nathan shuttled us home from Target (not all of the carseats fit in Nathan's car at once)...lent us her rig the next day when we couldn't find a rental minivan on such short notice...and helped me retrieve the van when it was done at the shop.)

2. I still bite my nails, though I've tried many times to stop. TRUE. Yup.

3. Asher fell out of our borrowed rig this afternoon and ripped his pants. FALSE. I know, I know. This totally *could* have been true (and relatively typical). But, it wasn't. :)

4. Page 73 of the May issue of Creating Keepsakes features an article I wrote that is dear to my heart. (The website "extra" material that goes with the article isn't up yet.) TRUE. Make sure you check it out, okay?

5. I managed to finish 32 layouts during March, many of which had been in my to do pile for ages and I'm just happy to have them done. ;) TRUE. So happy!

6. We filed our taxes yesterday. TRUE. Thinking those who guessed that this one was false assumed we'd filed earlier, as we typically do. With all of Nathan's business stuff and my own self-employment income this past year, though, our 2007 taxes took us longer.

7. I actually used the elliptical machine yesterday! TRUE. Ha. ;)

8. Micah just got done informing me that the picture of a dentist on his new toothbrush is a "bad guy." (All three had check ups earlier today and let's just say that Micah was not thrilled. This is actually his third visit, but the last time was to fill two cavities, so he had not great memories. Today, he actually spit on the dentist.) TRUE. On the plus side, all three boys got clean bills of health...no cavities!! Hooray! (Course, those first 9 cavities and three tooth extractions all happened *before* we got dental insurance...figures. But we'll definitely take what we can get!)

9. I finally labeled all my wooden drawers that hold my loose alphabets! FALSE. Yeah. I keep meaning to do that. Maybe later this month?

10.  This gave me a headache (only because I kept watching and watching and then asking the boys to watch). Try it and tell me what you see! TRUE. I initially saw her spinning counter-clockwise then switched to clockwise and now can't get her to go back. Noah insists that she only spins counter-clockwise, and Nathan sees the same. I would have guessed that for both of them. ;) Asher, on the other hand, was like me and saw her going both directions. Micah just started spinning around my office.

11. I have numerous frames up around my house that don't have any pictures in them yet...and haven't for years. Yes, embarrassing. One day I'll do something about it. Really. TRUE. Actually, this is completely true. For those who say you've seen my house, you're obviously not looking close enough (for which I'm thankful, lol). Now that I've admitted this, I may have to go and actually fill those frames. There are a number of them...one's even right above my computer here in front of me.

12.  I had pizza for dinner tonight. FALSE. I had the salad bar at Whole Foods.

There you have it. :)  

Routine.

Guess what. I used the elliptical machine again today. Yes, that means all of you who guessed I was lying about using it on Monday were WRONG! Ha.

For the record, I don't actually dislike exercising...I just haven't had it as part of my routine for years now. (Once upon a time, I really was in fairly decent shape, LOL!) I could list any number of excuses as to why I haven't made better use of the elliptical now that we finally got one (last summer) but most of it boils down to finding time to fit it into my normal routine. So. I've decided that I'm going to treat soccer season (the next 7 weeks) as a little routine-builder...yep, gonna make time for it and hope that at the end of the season it's become a regular part of my routine enough to stick. ;) 

So. Thus far, two people each have one correct. I'll give folks another day to guess and then tell you what's what tomorrow night.   

Just for kicks...

Yes, I'm on the tail end of April Fool's Day. These past few years it's really snuck up on me, and I'm sad to say that I haven't pulled any good pranks for years now either. Poo. Maybe next year?

In any case, just for kicks, here are a dozen random statements. Most of them are true. Three are not.

1. Our van broke down yesterday and was the cause of our longest Target visit ever. (Three hours on my own, I could probably handle...three hours with three boys, not so much.)

2. I still bite my nails, though I've tried many times to stop.

3. Asher fell out of our borrowed rig this afternoon and ripped his pants.

4. Page 73 of the May issue of Creating Keepsakes features an article I wrote that is dear to my heart. (The website "extra" material that goes with the article isn't up yet.)

5. I managed to finish 32 layouts during March, many of which had been in my to do pile for ages and I'm just happy to have them done. ;)

6. We filed our taxes yesterday.

7. I actually used the elliptical machine yesterday!

8. Micah just got done informing me that the picture of a dentist on his new toothbrush is a "bad guy." (All three had check ups earlier today and let's just say that Micah was not thrilled. This is actually his third visit, but the last time was to fill two cavities, so he had not great memories. Today, he actually spit on the dentist.)

9. I finally labeled all my wooden drawers that hold my loose alphabets!

10.  This gave me a headache (only because I kept watching and watching and then asking the boys to watch). Try it and tell me what you see!

11. I have numerous frames up around my house that don't have any pictures in them yet...and haven't for years. Yes, embarrassing. One day I'll do something about it. Really.

12.  I had pizza for dinner tonight.

So, which three aren't true? And what do you see on number 10? :)