will i ever blog again?

seriously. i mean to get on here and add stuff, but life is just whizzing by. but i have exactly 8 minutes until i have to go pick up carson from pre-school, so here's an 8-minute synopsis:

1) layla's officially in underwear, 100% day and night. sure, there are the occasional mishaps, but she's an all-star. mostly, she feels bad if she, uh, "soils" one of the princesses on her panties if she has an accident. wah hoo.

2) i took the kids to the draper temple open house on monday (paul had to work, and i wanted to go with the yw in our ward). it was beautiful, and the kids soaked it all in. they loved the bus ride from the church house to the temple, the looooong covered tunnel, the attention from all the yw and leaders (layla especially drinks that stuff up), the baptismal font held up by oxen statues, and the beautiful building overall. carson walked around like a full-on tourist, with his nose stuck in the brochure, looking for each and every room pictured in the brochure. he got very excited when he found a match. oh, and we ate lunch at sweet tomatoes (a soup/salad bar-type restaurant), which was delicious and very filling. the kids were good; addelyn was a champ until the ride home, during which she screamed probably half the time. overtired, poor little lamb.

3) carson and layla have been so cute of playmates lately. they love to give lulu a bath in addelyn's little bathtub -- seriously, "bathtime" makes for an hour of playtime nearly every day. hello. sweet.

4) paul and i woke up early this morning to a freezing cold house. our heater wasn't working, but paul had to head off to work (it was before 6 a.m.), but our house was in the 50-degree range and dropping. after bundling up the kids in their beds, i called our across-the-street neighbor, who came and helped me learn all about the pilot light and a thermo-something, which was not working. call in the professionals. about 45 minutes and $90 later, we were back in action. how in the world did the pioneers do it? utah in january with no heat? ouch.

5) i think if i see one more news clip of barack & michelle dancing at the inaugural balls, i'm going to throw up. that's not meant to be a political statement by any means -- i'm just sick of seeing them dance.

6) i've painted our laundry room yellow and hung some new curtains. it's very cheery. now i just have to get the shelves all put back on the walls and all the junk put back on the shelves. blah. cleanup is definitely the lame part of home improvement.

7) american idol is entertaining.

8) i got a haircut yesterday. it's not what i was hoping for...in fact, i think i look downright ridiculous. but my hair grows fast, so i'm not going to waste my life being all sad about it. just another chapter to add to my "awkward years."

9) carson always talks about himself in the third person these days. is this normal? i don't know, but it's funny. reminds me of jimmy on seinfeld. wait. uh-oh.

10) i'm 4 minutes over my time limit and really must run, or carson will be standing outside with his teacher freezing and his teacher will be standing outside with him hating me. But life is good, even with the little (or big, heh) bumps in the road.