I'm making beef stew today. Why, because I had carrots, beef, half an onion, and some potatoes I needed to use before they went bad. I also had half a package of frozen chopped bell peppers, and a packet of beef stew seasoning mix. It was practically fate for me to make it. It's not the usual way I make it, but it smells good and hopefully it will taste good too.

Went to the grocery store this morning. I had Tom, Eli and Isaac. Isaac has to sit in the basket seat now, since he's not in the infant carrier anymore.  I buckle him in so he doesn't fall over, but the seatbelt leans him back a little. so he like, slides down and rides at an odd angle. I kept scooting him upright but it was a losing battle. Eli sat in the basket part with the groceries. That's always an exciting and risky little game. Just as we have gotten everything on the list, Thomas says, "I have to go to the bathroom". Of course. I'm glad I haven't checked out because I can't bring myself to leave a grocery cart of paid for items outside the front bathroom. It's like an invitation to steal it. At the back bathroom, at least if someone takes stuff out of my cart, I'll be annoyed at the most. I won't have paid for it already. So we bathroomed, all of us in the big stall. Thomas kept pointing out how he's a boy and I took him into the girls bathroom. I said, yes, but you're only four and you're not going alone into the boys bathroom, buddy! I wanted to say, "There are sickos out there!" but I knew if I did he'd be calling peole sickos before I knew it. He doesn't miss a trick!

By Sassykat, here's my ode to 4.

4 things I was doing 10 years ago:
*being a newlywed of 2.5 months
*going to class at Central Baptist College
*working as a student center monitor
*living in a one bedroom apartment

4 things on today's "to do" list:
*using the new dryer to do TONS of laundry
*mop
*vacuum (this one didn't get done)
*finish book

4 things I love about my husband:
*he makes me laugh
*he cooks a mean steak
*he has an unlimited knowledge of useless trivia
*he doesn't like ketchup either

4 jobs I've had:
*cashier/sandwich maker at gas station
*camera operator for an audio/video production company
*concession stand worker at a live music theater
*janitor for college campus (ahh the joys of work-study!)

4 movies I've watched more than once:
*The Punisher
*Bridget Jones' Diary
*Love Actually
*Pretty Woman

4 Places I've lived:
*Huntsville, AR
*Springdale, AR
*Conway, AR
*wait, there isn't a fourth . . .

4 places I've been this year:
*Starkville, Mississippi
*Lake Degray, AR
*Bentonville, AR
*Hot Springs, AR

4 places I want to visit:
*New Orleans
*Tahiti
*Maine
*Hawaii

4 TV Shows I watch:
*Bones
*Heroes
*Navy NCIS
*How I met Your Mother

4 things you may not know about me:
*Where the Red Fern Grows STILL makes me cry when I read it
*I've never been in the Ocean
*I got to utilize the services of both firemen AND policeman in one day at work last week
*on career aptitude tests, I always score highest in law enforcement

4 things I love:
*coffee
*Ice Cream
*rain/rainy days/storms
*books

4 people tagged:
preschool mommy
Tee
Elizabeth (as if she reads this far in my posts)
Dick