Ab workout

The Hangover

We went to see The Hangover last night. Wow. I don't think I have ever laughed that hard during a movie, which logically must make this the funniest movie I've ever seen. My abs literally hurt. It was like an ab workout. Hilarious. Zach Galifianakis was pitch perfect. I honestly believe that type of perfect comedic performance is much more difficult than the straight dramas (and, you know, I know soooooooo much about acting so I would know). He deserves an Oscar. It only got 78% on Rotten Tomatoes. My assessment of that rating: 22% of the reviewers have no sense of humor and have their panties in a bunch.

Family Tree

This morning I was perusing Etsy and stumbled upon this seller. I was drawn to these simple paper airplane decals. I then saw the decal for a family tree. I've been wanting to get a few more items to put on Avery's wall. Since Etsy allows requests of custom orders, I've contacted the seller to see if she/he can customize the family tree decal to put in roots for Avery's birth family. I also requested a more child-friendly font choice since Avery will just be learning to read in a few years and I don't want to confuse her with fancy fonts. I'm really excited about this and hope they seller can do the customization. Open adoption parents: what do you think? Would you buy this if roots were available for birth family?

Baby Powder

I saw this tweet via Parent Hacks the other day: Take a sm bottle of baby powder w/u to the beach & use for removing sand from feet, legs, etc. Works wonders! I am so excited to see if that really works next time we're down in Mexico. I will achieve beach-going perfection, Megan-style, of course. I may end up looking like a complete duffus, but I'll be a happy one and that is what matters. It could end up like that episode of Friends where Ross wears leather pants and then sweats a lot, goes to the bathroom, then can't get his pants back on, so he calls Joey who tells him to try baby powder, which just turns to goo. I can see me trying to get my soon-to-be-purchased swim capris on when my legs are wet and have powder on them. Oh yeah. I'm gonna be a style rock star!

The Uniform Project

Speaking of style, the woman behind The Uniform Project has pledged to wear one dress for one year as an exercise in sustainable fashion. She changes the look daily with accessories and posts a picture each day. I think I shall follow her. I could do a version of this, but I'd just end up wearing the same dress without changing accessories daily. Hey! I kind of do this since I have seven pairs of my favorite black pants to wear around the house and I dress those up with different colored t-shirts! I am a woman ahead of my time. But y'all knew that, didn't you? ;)