April Fools

1.  I totally thought today was the first day of April.  Who knew March has 31 days?

2.  There are a whole lot of little, dead snakes on the roads where I walk.  I'm kind of freaked out about it because where there are dead babies, there have to be live mamas, right?  I often think about how I'd kill a snake on a walk if I saw one.  I haven't really come up with anything ground breaking yet, because the only weapons I have are my iPod, my cell phone, and my bare hands.  I don't like the snakes here.  At least in Nevada, the snakes are kind enough to warn you as to where they are.

3.  We finally found a food Carolyn absolutely refuses to eat - lasagna with meat sauce.  I tried to move her up to Level 3 foods yesterday and she categorically refused to eat it.  She clamped her mouth shut and stared at me as if to say, "Yeah, I'm not eating that.  It's totally grody."

4.  She did not, however, refuse to eat the entire cup of green beans I gave her.

5.  Carolyn has officially found the stairs.  She found them last week but made no attempt to climb them.  Then yesterday, she decided she was going up in search of Husband.  This morning she was awfully quiet for a little bit and I found her three stairs up, chewing on a piece of house plant.

6.  My visiting teacher dropped by yesterday with a ginormous bag full of coupons.  I have this great desire to be a #1 couponer, but I don't know if I'm really willing to put the necessary time into it.  Luckily, the lady had already clipped them and all I had to do was decide what I wanted.  I realized this morning that 50% of the ones I chose were already expired...nope, I don't think I'll ever be a #1 couponer.

7.  I made chicken gravy last night - the very first time I've ever done so from scratch.  It was pretty good.  Too bad I'd salted the chicken that went with it to within an inch of it's life.

8.  Sometimes I hope Carolyn will mess her pants just so I can use the coconut oil baby wipes.  And sometimes, I open the little container when no one is around so I can huff them.

9.  The maintenance men have finally stopped by to fix our front door - there's been a hole in it for over a year where lizards and slugs climb in.  They worked for approximately 45 minutes tearing the old one out before they decided they had to go to lunch.  But don't worry, before they left, they totally propped the new door up in the gaping hole left by the old one - that should deter any robber-stealers.

10.  We went to the fair on Tuesday night and all day yesterday all I could think about was meat-on-a-stick.  I might have to sneak in to get some tonight.  While at the fair, I accidentally sat next to a girl who was high on something.  She kept asking me the same questions over and over again and trying to convince me that I needed to try the donut hamburger because it was "sooooooo good.   SOOOOOOO good.  Amazing."