stauffer

i've decided to become more familar with the strokes. i was saying to meghan, kristen and jay at church on sunday how i feel like a poser because i have all these strokes buttons that melinda ordered on ebay or something that i found around the house or in my car so i stuck them on my bag or on my coat, then people see them and are all like "OH the STROKES!! i like them too". so i'm listening to mello's cd right now, to the song "is this it?" that line kind of reflects how i've been feeling lately.

i had a really good time babysitting joelle and caleb last night. they're quite the pair, so funny and quirky. they're quirky babies. we read some "curious george" books and i was telling my dad that there's something really strange about the man in the yellow hat. why does this man hang out with a monkey all the time. and why does george not know his name? if they were such great friends you'd think they'd be on a first name basis. my dad agree that the man in the yellow hat isn't all there and compared him to michael jackson. hahahaha.

joy is trying to encourage joelle to draw, drawing supposedly creates good motor skills. i think she should be drawing because she's left-handed and that suggests she's right-brained. drawing uses the right side of your brain. anyways, so there she sat drawing "mommy and daddy" who ended up like big squiggles, then she asked me to draw on some eyes, a mouth and some shoes. why shoes? i have no idea, she was very adament about it though (see what i'm talking about? weird kid). she was so awesome. i think caleb may end up left-handed too.

joy freaked out to discover i'd gotten my nose pierced and not told her. i just assumed my dad blabbed but he forgot completely that i had it done. she really liked it though and when her friends came to pick her up she dragged me to the door to show them.

so its official: melinda is moving to germany. in july. so andrew, melinda and me are going to have an "austrian dinner" next week or the week after. that should be fun. i've never had sauerkraut before, i'm looking forward to it.

imagine this sentence is a secret: tell nothing, tell no one.