1. I just had to look up whether it should be “laying” or “lying” in bed.  The verdict is mixed, but more websites said “lying” than “laying” so it’s settled.  Except for the fact that it isn’t.  And now I’m going to be laying (lying?) in bed trying to fall asleep tonight wondering which is the correct term.

2. Out of all of the blog posts I write, 97% of them don’t have titles until I finish writing them.  This one was in the 3% of posts that had a title before they were even written.

3. I wore the most darling pair of shoes to work today!  They were little high heels with a ruffle on the top and I think that anyone — anyone — who saw them would have said “Why, those look like shoes that must have come from France!”  They really came from Target but that little pair of high heels is tricky, tricky, tricky.

4. I love anything to do with France or Italy, but especially France as of late.  I don’t speak French, but I’ve picked up a few phrases here and there that I can only use in writing because have you ever heard a girl with a country accent try to speak French before?  Il ne semble pas bon, mes amours!

5. I went on a date the other night (words you may have never read on this blog before) with a guy who speaks fluent French.  Also: I feel the need to clarify that this was a real date, as in he-brought-me-flowers-when-he-picked-me-up type of date.  When he got up to go to the bathroom at the restaurant, two waitresses came up to me and told me that they liked how I had my hair fixed.  My theory?  They could see how nervous I was and took pity on me.  I need to go back to that restaurant, find those two waitresses and thank them profusely.

6. Speaking of all things European, this morning I woke up to an email from a 16 year old blog reader named London.  Why has it never occurred to me before that I could name one of my children “London?”  Other current favorite names for children that I may or may never have: Ella, Ava, Grace, Elle, Isabella, Penelope and Genevieve.  Obviously, if I were to have all boys, we’re going to have a little problem on our hands.

7. Avi was taking a nap at my house the other day when I suddenly started missing her so badly that I wanted to wake her up from her nap. You’ll be happy to know that common sense took over; if I’ve learned one thing in the past, it’s that you never wake a sleeping child.  However, when she did wake up, I literally jumped from the couch and sprinted towards my bedroom because I was so happy she was awake.

8. Avi’s full name is “Aviean” which means, of course, “bird.”  I call her Avi on the blog because it’s easy to write but, in real life, I always call her Aviean.  Of course, I also call her the following in real life as well: ducky, lovey and darling.

9. I received a Wii for Christmas which has led to Gosling calling me on two separate occasions to inform me that, upon his return to our small town, he will be winning every Wii game we play.  Poor Gosling, such a misled young man.

10.  My hair is almost the longest it’s ever been — it easily touches my shoulders now.  I’m going to grow it out a bit longer, I think, simply because I’ve never had long hair.  Can you still use pink rollers on long hair?  Must research.

11. Are you calling this year “twenty ten” or “two thousand ten” because I?  I am undecided.  I’m leaning towards “twenty ten” but I may just go wild and refer to it as “the year of our Lord, two thousand and ten” just to have a different option than the current choices.

12. Today there were snow flurries outside my window and it’s supposed to snow again later this week!  Please remember: you are never too old to make snow angels in your front lawn.  Simply sweep your arms and legs all around and voila!  You’ve just created a snow angel for all the world to enjoy.

13. Goodnight, you little icicles.