By the Numbers

Number of times I have moved in my life: 17  (11 different cities; and I didn't go on a mission, you counting cheaters)
Longest amount of time I have gone without moving: 6 years almost to the day, Morro Bay
Number of states I have been to: 43
Number of places I want to move to: 0

That's right folks.  I find myself, the gypsy, so happy here.  I don't even spend time searching through cities on Sperlings any more.  I will never, ever commit to living somewhere forever, but if a knife was held to my throat until I answered where I would, I would say here.  I am frequently weirded out by it.

(Don't get excited or confused.  This picture is a year old.  The baby in my belly was born the next day and is the same as the one with the bucket on his head in the previous post.  It just was a good contentment photo.  And my feet are not usually this hobbit-shaped)

How this thing is going to work

Having my first post behind me, here are my ramblings on how I'd like to run this thing.  First off, an explanation on the title.  We had a girl's night for my friend Steph P.'s graduation, and as part of that Steph had to come up with a word to describe each of us.  And her word for me was Giggly.   And then my other friend Clarissa said her word for me was "From Scratch" (which I suppose is two words) because I often make things from scratch.  And I liked those two.  Although I don't giggle in my sleep like I did in college and when we were first married, and haven't laughed at my sister breaking her arm in a good many years, I do still apparently giggle a lot.

Okay, I really like to make lists.  So, I plan on listing the following for my life on a somewhat frequent basis:

Loves

Laughs

Learns

Little Loathes

I considered naming my blog The "L" word, but decided against it.  "Little Loathes" seemed the best appropriate word for the last category, because I think Loathes would be too strong.  I also wanted to add a "By the Numbers" to the list, which I realize doesn't have an L.

So, here is an example for this week:

Loves:

1.The Target that opened up in San Luis Obispo
2. Psych on Netflix

Laughs:

(Imagine the one-year old running around the house.  He did this all himself, and kept putting it back on when I took it off)

Learns:

1.  The word "recalcitrant."  Source: Jen.  Meaning: resisiting control.  Used in a sentence:  Daniel was recalcitrant to come learn jui jitsu with my boys from Karisa's brother, but did end of coming.  I see that word used lots in the future with my #2 boy.

2.
Source: Where else, wikipedia.  Meaning: the C-clef, the center of the swiggle is at the line on the staff that is middle C; typically used for the viola.  Used in a sentence:  I am transposing a song from C-clef to play my flute to in church.  I had seen this before, but didn't know how to read it.  That's right, you caught that?  I'm playing my flute in church.  I had that day a year or so ago where hiding my talents caught a snag when the fact I played the flute for 7 years slipped out with a Banfield in the room.






Loathes:

1.  Having Dylan out of town this, or any other, weekend.

2.  That no matter how many times I say, or yell, ONLY WRITE ON PAPER, nobody listens.  I think this is the tally for the day: Tanner's mouth, a book, Tanner's legs, Carter's sheet, Tanner's eye, Ethan's arm, Carter's arm.  I'm thinking of doing a pen and marker purge.    

Alright, and By the Numbers:  In the month of July, I saw 115 people related to me, not including those I live with.