I get annoyed too easily sometimes. I wish I had a button that I could push that could shut the annoyance off. When I am feeling exceptionally annoyed, I have to tell myself, "Stop it, this is silly.". There are so many things that are happening in this world that are way more serious than some woman looking funny at me in Target. In fact-- the other day I went to The Noodle Company ( a restaurant) with Hal and Owen. There were two ladies sitting behind us visiting. I got up to get the kids ready to go and I was having a hard time maneuvering my gigantic stroller through the small walk way between the tables. I mean-- I was having a hell of a time. These ladies behind us just sat there at their table visibly rolling their eyes at each other. The one lady whose back was facing us turned around and gave me the "evil" eye. There was a chair that was in front of my huge stroller and I needed to move it so I could get through. I was annoyed. These ladies just sat there and watched me-- it got really awkward and their eye rolling flustered me. I could feel my face getting redder by the second. Finally, after I pushed the chair out of the way ,I was able to walk past the ladies table. While I walked past them I looked at them as they were still looking very disgusted with me and I said to them " thank you for all of the wonderful eye rolls today, and you are welcome for getting to watch me struggle my way past you". I also said, " I have never seen two crabbier looking old ladies in my life". Oops. That wasn't nice to say. I know strollers are annoying. I get that we may have interrupted what ever conversation they were having, but I couldn't help myself. I still get annoyed when I think about this unpleasant experience. I wish I had a picture of them to post on this blog. If I had been thinking I would have snapped a quick picture with my blackberry.

I would like to take a class on how to not get annoyed or how I can stop the annoying feeling I feel creeping up on me. I wish they offered at class like this at our local community center. They seem to offer classes for everything else.

Hal had preschool today. I am almost sure she has her first crush. I didn't know that four-year-old's got crushes. Every time I say the name Austin she gets a really goofy look on her face. Jesse notices it too. Today, Austin got out of his van at the school and before I even said anything, Hal said " MOMMMM". I don't know why she said mom like that, but she said with that goofy look on her face.

We got a new camera today. I am excited to use it tomorrow for Owen's first birthday!

Last night we got some feedback from people who have looked at our house. I guess the one thing about our house that is keeping people from making offers is the fact that we have a strange back yard. It is a forest. Whatever. Its not like I can get a chain saw and cut all of those trees down, it is a state park. I guess we will have to find some hippies to move in. Hippies like trees.