Listening to lots of Lily Allen, Paolo Nutini and Tegan and Sara.  We've been very musical lately. Hadley requests Lily Allen daily because she likes to Irish dance to it, which is highly entertaining considering it's not Irish music. Even though I'm 100 years late to the Lily Allen party, I love her because she makes my soul dance a little when Seattle weather makes you want to curl up and sleep.

I rented Happy Feet for the kids yesterday and we've watched it twice. Peter watched it this morning with the kids and quickly proclaimed "We're buying it." It's just so darling. My favorite part is the fact that the male Emperor penguins sit on the egg warming it, while the female Emperor penguins go out and eat fish for 4 months during the cold winter months. Fabulous. I was elated to relay this role reversal to Hadley, furthering my mission: Operation Woman Empowerment! She seemed delighted. I wanted to throw in a part about the Female Penguins also seeking education, physical exercise and healthy habits while they were away but I thought that might be too much. On the other side of me was my darling boy, who would hopefully take away that any job a woman can do a man can do, including tending the young while your woman is away. Oh and that it's ok to grow up and be a bad ass tap dancer like Savion Glover, who choreographed the whole movie.

John Meyer wrote this on his blog yesterday and I find it so refreshing.  He's talking about a new approach to the Global Warming freakout. It is in line with my approach to the whole thing. I will not only use 1 square of toilet paper (Sheryl Crow) but I will also not dance around while throwing away recyclables. There's got to be some middle ground.

I'm actually sort of a recycling nerd. I love to do it. If I see recyclable trash while we're out, I'll put it in the car to take home to recycle it. That kind of recycle nerd.  I follow Peter around at home and check trash bins because he's constantly throwing out recyclables.

I know I say this all the time but I really really love Dan Rezni's blog. I love his writing and his spirit.

I would also like to go on record saying I LOATHE when people say "these ones" For example:

"I really like these carpet samples over here."

"Did you see these ones?"

Literally, every time I hear it, I immediately look down at my arm to watch the hair wave a little as my skin starts crawling.

Peter says it and now my children have started saying it. Quel horreur. Actually, lots of people say it and it seems like a new trend but that doesn't take away from the fact that it drives me insane. Is it even correct? Someone please explain this to me.